2023 CANADIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- March 28 – April 2, 2023
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre – Toronto, Ontario
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- Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Live Recap | Day 3 Finals Live Recap
On night three of the 2023 Canadian Swimming Trials, Finlay Knox threw down a 1:57.26 200 IM to break his own national record and win a national title. His former Canadian record was 0.24 seconds slower at a 1:57.50 from Trials in 2022.
Splits Comparison
| Knox – 2023 | Knox – 2022 | |
| Butterfly | 24.93 | 24.71 |
| Backstroke | 29.78 | 30.06 |
| Breaststroke | 34.25 | 34.50 |
| Freestyle | 28.30 | 28.23 |
| Final Time | 1:57.26 | 1:57.50 |
This is the 4th time since May 8, 2021, that Knox has taken out the Canadian record, having first snatched it from Keith Beavers at a pre-Olympic Trials event back in 2021.
Knox’s record-breaking swims
- 1:58.88 – May 8, 2021
- 1:58.07 – June 21, 2021
- 1:57.50 – April 5, 2022
- 1:57.26 – March 30, 2023
When Knox broke the Canadian record in 2022 he became the first Canadian man in history to break 1:58.00. He’s also the only be under 1:59.00 in the event as Keith Beavers sits in the #2 spot with his 1:59.19 from the 2008 Olympics. Knox has the six fastest swims in the nation all-time and
All-time Canadian Men’s 200 IM Performances
- Finlay Knox – 1:57.26 (2023)
- Finlay Knox – 1:57.50 (2022)
- Finlay Knox – 1:58.07 (2021)
- Finlay Knox – 1:58.29 (2021)
- Finlay Knox – 1:58.88 (2021)
- Finlay Knox – 1:58.95 (2022)
- Keith Beavers – 1:59.19 (2008)
- Finlay Knox – 1:59.27 (2023)
- Keith Beavers – 1:59.43 / Keith Beavers – 1:59.43 (2008/2008)
Knox swam this event at World Championships in 2022 but was a bit slower than his best time, swimming a 1:59.60 in the heats to place 17th and miss semis. This new best time of 1:57.26 would have placed first in prelims, 6th in semi-finals, and would have tied for 6th in the final at Worlds last year.
His time tonight got Knox under the FINA A standard in this event of 1:59.53, getting himself onto the team for the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka this summer. He is now the 4th-fastest man in the world this season behind Chase Kalisz, Daiya Seto, and Wang Shun.
2022-2023 LCM Men 200 IM
Marchand
1:54.82
| 2 | Wang Shun | CHN | 1:55.55 | 05/01 |
| 3 | Duncan Scott | GBR | 1:55.95 | 07/27 |
| 4 | Shaine Casas | USA | 1:56.06 | 04/15 |
| 5 | Tom Dean | GBR | 1:56.07 | 07/27 |
Knox has two races left at this meet as he’s entered in the 100 freestyle as the fourth seed (49.23) and the 200 freestyle as the second seed (1:47.92).
