Fastest swim short course 200 metres freestyle (male)
- Who
- Luke Hobson
- What
- 1:38.61 minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- Hungary (Budapest)
- When
- 15 December 2024
The fastest swim short course 200 metres freestyle (male) is 1 minute 38.61 seconds, achieved by Luke Hobson (USA) in Budapest, Hungary, on 15 December 2024.
Hobson broke the oldest men’s short course world record at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) in Budapest. He clocked 1:38.91 leading off the men’s 4 x 200 m freestyle relay to beat Paul Biedermann’s time of 1:39.37 from 2009. Two days later, Hobson went even quicker in the final of the individual 200 m freestyle, winning gold in 1:38.61.