# 2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200m freestyle events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| S1 | Anton Kol Ukraine | Francesco Bettella Italy | Iyad Shalabi Israel |
| S2 | Gabriel Araújo Brazil | Jacek Czech Poland | Alberto Abarza Chile |
| S3 | Denys Ostapchenko Ukraine | Vincenzo Boni Italy | Diego López Díaz Mexico |
| S4 | Ami Omer Dadaon Israel | Angel de Jesus Camacho Ramirez Mexico | Cameron Leslie New Zealand |
| S5 | Francesco Bocciardo Italy | Antoni Ponce Bertran Spain | Luis Huerta Poza Spain |
| S14 | Nicholas Bennett Canada | William Ellard Great Britain | Jack Ireland Australia |

## Results
### S1

Five swimmers entered this event, which proceeded straight to final on 3 August.
Before the event, the relevant records were as follows.
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Itzhak Mamistvalov (ISR) | 4:57.79 |
| Championship record | Itzhak Mamistvalov (ISR) | 5:04.21 |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| | Anton Kol | Ukraine | 4:57.31 | WR |
| | Francesco Bettella | Italy | 5:16.14 | |
| | Iyad Shalabi | Israel | 5:16.81 | |
| 4 | Kamil Otowski | Poland | 5:38.13 | |
| 5 | Dimitrios Karypidis | Greece | 6:20.74 | |

### S2

Eight swimmers entered this event, which proceeded straight to final on 3 August.
Before the event, the relevant records were as follows.
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Liu Benying (CHN) | 3:41.54 |
| Championship record | Gabriel Araújo (BRA) | 3:59.06 |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result |
| | Gabriel Araújo | Brazil | 4:01.51 |
| | Jacek Czech | Poland | 4:22.96 |
| | Alberto Abarza | Chile | 4:31.55 |
| 4 | Roman Bondarenko | Ukraine | 4:39.11 |
| 5 | Rodrigo Santillan | Peru | 4:47.20 |
| 6 | Jesus Rey Lopez Cervantes | Mexico | 4:57.87 |
| 7 | Bruno Becker | Brazil | 4:58.16 |
| 8 | Cristopher Tronco Sánchez | Mexico | 5:00.14 |

### S3

11 swimmers entered the competition.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Huang Wenpan | 3:09.04 |
| Championships record | Huang Wenpan | 3:17.77 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Denys Ostapchenko | Ukraine | 3:22.01 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Vincenzo Boni | Italy | 3:37.18 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Serhii Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 3:41.90 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Umut Ünlü | Turkey | 3:43.53 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Diego López Díaz | Mexico | 3:47.41 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Krzysztof Lechniak | Poland | 3:54.30 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Daniel Ferrer Robles | Turkey | 4:06.55 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Marcos Zarate Rodriguez | Mexico | 4:07.98 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Ioannis Kostakis | Greece | 4:21.75 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Patricio Larenas | Chile | 4:30.64 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Youssef Elsayed | Egypt | 4:44.99 | AF |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result |
| | Denys Ostapchenko | Ukraine | 3:19.43 |
| | Vincenzo Boni | Italy | 3:37.30 |
| | Diego López Díaz | Mexico | 3:42.30 |
| 4 | Umut Ünlü | Turkey | 3:42.46 |
| 5 | Serhii Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 3:48.58 |
| 6 | Krzysztof Lechniak | Poland | 3:51.64 |
| 7 | Daniel Ferrer Robles | Spain | 3:56.89 |
| 8 | Marcos Zarate Rodriguez | Mexico | 4:03.73 |

### S4

7 swimmers entered the competition.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Ami Omer Dadaon | 2:44.84 |
| Championships record | Ami Omer Dadaon | 2:50.91 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Ami Omer Dadaon | Israel | 2:58.34 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Cameron Leslie | New Zealand | 3:10.05 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Angel de Jesus Camacho Ramirez | Mexico | 3:10.25 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | 3:10.46 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Gustavo Sánchez Martínez | Mexico | 3:12.48 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Andreas Ernhofer | Austria | 3:35.49 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Ariel Malyar | Israel | 3:32.23 | Q |

#### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | Ami Omer Dadaon | Israel | 2:51.58 |
| | Angel de Jesus Camacho Ramirez | Mexico | 3:00.63 |
| | Cameron Leslie | New Zealand | 3:05.45 |
| 4 | Gustavo Sánchez Martínez | Mexico | 3:06.34 |
| 5 | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | 3:07.04 |
| 6 | Andreas Ernhofer | Austria | 3:21.87 |
| 7 | Ariel Malyar | Israel | 3:35.16 |

### S5

11 swimmers entered the competition.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Francesco Bocciardo | 2:23.65 |
| Championships record | Francesco Bocciardo | 2:24.11 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | 2:33.60 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Antoni Ponce Bertran | Spain | 2:39.56 |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Andrii Drapkin | Ukraine | 2:45.41 |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Luis Huerta Poza | Spain | 2:45.66 |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli | Malaysia | 2:53.75 |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Zy Kher Lee | Malaysia | 2:55.98 |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Phuchit Aingchaiyaphum | Thailand | 2:56.12 |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Zeyad Kahil | Egypt | 2:56.69 |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Alexandros-Stylianos Lergios | Greece | 3:01.80 |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso | Spain | 3:03.14 |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Ivo Rocha | Portugal | 3:04.63 |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result |
| | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | 2:27.79 |
| | Antoni Ponce Bertran | Spain | 2:32.71 |
| | Luis Huerta Poza | Spain | 2:46.24 |
| 4 | Andrii Drapkin | Ukraine | 2:46.52 |
| 5 | Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli | Malaysia | 2:52.61 |
| 6 | Zy Kher Lee | Malaysia | 2:53.12 |
| 7 | Phuchit Aingchaiyaphum | Thailand | 2:56.33 |
| 8 | Zeyad Kahil | Egypt | 2:56.95 |

### S14

15 swimmers entered the competition.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Reece Dunn | 1:52.40 |
| Championships record | Gabriel Bandeira | 1:52.42 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | William Ellard | Great Britain | 1:55.06 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Nicholas Bennett | Canada | 1:55.42 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Jack Ireland | Australia | 1:56.01 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Dmytro Vanzenko | Ukraine | 1:57.06 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Gabriel Bandeira | Brazil | 1:58.03 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Wai Lok Tang | Hong Kong | 1:58.08 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Jordan Catchpole | Great Britain | 1:58.32 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Alexander Hillhouse | Denmark | 1:58.81 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Tsun Lok Cheung | Hong Kong | 1:58.84 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Anku Matsuda | Japan | 2:01.38 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Nader Khalili | Finland | 2:01.62 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Louis Lawlor | Great Britain | 2:01.79 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Hon Yin Wong | Hong Kong | 2:02.15 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Shunya Murakami | Japan | 2:03.21 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Inkook Lee | South Korea | 2:03.70 | |

#### Final

The final took place on 31 July.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 1 | 5 | Nicholas Bennett | Canada | 1:54.75 |
| | 1 | 4 | William Ellard | Great Britain | 1:54.79 |
| | 1 | 3 | Jack Ireland | Australia | 1:55.38 |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Dmytro Vanzenko | Ukraine | 1:56.40 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Gabriel Bandeira | Brazil | 1:56.90 |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Alexander Hillhouse | Denmark | 1:57.13 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Jordan Catchpole | Great Britain | 1:58.49 |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Wai Lok Tang | Hong Kong | 2:00.14 |