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Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
VenueWorld Aquatics Championships Arena
LocationSingapore Sports Hub, Kallang, Singapore
Dates29 July (heats and semifinals)
30 July (final)
Competitors37 from 32 nations
Winning time1:51.87
Medalists
gold medal Luca Urlando   United States
silver medal Krzysztof Chmielewski   Poland
bronze medal Harrison Turner   Australia
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The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 29 to 30 July 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore.[1][2]

Background

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France’s Léon Marchand, the 2024 Olympic champion, and Hungary's Kristóf Milák, the world record holder, both withdrew from the event in the lead-up to the championships.[3][4] The United States’ Luca Urlando, who had the fastest qualifying time among entrants,[5][2] was in contention for gold after finishing 17th at the Olympics.[6] Canada’s Ilya Kharun, the Olympic bronze medalist, was seeded second out of the competing qualifiers.[6][5][2] Other podium threats included Poland’s Krzysztof Chmielewski, fourth at the Olympics with 1:53.90, and Japan’s Genki Terakado, ranked sixth worldwide in 2025 with 1:54.73.[6]

Qualification

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Further information: Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships § Qualification

Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 1:56.51. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 2:00.59. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events.[7][8]

Top 10 fastest qualification times[note 1][5][9]
Swimmer Country Time Competition
Luca Urlando  United States 1:52.37 2025 TYR Pro Swim Series (Sacramento)
Ilya Kharun  Canada 1:52.80 2024 Summer Olympics
Carson Foster  United States 1:53.70 2025 United States Championships
Krzysztof Chmielewski  Poland 1:53.90 2024 Summer Olympics
Genki Terakado  Japan 1:54.07 2024 Japanese Championships
Martin Espernberger  Austria 1:54.17 2024 Summer Olympics
Alberto Razzetti  Italy 1:54.51 2024 Summer Olympics
Michal Chmielewski  Poland 1:54.64 2024 Summer Olympics
Federico Burdisso  Italy 1:54.76 2025 Sette Colli Trophy
Harrison Turner  Australia 1:54.90 2025 Australian Trials

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[10]

World record  Kristóf Milák (HUN) 1:50.34 Budapest, Hungary 21 June 2022
Competition record  Kristóf Milák (HUN) 1:50.34 Budapest, Hungary 21 June 2022

Heats

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The heats took place on 29 July at 10:47.[11][12]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 4 4 Luca Urlando  United States 1:52.71 Q
2 4 5 Krzysztof Chmielewski  Poland 1:52.89 Q, NR[13]
3 3 4 Ilya Kharun  Canada 1:53.74 Q
4 4 2 Chen Juner  China 1:54.54 Q
4 4 3 Alberto Razzetti  Italy 1:54.54 Q
6 3 5 Genki Terakado  Japan 1:54.64 Q
7 3 3 Michał Chmielewski  Poland 1:54.68 Q
8 4 6 Harrison Turner  Australia 1:54.74 Q
9 3 2 So Ogata  Japan 1:55.37 Q
10 2 5 Martin Espernberger  Austria 1:55.45 Q
11 4 7 Richárd Márton  Hungary 1:55.51 Q
12 2 4 Carson Foster  United States 1:55.68 Q
13 2 3 Federico Burdisso  Italy 1:56.08 Q
14 3 7 Edward Mildred  Great Britain 1:56.17 Q
15 3 6 Kim Min-seop  South Korea 1:56.34 Q
16 2 1 Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand 1:56.35 Q
17 2 2 Arbidel González  Spain 1:56.48
18 3 1 Denys Kesil  Ukraine 1:56.51
19 2 6 Xu Fang  China 1:56.99
20 3 8 Jack Cassin  Ireland 1:57.08
21 4 0 Casper Puggaard  Denmark 1:58.58
22 3 0 Marius Toscan  Switzerland 1:58.60
23 3 9 Erick Gordillo  Guatemala 1:59.23
24 4 9 Sajan Prakash  India 1:59.33
25 2 7 Petar Mitsin  Bulgaria 1:59.37
26 4 8 Samuel Kostal  Slovakia 1:59.42
27 1 5 Raekwon Jibril Noel  Guyana 1:59.89 NR[14]
28 2 8 Héctor Ruvalcaba  Mexico 2:01.66
29 2 0 Ramil Valizada  Azerbaijan 2:02.14
30 1 6 Xavier Ventura  El Salvador 2:02.86
31 1 4 Belhassen Ben Miled  Tunisia 2:03.17
32 1 3 Isak Brisenfeldt  Faroe Islands 2:04.17
33 1 1 Victor Ah Yong  Mauritius 2:07.95
34 2 9 Navaphat Wongcharoen  Thailand 2:08.24
35 1 2 Mohammad Al-Otaibi  Kuwait 2:11.76
36 1 7 Mohamed Rihan Shiham  Maldives 2:25.20 NR[15]
4 1 Apostolos Siskos  Greece Disqualified

Semifinals

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The semifinals took place on 29 July at 20:30.[11][16]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Luca Urlando  United States 1:52.84 Q
2 1 4 Krzysztof Chmielewski  Poland 1:53.61 Q
3 1 5 Chen Juner  China 1:54.02 Q, NR[17]
4 1 7 Carson Foster  United States 1:54.30 Q
5 2 5 Ilya Kharun  Canada 1:54.43 Q
6 2 3 Alberto Razzetti  Italy 1:54.47 Q
7 2 1 Federico Burdisso  Italy 1:54.87 Q
8 1 6 Harrison Turner  Australia 1:54.94 Q
9 1 2 Martin Espernberger  Austria 1:55.18
10 1 8 Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand 1:55.24
11 1 3 Genki Terakado  Japan 1:55.30
11 2 6 Michał Chmielewski  Poland 1:55.30
12 2 2 So Ogata  Japan 1:55.42
14 2 7 Richárd Márton  Hungary 1:55.80
15 1 1 Edward Mildred  Great Britain 1:56.13
16 2 8 Kim Min-seop  South Korea 1:57.35

Final

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The final took place on 30 July at 19:54.[11][18]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Luca Urlando  United States 1:51.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Krzysztof Chmielewski  Poland 1:52.64 NR[19]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Harrison Turner  Australia 1:54.17 NR[20]
4 2 Ilya Kharun  Canada 1:54.34
5 6 Carson Foster  United States 1:54.62
6 7 Alberto Razzetti  Italy 1:54.85
7 3 Chen Juner  China 1:55.25
8 1 Federico Burdisso  Italy 1:55.27

Notes

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  1. ^ Only including swimmers who were on the start list for this event

References

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  8. ^ "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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  10. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2025.
  11. ^ a b c "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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