Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

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Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	4 July
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	13
Nations:	10
Win Value:	1:57.09
Gold:	Claudio Faraci
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Andreas Vazaios
Silver Nation:	GRE
Bronze:	Jaouad Syoud
Bronze Nation:	ALG
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 4 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.^[1]

Records

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

World record		1:50.34	Budapest, Hungary	21 June 2022
Mediterranean Games record		1:56.19	Mersin, Turkey	25 June 2013

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:45.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			1:58.49	Q
2	2	5			1:59.93	Q
3	2	6			2:00.12	Q
4	1	7			2:00.57	Q
5	2	4			2:00.73	Q
6	1	5			2:00.76	Q
7	2	3			2:00.92	Q
8	1	3			2:01.71	Q
9	1	6			2:05.88
10	2	2			2:06.26
11	2	1			2:09.20
12	1	2			2:13.84
13	2	7			2:22.97

Final

The final was held at 18:39.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:57.09
	6			1:57.92
	2			1:58.37
4	7			1:59.14
5	5			1:59.86
6	3			2:00.54
7	1			2:00.63
8	8			2:02.96

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 200m Butterfly Men – Preliminary – Start List. Oran 2022. 2 July 2022. 3 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 200m Butterfly Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 4 July 2022. 4 July 2022.
3. Web site: Swimming – 200m Butterfly Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 4 July 2022. 4 July 2022.