Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Men’s 200 metre butterfly
at the 2005 FINA World Championships
Dates 26 July 2005 (heats and semifinals)
27 July 2005 (final)
Competitors 44
Winning time 1 minute 55.02 seconds
Medalists
    Poland
    Japan
    China
«2003 2007»
2005 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 women
Duet women
Team women
Combination women
Water polo
Team men women

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 26 July – 27 July. The heats and semifinals were held on 26 July. The final was held on 27 July.

Contents

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Michael Phelps United States 1:53.93 Barcelona 22 July 2003
Championship record Michael Phelps United States 1:53.93 Barcelona 22 July 2003

No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Pawel Korzeniowski  Poland 1:55.02
Takeshi Matsuda  Japan 1:55.62
Wu Peng  China 1:56.50
4 Davis Tarwater  United States 1:56.74
5 Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia 1:57.04
5 Ryuichi Shibata  Japan 1:57.04
7 Helge Meeuw  Germany 1:57.67
8 Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece 1:57.71

References