200 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 2003 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Barcelona ESP
Held 21 – 22 July 2003
Status Medal
Competitors 96
Countries 72
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Ian Thorpe AUS 1:47.99
(2 h13)
1:47.20
(2 h1)
1:45.14
(1 F)
🥈 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 1:47.21
(1 h12)
1:46.32
(1 h2)
1:46.43
(2 F)
🥉 Grant Hackett AUS 1:49.66
(7 h11)
1:47.72
(3 h2)
1:46.85
(3 F)
4 Květoslav Svoboda CZE 1:49.30
(3 h12)
1:49.23
(7 h2)
1:48.73
(4 F)
5 Andrey Kapralov RUS 1:50.53
(=15 h11)
1:48.84
(5 h2)
1:48.76
(5 F)
6 Federico Cappellazzo ITA 1:50.19
(12 h11)
1:49.29
(8 h1)
1:48.79
(6 F)
7 Peter Mankoč SLO 1:50.53
(=15 h11)
1:48.92
(6 h1)
1:48.96
(7 F)
8 Nate Dusing USA 1:49.49
(5 h12)
1:48.66
(4 h2)
1:49.35
(8 F)
9 Rick Say CAN 1:49.75
(8 h13)
1:49.52
(9 h1)
10 George Bovell TTO 1:49.51
(6 h8)
1:49.64
(10 h1)
11 Stefan Herbst GER 1:49.47
(4 h12)
1:49.76
(11 h1)
12 Olaf Wildeboer ESP 1:50.06
(11 h13)
1:49.85
(12 h2)
13 Maksim Kuznetsov RUS 1:50.48
(14 h12)
1:49.98
(13 h1)
14 Dominik Meichtry SUI 1:50.29
(13 h10)
1:50.59
(14 h2)
15 Romāns Miloslavskis LAT 1:50.05
(10 h10)
1:50.66
(15 h1)
16 Klete Keller USA 1:49.77
(9 h11)
1:51.69
(16 h2)
17 Han Gyu-Cheol KOR 1:50.54
(17 h12)
=18 Nikos Xylouris GRE 1:50.61
(=18 h10)
=18 Rodrigo Castro BRA 1:50.61
(=18 h11)
20 Chen Zuo CHN 1:50.62
(20 h11)
21 Liu Yu CHN 1:50.74
(21 h12)
22 Mark Johnston CAN 1:50.77
(22 h13)
23 Dragoș Coman ROU 1:50.90
(23 h13)
24 Serhiy Fesenko UKR 1:51.00
(24 h9)
25 Lars Conrad GER 1:51.02
(25 h13)
26 Saulius Binevičius LTU 1:51.12
(26 h9)
27 Shunichi Fujita JPN 1:51.36
(27 h10)
28 Shai Livnat ISR 1:51.44
(28 h9)
29 Daisuke Hosokawa JPN 1:51.52
(29 h12)
30 Thanasis Oikonomou GRE 1:51.55
(30 h11)
31 Tamás Kerékjártó HUN 1:51.63
(31 h13)
32 Cezar Bădiță ROU 1:52.37
(32 h9)
33 Rafael Mósca BRA 1:52.93
(33 h10)
34 Giancarlo Zolezzi CHI 1:53.26
(34 h9)
35 Miguel Molina PHI 1:53.76
(35 h9)
36 Victor Rogut MDA 1:53.78
(36 h8)
37 Alexandros Aresti CYP 1:54.09
(37 h8)
38 Aytekin Mindan TUR 1:54.28
(38 h10)
39 Danil Haustov EST 1:54.61
(39 h7)
40 Luís Monteiro POR 1:54.70
(40 h10)
41 Mihail Aleksandrov BUL 1:54.75
(41 h7)
42 Adil Bellaz MAR 1:54.88
(42 h7)
43 Pyotr Vasilyev UZB 1:54.94
(43 h8)
44 Ken Tomson EST 1:55.06
(44 h5)
45 Igor Erhartić SCG 1:55.07
(45 h7)
=46 Erwin Maldonado VEN 1:55.34
(=46 h8)
=46 Vyacheslav Titarenko KAZ 1:55.34
(=46 h6)
48 Max Schnettler CHI 1:55.51
(48 h8)
49 Albert Subirats VEN 1:55.56
(49 h6)
50 Ronald Cowen BER 1:55.57
(50 h6)
51 Shilo Ayalon ISR 1:55.61
(51 h9)
52 Igor Čerenšek CRO 1:55.66
(52 h6)
53 Wong Tuck Kar MAS 1:56.10
(53 h5)
54 Carl Probert FIJ 1:56.37
(54 h5)
55 Jonas Tilly SWE 1:56.97
(55 h6)
56 Iván Grougnet AND 1:57.42
(56 h7)
57 Anouar Ben Naceur TUN 1:57.53
(57 h8)
58 Andrei Zaharov MDA 1:57.73
(58 h7)
59 Zurab Khomasuridze GEO 1:57.78
(59 h5)
60 Emanuele Nicolini SMR 1:57.87
(60 h6)
61 Sergey Tsoy UZB 1:58.05
(61 h5)
62 Cem Paşaoğlu TUR 1:58.17
(62 h7)
63 William Muriel ECU 1:58.21
(63 h7)
64 David Cartin CRC 1:58.38
(64 h5)
65 Dániel Gyurta HUN 1:58.58
(65 h5)
66 Carlos Meléndez ESA 1:58.68
(66 h5)
67 Youssef Hafdi MAR 1:58.94
(67 h4)
68 Mohamed Masri SYR 1:59.18
(68 h6)
69 Kunakorn Yimsomruay THA 1:59.25
(69 h4)
70 Mikayel Koloyan ARM 2:00.64
(70 h6)
71 Babak Farhoudi IRI 2:01.25
(71 h3)
72 Sean Dehere BAR 2:02.07
(72 h2)
73 Davy Bisslik ARU 2:02.23
(73 h3)
74 Kenny Roberts SEY 2:02.70
(74 h4)
75 Obaid Al-Jasmi UAE 2:03.15
(75 h4)
76 Ben Wells PNG 2:03.23
(76 h4)
77 Bradford Worrell LCA 2:03.55
(77 h3)
78 Fernando Medrano NCA 2:03.84
(78 h3)
79 Yann Lausan FPN 2:04.92
(79 h3)
80 Dean Palacios NMI 2:05.04
(80 h3)
81 Maher Al-Moatar KSA 2:05.73
(81 h4)
82 Mumtaz Ahmed PAK 2:06.01
(82 h3)
83 Serqey Dyaçkov AZE 2:06.42
(83 h3)
84 Vasily Danilov KGZ 2:06.47
(84 h4)
85 Barnsley Albert SEY 2:06.82
(85 h4)
86 Serhiy Advena UKR 2:07.61
(86 h9)
87 Neil Agius MLT 2:07.68
(87 h2)
88 Patrick Boustany LBN 2:08.23
(88 h2)
89 Connor Keith GUM 2:10.62
(89 h2)
90 Kin Duenas GUM 2:10.92
(90 h2)
91 Clark Randrianandraina MAD 2:12.14
(91 h2)
92 Peter Lynch ZAM 2:14.84
(92 h1)
93 Chisela Kanchela ZAM 2:16.43
(93 h1)
94 Kreshnik Gjata ALB 2:16.76
(94 h1)
AC Aldi Gugushka ALB
(DQ h2)
AC Loren Lindborg HKG
(DQ h2)
DNS Emiliano BrembillaDNS ITA
(DNS h13)
DNS Oussama MellouliDNS TUN
(DNS h8)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
92 Peter Lynch ZAM 2:14.84
93 Chisela Kanchela ZAM 2:16.43
94 Kreshnik Gjata ALB 2:16.76

