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

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	13 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	38
Nations:	32
Win Value:	1:50.15
Gold:	Matthew Sates
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Carson Foster
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Finlay Knox
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 12:51.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			1:51.76	Q
2	5	5			1:51.89	Q
3	5	3			1:52.50	Q
4	4	5			1:52.52	Q
4	5	4			1:52.52	Q
6	5	6			1:52.83	Q
7	3	5			1:52.98	Q
8	3	3			1:53.00	Q
9	4	3			1:53.07
10	3	4			1:53.08
11	4	1			1:53.53
12	5	2			1:53.71
13	3	2			1:54.03
14	4	7			1:54.50	NR
15	4	6			1:54.65
16	4	2			1:54.95
17	3	6			1:54.96
18	5	7			1:54.98
19	5	1			1:55.33
20	2	3			1:57.13	NR
21	4	8			1:57.27
22	5	8			1:57.32
23	2	4			1:57.38
24	3	7			1:57.91
25	3	8			1:58.01
26	2	6			1:58.57
27	2	7			1:58.98	NR
28	3	1			1:59.11
29	2	5			1:59.49
30	1	7			1:59.80	NR
31	2	1			1:59.85	NR
32	2	2			1:59.91
33	2	8			2:01.44	NR
34	1	6			2:02.41	NR
35	1	5			2:04.90
36	1	3			2:19.77
37	1	2			2:20.63
	1	4

Final

The final was held at 20:32.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			1:50.15	AF
	5			1:50.96
	3			1:51.04	NR
4	2			1:51.31
5	4			1:51.39
6	1			1:51.73
7	7			1:53.19
8	8			1:53.40

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. 8 December 2022.
2. Web site: Men's 200m Individual Medley – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. 13 December 2022.
3. Web site: Men's 200m Individual Medley – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. 13 December 2022.