Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_–_Men's_200_metre_freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Men's 200 metre freestyle ; at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location	Gwangju, South Korea
Dates	22 July (heats and semifinals); 23 July (final)
Competitors	66 from 58 nations
Winning time	1:44.93
Medalists
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Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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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 shake hands with China's Sun Yang, with Sun Yang calling Scott a "loser" in response.^[4]^[5]

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Schedule

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"Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-20.

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https://beta.washingtonpost.com/sports/sun-wins-200-free-via-disqualification-at-world-swimming/2019/07/23/b70742c0-ad3c-11e9-9411-a608f9d0c2d3_story.doc?outputType=amp ^{[dead link]}

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"World Aquatics Championships: Duncan Scott wins 200m freestyle bronze as Sun Yang takes gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

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"'I don't know why he's here': Adam Peaty backs Scott's decision to snub Sun Yang". The Guardian. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

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Heats results

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Semifinals results

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Final results

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World record	Paul Biedermann (GER)	1:42.00	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009
Competition record	Paul Biedermann (GER)	1:42.00	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	7	2	James Guy	Great Britain	1:46.18	Q
2	5	4	Sun Yang	China	1:46.22	Q
3	7	5	Martin Malyutin	Russia	1:46.29	Q
4	5	5	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	1:46.36	Q
5	6	4	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	1:46.45	Q
6	6	6	Fernando Scheffer	Brazil	1:46.46	Q
7	7	3	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan	1:46.51	Q
8	5	3	Dominik Kozma	Hungary	1:46.55	Q
9	7	4	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	1:46.60	Q
10	6	2	Ji Xinjie	China	1:46.62	Q
11	5	6	Mikhail Dovgalyuk	Russia	1:46.72	Q
12	6	3	Andrew Seliskar	United States	1:46.74	Q
13	6	5	Townley Haas	United States	1:46.85	Q
14	7	6	Clyde Lewis	Australia	1:46.93	Q
15	7	7	Filippo Megli	Italy	1:46.95	Q
16	6	7	Maarten Brzoskowski	Netherlands	1:47.06	Q
17	5	7	Breno Correia	Brazil	1:47.26
18	6	1	Jacob Heidtmann	Germany	1:47.38
19	5	1	Velimir Stjepanović	Serbia	1:47.40
20	5	2	Naito Ehara	Japan	1:47.46
21	7	8	Poul Zellmann	Germany	1:47.65
22	7	1	Khader Baqlah	Jordan	1:47.72
23	6	8	Kacper Majchrzak	Poland	1:48.05
24	4	9	Cristian Quintero	Venezuela	1:48.10
25	7	9	Nils Liess	Switzerland	1:48.29
26	4	3	Kregor Zirk	Estonia	1:48.51	NR
27	2	3	Alexei Sancov	Moldova	1:48.60
27	7	0	Jordan Sloan	Ireland	1:48.60
29	5	8	Welson Sim	Malaysia	1:48.61
30	6	0	Denis Loktev	Israel	1:48.76
31	5	9	Lee Ho-joon	South Korea	1:48.89
32	4	2	Mikel Schreuders	Aruba	1:48.92
33	3	4	Erge Gezmis	Turkey	1:49.35
34	4	5	Matthew Stanley	New Zealand	1:49.36
35	4	4	Alexander Pratt	Canada	1:49.56
35	4	6	Darren Chua	Singapore	1:49.56
37	6	9	Miguel Nascimento	Portugal	1:49.71
38	3	5	Pit Brandenburger	Luxembourg	1:50.10
39	2	4	Mokhtar Al-Yamani	Yemen	1:50.18
40	4	0	An Ting-yao	Chinese Taipei	1:50.48
41	4	8	Ognjen Marić	Croatia	1:50.84
42	2	5	Michael Gunning	Jamaica	1:51.14
43	4	1	Wesley Roberts	Cook Islands	1:51.25
44	3	6	Eben Vorster	South Africa	1:51.70
45	3	2	Marko Kovačić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:51.78
46	3	9	Alex Sobers	Barbados	1:51.89
47	3	1	Aflah Prawira	Indonesia	1:51.91
48	3	8	Igor Mogne	Mozambique	1:52.19
49	3	0	Cheuk Ming Ho	Hong Kong	1:52.34
49	3	3	Sajan Prakash	India	1:52.34
51	2	1	Omar Abbas	Syria	1:52.78
52	3	7	Andrew Digby	Thailand	1:53.01
53	2	2	Jorge Depassier	Chile	1:53.62
54	2	9	Audai Hassouna	Libya	1:53.74
55	1	5	Irakli Revishvili	Georgia	1:54.00
56	2	8	Noah Mascoll-Gomes	Antigua and Barbuda	1:54.20
57	1	6	Kledi Kadiu	Albania	1:55.11
58	2	6	Alireza Yavari	Iran	1:56.28
59	1	3	Jordan Crooks	Cayman Islands	1:56.33
60	1	1	Yacob Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	1:56.57
61	2	0	Lin Sizhuang	Macau	1:57.37
62	1	4	Matt Galea	Malta	1:58.57
63	1	2	Noel Keane	Palau	2:02.63
64	1	7	Dren Ukimeraj	Kosovo	2:05.29
65	1	8	Mubal Ibrahim	Maldives	2:09.06	NR
	4	7	Marwan El-Kamash	Egypt	DNS
	5	0	Felix Auböck	Austria	DNS
	2	7	James Freeman	Botswana	DSQ

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Clyde Lewis	Australia	1:44.90	Q
2	4	Sun Yang	China	1:45.31	Q
3	6	Dominik Kozma	Hungary	1:45.57	Q
4	3	Fernando Scheffer	Brazil	1:45.83
5	2	Ji Xinjie	China	1:45.88
6	5	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	1:46.21
7	7	Andrew Seliskar	United States	1:46.83
8	8	Maarten Brzoskowski	Netherlands	1:47.13

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	1:45.44	Q
2	3	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	1:45.56	Q
2	6	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan	1:45.56	Q
4	5	Martin Malyutin	Russia	1:45.60	Q
5	8	Filippo Megli	Italy	1:45.76	Q, NR
6	4	James Guy	Great Britain	1:45.95
7	7	Mikhail Dovgalyuk	Russia	1:46.20
8	1	Townley Haas	United States	1:46.37

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Sun Yang	China	1:44.93
	2	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan	1:45.22	NR
	1	Martin Malyutin	Russia	1:45.63
	6	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	1:45.63
5	8	Filippo Megli	Italy	1:45.67	NR
6	4	Clyde Lewis	Australia	1:45.78
7	7	Dominik Kozma	Hungary	1:45.90
	3	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	DSQ

Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_–_Men's_200_metre_freestyle

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

Records

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

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