Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:Men's 200 metre butterfly
Competition:2009 FINA World Championships
Venue:Foro Italico
Dates:28 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
29 July 2009 (final)
Competitors:75
Win Value:1:51.51
Gold:Michael Phelps
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Paweł Korzeniowski
Silvernoc:POL
Bronze:Takeshi Matsuda
Bronzenoc:JPN
Prev:2007
Next:2011

See main article: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

The heats for the men's 200 metre butterfly race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning of 28 July, with the final in the evening session of 29 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record 1:52.03 Beijing, China align=right 13 August 2008
Championship record 1:52.09 Melbourne, Australia align=right 28 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 1:54.33 6 6
2 1:54.35 8 4
3 1:54.42 6 4
4 1:54.51 6 3 AF
5 1:54.57 8 5
6 1:55.07 6 5
7 1:55.45 7 6
8 1:55.49 8 1
9 1:55.76 8 6
10 1:55.96 8 3
11 1:56.03 7 5
12 1:56.10 7 4
13 1:56.16 8 7
14 1:56.17 6 1
15 1:56.59 8 8 NR
16 1:56.75 7 3
17 1:56.90 7 8
18 1:57.01 8 0 NR
19 1:57.02 4 5 NR
20 1:57.13 6 9 NR
21 1:57.16 8 2
22 1:57.21 7 1
23 1:57.43 5 9 NR
23 1:57.43 7 7
25 1:57.44 6 8
26 1:57.53 5 6
27 1:57.54 6 7
28 1:57.61 7 2
29 1:57.97 5 7
30 1:58.40 7 0
31 1:58.46 7 9
32 1:58.56 5 4
33 1:58.59 5 8
34 1:58.96 5 1
35 1:58.99 4 6
36 1:59.40 6 2
37 1:59.64 4 3
38 1:59.86 4 4
39 2:01.01 4 7
40 2:01.30 8 9
41 2:01.56 5 2
42 2:01.57 4 1
43 2:01.79 5 5
44 2:01.90 5 3
45 2:02.27 4 8
46 2:02.83 4 9
47 2:02.84 5 0
48 2:03.33 3 3
49 2:03.55 3 8
50 2:03.68 3 9
51 2:03.76 3 4
52 2:03.80 3 6 NR
53 2:03.83 3 0
54 2:04.05 3 5
55 2:04.71 3 2
56 2:05.65 3 7
57 2:05.99 4 0
58 2:06.92 3 1
59 2:06.94 2 3
60 2:07.34 1 2
61 2:08.17 2 6
62 2:09.54 2 5
63 2:09.98 2 4
64 2:11.56 2 1
65 2:13.37 2 8
66 2:13.40 2 7
67 2:14.11 2 0
68 2:15.52 2 9 NR
69 2:16.08 2 2
70 2:16.82 1 4
71 2:18.37 1 3
72 2:19.51 1 5
73 2:22.25 1 6
– DNS 4 2
– DNS 6 9

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 1:53.35 1 7
2 1:53.48 1 4
3 1:53.75 2 4 NR
4 1:54.42 2 6 NR
5 1:54.50 2 3
6 1:54.58 2 2 NR
7 1:54.71 1 5
8 1:54.75 2 5
9 1:54.85 1 6
10 1:55.10 1 3
11 1:55.35 2 7
12 1:55.73 1 2
13 1:55.91 1 8
14 1:56.25 1 1
15 1:56.74 2 8
16 1:57.17 2 1

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
1:51.51 5
1:53.23 3 NR
1:53.32 4
4 1:54.27 2
5 1:54.45 8
6 1:55.08 6
7 1:55.43 1
7 1:55.43 7

See also

References

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