Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates:	July 31, 2013 (heats &<br/>semifinals) August 1, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	50
Nations:	42
Win Value:	1:54.98
Gold:	Ryan Lochte
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Kosuke Hagino
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Thiago Pereira
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The men's 200 metre individual medley event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held at 10:51.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	1:57.70	Q
2	4	4	1:57.73	Q
3	4	2	1:57.83	Q
4	4	7	1:58.02	Q, NR
5	5	4	1:58.46	Q
6	5	5	1:58.54	Q
7	4	5	1:58.73	Q
8	3	5	1:58.76	Q
8	4	6	1:58.76	Q
10	5	3	1:58.78	Q
11	3	2	1:59.21	Q
12	5	6	1:59.25	Q
13	4	8	1:59.39	Q, NR
14	3	3	1:59.41	Q
15	5	1	1:59.68	Q
16	3	8	1:59.99	Q
17	4	3	2:00.00
18	3	7	2:00.01
19	5	7	2:00.02
20	4	1	2:00.13
21	5	0	2:00.49
22	5	2	2:00.65
23	3	1	2:01.69
24	5	8	2:01.71
25	2	3	2:01.92
26	5	9	2:01.96
27	4	0	2:02.22
28	3	6	2:02.23
29	2	0	2:02.29	NR
30	3	9	2:02.40
31	2	8	2:02.60	NR
32	2	4	2:02.79
33	4	9	2:03.24
34	2	2	2:03.49
35	1	6	2:03.55
36	2	5	2:03.61
37	2	7	2:03.72
37	2	9	2:03.72	NR
39	1	4	2:03.83
40	3	0	2:03.89
41	2	1	2:04.51
42	1	3	2:04.85
43	1	2	2:05.08	NR
44	2	6	2:05.43
45	1	5	2:07.66
46	1	1	2:07.78
47	1	8	2:09.46	NR
48	1	0	2:09.59
49	1	7	2:10.78
50	1	9	2:14.27

The semifinals were held at 19:16.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	1:57.38	Q
2	3	1:57.52	Q
3	7	1:58.03	Q
4	6	1:58.10	Q
5	5	1:58.17	Q
6	2	1:58.56
7	1	1:59.44
8	8	2:00.49

The final was held at 18:13.^[5]