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

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2019.[1][2] The event was won by Kristóf Milák, who broke a 10-year-old record set by Michael Phelps, and set a new world-record time of 1:50.73 in the process.[3]

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates23 July (heats and semifinals)
24 July (final)
Competitors48 from 43 nations
Winning time1:50.73 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    South Africa
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Records

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Prior 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
Competition record   Michael Phelps (USA) 1:51.51 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Final Kristóf Milák   Hungary 1:50.73 WR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 23 July at 10:45.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Kristóf Milák   Hungary 1:54.19 Q
2 5 5 Daiya Seto   Japan 1:54.56 Q
3 5 2 Denys Kesil   Ukraine 1:55.82 Q
4 5 3 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:56.05 Q
5 3 4 Chad le Clos   South Africa 1:56.17 Q
6 4 1 Antani Ivanov   Bulgaria 1:56.35 Q
6 5 1 Louis Croenen   Belgium 1:56.35 Q
8 4 3 Zach Harting   United States 1:56.42 Q
9 3 1 Matthew Temple   Australia 1:56.54 Q
10 3 5 Federico Burdisso   Italy 1:56.64 Q
11 4 4 Tamás Kenderesi   Hungary 1:56.82 Q
12 3 3 David Morgan   Australia 1:56.90 Q
13 4 6 Luiz Altamir Melo   Brazil 1:57.08 Q
14 5 8 Brendan Hyland   Ireland 1:57.09 Q, NR
15 5 7 Mackenzie Darragh   Canada 1:57.13 Q
16 3 2 Maksym Shemberev   Azerbaijan 1:57.14 Q
17 3 8 Velimir Stjepanović   Serbia 1:57.15
18 4 5 Justin Wright   United States 1:57.18
19 4 8 Wang Kuan-hung   Chinese Taipei 1:57.21
20 4 2 David Thomasberger   Germany 1:57.31
21 4 7 Jan Świtkowski   Poland 1:57.58
22 2 4 Kregor Zirk   Estonia 1:58.04 NR
23 5 0 Joan Lluís Pons   Spain 1:58.44
24 3 0 Sajan Prakash   India 1:58.45
25 2 3 Adilbek Mussin   Kazakhstan 1:58.58 NR
26 3 6 Viktor Bromer   Denmark 1:58.59
27 5 9 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 1:59.10
28 2 1 Richard Nagy   Slovakia 1:59.29 NR
29 3 9 Luis Vega Torres   Cuba 1:59.94
30 2 7 Jarod Arroyo   Puerto Rico 2:00.28
31 2 9 Ayman Kelzi   Syria 2:00.59 NR
32 4 9 Kim Min-seop   South Korea 2:00.95
33 2 2 Navaphat Wongcharoen   Thailand 2:01.40
34 2 8 Nicholas Lim   Hong Kong 2:01.46
35 1 3 Gabriel Araya   Chile 2:01.63 NR
36 1 4 Gustavo Gutiérrez   Peru 2:01.64
37 5 6 Li Zhuhao   China 2:01.84
38 2 5 Filip Zelić   Croatia 2:02.47
39 2 6 Michael Gunning   Jamaica 2:02.89
40 3 7 Wang Zhou   China 2:03.07
41 1 6 Matthew Mays   Virgin Islands 2:03.47 NR
42 2 0 Faang der Tiaa   Malaysia 2:03.51
43 1 5 Bryan Alvaréz   Costa Rica 2:04.71
44 1 7 Davor Petrovski   North Macedonia 2:06.33
45 1 2 Fernando Ponce   Guatemala 2:07.61
46 1 8 Salvador Gordo   Angola 2:11.27
47 1 1 Emilien Puyo   Monaco 2:15.13
1 0 Collins Saliboko   Tanzania DSQ
4 0 Nils Liess    Switzerland DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 23 July at 21:35.[5]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Zach Harting   United States 1:55.26 Q
2 4 Daiya Seto   Japan 1:55.33 Q
3 5 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:55.71 Q
4 2 Federico Burdisso   Italy 1:55.92 Q
5 3 Antani Ivanov   Bulgaria 1:56.25 QSO
6 1 Brendan Hyland   Ireland 1:56.55 NR
7 8 Maksym Shemberev   Azerbaijan 1:56.78
8 7 David Morgan   Australia 1:59.57

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kristóf Milák   Hungary 1:52.96 Q
2 3 Chad le Clos   South Africa 1:55.88 Q
3 5 Denys Kesil   Ukraine 1:55.95 Q
4 7 Tamás Kenderesi   Hungary 1:56.25 QSO
5 2 Matthew Temple   Australia 1:56.52
6 1 Luiz Altamir Melo   Brazil 1:57.43
7 8 Mackenzie Darragh   Canada 1:57.89
8 6 Louis Croenen   Belgium 1:59.12

Swim-off

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The swim-off was held on 24 July at 10:00.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Tamás Kenderesi   Hungary 1:59.39 Q
2 4 Antani Ivanov   Bulgaria 1:59.52

Final

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The final was held on 24 July at 20:47.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Kristóf Milák   Hungary 1:50.73 WR
  3 Daiya Seto   Japan 1:53.86
  2 Chad le Clos   South Africa 1:54.15
4 7 Federico Burdisso   Italy 1:54.39 NR
5 1 Denys Kesil   Ukraine 1:54.79 NR
6 5 Zach Harting   United States 1:55.69
7 6 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:55.96
8 8 Tamás Kenderesi   Hungary 1:57.10

References

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  1. ^ Schedule
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ James Sutherland (2019-07-24). "Kristof Milak slaughters Phelps' 200 fly world record in 1:50.73". swimswam.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  4. ^ Heats results
  5. ^ Semifinals results
  6. ^ Swim-off results
  7. ^ Final results