Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	25 July (heats and semifinals) 26 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	38
Nations:	34
Win Value:	1:52.43
Gold:	Léon Marchand
Gold Nation:	FRA
Silver:	Krzysztof Chmielewski
Silver Nation:	POL
Bronze:	Tomoru Honda
Bronze Nation:	JPN
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2023.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 25 July at 11:13.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			1:54.21	Q
2	3	1			1:54.99	Q, NR
3	4	6			1:55.02	Q
4	5	2			1:55.17	Q
5	5	6			1:55.35	Q
6	4	5			1:55.36	Q
7	4	4			1:55.46	Q
8	5	3			1:55.59	Q
9	3	6			1:55.69	Q
10	4	3			1:55.72	Q
11	3	7			1:55.75	Q
12	5	5			1:55.85	Q
13	3	5			1:55.93	Q
14	3	3			1:56.03	Q
15	3	2			1:56.23	Q
16	5	1			1:56.51	Q,
17	4	2			1:56.79	Q
18	5	7			1:56.86
19	3	4			1:56.87
20	4	8			1:57.36
21	4	1			1:57.79
22	5	8			1:57.80
23	5	0			1:58.07
24	4	7			1:58.69
25	5	9			1:59.10
26	2	4			1:59.96
27	3	9			2:00.17
28	4	0			2:01.83
29	3	0			2:03.05
30	2	5			2:03.33
31	2	6			2:03.57
32	2	3			2:03.61
33	1	3			2:05.65	NR
34	2	7			2:07.28
35	2	1			2:08.54	NR
36	4	9			2:11.47
37	2	8			2:13.97
38	1	4			2:32.93
	1	5
	2	2
	3	8

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 25 July at 21:33.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	3			1:53.85	Q
2	2	6			1:54.21	Q
3	2	1			1:54.28	Q, NR
4	2	5			1:54.36	Q
5	2	4			1:54.43	Q
6	1	1			1:54.54	Q
7	1	6			1:54.57	Q
8	1	5			1:54.97	Q
9	2	3			1:55.00
10	1	2			1:55.36
11	1	7			1:55.44
12	1	4			1:55.61
13	2	8			1:56.44
14	2	7			1:56.89
15	2	2			1:57.51
16	1	8			1:57.94

Final

The final was held on 26 July at 20:53.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:52.43	NR
	6			1:53.62
	2			1:53.66
4	1			1:53.82
4	3			1:53.82	NR
6	4			1:54.74
7	7			1:55.02
8	8			1:55.43

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
2. Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
3. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152445/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010104EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
4. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
5. Web site: 25 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230803233539/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010104EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 3 August 2023 . omegatiming.com.
6. Web site: 25 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725145025/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010104EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf.pdf . 25 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
7. Web site: 26 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231114080851/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010104EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 14 November 2023 . omegatiming.com.