Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Championship:	2019 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	22 July (heats and semifinals) 23 July (final)
Venue:	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location:	Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors:	66
Nations:	58
Win Value:	1:44.93
Gold:	Sun Yang
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Silver Nation:	JPN
Bronze:	Martin Malyutin
Bronze Nation:	RUS
Bronze2:	Duncan Scott
Bronze2 Nation:	GBR
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 22 and 23 July 2019.^{[1] [2]} Sun Yang was the defending champion, and defended his title. Lithuania's Danas Rapšys finished first, but was disqualified for flinching just before the start.^[3] During the medal ceremony, Great Britain's Duncan Scott refused to shake hands with China's Sun Yang, with Sun Yang calling Scott a "loser" in response.^{[4] [5]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 22 July at 10:57.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	7	2			1:46.18	Q
2	5	4			1:46.22	Q
3	7	5			1:46.29	Q
4	5	5			1:46.36	Q
5	6	4			1:46.45	Q
6	6	6			1:46.46	Q
7	7	3			1:46.51	Q
8	5	3			1:46.55	Q
9	7	4			1:46.60	Q
10	6	2			1:46.62	Q
11	5	6			1:46.72	Q
12	6	3			1:46.74	Q
13	6	5			1:46.85	Q
14	7	6			1:46.93	Q
15	7	7			1:46.95	Q
16	6	7			1:47.06	Q
17	5	7			1:47.26
18	6	1			1:47.38
19	5	1			1:47.40
20	5	2			1:47.46
21	7	8			1:47.65
22	7	1			1:47.72
23	6	8			1:48.05
24	4	9			1:48.10
25	7	9			1:48.29
26	4	3			1:48.51	NR
27	2	3			1:48.60
27	7	0			1:48.60
29	5	8			1:48.61
30	6	0			1:48.76
31	5	9			1:48.89
32	4	2			1:48.92
33	3	4			1:49.35
34	4	5			1:49.36
35	4	4			1:49.56
35	4	6			1:49.56
37	6	9			1:49.71
38	3	5			1:50.10
39	2	4			1:50.18
40	4	0			1:50.48
41	4	8			1:50.84
42	2	5			1:51.14
43	4	1			1:51.25
44	3	6			1:51.70
45	3	2			1:51.78
46	3	9			1:51.89
47	3	1			1:51.91
48	3	8			1:52.19
49	3	0			1:52.34
49	3	3			1:52.34
51	2	1			1:52.78
52	3	7			1:53.01
53	2	2			1:53.62
54	2	9			1:53.74
55	1	5			1:54.00
56	2	8			1:54.20
57	1	6			1:55.11
58	2	6			1:56.28
59	1	3			1:56.33
60	1	1			1:56.57
61	2	0			1:57.37
62	1	4			1:58.57
63	1	2			2:02.63
64	1	7			2:05.29
65	1	8			2:09.06	NR
	4	7
	5	0
	2	7

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 July at 21:12.^[7]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:44.90	Q
2	4			1:45.31	Q
3	6			1:45.57	Q
4	3			1:45.83
5	2			1:45.88
6	5			1:46.21
7	7			1:46.83
8	8			1:47.13

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:45.44	Q
2	3			1:45.56	Q
2	6			1:45.56	Q
4	5			1:45.60	Q
5	8			1:45.76	Q, NR
6	4			1:45.95
7	7			1:46.20
8	1			1:46.37

Final

The final was held on 23 July at 20:02.^[8]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:44.93
	2			1:45.22	NR
	1			1:45.63
	6			1:45.63
5	8			1:45.67	NR
6	4			1:45.78
7	7			1:45.90
	3

Notes and References

1. https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/fina_wch_gwangju_2019_-_comeptition_schedule_-_rev.18.06.2019.pdf Schedule
2. Web site: Start list . 2019-07-20 . 2019-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190722212033/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . dead .
3. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/sports/sun-wins-200-free-via-disqualification-at-world-swimming/2019/07/23/b70742c0-ad3c-11e9-9411-a608f9d0c2d3_story.html?outputType=amp
4. News: World Aquatics Championships: Duncan Scott wins 200m freestyle bronze as Sun Yang takes gold . BBC Sport . 23 July 2019.
5. Web site: 'I don't know why he's here': Adam Peaty backs Scott's decision to snub Sun Yang . The Guardian . 23 July 2019 . 23 July 2019.
6. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
7. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Semifinals results
8. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results