Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	13 February (heats and semifinals) 14 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	39
Nations:	36
Win Value:	1:53.88
Gold:	Tomoru Honda
Gold Nation:	JPN
Silver:	Alberto Razzetti
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Martin Espernberger
Bronze Nation:	AUT
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 13 February at 10:04.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	7			1:55.58	Q, NR
2	3	2			1:56.10	Q
3	3	3			1:56.12	Q
4	5	5			1:56.26	Q
5	4	4			1:56.37	Q
6	5	6			1:56.40	Q
7	3	5			1:56.53	Q
8	3	4			1:56.54	Q
9	5	4			1:56.56	Q
10	4	5			1:56.83	Q
11	5	3			1:57.20	Q
12	4	6			1:57.42	Q
13	3	7			1:57.45	Q
14	2	0			1:57.48	Q
14	4	3			1:57.48	Q
16	3	6			1:57.52	SO
16	4	7			1:57.52	SO
18	4	9			1:57.85	NR
19	5	1			1:58.29
20	3	1			1:58.79
21	3	0			1:58.99
22	4	1			1:59.08
23	4	2			1:59.32
24	4	0			1:59.45
25	5	9			1:59.78
26	4	8			1:59.90
27	2	5			2:00.56
28	5	8			2:01.75
29	2	4			2:01.91
30	3	9			2:02.32
31	2	6			2:03.31
32	2	2			2:03.41
33	2	3			2:03.87
34	1	1			2:05.49
35	5	0			2:05.58
36	2	7			2:10.17
37	2	8			2:13.83
38	1	3			2:18.46
39	1	2			2:21.88
	2	1			Did not start
	3	8
	5	2

Swim-off

The swim-off were started on 13 February at 11:11.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			1:56.91	Q
2	4			1:57.46

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 February at 20:33.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	6			1:55.09	Q
2	2	2			1:55.20	Q
3	1	2			1:55.38	Q
4	1	5			1:55.40	Q
5	2	4			1:55.64	Q
6	1	4			1:55.82	Q
7	1	3			1:55.88	Q
8	1	6			1:56.04	Q
9	2	8			1:56.68
10	2	7			1:56.77
11	2	5			1:56.81
12	1	1			1:56.93
13	1	7			1:57.67
14	1	8			1:57.77
15	2	1			1:58.34
–	2	3			Disqualified

Final

The final was started on 14 February at 19:53.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:53.88
	4			1:54.65
	6			1:55.16
4	3			1:55.36
5	2			1:55.48	NR
6	8			1:55.76
7	7			1:55.86
8	1			1:57.23

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213170931/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000104EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213073020/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000104EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Swim-off results. omegatiming.com. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213155202/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000104EE0106FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
6. Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213175139/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000104EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
7. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214170052/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000104EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.