Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 25 July. The heats and semifinals were on 24 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. World record 1:44.69 Hobart, Australia 27 March 2001Championship record 1:47.27 Perth, Australia 7 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 24 July Heat 6 Pieter van den Hoogenband 1:47.18 CR 24 July Semifinal 2 Pieter van den Hoogenband 1:45.80 CR 25 July Final Ian Thorpe 1:44.06 WR

Results

Heats Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Pieter van den Hoogenband 1:47.18 Q, CR 2 Emiliano Brembilla 1:47.91 Q 3 Ian Thorpe 1:47.95 Q 4 Bill Kirby 1:48.57 Q 5 Massimiliano Rosolino 1:48.60 Q 6 Scott Goldblatt 1:48.65 Q 7 Klete Keller 1:49.14 Q 8 Mark Johnston 1:49.38 Q 9 Paul Palmer 1:49.46 Q 10 Stefan Herbst 1:49.72 Q 11 José Meolans 1:49.86 Q 12 Athanasios Oikonomou 1:49.90 Q 13 Květoslav Svoboda 1:50.02 Q 14 Rick Say 1:50.08 Q 15 Stefan Pohl 1:50.11 Q 16 Jacob Carstensen 1:50.16 Q 17 Attila Zubor 1:50.33 18 Daisuke Hosokawa 1:50.36 19 Stepan Ganzey 1:50.45 20 George Bovell 1:50.72 21 Dmitry Chernyshyov 1:50.77 22 Rodrigo Castro 1:51.10 23 Hideaki Hara 1:51.23 24 Karel Novy 1:52.21 25 Saulius Binevičius 1:52.56 26 Han Kyu-Chul 1:52.69 27 Andriy Serdinov 1:53.38 28 Javier Díaz 1:53.81 29 Alejandro Siqueiros 1:53.82 30 George Gleason 1:54.31 31 Gary Tan 1:54.93 32 Dieung Manggang 1:55.30 33 Wu Nien-Pin 1:55.88 34 Victor Rogut 1:56.04 35 Mark Chay 1:56.43 36 Mohammad Naeem Masri 1:56.97 37 Ronald Cowen 1:57.34 38 Jiang Bing-Ru 1:57.72 39 Thamer Al Shamroukh 1:59.11 40 Christophee Backisavs 1:59.12 41 Fahad Al Otaibi 1:59.19 42 Chon Kit Alias Joao Tang 1:59.84 43 Vakhtang Beridze 1:59.88 44 Obaid Ahmed Al Jassimi 2:00.64 45 Ignacio Bengoechea 2:00.65 46 Barnsley Albert 2:03.68 47 Seung Gin Lee 2:05.91 48 Aleksey Bortnikov 2:05.99 49 William Kang 2:06.11 50 Mumtaz Ahmad 2:07.85 51 Dean Palacios 2:08.71 52 Mark Unpingco 2:08.98 53 Onan Thom 2:11.35 54 Rony Bakale 2:12.59 55 Loren Lindborg 2:18.80 – Gustavo Borges DNS

Semifinals Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Pieter van den Hoogenband 1:45.80 Q, CR 2 Ian Thorpe 1:47.26 Q 3 Klete Keller 1:47.77 Q 4 Emiliano Brembilla 1:47.84 Q 5 Scott Goldblatt 1:48.50 Q 6 Bill Kirby 1:48.88 Q 7 Mark Johnston 1:48.90 Q 8 Jacob Carstensen 1:49.26 Q 9 Květoslav Svoboda 1:49.30 10 Paul Palmer 1:49.32 11 José Meolans 1:49.34 12 Daisuke Hosokawa 1:49.73 13 Stefan Herbst 1:49.75 14 Stefan Pohl 1:49.78 15 Rick Say 1:49.80 16 Athanasios Oikonomou 1:50.28

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ian Thorpe 1:44.06 WR Pieter van den Hoogenband 1:45.81 Klete Keller 1:47.10 4 Emiliano Brembilla 1:47.58 5 William Kirby 1:48.11 6 Jacob Carstensen 1:48.86 7 Mark Johnston 1:49.39 8 Scott Goldblatt 1:49.54

Key: WR = World record

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