Heat 10

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
10 Romāns Miloslavskis LAT 1:50.05
13 Dominik Meichtry SUI 1:50.29
=18 Nikos Xylouris GRE 1:50.61
27 Shunichi Fujita JPN 1:51.36
33 Rafael Mósca BRA 1:52.93
38 Aytekin Mindan TUR 1:54.28
40 Luís Monteiro POR 1:54.70

Heat 11

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
7 Grant Hackett AUS 1:49.66
9 Klete Keller USA 1:49.77
12 Federico Cappellazzo ITA 1:50.19
=15 Andrey Kapralov RUS 1:50.53
=15 Peter Mankoč SLO 1:50.53
=18 Rodrigo Castro BRA 1:50.61
20 Chen Zuo CHN 1:50.62
30 Thanasis Oikonomou GRE 1:51.55

Heat 12

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 1:47.21
3 Květoslav Svoboda CZE 1:49.30
4 Stefan Herbst GER 1:49.47
5 Nate Dusing USA 1:49.49
14 Maksim Kuznetsov RUS 1:50.48
17 Han Gyu-Cheol KOR 1:50.54
21 Liu Yu CHN 1:50.74
29 Daisuke Hosokawa JPN 1:51.52

Heat 13

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Ian Thorpe AUS 1:47.99
8 Rick Say CAN 1:49.75
11 Olaf Wildeboer ESP 1:50.06
22 Mark Johnston CAN 1:50.77
23 Dragoș Coman ROU 1:50.90
25 Lars Conrad GER 1:51.02
31 Tamás Kerékjártó HUN 1:51.63
DNS Emiliano BrembillaDNS ITA

