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

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Winning time
  
1:45.20

Competitors
  
95

Dates
  
25 July (prelims, semifinals) 26 July (final)

The Men's 200 Freestyle at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 25+26 July 2005 in the Olympic pool at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Canada. 95 swimmers were entered in the Preliminary heats, which swam in the morning of July 25. The top-16 swimmers from the Prelims advanced on to Semifinal heats that evening. From the Semifinals, the top-8 swimmers advanced onto the next night's Final.

The existing records at the start of the event were:

  • World record (WR): 1:44.06, Ian Thorpe (Australia), 25 July 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Championship record (CR): same

    • References

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