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

Swimming at the 2015 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 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and the semifinals on the 3 August.[1]

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British swimmer James Guy won the gold medal in a new National Record time of 1:45.14, holding off a strong charge from Asian Record holder Sun Yang (1:45.20). By winning, Guy continued his country's outstanding success in Kazan, and improved on his second place finish in the 400 meter freestyle. Meanwhile, World Record holder Paul Biedermann picked up the bronze medal in 1:45.38. After leading throughout the beginning of the race, American Ryan Lochte ended the 200m with a fourth-place finish (1:45.83). Dutchman Sebastiaan Verschuren picked up fifth (1:45.91), while South Africa's Chad le Clos added the middle distance freestyle event to his already large repertoire, finishing sixth in 1:46.53. Russia's Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:46.88) and Australian Cameron McEvoy (1:47.26) rounded out the championship field.[2][3]

Records

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

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Results

Heats

The heats were held on 3 August at 10:27.[4]

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Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 3 August at 18.42.[5]

Semifinal 1

le Clos finished third in the first semi
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Semifinal 2

Ryan Lochte wins the second semi
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Final

Guy and Lochte after finish

The final was held on 4 August at 17:32.[6]

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References

  1. "Start list". Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  2. "James Guy wins World Swimming 200m freestyle gold". BBC Sport. 4 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. "James Guy wins historic freestyle gold as Adam Peaty sets breaststroke record". Guardian. 4 August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. "Heats results". Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  5. "Semifinal results". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  6. "Final results". Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved 2015-08-04.

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