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:

1. Luke Hobson (23.18, 24.69, 25.09, 25.65) 1:38.61
2. Paul Biedermann (23.79, 25.50, 25.43, 24.65) 1:39.37
3. Yannick Agnel (23.13, 25.26, 25.72, 25.59) 1:39.70
4. Sunwoo Hwang (23.26, 25.62, 25.32, 25.52) 1:39.72
5. Duncan Scott (23.54, 25.29, 25.50, 25.50) 1:39.83
6. Danila Izotov (23.85, 26.07, 25.33, 24.83) 1:40.08
7. Maximillian Giuliana (23.56, 25.43, 25.56, 25.81) 1:40.36
8. Townley Haas (23.46, 25.54, 25.83, 25.66) 1:40.49
9. Ed Sommerville (23.55, 25.49, 25.85, 25.75) 1:40.64
10. 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
	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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