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

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	26 July (heats and semifinals) 27 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	49
Nations:	43
Win Value:	1:54.82
Gold:	Léon Marchand
Gold Nation:	FRA
Silver:	Duncan Scott
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Tom Dean
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 26 and 27 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 26 July at 11:17.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	5	1:57.76	Q
2	4	5	1:57.80	Q
3	6	6	1:57.88	Q
4	6	7	1:58.00	Q
5	5	6	1:58.08	Q
6	6	3	1:58.20	Q
7	6	5	1:58.24	Q
8	4	6	1:58.30	Q
9	6	4	1:58.38	Q
10	4	7	1:58.47	Q
11	5	4	1:58.56	Q
12	4	3	1:58.64	Q
13	6	2	1:58.74	Q
14	5	7	1:58.77	Q
15	6	1	1:59.03	Q
16	4	4	1:59.05	Q
17	5	2	1:59.15
18	5	8	1:59.72
18	5	9	1:59.72
20	6	8	2:00.00
21	4	0	2:00.01
22	5	0	2:01.14
23	4	1	2:01.22
24	3	5	2:01.42
25	4	8	2:01.75
26	5	1	2:01.82
27	3	2	2:02.64
28	3	0	2:02.99	NR
29	3	7	2:03.38
30	3	4	2:03.76
31	6	9	2:03.87
32	3	3	2:03.89
33	2	4	2:04.71
34	4	9	2:04.92
35	6	0	2:05.77
36	3	8	2:05.97
37	3	9	2:06.31
38	3	1	2:06.37
39	2	2	2:06.60
40	2	5	2:06.67
41	2	3	2:08.50
42	2	6	2:09.32
43	1	3	2:10.10
44	2	1	2:13.17
45	2	7	2:13.80
46	1	5	2:20.01
47	1	4	2:20.23
48	2	0	2:28.39
	2	8
	4	2
	5	3
	3	6

Semifinals

The semifinals was held on 26 July at 21:29.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	2	1:56.34	Q
2	2	4	1:56.50	Q
3	2	6	1:56.55	Q
4	1	2	1:56.58	Q
5	2	5	1:57.06	Q
6	1	4	1:57.15	Q
7	1	3	1:57.18	Q
8	2	7	1:57.23	Q
9	2	1	1:57.39
10	1	6	1:57.51
11	1	8	1:57.97
12	2	3	1:58.01
13	1	7	1:58.23
14	1	5	1:58.29
15	2	8	1:59.35
16	1	1	2:00.28

Final

The final was held on 27 July at 21:03.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	4	1:54.82	ER
	5	1:55.95
	1	1:56.07
4	8	1:56.35
5	3	1:56.43
6	7	1:56.70
7	6	1:57.37
8	2	1:57.82

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/20230723152442/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010105EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 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: 26 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240114193410/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010105EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 14 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 26 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230726124500/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010105EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 26 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114729/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010105EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 24 December 2023 . omegatiming.com.