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

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	24 July (heats and semifinals) 25 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	72
Nations:	64
Win Value:	1:44.30
Gold:	Matt Richards
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Tom Dean
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Hwang Sun-woo
Bronze Nation:	KOR
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 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 24 July at 11:27.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	3	1:45.69	Q
2	8	5	1:45.82	Q
3	8	4	1:45.86	Q
4	7	5	1:46.02	Q
5	7	2	1:46.21	Q
6	6	3	1:46.38	Q
7	7	1	1:46.40	Q
8	6	5	1:46.44	Q
9	6	6	1:46.45	Q
10	8	3	1:46.48	Q
11	6	4	1:46.49	Q
12	6	8	1:46.58	Q
13	6	2	1:46.69	Q
13	7	4	1:46.69	Q
13	8	7	1:46.69	Q
16	8	6	1:46.70	Q
17	8	2	1:46.87
17	8	8	1:46.87
19	6	0	1:46.89
20	6	7	1:46.94
21	7	7	1:47.08
22	8	9	1:47.09
23	8	1	1:47.11
24	6	1	1:47.27
25	5	3	1:47.34
26	5	6	1:47.36
27	5	5	1:47.93
28	7	9	1:48.00
29	8	0	1:48.13
30	5	4	1:48.18
31	7	0	1:48.84
32	7	8	1:48.93
33	5	1	1:49.13
34	6	9	1:49.28
35	5	2	1:49.54
36	4	5	1:49.85
37	4	1	1:50.61
38	4	3	1:50.68
39	4	2	1:51.27
39	4	4	1:51.27
41	5	7	1:51.66
42	4	8	1:52.11
43	5	8	1:52.24
44	4	6	1:52.25
45	3	2	1:53.10	NR
46	5	0	1:53.67
47	4	0	1:54.19
48	5	9	1:54.56
49	3	4	1:54.67
50	3	3	1:54.77
51	4	9	1:55.07
52	3	6	1:55.09
53	3	0	1:55.28
54	1	3	1:55.69
55	2	0	1:55.87
56	3	1	1:55.90
57	4	7	1:55.96
58	2	8	1:56.37	NR
59	2	4	1:57.26
60	3	7	1:57.81
61	3	8	1:57.92
62	2	6	1:58.32
63	2	2	1:58.36
64	3	3	1:58.96
65	1	1	1:59.08	NR
66	2	2	1:59.20
67	1	1	1:59.69
68	2	5	2:00.09
69	2	7	2:02.57
70	2	9	2:02.84
71	2	1	2:06.93
72	1	4	2:07.89
	3	5
	7	6

Semifinals

The semifinals was started on 24 July at 21:11.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	1:44.70	Q
2	2	4	1:44.87	Q
3	1	1	1:45.07	Q
4	1	5	1:45.29	Q
5	1	4	1:45.40	Q
6	2	3	1:45.93	Q
7	1	3	1:45.96	Q
8	1	2	1:45.97
8	1	6	1:45.97
10	2	1	1:46.05
10	2	7	1:46.05
12	2	8	1:46.30
13	1	7	1:46.61
14	1	8	1:46.66
15	2	6	1:46.77
16	2	2	1:47.35

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 24 July at 22:00.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			1:46.30	Q
2	5			1:46.37

Final

The final was held on 25 July at 20:02.^[8]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	2	1:44.30
	6	1:44.32
	3	1:44.42	NR
4	4	1:44.90
5	5	1:45.09
6	7	1:46.04
7	1	1:46.10
8	8	1:46.40

Notes and References

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.
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.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231004192602/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 4 October 2023 . omegatiming.com.
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.
Web site: 24 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240101174857/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 1 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 24 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231004192435/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 4 October 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 24 July 2023 . Swim-off results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231004190546/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EE0107FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 4 October 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 25 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231004190032/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 4 October 2023 . omegatiming.com.