Adam Burns, swimming in the second heat of the 200m Freestyle immediately after his teammate Christian Chang-Chipolina, was also to find himself trailing from the back. Burns managed to momentarily move into sixth place at the 150m turn with a split time of 1:36.45. However, the final stretch was to see him drop back as William Caswell moved from eighth into sixth place. Burns finished with a time of 2:10.13, ahead of Rwanda's Kean Murenzi Sheja. The heat was won by Luke Arthur Mathews Beukes (NAM) in 1:54.51.