2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	17 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	69
Nations:	64
Win Value:	1:41.60
Gold:	Hwang Sun-woo
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	Aleksandr Shchegolev
Bronze:	Danas Rapšys
Bronzenoc:	LTU
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 17 December 2021.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were started at 9:36.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	3		1:42.42	Q
2	6	4		1:42.43	Q
3	8	4		1:42.58	Q
4	7	0		1:42.64	Q
5	8	7	<		1:42.76	Q
6	7	4		1:42.82	Q
6	7	7		1:42.82	Q, NR
8	6	6		1:42.99	Q
9	7	5		1:43.05
10	6	3		1:43.08
11	8	6		1:43.13
12	7	2		1:43.49
13	8	1		1:43.58
14	8	5		1:43.62
15	8	2		1:43.97
16	6	8		1:44.08
17	4	5		1:44.26
18	8	8		1:44.34
19	5	3		1:44.78
20	6	2		1:44.79
21	7	3		1:44.85
22	7	6		1:45.08
23	6	1		1:45.63
24	8	0		1:45.92
25	5	0		1:46.08	NR
26	5	1		1:46.11	NR
27	5	9		1:46.30	NR
28	5	6		1:46.50
28	7	1		1:46.50
30	7	8		1:46.52
31	4	4		1:46.61	NR
32	6	0		1:46.90
33	5	7		1:46.91	NR
34	5	5		1:47.61
35	4	1		1:47.66	NR
36	8	9		1:48.05
37	7	9		1:48.18
38	4	3		1:48.19
39	5	4		1:48.60
40	4	0		1:48.97
41	5	2		1:49.53
42	5	8		1:50.25
43	4	7		1:50.50
44	3	9		1:50.67
45	3	4		1:50.89
46	4	8		1:51.26
47	3	7		1:51.42	NR
48	4	2		1:51.49
49	3	6		1:51.79	NR
50	1	6		1:52.68
51	4	9		1:52.88
52	2	2		1:52.94
53	3	3		1:53.03
54	3	2		1:53.55
55	3	0		1:53.68
56	1	2		1:53.99
57	3	8		1:54.47
58	2	6		1:55.82
59	2	4		1:55.84
60	2	5		1:56.08
61	2	3		1:56.54
62	1	7		1:57.27
63	2	1		1:58.30	NR
64	1	4		1:58.69
65	1	3		2:00.68
66	2	9		2:00.92
67	2	0		2:03.89
68	2	7		2:06.28
69	1	5		2:47.29
	2	8		DNS
	3	1
	3	5
	4	6
	6	5
	6	7
	6	9

The final was held at 18:55 24 Hour Time .^[3]