Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
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The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place July 25 and the final was held July 26.
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place July 25 and the final was held July 26.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record Championship record |
Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:... |
1:42.00 | Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... |
July 28, 2009 |
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Heats
60 swimmers participated in 8 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay... |
1:46.34 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | 3 | Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren is an Dutch long-distance freestyle swimmer.-Swimming career:After competing in the European Junior Swimming Championships in 2005 and 2006 Verschuren made his international senior debut at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary with an 19th position in... |
1:46.53 | Q | |
| 3 | 8 | 5 | Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:... |
1:46.56 | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
1:46.63 | Q | |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
1:46.98 | Q | |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Yannick Agnel Yannick Agnel Yannick Agnel is a French swimmer and national record holder in the 200 and 400 m freestyle . At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships, Agnel won three medals, including gold in the 400 m freestyle... |
1:47.11 | Q | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry is a Swiss swimmer specializing in the middle distance freestyle events. He currently holds six Swiss national records .... |
1:47.38 | Q | |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | Ross Davenport Ross Davenport Ross Paul Davenport is a British swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200 m freestyle and the 4×200 m freestyle relay.... |
1:47.59 | Q | |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Danila Izotov Danila Izotov Danila Sergeyevich Izotov is a Russian freestyle swimmer. Izotov won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
1:47.72 | Q | |
| 10 | 7 | 8 | Shaune Fraser Shaune Fraser Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... |
1:47.73 | Q | |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Robert Renwick Robert Renwick Robert Peter "Robbie" Renwick is a Scottish swimmer who first rose to prominence by swimming the anchor leg in the Scottish men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games... |
1:47.88 | Q | |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or | 1:48.11 | Q | |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Yuki Kobori | 1:48.19 | Q | |
| 14 | 6 | 5 | Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich Lobintsev is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
1:48.28 | Q | |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Nicolas Oliveira Nicolas Oliveira Nicolas Nilo César de Oliveira is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer. He specializes in sprint events.-See also:*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships... |
1:48.33 | Q | |
| 16 | 8 | 6 | Kenrick Monk Kenrick Monk Kenrick John Monk is an Australian swimmer.He attended Quakers Hill High School for his high school education.-Career:... |
1:48.42 | Q | |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Tim Wallburger | 1:48.43 | ||
| 18 | 6 | 7 | Gianluca Maglia | 1:48.54 | ||
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Sho Uchida Sho Uchida is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:2005 World Championships*200m freestyle 17th *400m freestyle 14th *800m freestyle 13th *4×200m freestyle relay 5th 2008 Beijing Olympics... |
1:48.64 | ||
| 20 | 6 | 8 | Marco Belotti Marco Belotti Marco Belotti is a freestyle swimmer from Italy. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:... |
1:48.66 | ||
| 21 | 5 | 5 | Markus Rogan Markus Rogan Markus Antonius Rogan is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and a gold medal for 200 m backstroke at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester... |
1:48.82 | ||
| 22 | 6 | 3 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes Thomas Fraser-Holmes Thomas William Fraser-Holmes is an Australian swimmer who made his international debut in 2010.- External links :... |
1:48.86 | ||
| 23 | 4 | 3 | Matthew Stanley | 1:48.93 | ||
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Li Yunqi | 1:48.94 | ||
| 25 | 7 | 6 | Jean Basson Jean Basson Jean Basson is an Olympic swimmer from South Africa. At the 2008 Olympic Games, Basson placed fourth in the 200 m freestyle final with a time of 1:45.97. Basson lives and trains in Tucson, Arizona, under coach Frank Busch. He was on the University of Arizona swim team.-External links:*... |
1:48.95 | ||
| 26 | 8 | 8 | Glenn Surgeloose | 1:48.96 | ||
| 27 | 5 | 6 | Chad Bobrosky | 1:49.01 | ||
| 28 | 5 | 7 | Cristian Quintero | 1:49.27 | ||
| 29 | 6 | 2 | Jiang Haiqi | 1:49.43 | ||
| 30 | 8 | 7 | Joost Reijns | 1:49.56 | ||
| 31 | 3 | 5 | Wong Kai Wai David | 1:49.58 | ||
| 32 | 5 | 2 | Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the National Training Center in Copenhagen.-References:... |
1:49.59 | ||
| 33 | 5 | 1 | Benjamin Hockin | 1:49.85 | ||
| 34 | 4 | 5 | Dominik Straga | 1:51.35 | ||
| 35 | 4 | 4 | Radovan Siljevski Radovan Siljevski Radovan Siljevski is a Serbian swimmer who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for his native country... |
1:51.42 | ||
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Uvis Kalnins | 1:52.20 | ||
| 37 | 4 | 2 | Robin Andreasson | 1:52.21 | ||
| 38 | 5 | 4 | Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008... |
