2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueDuna Arena
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Dates15 December
Competitors68 from 62 nations
Winning time1:38.61 WR
Medalists
gold medal Luke Hobson   United States
silver medal Maximillian Giuliani   Australia
bronze medal Lucas Henveaux   Belgium
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Individual medley
100 mmenwomen
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Freestyle relay
4×50 mmixed
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×50 mmixed
4×100 mmenwomenmixed

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2024.[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:39.37 Berlin, Germany 15 November 2009
Competition record  Hwang Sun-woo (KOR) 1:39.72 Melbourne, Australia 18 December 2022

The following records were established during this competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
13 December Final* Luke Hobson  United States 1:38.91 WR
15 December Final Luke Hobson  United States 1:38.61 WR

* Split from the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 9:21.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 8 Luke Hobson  United States 1:41.55 Q
2 6 5 Lucas Henveaux  Belgium 1:41.58 Q, NR
3 6 9 Tomas Koski  Finland 1:41.92 Q, NR
4 7 3 Kieran Smith  United States 1:42.22 Q
5 7 5 Tatsuya Murasa  Japan 1:42.28 Q
6 7 6 Rafael Miroslaw  Germany 1:42.38 Q
7 5 4 Maximillian Giuliani  Australia 1:42.67 Q
8 6 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:42.84 Q
9 7 4 Edward Sommerville  Australia 1:42.87 R
10 5 5 Roman Fuchs  France 1:42.93 R
11 4 4 Kamil Sieradzki  Poland 1:42.94
12 4 8 Robin Hanson  Sweden 1:43.21 NR
13 5 2 Carlos D'Ambrosio  Italy 1:43.25
14 5 3 Roman Akimov Neutral Athletes B Neutral Athletes B 1:43.32
15 7 2 Aleksandr Shchegolev Neutral Athletes B Neutral Athletes B 1:43.40
16 6 3 Kaique Alves  Brazil 1:43.48
17 3 7 Max Litchfield  Great Britain 1:43.59
18 6 1 Evan Bailey  Ireland 1:43.61
19 4 5 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:43.67
20 7 1 Dimitrios Markos  Greece 1:43.89 NR
21 7 9 Alessandro Ragaini  Italy 1:43.92
22 3 4 Kregor Zirk  Estonia 1:43.96
23 2 5 Nikoli Blackman  Trinidad and Tobago 1:44.05
24 3 1 Petar Mitsin  Bulgaria 1:44.07
25 4 2 Sašo Boškan  Slovenia 1:44.12 NR
26 7 7 Xu Yizhou  China 1:44.23
27 5 6 Lee Ho-joon  South Korea 1:44.41
28 6 2 Miguel Pérez-Godoy  Spain 1:44.52
29 6 7 Richárd Márton  Hungary 1:44.61
30 5 7 Sergio de Celis  Spain 1:44.67
31 4 3 Konstantinos Englezakis  Greece 1:44.75
32 7 0 Alexander Trampitsch  Austria 1:44.94
33 6 6 Antonio Djakovic  Switzerland 1:45.03
34 2 3 Abdalla Youssef Nasr  Egypt 1:45.04 NR
35 2 4 Jovan Lekić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:45.07 NR
36 5 9 Niko Janković  Croatia 1:45.31
37 2 6 Simon Doueihy  Lebanon 1:45.32
38 6 8 Markus Lie  Norway 1:45.44
39 6 0 Jakub Poliačik  Slovakia 1:45.85
40 5 8 Ondřej Gemov  Czech Republic 1:45.95
41 3 5 Rafael Ponce  Peru 1:46.51
42 4 6 Juan Morales  Colombia 1:46.61
43 4 7 Galymzhan Balabek  Kazakhstan 1:46.76
44 5 1 Kris Mihaylov  South Africa 1:47.00
45 3 2 Ben Littlejohn  New Zealand 1:47.01
46 5 0 Ardi Azman  Singapore 1:47.40
47 4 1 Surasit Thongdeang  Thailand 1:47.62
48 4 9 Terence Ng  Malaysia 1:48.12
49 4 0 Rami Rahmouni  Tunisia 1:48.44
50 3 8 Batbayaryn Enkhtamir  Mongolia 1:48.63
51 3 9 He Shing Ip  Hong Kong 1:49.30
52 2 1 Aryaan Din  Pakistan 1:49.49 NR
52 3 0 Luka Kukhalashvili  Georgia 1:49.49
54 3 6 Caleb Romero  Puerto Rico 1:49.51
55 2 2 Omar Abbass  Syria 1:50.05
56 1 4 Kaeden Gleason  United States Virgin Islands 1:53.29
57 2 9 Reidi Resuli  Albania 1:53.76
58 1 6 Mohammed Jibali  Libya 1:54.21
59 2 0 Stefano Mitchell  Netherlands Antilles 1:54.49
60 1 3 Andile Bekker  Botswana 1:55.76
61 1 5 Rony Daher  Bolivia 1:57.06
62 1 1 Soud Alenezi  Kuwait 1:57.09
63 2 8 Arion Budima  Kosovo 1:57.49
64 1 2 Baritiana Andriampenomanana  Madagascar 1:58.34
65 1 8 Atharva Singh  Nepal 2:01.16
66 1 7 Haziq Samil  Brunei 2:01.34
67 1 0 Isihaka Isihaka  Rwanda 2:06.20
68 1 9 Magnim Jordano Daou  Togo 2:35.51
2 7 Adrian Eichler  Philippines Did not start
3 3 Alex Axon  Canada

Final

The final was held at 18:40.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Luke Hobson  United States 1:38.61 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Maximillian Giuliani  Australia 1:40.36 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Lucas Henveaux  Belgium 1:41.13 NR
4 8 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:41.24
5 6 Kieran Smith  United States 1:41.57
6 7 Rafael Miroslaw  Germany 1:41.71
7 3 Tomas Koski  Finland 1:42.47
8 2 Tatsuya Murasa  Japan 1:42.95

References

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.