2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	18 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	46
Nations:	43
Win Value:	1:39.72 CR
Gold:	Hwang Sun-woo
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	David Popovici
Silvernoc:	ROU
Bronze:	Tom Dean
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition:

The heats were started at 11:23.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	7	1:40.98	Q
2	5	5	1:41.29	Q, NR
3	5	3	1:41.79	Q
4	6	3	1:41.88	Q
5	6	5	1:42.21	Q
6	4	3	1:42.31	Q
7	4	6	1:42.38	Q
8	4	4	1:42.44	Q
9	4	5	1:42.54
10	5	6	1:43.04
11	5	1	1:43.16
12	6	7	1:43.17
13	6	4	1:43.22
14	4	1	1:43.48	NR
14	4	2	1:43.48
14	6	2	1:43.48
17	5	2	1:43.51
18	6	6	1:43.86
19	4	7	1:44.20
20	3	4	1:44.25
21	6	1	1:44.73
22	4	8	1:44.88
23	2	5	1:44.97
24	6	8	1:45.01
25	5	8	1:45.17
26	3	6	1:45.42
27	3	5	1:45.69
28	3	1	1:46.51
29	2	4	1:46.67	NR
30	3	7	1:47.30
31	2	6	1:47.41
32	2	2	1:47.47
33	3	3	1:47.48
34	3	8	1:47.72
35	3	2	1:47.74
36	2	1	1:48.73	NR
37	2	3	1:49.38
38	2	7	1:50.38
39	2	8	1:51.02	NR
40	1	5	1:51.31	NR
41	1	4	1:51.42
42	1	6	1:54.02	NR
43	1	3	1:56.27
44	1	2	1:57.67
45	1	7	2:03.80
46	1	1	2:05.03
	1	8
	5	4

The final was held at 20:50.^[4]

Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. 17 December 2022.
Web site: Men's 200m freestyle – Heats – Start List. Omega Timing. 11 December 2022. 17 December 2022.
Web site: Men's 200m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. 18 December 2022.
Web site: Men's 200m Freestyle – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. 18 December 2022.