2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Men's 200 metre freestyle ; at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	18 December (heats and final)
Competitors	46 from 43 nations
Winning time	1:39.72 CR
Medalists
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The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2022.^[1]^[2]

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	Danas Rapšys (LTU)	1:40.95	Hangzhou, China	14 December 2018

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
18 December	Final	Hwang Sun-woo	South Korea	1:39.72	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:23.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	7	Tom Dean	Great Britain	1:40.98	Q
2	5	5	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan	1:41.29	Q, NR
3	5	3	Maxime Grousset	France	1:41.79	Q
4	6	3	Drew Kibler	United States	1:41.88	Q
5	6	5	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	1:42.21	Q
6	4	3	David Popovici	Romania	1:42.31	Q
7	4	6	Thomas Neill	Australia	1:42.38	Q
8	4	4	Hwang Sun-woo	South Korea	1:42.44	Q
9	4	5	Kieran Smith	United States	1:42.54
10	5	6	Antonio Djakovic	Switzerland	1:43.04
11	5	1	Kregor Zirk	Estonia	1:43.16
12	6	7	Roman Fuchs	France	1:43.17
13	6	4	Matthew Sates	South Africa	1:43.22
14	4	1	Petar Mitsin	Bulgaria	1:43.48	NR
14	4	2	Breno Correia	Brazil	1:43.48
14	6	2	Pan Zhanle	China	1:43.48
17	5	2	Matteo Ciampi	Italy	1:43.51
18	6	6	Luc Kroon	Netherlands	1:43.86
19	4	7	Hidenari Mano	Japan	1:44.20
20	3	4	Luis Domínguez	Spain	1:44.25
21	6	1	Velimir Stjepanović	Serbia	1:44.73
22	4	8	Carter Swift	New Zealand	1:44.88
23	2	5	Ruslan Gaziev	Canada	1:44.97
24	6	8	Josha Salchow	Germany	1:45.01
25	5	8	Isak Eliasson	Sweden	1:45.17
26	3	6	Ronny Brännkärr	Finland	1:45.42
27	3	5	Joaquín Vargas	Peru	1:45.69
28	3	1	Ksawery Masiuk	Poland	1:46.51
29	2	4	Wesley Roberts	Cook Islands	1:46.67	NR
30	3	7	Cheuk Ming Ho	Hong Kong	1:47.30
31	2	6	Max Mannes	Luxembourg	1:47.41
32	2	2	Santiago Corredor	Colombia	1:47.47
33	3	3	Jakub Poliačik	Slovakia	1:47.48
34	3	8	Illia Linnyk	Ukraine	1:47.72
35	3	2	Mikel Schreuders	Aruba	1:47.74
36	2	1	Omar Abbass	Syria	1:48.73	NR
37	2	3	Luka Kukhalashvili	Georgia	1:49.38
38	2	7	Mark Ducaj	Albania	1:50.38
39	2	8	James Freeman	Botswana	1:51.02	NR
40	1	5	Luke Thompson	Bahamas	1:51.31	NR
41	1	4	Pavel Alovațki	Moldova	1:51.42
42	1	6	Matt Savitz	Gibraltar	1:54.02	NR
43	1	3	Jinnosuke Suzuki	Northern Mariana Islands	1:56.27
44	1	2	Israel Poppe	Guam	1:57.67
45	1	7	Sangay Tenzin	Bhutan	2:03.80
46	1	1	Ervin Shrestha	Nepal	2:05.03
	1	8	Jeancarlo Calderon	Panama	Did not start
	5	4	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	Did not start

Final

The final was held at 20:50.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Hwang Sun-woo	South Korea	1:39.72	CR, AS
	7	David Popovici	Romania	1:40.79	NR
	4	Tom Dean	Great Britain	1:40.86
4	6	Drew Kibler	United States	1:41.44
5	1	Thomas Neill	Australia	1:41.55
6	3	Maxime Grousset	France	1:41.56
7	2	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	1:41.74
8	5	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan	1:41.91

References

^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Men's 200m freestyle – Heats – Start List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Men's 200m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ "Men's 200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

[1] "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

[2] "Men's 200m freestyle – Heats – Start List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

[3] "Men's 200m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

[4] "Men's 200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

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