Minseop Kim sets new Korean record in men’s 200m butterfly swimming

Kim Min-seop is taking a commemorative photo after setting a new Korean record of 1 minute 55.45 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly preliminaries at the 2024 Paris Olympics Management National Team Selection Competition (KB Finance Korea Swimming Championship) at the indoor swimming pool in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 22nd.

Kim Min-seop (Dokdo Sports Team) changed the Korean record for the men’s 200m butterfly in just one year and four months.

Kim Min-seop hit the touch pad in 1 minute 55.45 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly preliminaries at the 2024 Paris Olympics Management National Team Selection Competition (KB Finance Korea Swimming Championship) held at the Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool in Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 22nd.

1 minute 55.45 seconds is a new Korean record, 0.50 seconds better than 1 minute 55.95 seconds set by Kim Min-seop at the 2023 national team selection event held in November 2022 when he was a high school student.

In addition, it was faster than the Paris Olympic standard record (OQT) of 1 minute 55.78 seconds.

The Korea Swimming Federation expected that Kim Min-seop’s chances of winning a spot at the Paris Olympics on his own had increased in the finals to be held on the afternoon of the 23rd.

After the game, Kim Min-seop said, “I only wanted to check the record (in the preliminaries), but my record came out better than expected. After the 150m mark, I saw the coach’s signal, so I increased my speed a little more, and it felt better than I expected. My brothers congratulated me in the locker room. “We greeted each other and encouraged each other to do well together in the finals,” he said happily.

Kim Min-seop, who set the first Korean record in this competition, will receive a prize of 1 million won for the Korean record from the federation and a product from Watson Company. 한국야동