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

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Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	5 July
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	16
Nations:	12
Win Value:	1:47.33
Gold:	Filippo Megli
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Dimitrios Markos
Silver Nation:	GRE
Bronze:	Luis Domínguez
Bronze Nation:	ESP
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 5 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		1:42.00	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009
Mediterranean Games record		1:46.44	Pescara, Italy	30 June 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:40.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5			1:48.08	Q
2	1	5			1:49.10	Q
3	3	4			1:49.64	Q
4	2	4			1:49.94	Q
5	2	3			1:50.08	Q
6	1	6			1:50.12	Q
7	3	6			1:50.97	Q
8	2	5			1:51.10	Q
9	2	2			1:52.37
10	2	6			1:53.40
11	1	4			1:53.46
12	1	3			1:53.69
13	1	2			1:53.94
14	3	2			1:54.94
15	3	7			1:58.20
16	2	7			2:03.53
	3	3			Did not start

Final

The final was held at 18:20.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:47.33
	8			1:48.11
	5			1:48.33
4	6			1:48.61
5	3			1:49.11
6	2			1:49.15
7	7			1:49.54
8	1			1:51.68

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 200m Freestyle Men – Preliminary – Start List. Oran 2022. 2 July 2022. 2 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 200m Freestyle Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 5 July 2022. 5 July 2022.
3. Web site: Swimming – 200m Freestyle Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 5 July 2022. 5 July 2022.