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 | ||||||||||
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Dates | 4 August (heats and semifinals) 5 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 33 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:53.48 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
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Competition record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held at 10:15.[2]
Semifinals
editThe semifinals were held on 4 August at 19:04.[3]
Semifinal 1
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:54.50 | Q |
2 | 4 | Viktor Bromer | Denmark | 1:54.82 | Q |
3 | 5 | Jan Świtkowski | Poland | 1:55.42 | Q |
4 | 7 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | 1:55.49 | Q |
5 | 2 | Stefanos Dimitriadis | Greece | 1:56.31 | |
6 | 3 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:56.47 | |
7 | 8 | Alexander Kunert | Germany | 1:57.29 | |
8 | 6 | David Morgan | Australia | 1:58.83 |
Semifinal 2
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:53.53 | Q |
2 | 6 | Masato Sakai | Japan | 1:54.75 | Q |
3 | 5 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:54.95 | Q |
4 | 2 | Tom Shields | United States | 1:55.75 | Q |
5 | 3 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:56.02 | |
6 | 1 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 1:56.11 | |
7 | 7 | Sebastien Rousseau | South Africa | 1:56.96 | |
8 | 8 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:57.94 |
Final
editThe final was held at 17:52.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:53.48 | ||
5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:53.68 | ||
7 | Jan Świtkowski | Poland | 1:54.10 | ||
4 | 3 | Masato Sakai | Japan | 1:54.24 | |
5 | 6 | Viktor Bromer | Denmark | 1:54.66 | |
6 | 2 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:55.16 | |
7 | 1 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | 1:55.39 | NR |
8 | 8 | Tom Shields | United States | 1:56.17 |