Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	19 June (heats and semifinals) 20 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	61
Nations:	53
Win Value:	1:43.21
Gold:	David Popovici
Gold Nation:	ROU
Silver:	Hwang Sun-woo
Silver Nation:	KOR
Bronze:	Tom Dean
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 19 June at 09:51.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time
1	7	5	1:45.18
2	7	2	1:45.79
3	7	6	1:45.84
4	7	4	1:45.99
5	7	3	1:46.13
6	5	3	1:46.19
7	6	3	1:46.45
8	5	5	1:46.70
9	5	4	1:46.71
10	6	4	1:46.72
11	6	5	1:46.73
12	6	6	1:47.00
13	7	1	1:47.27
14	7	7	1:47.28
15	5	0	1:47.44
16	7	0	1:47.51
17	5	1	1:47.54
18	7	8	1:47.63
19	6	0	1:47.71
19	6	1	1:47.71
19	6	7	1:47.71
22	5	8	1:47.79
23	5	7	1:47.94
24	6	8	1:48.09
25	6	9	1:48.10
26	5	2	1:48.28
27	4	4	1:48.37
28	4	5	1:48.48
29	4	3	1:48.72
30	5	6	1:48.74
31	7	9	1:48.96
32	6	2	1:49.12
33	3	4	1:49.39
34	3	3	1:49.87
35	4	1	1:49.94
36	4	7	1:50.03
37	4	6	1:50.24
38	4	9	1:50.44
39	4	2	1:50.64
40	3	5	1:51.06
41	3	2	1:51.25
42	5	9	1:51.60
43	3	7	1:51.64
44	4	8	1:52.47
45	4	0	1:52.62
46	3	1	1:52.78
47	3	6	1:53.08
48	3	8	1:53.30
49	3	0	1:54.08
50	3	9	1:55.74
51	2	6	1:56.22
52	2	1	1:56.40
53	2	3	1:57.08
54	2	4	1:57.74
55	2	5	1:58.03
56	1	4	1:59.70
57	1	3	2:00.99
58	2	2	2:04.14
59	2	8	2:05.00
60	1	5	2:05.06
61	2	7	2:08.36

The semifinals were started on 19 June at 19:14.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	1:44.40	WJ, NR
2	2	5	1:45.17	NR
3	1	4	1:45.46
4	1	5	1:45.48
5	1	3	1:45.53
6	2	3	1:45.54
7	2	6	1:45.94
8	2	7	1:46.06
9	2	2	1:46.11
10	2	1	1:46.29
11	1	7	1:46.61
12	1	1	1:46.63
12	1	2	1:46.63
14	1	6	1:46.82
15	1	8	1:47.66
16	2	8	1:47.78

The final was held on 20 June at 18:02.^[5]