1:52.23 | ||
| 39 | 4 | 6 | Mateo de Angulo | 1:52.25 | ||
| 40 | 4 | 7 | Jessie Lacuna | 1:52.27 | ||
| 41 | 3 | 4 | Martín Kutscher Martín Kutscher Martín Kutscher is a national-record holding freestyle swimmer from Uruguay who swam for Uruguay at 2004 and 2008 Olympics... |
1:52.49 | ||
| 42 | 4 | 1 | Kai Quan Yeo | 1:52.54 | ||
| 43 | 3 | 7 | Mario Montoya Mario Montoya (swimmer) Mario Montoya is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. He represented native country at the:*2008 Olympics,*2007 Pan American Games,*2007 World Championships, and... |
1:52.64 | ||
| 44 | 4 | 8 | Raúl Martínez | 1:52.93 | ||
| 45 | 3 | 1 | Sebastian Jahnsen | 1:53.68 | ||
| 46 | 3 | 6 | Irakli Revishvili | 1:54.02 | ||
| 47 | 2 | 4 | Nicholas Schwab | 1:54.95 | ||
| 48 | 2 | 5 | Matthew Abeysinghe | 1:55.33 | NR | |
| 48 | 3 | 3 | Pham Nguyen | 1:55.33 | ||
| 50 | 2 | 2 | Allan Gutierrez | 1:56.74 | ||
| 51 | 2 | 3 | Emanuele Nicolini | 1:57.23 | ||
| 52 | 2 | 7 | Quinton Delie | 1:57.47 | ||
| 53 | 3 | 8 | Mohamed Madouh | 1:57.64 | ||
| 54 | 2 | 6 | Jemal Le Grand | 1:58.24 | ||
| 55 | 1 | 4 | Obaid Al Jasmi | 1:58.49 | ||
| 56 | 2 | 1 | Gebrel Ahmed | 2:02.27 | ||
| 57 | 2 | 8 | Mathew Marquet | 2:02.41 | ||
| 58 | 1 | 5 | Paul Elaisa | 2:03.95 | ||
| 59 | 1 | 3 | Anderson Lim | 2:06.40 | ||
| 60 | 1 | 6 | Ryan Givinden | 2:18.07 |
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Yannick Agnel Yannick Agnel Yannick Agnel is a French swimmer and national record holder in the 200 and 400 m freestyle . At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships, Agnel won three medals, including gold in the 400 m freestyle... |
1:45.62 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
1:46.23 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich Lobintsev is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
1:47.34 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren is an Dutch long-distance freestyle swimmer.-Swimming career:After competing in the European Junior Swimming Championships in 2005 and 2006 Verschuren made his international senior debut at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary with an 19th position in... |
1:47.52 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Ross Davenport Ross Davenport Ross Paul Davenport is a British swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200 m freestyle and the 4×200 m freestyle relay.... |
1:47.76 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Kenrick Monk Kenrick Monk Kenrick John Monk is an Australian swimmer.He attended Quakers Hill High School for his high school education.-Career:... |
1:47.86 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Shaune Fraser Shaune Fraser Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... |
1:48.46 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Nimrod Shapira Bar Or Nimrod Shapira Bar Or Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or is an Israeli swimmer.He and Arab-Israeli Olympic swimming hopeful Jowan Qupty were high school roommates and best friends. He won a silver medal in the 200 meter freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 400 meter freestyle, at the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships... |
1:48.59 | ||
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:... |
1:45.93 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay... |
1:46.11 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
1:46.91 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry is a Swiss swimmer specializing in the middle distance freestyle events. He currently holds six Swiss national records .... |
1:47.30 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Danila Izotov Danila Izotov Danila Sergeyevich Izotov is a Russian freestyle swimmer. Izotov won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
1:47.39 | Q | |
| 6 | 7 | Robert Renwick Robert Renwick Robert Peter "Robbie" Renwick is a Scottish swimmer who first rose to prominence by swimming the anchor leg in the Scottish men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games... |
1:47.89 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Nicolas Oliveira Nicolas Oliveira Nicolas Nilo César de Oliveira is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer. He specializes in sprint events.-See also:*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships... |
1:48.18 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Yuki Kobori | 1:48.65 | ||
Final
The final was held at 18:02.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay... |
1:44.44 | |||
| 2 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
1:44.79 | |||
| 5 | Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:... |
1:44.88 | |||
| 6 | Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
1:44.92 | |||
| 4 | Yannick Agnel Yannick Agnel Yannick Agnel is a French swimmer and national record holder in the 200 and 400 m freestyle . At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships, Agnel won three medals, including gold in the 400 m freestyle... |
1:44.99 | NR | ||
| 1 | Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich Lobintsev is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
1:46.57 | |||
| 7 | Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry is a Swiss swimmer specializing in the middle distance freestyle events. He currently holds six Swiss national records .... |
1:47.02 | |||
| 8 | Danila Izotov Danila Izotov Danila Sergeyevich Izotov is a Russian freestyle swimmer. Izotov won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
1:47.46 |
External links
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.
- FINA World Championships, Swimming: Ryan Lochte Bests Michael Phelps For 200 Free Gold, Swimming World Magazine (2011-07-26); retrieved 2011-08-11.