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Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
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| Men's 200m Freestyle at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 21 July (prelims, semifinals) 22 July (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1 minute 45.14 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2003 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Free | women | |
| Team | ||
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
The Men's 200 Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 21–22 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] and Semifinal[2] heats were on 21 July, while the Final[3] swam on 22 July.
Prior to the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were both:
- WR and CR: 1:44.06 swum by Ian Thorpe (Australia) on 25 July 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
Results
Final
| Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Thorpe |  Australia |
1:45.14 | |
| 2 | Pieter van den Hoogenband |  Netherlands |
1:46.43 | |
| 3 | Grant Hackett | Australia |
1:46.85 | |
| 4 | Květoslav Svoboda |  Czech Republic |
1:48.73 | |
| 5 | Andrei Kapralov |  Russia |
1:48.76 | |
| 6 | Federico Cappellazzo |  Italy |
1:48.79 | |
| 7 | Peter Mankoč |  Slovenia |
1:48.96 | |
| 8 | Nate Dusing |  United States |
1:49.35 |
Semifinals
| Rank | Heat + Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S2 L4 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands |
1:46.32 | q |
| 2 | S1 L4 | Ian Thorpe | Australia |
1:47.20 | q |
| 3 | S2 L6 | Grant Hackett | Australia |
1:47.72 | q |
| 4 | S2 L3 | Nate Dusing |  USA |
1:48.66 | q |
| 5 | S2 L8 | Andrei Kapralov | Russia |
1:48.84 | q |
| 6 | S1 L8 | Peter Mankoč | Slovenia |
1:48.92 | q |
| 7 | S2 L5 | Květoslav Svoboda | Czech Republic |
1:49.23 | q |
| 8 | S1 L7 | Federico Cappellazzo | Italy |
1:49.23 | q |
| 9 | S1 L6 | Rick Say |  Canada |
1:49.52 | |
| 10 | S1 L3 | George Bovell |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1:49.64 | |
| 11 | S1 L5 | Stefan Herbst |  Germany |
1:49.76 | |
| 12 | S2 L7 | Olaf Wildeboer |  Spain |
1:49.85 | |
| 13 | S1 L1 | Maxim Kuznetsov | Russia |
1:49.98 | |
| 14 | S2 L1 | Dominik Meichtry |  Switzerland |
1:50.59 | |
| 15 | S1 L2 | Romāns Miloslavskis |  Latvia |
1:50.66 | |
| 16 | S2 L2 | Klete Keller | USA |
1:51.69 | |
