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Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates28 July 2024
(Heats and Semis)
29 July 2024
(Final)
Competitors25 from 18 nations
Winning time1:44.72
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Popovici  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matthew Richards  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Luke Hobson  United States
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Swimming at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 and 29 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]

The winning margin was 0.02 seconds, the closest win in this event at the Olympics.


Records

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

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:42.00 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009 [2][3]
Olympic record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:42.96 Beijing, China 12 August 2008 [4]

Qualification

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Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[5][6]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[5]

Time standards

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The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[7]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Men's events
Event OQT* OCT^
200 m freestyle 1:46.26 1:46.79

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

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The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
28 July 2024 10:00 Heats
19:37 Semifinals
29 July 2024 17:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 4 4 David Popovici  Romania 1:45.65 Q
2 3 3 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:45.91 Q
3 4 8 Lucas Henveaux  Belgium 1:46.04 Q, NR
4 4 5 Hwang Sun-woo  South Korea 1:46.13 Q
5 2 5 Maximillian Giuliani  Australia 1:46.15 Q
6 2 4 Matthew Richards  Great Britain 1:46.19 Q
7 2 3 Katsuhiro Matsumoto  Japan 1:46.23 Q
4 3 Luke Hobson  United States 1:46.23 Q
9 4 2 Thomas Neill  Australia 1:46.27 Q
10 3 4 Lukas Märtens  Germany 1:46.33 Q
11 3 5 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:46.34 Q
12 2 6 Kim Woo-min  South Korea 1:46.64 Q
13 2 2 Rafael Miroslaw  Germany 1:46.81 Q
14 2 1 Denis Loktev  Israel 1:47.01 Q
15 3 2 Alessandro Ragaini  Italy 1:47.31 Q
16 3 7 Filippo Megli  Italy 1:47.39 Q
17 2 8 Antonio Djakovic  Switzerland 1:47.46
18 1 4 Velimir Stjepanovic  Serbia 1:47.56
19 3 6 Chris Guiliano  United States 1:47.60
20 3 8 Jorge Iga  Mexico 1:48.38
21 1 5 Saso Boskan  Slovenia 1:48.75
22 4 6 Pan Zhanle  China 1:49.47
23 4 7 Ji Xinjie  China 1:49.88
24 1 3 Omar Abbass  Syria 1:53.01
25 1 6 Muhammad Ahmed Durrani  Pakistan 1:58.67
4 1 Guilherme Costa  Brazil DNS
3 1 Nandor Nemeth  Hungary DNS
2 7 Felix Auböck  Austria DNS

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Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 David Popovici  Romania 1:44.53 Q
2 2 7 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:44.94 Q
3 1 6 Luke Hobson  United States 1:45.19 Q
4 1 2 Lukas Märtens  Germany 1:45.36 Q
5 2 3 Maximillian Giuliani  Australia 1:45.37 Q
6 1 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:45.48 Q
7 1 3 Matthew Richards  Great Britain 1:45.63 Q
8 2 6 Katsuhiro Matsumoto  Japan 1:45.88 Q
9 1 5 Hwang Sun-woo  South Korea 1:45.92
10 2 2 Thomas Neill  Australia 1:46.18
11 2 5 Lucas Henveaux  Belgium 1:46.20
12 1 7 Kim Woo-min  South Korea 1:46.58
13 1 8 Filippo Megli  Italy 1:46.87
14 2 8 Alessandro Ragaini  Italy 1:47.08
15 2 1 Rafael Miroslaw  Germany 1:47.34
16 1 1 Denis Loktev  Israel 1:47.93

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Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 David Popovici  Romania 1:44.72
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Matthew Richards  Great Britain 1:44.74
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Luke Hobson  United States 1:44.79
4 5 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:44.87
5 6 Lukas Märtens  Germany 1:45.46
5 7 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:45.46
7 2 Maximillian Giuliani  Australia 1:45.57
8 8 Katsuhiro Matsumoto  Japan 1:46.26

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References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ Dillman, Lisa (29 July 2009). "Suit case: German ends Phelps' reign". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ^ Jeffery, Nicole (29 July 2009). "Paul Biedermann beats Michael Phelps in 200m freestyle". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Phelps breaks 200 free world record by nearly a second". ESPN. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle - Heats results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle - Semifinals results" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle - Semifinals results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle - Finals results" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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