Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and the semifinals and 5 August with the final.[1]

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates4 August (heats and semifinals)
5 August (final)
Competitors40 from 33 nations
Winning time1:53.48
Medalists
    Hungary
    South Africa
    Poland

Records

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

World record  Michael Phelps (USA)1:51.51Rome, Italy29 July 2009
Competition record  Michael Phelps (USA)1:51.51Rome, Italy29 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:15.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134László Cseh Hungary1:53.71Q
233Viktor Bromer Denmark1:54.47Q, NR
344Daiya Seto Japan1:55.60Q
443Jan Świtkowski Poland1:55.78Q
525Leonardo de Deus Brazil1:55.83Q
623Tyler Clary United States1:55.86Q
745Masato Sakai Japan1:55.97Q
842David Morgan Australia1:56.05Q
935Tom Shields United States1:56.12Q
1027Stefanos Dimitriadis Greece1:56.23Q, NR
1137Sebastien Rousseau South Africa1:56.29Q
1246Louis Croenen Belgium1:56.33Q
1336Joseph Schooling Singapore1:56.85Q
1424Chad le Clos South Africa1:56.92Q
26Grant Irvine AustraliaQ
1648Alexander Kunert Germany1:57.28Q
1720Jan Šefl Czech Republic1:57.63
1832Francesco Pavone Italy1:57.69
1947Evgeny Koptelov Russia1:58.06
2021Wang Pudong China1:58.20
2141Quah Zheng Wen Singapore1:58.32
2230Alexandru Coci Romania1:58.43
2328Robert Žbogar Slovenia1:58.55
2440Nils Liess  Switzerland1:58.76
2531Hao Yun China1:59.04
2622Aleksandr Kudashev Russia1:59.33
2739Gal Nevo Israel1:59.45
2849Marcos Lavado Venezuela1:59.85
2915Esnaider Reales Colombia2:01.13
3038Nuno Quintanilha Portugal2:01.46
3113Sajan Prakash India2:01.63
3216Jessie Lacuna Philippines2:03.84
3314Bradlee Ashby New Zealand2:04.31
3429Hsu Chi-chieh Chinese Taipei2:04.48
3512Ayman Kelzi Syria2:04.60
3618Mihajlo Čeprkalo Bosnia and Herzegovina2:05.64
3717Teimuraz Kobakhidze Georgia2:06.19
3811Nouamane Batahi Morocco2:07.54
3910Aldo Castillo Bolivia2:15.38
4019Noah Al-Khulaifi Qatar2:26.71

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 4 August at 19:04.[3]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Chad le Clos South Africa1:54.50Q
24Viktor Bromer Denmark1:54.82Q
35Jan Świtkowski Poland1:55.42Q
47Louis Croenen Belgium1:55.49Q
52Stefanos Dimitriadis Greece1:56.31
63Tyler Clary United States1:56.47
78Alexander Kunert Germany1:57.29
86David Morgan Australia1:58.83

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14László Cseh Hungary1:53.53Q
26Masato Sakai Japan1:54.75Q
35Daiya Seto Japan1:54.95Q
42Tom Shields United States1:55.75Q
53Leonardo de Deus Brazil1:56.02
61Joseph Schooling Singapore1:56.11
77Sebastien Rousseau South Africa1:56.96
88Grant Irvine Australia1:57.94

Final

László Cseh wins gold

The final was held at 17:52.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4László Cseh Hungary1:53.48
5Chad le Clos South Africa1:53.68
7Jan Świtkowski Poland1:54.10
43Masato Sakai Japan1:54.24
56Viktor Bromer Denmark1:54.66
62Daiya Seto Japan1:55.16
71Louis Croenen Belgium1:55.39NR
88Tom Shields United States1:56.17

References

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