Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 22 and 23 July 2019.[1][2] Sun Yang was the defending champion, and defended his title. Lithuania's Danas Rapšys finished first, but was disqualified for flinching just before the start.[3] During the medal ceremony, Great Britain's Duncan Scott refused to share the podium with China's Sun Yang, with Sun Yang calling Scott a loser.[4][5]

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates22 July (heats and semifinals)
23 July (final)
Competitors66 from 58 nations
Winning time1:44.93
Medalists
 Sun Yang   China
 Katsuhiro Matsumoto   Japan
 Martin Malyutin   Russia
 Duncan Scott   Great Britain
2019 FINA
World Championships
Artistic swimming
Solo
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Duet
Technicalwomen
Technical mixed
Freewomen
Free mixed
Team
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Highlightwomen
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
3 m & 10 m mixed team
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
3 m mixed
10 mmenwomen
10 m mixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
Single
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Relay
4×1,25 km mixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen

Records

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

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER)1:42.00Rome, Italy28 July 2009
Competition record  Paul Biedermann (GER)1:42.00Rome, Italy28 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 22 July at 10:57.[6]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNote
172James Guy Great Britain1:46.18Q
254Sun Yang China1:46.22Q
375Martin Malyutin Russia1:46.29Q
455Kyle Chalmers Australia1:46.36Q
564Duncan Scott Great Britain1:46.45Q
666Fernando Scheffer Brazil1:46.46Q
773Katsuhiro Matsumoto Japan1:46.51Q
853Dominik Kozma Hungary1:46.55Q
974Danas Rapšys Lithuania1:46.60Q
1062Ji Xinjie China1:46.62Q
1156Mikhail Dovgalyuk Russia1:46.72Q
1263Andrew Seliskar United States1:46.74Q
1365Townley Haas United States1:46.85Q
1476Clyde Lewis Australia1:46.93Q
1577Filippo Megli Italy1:46.95Q
1667Maarten Brzoskowski Netherlands1:47.06Q
1757Breno Correia Brazil1:47.26
1861Jacob Heidtmann Germany1:47.38
1951Velimir Stjepanović Serbia1:47.40
2052Naito Ehara Japan1:47.46
2178Poul Zellmann Germany1:47.65
2271Khader Baqlah Jordan1:47.72
2368Kacper Majchrzak Poland1:48.05
2449Cristian Quintero Venezuela1:48.10
2579Nils Liess  Switzerland1:48.29
2643Kregor Zirk Estonia1:48.51NR
2723Alexei Sancov Moldova1:48.60
2770Jordan Sloan Ireland1:48.60
2958Welson Sim Malaysia1:48.61
3060Denis Loktev Israel1:48.76
3159Lee Ho-joon South Korea1:48.89
3242Mikel Schreuders Aruba1:48.92
3334Erge Gezmis Turkey1:49.35
3445Matthew Stanley New Zealand1:49.36
3544Alexander Pratt Canada1:49.56
3546Darren Chua Singapore1:49.56
3769Miguel Nascimento Portugal1:49.71
3835Pit Brandenburger Luxembourg1:50.10
3924Mokhtar Al-Yamani Yemen1:50.18
4040An Ting-yao Chinese Taipei1:50.48
4148Ognjen Marić Croatia1:50.84
4225Michael Gunning Jamaica1:51.14
4341Wesley Roberts Cook Islands1:51.25
4436Eben Vorster South Africa1:51.70
4532Marko Kovačić Bosnia and Herzegovina1:51.78
4639Alex Sobers Barbados1:51.89
4731Aflah Prawira Indonesia1:51.91
4838Igor Mogne Mozambique1:52.19
4930Cheuk Ming Ho Hong Kong1:52.34
4933Sajan Prakash India1:52.34
5121Omar Abbas Syria1:52.78
5237Andrew Digby Thailand1:53.01
5322Jorge Depassier Chile1:53.62
5429Audai Hassouna Libya1:53.74
5515Irakli Revishvili Georgia1:54.00
5628Noah Mascoll-Gomes Antigua and Barbuda1:54.20
5716Kledi Kadiu Albania1:55.11
5826Alireza Yavari Iran1:56.28
5913Jordan Crooks Cayman Islands1:56.33
6011Yacob Al-Khulaifi Qatar1:56.57
6120Lin Sizhuang Macau1:57.37
6214Matt Galea Malta1:58.57
6312Noel Keane Palau2:02.63
6417Dren Ukimeraj Kosovo2:05.29
6518Mubal Ibrahim Maldives2:09.06NR
47Marwan El-Kamash EgyptDNS
50Felix Auböck Austria
27James Freeman BotswanaDSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 July at 21:12.[7]

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Clyde Lewis Australia1:44.90Q
24Sun Yang China1:45.31Q
36Dominik Kozma Hungary1:45.57Q
43Fernando Scheffer Brazil1:45.83
52Ji Xinjie China1:45.88
65Kyle Chalmers Australia1:46.21
77Andrew Seliskar United States1:46.83
88Maarten Brzoskowski Netherlands1:47.13

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Danas Rapšys Lithuania1:45.44Q
23Duncan Scott Great Britain1:45.56Q
26Katsuhiro Matsumoto Japan1:45.56Q
45Martin Malyutin Russia1:45.60Q
58Filippo Megli Italy1:45.76Q, NR
64James Guy Great Britain1:45.95
77Mikhail Dovgalyuk Russia1:46.20
81Townley Haas United States1:46.37

Final

The final was held on 23 July at 20:02.[8]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Sun Yang China1:44.93
2Katsuhiro Matsumoto Japan1:45.22NR
1Martin Malyutin Russia1:45.63
6Duncan Scott Great Britain1:45.63
58Filippo Megli Italy1:45.67NR
64Clyde Lewis Australia1:45.78
77Dominik Kozma Hungary1:45.90
3Danas Rapšys LithuaniaDSQ

References
  1. Schedule
  2. Start list
  4. "World Aquatics Championships: Duncan Scott wins 200m freestyle bronze as Sun Yang takes gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. "'I don't know why he's here': Adam Peaty backs Scott's decision to snub Sun Yang". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. Heats results
  7. Semifinals results
  8. Final results
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