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

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	14 February (heats and semifinals) 15 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	40
Nations:	35
Win Value:	1:56.64
Gold:	Finlay Knox
Gold Nation:	CAN
Silver:	Carson Foster
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Alberto Razzetti
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 February 2024.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 14 February at 10:16.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	3	1:58.17	Q
2	3	5	1:58.26	Q
3	3	4	1:58.71	Q
4	3	6	1:59.48	Q
4	5	3	1:59.48	Q
6	4	6	1:59.80	Q
7	5	7	1:59.87	Q
8	5	4	1:59.91	Q
9	5	5	2:00.14	Q
10	4	3	2:00.28	Q
11	5	6	2:00.37	Q
12	4	2	2:00.40	Q
13	4	4	2:00.46	Q
14	3	2	2:00.63	Q
15	5	1	2:01.13	Q
16	3	7	2:01.52	Q
17	3	8	2:01.71
18	3	9	2:01.78
19	3	1	2:01.87
20	4	5	2:02.10
21	5	8	2:02.44
22	2	3	2:02.89
23	2	5	2:03.31
24	4	1	2:03.85
25	2	4	2:04.16
26	4	8	2:04.34
27	4	0	2:04.75
28	2	2	2:04.83
29	5	0	2:04.97
30	2	7	2:05.08
31	2	6	2:05.16
32	5	9	2:05.21
33	3	0	2:05.59
34	2	8	2:07.85
35	1	4	2:12.53
36	4	9	2:14.64
37	2	0	2:15.55
–	4	7	Did not start
	5	2
	1	3	Disqualified
	1	5
	2	1

The semifinals were started on 14 February at 20:29.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	1:57.13	Q
2	2	1	1:57.62	Q
3	1	6	1:57.83	Q
4	1	4	1:57.85	Q
5	2	2	1:58.21	Q
6	2	3	1:58.50	Q
7	2	7	1:58.59	Q
8	2	6	1:58.98	Q
9	2	4	1:59.08
10	1	5	1:59.60
11	2	8	2:00.11
12	1	3	2:00.27
13	1	1	2:00.32
14	1	7	2:00.39
15	1	8	2:00.75
16	1	2	2:01.21

The final was held on 15 February at 20:03.^[6]

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.
Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143636/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000105EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
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.
Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214083021/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000105EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214174655/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000105EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215171201/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000105EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.