Swimming at the 2015 SEA Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:Swimming – Men's 200 metre freestyle
Games:2015
Venue:OCBC Aquatic Centre
Date:6 June 2015
Competitors:13
Nations:7
Gold:Hoàng Quý Phước
Goldseagf:VIE
Silver:Quah Zheng Wen
Silverseagf:SIN
Bronze:Sim Wee Sheng Welson
Bronzeseagf:MAS
Prev:2013
Next:2017

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2015 SEA Games took place on 6 June 2015 at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Singapore.[1]

There were 13 competitors from seven countries who took part in this event. Two heats were held. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from both field qualified for the finals.

Records

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

Asian record1:44.47Shenyang, China6 September 2013
Games record1:49.22Vientiane, Laos14 December 2009

The following records were established during the competition:

Schedule

All times are Singapore Standard Time

DateTimeEvent
Saturday, 6 June 2015 09:00 Heats
19:00 Final

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 6 June.

width=40Rankwidth=40Heatswidth=40Lanewidth=250Athleteswidth=80Timewidth=50Notes
1 1 3 1:52.78 Q
2 1 4 1:52.86 Q
3 1 5 1:52.90 Q
4 2 5 1:53.56 Q
5 1 6 1:54.02 Q
6 2 4 1:54.03 Q
7 2 6 1:54.11 Q
8 2 3 1:54.47 Q
9 2 2 1:54.72
10 1 2 1:54.98
11 1 7 1:55.65
12 2 7 1:58.77
13 2 1 1:59.83

Final

The final was held on 6 June.

width=40Rankwidth=40Lanewidth=250Athletewidth=80Timewidth=50Notes
6 1:48.96 GR
3 1:49.17 NR
5 1:50.73
4 4 1:50.82 NR
5 7 1:51.10
6 8 1:53.23
7 1 1:53.23
8 2 1:54.38

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Number of Athletes - Men's 200m Freestyle . 7 June 2015 . seagames2015.com . 2015 Southeast Asian Games Singapore . 7 June 2015.