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
72 Sean Dehere BAR 2:02.07
87 Neil Agius MLT 2:07.68
88 Patrick Boustany LBN 2:08.23
89 Connor Keith GUM 2:10.62
90 Kin Duenas GUM 2:10.92
91 Clark Randrianandraina MAD 2:12.14
DQ Aldi Gugushka ALB
DQ Loren Lindborg HKG

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
71 Babak Farhoudi IRI 2:01.25
73 Davy Bisslik ARU 2:02.23
77 Bradford Worrell LCA 2:03.55
78 Fernando Medrano NCA 2:03.84
79 Yann Lausan FPN 2:04.92
80 Dean Palacios NMI 2:05.04
82 Mumtaz Ahmed PAK 2:06.01
83 Serqey Dyaçkov AZE 2:06.42

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
67 Youssef Hafdi MAR 1:58.94
69 Kunakorn Yimsomruay THA 1:59.25
74 Kenny Roberts SEY 2:02.70
75 Obaid Al-Jasmi UAE 2:03.15
76 Ben Wells PNG 2:03.23
81 Maher Al-Moatar KSA 2:05.73
84 Vasily Danilov KGZ 2:06.47
85 Barnsley Albert SEY 2:06.82

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
44 Ken Tomson EST 1:55.06
53 Wong Tuck Kar MAS 1:56.10
54 Carl Probert FIJ 1:56.37
59 Zurab Khomasuridze GEO 1:57.78
61 Sergey Tsoy UZB 1:58.05
64 David Cartin CRC 1:58.38
65 Dániel Gyurta HUN 1:58.58
66 Carlos Meléndez ESA 1:58.68

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=46 Vyacheslav Titarenko KAZ 1:55.34
49 Albert Subirats VEN 1:55.56
50 Ronald Cowen BER 1:55.57
52 Igor Čerenšek CRO 1:55.66
55 Jonas Tilly SWE 1:56.97
60 Emanuele Nicolini SMR 1:57.87
68 Mohamed Masri SYR 1:59.18
70 Mikayel Koloyan ARM 2:00.64

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
39 Danil Haustov EST 1:54.61
41 Mihail Aleksandrov BUL 1:54.75
42 Adil Bellaz MAR 1:54.88
45 Igor Erhartić SCG 1:55.07
56 Iván Grougnet AND 1:57.42
58 Andrei Zaharov MDA 1:57.73
62 Cem Paşaoğlu TUR 1:58.17
63 William Muriel ECU 1:58.21

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
6 George Bovell TTO 1:49.51
36 Victor Rogut MDA 1:53.78
37 Alexandros Aresti CYP 1:54.09
43 Pyotr Vasilyev UZB 1:54.94
=46 Erwin Maldonado VEN 1:55.34
48 Max Schnettler CHI 1:55.51
57 Anouar Ben Naceur TUN 1:57.53
DNS Oussama MellouliDNS TUN

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
24 Serhiy Fesenko UKR 1:51.00
26 Saulius Binevičius LTU 1:51.12
28 Shai Livnat ISR 1:51.44
32 Cezar Bădiță ROU 1:52.37
34 Giancarlo Zolezzi CHI 1:53.26
35 Miguel Molina PHI 1:53.76
51 Shilo Ayalon ISR 1:55.61
86 Serhiy Advena UKR 2:07.61

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Ian Thorpe AUS 1:47.20
6 Peter Mankoč SLO 1:48.92
8 Federico Cappellazzo ITA 1:49.29
9 Rick Say CAN 1:49.52
10 George Bovell TTO 1:49.64
11 Stefan Herbst GER 1:49.76
13 Maksim Kuznetsov RUS 1:49.98
15 Romāns Miloslavskis LAT 1:50.66

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 1:46.32
3 Grant Hackett AUS 1:47.72
4 Nate Dusing USA 1:48.66
5 Andrey Kapralov RUS 1:48.84
7 Květoslav Svoboda CZE 1:49.23
12 Olaf Wildeboer ESP 1:49.85
14 Dominik Meichtry SUI 1:50.59
16 Klete Keller USA 1:51.69

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ian Thorpe AUS 1:45.14
2 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 1:46.43
3 Grant Hackett AUS 1:46.85
4 Květoslav Svoboda CZE 1:48.73
5 Andrey Kapralov RUS 1:48.76
6 Federico Cappellazzo ITA 1:48.79
7 Peter Mankoč SLO 1:48.96
8 Nate Dusing USA 1:49.35