200 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Göteborg SWE
Held 17 April 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 52
Countries 34
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Gustavo Borges BRA 1:46.94
(1 h6)
1:45.45
(1 FA)
🥈 Trent Bray NZL 1:47.25
(1 h7)
1:45.81
(2 FA)
🥉 Lars Conrad GER 1:47.55
(2 h5)
1:46.44
(3 FA)
4 Michael Klim AUS 1:47.58
(3 h7)
1:46.72
(4 FA)
5 Bill Kirby AUS 1:47.80
(4 h7)
1:47.32
(5 FA)
6 Andrew Clayton GBR 1:47.73
(2 h6)
1:47.71
(6 FA)
7 Yoav Bruck ISR 1:47.19
(1 h5)
1:47.83
(7 FA)
8 Anders Lyrbring SWE 1:47.57
(2 h7)
1:48.05
(8 FA)
9 Aimo Heilmann GER 1:47.97
(3 h6)
1:47.31
(1 FB)
10 Ihar Kaliada BLR 1:48.98
(1 h3)
1:47.74
(2 FB)
11 Fernando Saez BRA 1:48.48
(4 h6)
1:48.16
(3 FB)
12 Mark Stevens GBR 1:48.83
(3 h5)
1:48.45
(4 FB)
13 Nicolae Butacu ROU 1:48.91
(4 h5)
1:48.66
(5 FB)
14 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 1:49.67
(7 h7)
1:49.15
(6 FB)
15 Petter Lindh SWE 1:48.93
(6 h7)
1:49.17
(7 FB)
16 Clayton Jones USA 1:49.50
(1 h4)
1:49.58
(8 FB)
17 Jacob Carstensen DEN 1:48.03
(5 h7)
18 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 1:49.73
(5 h5)
19 Ron Voordouw CAN 1:49.87
(5 h6)
20 Arūnas Savickas LTU 1:50.16
(6 h6)
21 Kjell Ivar Lundemoen NOR 1:50.26
(2 h4)
22 Christophe Marchand FRA 1:50.80
(6 h5)
23 Sebastien Paddington TTO 1:51.02
(7 h5)
24 Yannick Lupien CAN 1:51.03
(7 h6)
25 Torlarp Sethsothorn THA 1:51.06
(3 h4)
26 Ricardo Pedroso POR 1:51.21
(4 h4)
27 Vicha Ratanachote THA 1:51.44
(5 h4)
28 Scott Cameron NZL 1:51.55
(8 h7)
29 Masato Hirano JPN 1:51.59
(6 h4)
30 Greg Main-Baillie RSA 1:51.64
(7 h4)
31 Vlad Pyshnenko RUS 1:52.04
(8 h6)
32 Giedrius Rafanavičius LTU 1:52.45
(8 h4)
33 José Martínez COL 1:52.49
(2 h3)
34 Rafael Manzano VEN 1:52.57
(3 h3)
35 Rodrigo Olivares CHI 1:52.85
(1 h2)
36 Nick Folker RSA 1:53.01
(4 h3)
37 Aleksandr Agafonov UZB 1:53.24
(5 h3)
38 Daniel Schmollinger AUT 1:54.06
(8 h5)
39 Tiago Lousada POR 1:54.26
(6 h3)
40 Aleksey Makhantsev UZB 1:54.48
(7 h3)
41 Francisco Páez VEN 1:54.67
(8 h3)
42 Dennis Chaves CRC 1:55.31
(2 h2)
43 Zachary Moffatt HKG 1:55.37
(3 h2)
44 Toni Meijel EST 1:56.36
(4 h2)
45 Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW 1:56.65
(5 h2)
46 Sebastián Rodoni CHI 1:56.76
(6 h2)
47 Juan Manuel Durán CRC 1:59.52
(1 h1)
48 Chiu Chi-Fan TPE 2:01.52
(2 h1)
49 Gael Duchenne MRI 2:02.66
(7 h2)
50 Hamid Reza Khani IRI 2:04.65
(3 h1)
=51 Liang Ching-Yu TPE 2:05.49
(4 h1)
=51 Wu Chin-Chan TPE 2:05.49
(8 h2)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Juan Manuel Durán CRC 1:59.52
2 Chiu Chi-Fan TPE 2:01.52
3 Hamid Reza Khani IRI 2:04.65
4 Liang Ching-Yu TPE 2:05.49

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rodrigo Olivares CHI 1:52.85
2 Dennis Chaves CRC 1:55.31
3 Zachary Moffatt HKG 1:55.37
4 Toni Meijel EST 1:56.36
5 Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW 1:56.65
6 Sebastián Rodoni CHI 1:56.76
7 Gael Duchenne MRI 2:02.66
8 Wu Chin-Chan TPE 2:05.49

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ihar Kaliada BLR 1:48.98
2 José Martínez COL 1:52.49
3 Rafael Manzano VEN 1:52.57
4 Nick Folker RSA 1:53.01
5 Aleksandr Agafonov UZB 1:53.24
6 Tiago Lousada POR 1:54.26
7 Aleksey Makhantsev UZB 1:54.48
8 Francisco Páez VEN 1:54.67

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Clayton Jones USA 1:49.50
2 Kjell Ivar Lundemoen NOR 1:50.26
3 Torlarp Sethsothorn THA 1:51.06
4 Ricardo Pedroso POR 1:51.21
5 Vicha Ratanachote THA 1:51.44
6 Masato Hirano JPN 1:51.59
7 Greg Main-Baillie RSA 1:51.64
8 Giedrius Rafanavičius LTU 1:52.45

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yoav Bruck ISR 1:47.19
2 Lars Conrad GER 1:47.55
3 Mark Stevens GBR 1:48.83
4 Nicolae Butacu ROU 1:48.91
5 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 1:49.73
6 Christophe Marchand FRA 1:50.80
7 Sebastien Paddington TTO 1:51.02
8 Daniel Schmollinger AUT 1:54.06

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Gustavo Borges BRA 1:46.94
2 Andrew Clayton GBR 1:47.73
3 Aimo Heilmann GER 1:47.97
4 Fernando Saez BRA 1:48.48
5 Ron Voordouw CAN 1:49.87
6 Arūnas Savickas LTU 1:50.16
7 Yannick Lupien CAN 1:51.03
8 Vlad Pyshnenko RUS 1:52.04

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Trent Bray NZL 1:47.25
2 Anders Lyrbring SWE 1:47.57
3 Michael Klim AUS 1:47.58
4 Bill Kirby AUS 1:47.80
5 Jacob Carstensen DEN 1:48.03
6 Petter Lindh SWE 1:48.93
7 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 1:49.67
8 Scott Cameron NZL 1:51.55

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Gustavo Borges BRA 1:45.45
2 Trent Bray NZL 1:45.81
3 Lars Conrad GER 1:46.44
4 Michael Klim AUS 1:46.72
5 Bill Kirby AUS 1:47.32
6 Andrew Clayton GBR 1:47.71
7 Yoav Bruck ISR 1:47.83
8 Anders Lyrbring SWE 1:48.05

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aimo Heilmann GER 1:47.31
2 Ihar Kaliada BLR 1:47.74
3 Fernando Saez BRA 1:48.16
4 Mark Stevens GBR 1:48.45
5 Nicolae Butacu ROU 1:48.66
6 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 1:49.15
7 Petter Lindh SWE 1:49.17
8 Clayton Jones USA 1:49.58