Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:Men's 200-metre freestyle
Competition:2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
25 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:55
Win Value:1:44.06
Gold:Ian Thorpe
Goldnoc:AUS
Silver:Pieter van den Hoogenband
Silvernoc:NED
Bronze:Klete Keller
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1998
Next:2003

See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.

The men's 200-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 25 July.[1] The heats[2] and semifinals[3] were on 24 July.

Records

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

World record 1:44.69 Hobart, Australia align=right 27 March 2001
Championship record 1:47.27 Perth, Australiaalign=right 7 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
24 July Heat 6 1:47.18 CR
24 July Semifinal 2 1:45.80 CR
25 July Final 1:44.06 WR

Results

Heats

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1:47.18 Q, CR
2 1:47.91 Q
3 1:47.95 Q
4 1:48.57 Q
5 1:48.60 Q
6 1:48.65 Q
7 1:49.14 Q
8 1:49.38 Q
9 1:49.46 Q
10 1:49.72 Q
11 1:49.86 Q
12 1:49.90 Q
13 1:50.02 Q
14 1:50.08 Q
15 1:50.11 Q
16 1:50.16 Q
17 1:50.33
18 1:50.36
19 1:50.45
20 1:50.72
21 1:50.77
22 1:51.10
23 1:51.23
24 1:52.21
25 1:52.56
26 1:52.69
27 1:53.38
28 1:53.81
29 1:53.82
30 1:54.31
31 1:54.93
32 1:55.30
33 1:55.88
34 1:56.04
35 1:56.43
36 1:56.97
37 1:57.34
38 1:57.72
39 1:59.11
40 1:59.12
41 1:59.19
42 1:59.84
43 1:59.88
44 2:00.64
45 2:00.65
46 2:03.68
47 2:05.91
48 2:05.99
49 2:06.11
50 2:07.85
51 2:08.71
52 2:08.98
53 2:11.35
54 2:12.59
55 2:18.80
DNS

Semifinals

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1:45.80 Q, CR
2 1:47.26 Q
3 1:47.77 Q
4 1:47.84 Q
5 1:48.50 Q
6 1:48.88 Q
7 1:48.90 Q
8 1:49.26 Q
9 1:49.30
10 1:49.32
11 1:49.34
12 1:49.73
13 1:49.75
14 1:49.78
15 1:49.80
16 1:50.28

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1:44.06 WR
1:45.81
1:47.10
4 1:47.58
5 1:48.11
6 1:48.86
7 1:49.39
8 1:49.54

Key: WR = World record

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA.
  2. Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA.
  3. Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA.