Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Championship:	2017 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	26 July (heats and semifinals) 27 July (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	44
Nations:	40
Win Value:	1:55.56
Gold:	Chase Kalisz
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Kosuke Hagino
Silver Nation:	JPN
Bronze:	Wang Shun
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2017.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held on 26 July at 10:34.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	1:56.46	Q
2	5	5	1:56.48	Q
3	3	3	1:56.64	Q, NR
4	5	3	1:57.55	Q
5	3	5	1:57.59	Q
6	5	2	1:58.06	Q
7	4	4	1:58.99	Q
8	4	3	1:59.01	Q, WJ
9	5	6	1:59.29	Q
10	2	4	1:59.49	Q
11	3	4	1:59.56	Q
12	4	5	1:59.65	Q
13	4	6	1:59.68	Q
14	3	6	1:59.69	Q
15	3	2	2:00.20	Q
16	5	7	2:00.23	Q
17	4	9	2:00.68
18	4	7	2:00.81
19	4	2	2:01.01
20	5	9	2:01.21
21	3	1	2:01.34
22	4	1	2:01.54
23	5	1	2:01.60
24	2	3	2:01.78	NR
25	2	5	2:01.96
26	3	7	2:02.78
27	2	7	2:03.15
28	2	6	2:03.25
29	2	2	2:03.45
30	3	0	2:03.66
31	4	8	2:03.87
32	5	8	2:04.18
33	2	1	2:05.19	NR
34	5	0	2:05.34
35	3	9	2:05.85
36	4	0	2:06.00
37	3	8	2:06.29
38	1	4	2:07.64
39	2	0	2:08.31
40	2	8	2:08.91
41	2	9	2:09.20
42	1	5	2:18.66
43	1	3	2:19.06
44	1	6	2:23.97

The semifinals were held on 26 July at 18:45.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	1:56.04	Q
2	5	1:56.70	Q
3	3	1:56.86	Q, NR
4	6	1:57.27	Q
5	7	1:57.39	Q
6	2	1:57.98	NR
7	1	1:58.80
8	8	1:59.24	NR

The final was held on 27 July at 17:32.^[5]