The men's 200 metre individual medley event (or 200IM event) at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
The following record was established during the competition: Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 10 December Final Shaine Casas 1:49.51 CR
Background Five of the top six finishers from the 2022 Short Course World Championships returned for the event, including Carson Foster of the United States, Finlay Knox of Canada, Shaine Casas of the United States, Daiya Seto of Japan, and Italy’s Alberto Razzetti. Foster held a lifetime best of 1:50.66, while Casas entered as the fastest in the field with a best of 1:50.37, making him the fourth-fastest performer in history. Knox, the Doha 2024 world champion in long course, had focused on the 200 IM after skipping it at recent short-course meets. Seto, a former world champion, competed despite a cracked rib and had swum 1:51.91 earlier in the season. Razzetti swam a lifetime best of 1:52.13 at the 2023 European Short Course Championships. Switzerland’s Noè Ponti also emerged as a contender after a 1:51.78 at the World Cup. Neutral athletes Ilya Borodin (1:52.75) and Aleksei Sudarev (1:53.50) were also in the field. Spain’s Carles Coll and Turkey’s Berke Saka were additional finalists in contention.
SwimSwam predicted Ponti would win, Foster would place second, and Razzetti would finish third.
Results Heats The heats were started at 11:01. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 7 Shaine Casas 1:51.52 Q 2 6 5 Alberto Razzetti 1:52.21 Q 3 4 7 Finlay Knox 1:52.24 Q 4 4 2 Carson Foster 1:52.59 Q 5 5 4 Daiya Seto 1:53.20 Q 6 4 4 Ilya Borodin Neutral Athletes B 1:53.30 Q 7 4 5 Berke Saka 1:53.43 Q, NR 8 5 3 David Schlicht 1:53.55 Q 9 4 8 Max Litchfield 1:53.63 R 10 4 9 Tristan Jankovics 1:53.81 R 11 5 6 Leonardo Coelho Santos 1:54.51 12 5 5 Aleksei Sudarev Neutral Athletes B 1:54.88 13 5 8 Gabor Zombori 1:54.93 14 6 6 Huang Zhiwei 1:55.00 15 6 0 Dominik Török 1:55.06 16 3 7 Munzer Kabbara 1:55.31 NR 17 5 2 Vadym Naumenko 1:55.35 NR 18 6 1 Jakub Bursa 1:55.43 NR 19 3 0 Samuel Törnqvist 1:55.53 20 6 2 Robert Badea 1:55.67 21 4 1 Apostolos Papastamos 1:55.90 22 3 5 Cedric Büssing 1:56.11 23 4 6 Ronny Brännkärr 1:56.18 24 3 4 Jaouad Syoud 1:56.36 NR 25 4 3 He Yubo 1:57.52 26 3 6 Patrick Groters 1:57.61 NR 27 3 1 Erick Gordillo 1:58.03 NR 28 5 7 Kim Min-suk 1:58.17 29 2 4 Matheo Mateos 1:58.18 NR 30 6 8 Jakub Poliačik 1:58.70 31 2 5 Kristaps Miķelsons 1:58.80 32 2 6 Oliver Durand 1:59.26 NR 33 3 9 Juraj Barčot 1:59.47 34 5 1 Samuel Lewis Brown 1:59.55 35 6 9 Kian Keylock 1:59.69 36 5 0 Birnir Freyr Hálfdánarson 2:00.54 37 4 0 Belhassen Ben Miled 2:00.75 38 3 8 Jarod Arroyo 2:01.01 39 2 2 Sam Williamson 2:01.07 NR 40 2 3 Ardi Azman 2:01.41 40 3 3 Tan Khai Xin 2:01.41 42 3 2 Mohamed Mahmoud 2:01.42 43 5 9 Wang Hsing-hao 2:01.59 44 1 3 Matin Balsini World Aquatics Refugee Team 2:03.02 45 1 4 Adam Chillingworth 2:03.45 46 2 8 Adnan Al-Abdallat 2:07.05 47 2 7 Kaeden Gleason 2:07.96 48 2 1 Israel Poppe 2:11.02 49 1 5 Leo Nzimbi 2:26.52 6 3 Carles Coll Did not start 6 4 Noè Ponti
Final The final was held at 18:11.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Shaine Casas 1:49.51 CR, AM 5 Alberto Razzetti 1:50.88 NR 3 Finlay Knox 1:50.90 NR 4 6 Carson Foster 1:51.32 5 8 David Schlicht 1:52.81 6 7 Ilya Borodin Neutral Athletes B 1:52.87 7 1 Berke Saka 1:53.29 NR 8 2 Daiya Seto 1:54.01
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