World’s Fastest 200m Freestyle – Men’s Short Course
World Record: Luke Hobson USA, 1:38.61 – 15 December 2024, World Championships
World Championships Record: Sunwoo Hwang 1:39.72
World Junior Record: Matthew Sates South Africa, 1:40.65, 3 October 2021, World Cup
Commonwealth Record: Duncan Scott GBR, 1:39.83 2nd November 2024
Top 10 All-time Performers:
- Luke Hobson (23.18, 24.69, 25.09, 25.65) 1:38.61
- Paul Biedermann (23.79, 25.50, 25.43, 24.65) 1:39.37
- Yannick Agnel (23.13, 25.26, 25.72, 25.59) 1:39.70
- Sunwoo Hwang (23.26, 25.62, 25.32, 25.52) 1:39.72
- Duncan Scott (23.54, 25.29, 25.50, 25.50) 1:39.83
- Danila Izotov (23.85, 26.07, 25.33, 24.83) 1:40.08
- Maximillian Giuliana (23.56, 25.43, 25.56, 25.81) 1:40.36
- Townley Haas (23.46, 25.54, 25.83, 25.66) 1:40.49
- Ed Sommerville (23.55, 25.49, 25.85, 25.75) 1:40.64
- Matthew Sates (23.58, 25.93, 25.64, 25.50) 1:40.65
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The chart below compares the World’s fastest 200m Freestyle swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible. Here is Paul Biedermann’s 200m Freestyle Long Course World Record swim to view.
Here is the list of the Men’s 200m Freestyle Long Course for comparison.
Men's 200m Freestyle - Short Course | |||||||
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Paul Biedermann | Yannick Agnel | Danila Izotov | Duncan Scott | Townley Haas | Matthew Sates | ||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in 193cm | 6 ft 8 in 202cm | 6 ft 4 in 192cm | 6 ft 3 in 190cm | 6 ft 5 in 195cm | ||
Weight: | 205 Ib 93kg | 198 Ib 90kg | 198 Ib 90kg | 179 Ib 81kg | 190 Ib 86kg | ||
Country: | GER | FRA | Rus | GBR | USA | RSA | |
DOB: | 1986-08-07 | 1992-06-09 | 1991-10-02 | 1997-05-06 | 1996-12-13 | 2003-07-28 | |
Meet: | FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2009 | French Short Course Swimming Championships 2012 | European Short Course Swimming Championships 2009 | ISL 2020 Season - final | ISL 2020 Season - final | FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 | |
1st 25m Split | |||||||
Strokes | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
2nd 25m Split | |||||||
Strokes | 13 | 14 | 13 | ||||
Split Time: | 23.79 | 23.13 | 23.85 | 23.51 | 23.46 | 23.58 | |
50m PB: | 23.38 | 22.06 | 21.57 | 21.25 | 23.21 | 21.96 | |
Time off 50m PB: | 0.41 | 1.07 | 2.28 | 2.26 | 0.25 | 1.62 | |
Percentage of 50m PB: | 101.754% | 104.850% | 110.570% | 110.635% | 101.077% | 107.377% | |
3rd 25m Split | |||||||
Strokes | 14 | 13 | 13 | ||||
4th 25m Split | |||||||
Strokes | 14 | 14 | 13 | ||||
Split Time: | 49.29 | 48.39 | 49.92 | 48.71 | 49.00 | 49.51 | |
5th 25m Split | |||||||
Strokes | 14 | 14 | |||||
6th 25m Split | |||||||
Strokes | 14 | 14 | 14 | ||||
Split Time: | 1:14.72 | 1:14.11 | 1:15.25 | 1:14.36 | 1:14.83 | 1:15.14 | |
7th 25m Split | |||||||
Strokes | 14 | 15 | 14 | ||||
8th 25m Split | |||||||
Strokes | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||
Total Time: | 1:39.37 | 1:39.70 | 1:40.08 | 1:40.25 | 1:40.49 | 1:40.65 |
Note: World’s Fastest 200m Freestyle – Men’s Short Course Updated Dec 2024
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