| Event: | Men's 200 metre butterfly |
| Competition: | 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Dates: | 7 December |
| Competitors: | 52 |
| Nations: | 39 |
| Win Value: | 1:48.61 |
| Gold: | Chad le Clos |
| Goldnoc: | RSA |
| Silver: | Daiya Seto |
| Silvernoc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Paweł Korzeniowski |
| Bronzenoc: | POL |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2016 |
The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 7 December.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Chad le Clos | 1:48.56 | Singapore | 5 November 2013 | ||
| Championship record | Kazuya Kaneda | 1:51.01 | Istanbul | 16 December 2012 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 December | Heats | 1:50.82 | CR | |||
| 7 December | Final | 1:48.61 | CR |
The heats were held at 10:26.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 1:50.82 | Q, CR | |||
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 1:51.24 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 1:51.37 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 1:51.81 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 1:52.12 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 1:52.64 | Q | |||
| 7 | 6 | 3 | 1:52.66 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 1:52.67 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 7 | 1:52.97 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 1:53.08 | ||||
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 1:53.13 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 1:53.17 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 2 | 1:53.39 | ||||
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 1:53.72 | ||||
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 1:53.89 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | 8 | 1:54.43 | ||||
| 17 | 6 | 0 | 1:54.45 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 7 | 1:54.55 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 0 | 1:54.55 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 0 | 1:54.58 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 5 | 1:54.63 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 1 | 1:54.72 | ||||
| 23 | 5 | 1 | 1:54.92 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 7 | 1:54.99 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 3 | 1:55.41 | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 1 | 1:55.97 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 9 | 1:56.12 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 9 | 1:56.27 | ||||
| 29 | 6 | 9 | 1:56.82 | ||||
| 30 | 6 | 8 | 1:57.11 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | 6 | 1:58.06 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 9 | 1:58.57 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 4 | 1:58.77 | ||||
| 34 | 3 | 6 | 1:59.46 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 5 | 1:59.65 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 8 | 1:59.89 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 0 | 2:00.46 | ||||
| 38 | 3 | 7 | 2:00.61 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 5 | 2:01.42 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 2 | 2:02.10 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 0 | 2:02.94 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 1 | 2:03.48 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 7 | 2:05.47 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 2 | 2:05.91 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 6 | 2:06.87 | ||||
| 46 | 2 | 4 | Ali Ashkanani | 2:08.23 | |||
| 47 | 2 | 1 | 2:08.75 | ||||
| 48 | 2 | 3 | 2:08.79 | ||||
| 49 | 2 | 8 | 2:12.90 | ||||
| 50 | 1 | 3 | 2:17.81 | ||||
| 51 | 1 | 5 | 2:18.41 | ||||
| 52 | 2 | 9 | 2:19.22 | ||||
| — | 1 | 4 | DNS | ||||
| — | 4 | 3 | DSQ |
The final was held at 18:28.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1:48.61 | CR | ||||
| 4 | 1:48.92 | AS | ||||
| 5 | 1:50.21 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:50.68 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 1:52.13 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 1:52.17 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:52.52 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 1:52.69 |