Swimming 2020/Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle of Swimming 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25-27 July 2021 in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With 39 athletes competing, the event was won by Tom Dean from Great Britain, with Duncan Scott from Great Britain taking the silver medal and Fernando Scheffer from Brazil taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to nine athletes. In the first round, the sixteen fastest athletes qualify for the semifinals. In the semifinals, the two fastest athletes of each race, as well as the four fastest non-qualifiers advance to the final. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Thirty-nine athletes qualified with a lot of medal contenders in an open field. Danas Rapsys recorded the fastest time in the qualification period and was also the fastest at the most recent world championships, but was disqualified in Gwangju and only took fourth place at the European championships. Defending Olympic champion and reigning world champion Sun Yang was banned from the sport for doping offences and would not be able to defend his title. Katsuhiro Matsumoto took silver at the most recent world championships, ahead of Martin Malyutin and Duncan Scott, but Tom Dean was also in form with the bronze medal at the European championships. Other medal contenders also included Hwang Sun-woo, Kieran Smith, Ji Xinjie, Dominik Kozma, and Antonio Djakovic.

Athlete	Nationality
Audai Rushdi Hamed Hassouna	Libya
Mokhtar Al-Yamani	Yemen
Joaquin Vargas	Peru
Wesley Tikiariki Roberts	Cook Islands
Mikel Schreuders	Aruba
Dimitrios Markos	Greece
James Freeman	Botswana
David Popovici	Romania
Welson Sim	Malaysia
Velimir Stjepanovic	Serbia
Denis Loktev	Israel
Jacob Heidtmann	Germany
Baturalp Unlu	Turkey
Alex Sobers	Barbados
Alexei Sancov	Moldova
Nandor Nemeth	Hungary
Antonio Djakovic	Switzerland
Ivan Girev	ROC
Tom Dean	Great Britain
Hwang Sun-woo	South Korea
Townley Haas	United States
Stefano Ballo	Italy
Jonathan Atsu	France
Stefano di Cola	Italy
Fernando Scheffer	Brazil
Ji Xinjie	China
Duncan Scott	Great Britain
Martin Malyutin	ROC
Dominik Kozma	Hungary
Robin Hanson	Sweden
Jordan Pothain	France
Murilo Setin Sartori	Brazil
Thomas Neill	Australia
Kieran Smith	United States
Danas Rapsys	Lithuania
Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan
Elijah Winnington	Australia
Lukas Martens	Germany
Kregor Zirk	Estonia

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	28 July 2009		Paul Biedermann	1:42.00
OR	12 August 2008		Michael Phelps	1:42.96

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Dimitrios Markos	1:49.16
2		Mikel Schreuders	1:49.43
3		Joaquin Vargas	1:49.93	NR
4		Mokhtar Al-Yamani	1:49.97
5		Wesley Tikiariki Roberts	1:50.41
6		James Freeman	1:52.87
7		Audai Rushdi Hamed Hassouna	1:56.27

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		David Popovici	1:45.32	Q
2		Velimir Stjepanovic	1:46.26	Q
3		Jacob Heidtmann	1:46.73	PR
4		Alexei Sancov	1:47.46
5		Denis Loktev	1:47.68
6		Alex Sobers	1:48.09	NR
7		Welson Sim	1:49.24
8		Baturalp Unlu	1:49.75

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Hwang Sun-woo	1:44.62	Q, NR
2		Tom Dean	1:45.24	Q
3		Stefano Ballo	1:45.80	Q, PR
4		Townley Haas	1:45.86	Q
5		Nandor Nemeth	1:46.19	Q, PR
6		Antonio Djakovic	1:46.37	Q
7		Ivan Girev	1:47.11
8		Jonathan Atsu	1:47.75

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Fernando Scheffer	1:45.05	Q
2		Duncan Scott	1:45.37	Q
3		Martin Malyutin	1:45.50	Q
4		Stefano di Cola	1:46.67	Q, PR
5		Jordan Pothain	1:46.75
6		Ji Xinjie	1:46.86
7		Robin Hanson	1:47.02
8		Dominik Kozma	1:48.87

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Thomas Neill	1:45.81	Q
2		Danas Rapsys	1:45.84	Q
3		Kregor Zirk	1:46.10	Q, NR
4		Kieran Smith	1:46.20	Q
5		Katsuhiro Matsumoto	1:46.69
5		Lukas Martens	1:46.69
7		Elijah Winnington	1:46.99
8		Murilo Setin Sartori	1:47.11

Swim-off
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Katsuhiro Matsumoto	1:46.06
2		Lukas Martens	1:46.40	PR

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Martin Malyutin	1:45.45	Q
2		David Popovici	1:45.68	Q
3		Fernando Scheffer	1:45.71	Q
4		Thomas Neill	1:45.74
5		Townley Haas	1:46.07
6		Stefano di Cola	1:47.19
7		Nandor Nemeth	1:47.20
8		Velimir Stjepanovic	1:47.62

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Duncan Scott	1:44.60	Q
2		Kieran Smith	1:45.07	Q, PR
3		Danas Rapsys	1:45.32	Q
4		Tom Dean	1:45.34	Q
5		Hwang Sun-woo	1:45.53	Q
6		Stefano Ballo	1:45.84
7		Antonio Djakovic	1:45.92	PR
8		Kregor Zirk	1:46.67

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Tom Dean	1:44.22	NR
2		Duncan Scott	1:44.26	PR
3		Fernando Scheffer	1:44.66
4		David Popovici	1:44.68	NR
5		Martin Malyutin	1:45.01
6		Kieran Smith	1:45.12
7		Hwang Sun-woo	1:45.26
8		Danas Rapsys	1:45.78

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Tom Dean	Great Britain
	Duncan Scott	Great Britain
	Fernando Scheffer	Brazil
4	David Popovici	Romania
5	Martin Malyutin	ROC
6	Kieran Smith	United States
7	Hwang Sun-woo	South Korea
8	Danas Rapsys	Lithuania
9	Thomas Neill	Australia
10	Stefano Ballo	Italy
11	Antonio Djakovic	Switzerland
12	Townley Haas	United States
13	Kregor Zirk	Estonia
14	Stefano di Cola	Italy
15	Nandor Nemeth	Hungary
16	Velimir Stjepanovic	Serbia
17	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan
17	Lukas Martens	Germany
19	Jacob Heidtmann	Germany
20	Jordan Pothain	France
21	Ji Xinjie	China
22	Elijah Winnington	Australia
23	Robin Hanson	Sweden
24	Ivan Girev	ROC
25	Murilo Setin Sartori	Brazil
26	Alexei Sancov	Moldova
27	Denis Loktev	Israel
28	Jonathan Atsu	France
29	Alex Sobers	Barbados
30	Dominik Kozma	Hungary
31	Dimitrios Markos	Greece
32	Welson Sim	Malaysia
33	Mikel Schreuders	Aruba
34	Baturalp Unlu	Turkey
35	Joaquin Vargas	Peru
36	Mokhtar Al-Yamani	Yemen
37	Wesley Tikiariki Roberts	Cook Islands
38	James Freeman	Botswana
39	Audai Rushdi Hamed Hassouna	Libya

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400 m	100 m
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1500 m
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100 m	200 m
200 m	Breaststroke
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1500 m
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100 m	200 m
200 m	400 m
Freestyle Relay
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4x200 m	10 km open water
Mixed
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