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

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	15 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	27
Nations:	25
Win Value:	1:48.27
Gold:	Chad le Clos
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Daiya Seto
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Noè Ponti
Bronzenoc:	SUI
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:46.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5			1:49.93	Q
2	4	5			1:49.98	Q
3	3	4			1:49.99	Q
4	4	3			1:50.26	Q
5	2	5			1:50.69	Q
6	3	3			1:50.85	Q
7	4	2			1:50.86	Q, NR
8	4	4			1:50.89	Q
9	2	4			1:51.24
10	2	3			1:51.26
11	3	2			1:51.86
12	4	6			1:52.28
13	3	6			1:52.38
14	3	7			1:52.45
15	4	7			1:52.92
16	2	6			1:53.16
17	2	1			1:54.92	NR
18	2	7			1:55.61
19	4	1			1:56.23
20	3	1			1:56.37	NR
21	3	8			1:56.93	NR
22	4	8			1:58.63
23	2	8			2:02.63
24	1	3			2:02.96
25	1	4			2:07.92
26	1	6			2:08.63
27	1	5			2:27.12
	2	2			Did not start

Final

The final was held at 20:23.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:48.27	AF
	3			1:49.22
	2			1:49.42	NR
4	8			1:50.12
5	7			1:50.51	NR
6	6			1:50.70
7	4			1:50.94
8	1			1:52.21

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. 8 December 2022.
2. Web site: Men's 200m Butterfly – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 15 December 2022. 15 December 2022.
3. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030104EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results