| Event: | Men's 200 metre butterfly |
| Competition: | 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Venue: | WFCU Centre |
| Dates: | 6 December (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 50 |
| Nations: | 39 |
| Win Value: | 1:48.76 |
| Gold: | Chad le Clos |
| Goldnoc: | RSA |
| Silver: | Tom Shields |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Daiya Seto |
| Bronzenoc: | JPN |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 December 2016.[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 | Chad le Clos | 1:48.61 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |
The heats were held at 10:49.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1:51.03 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1:51.23 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 1:51.68 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 1:51.87 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 1:52.44 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 1:52.89 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 1:53.05 | Q | |||
| 8 | 6 | 4 | 1:53.09 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 1:53.32 | ||||
| 10 | 6 | 7 | 1:53.42 | ||||
| 11 | 4 | 5 | 1:53.54 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 3 | 1:53.67 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 2 | 1:53.92 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 1:54.09 | NR | |||
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 1:54.80 | NR | |||
| 16 | 6 | 6 | 1:54.84 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 0 | 1:55.24 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 0 | 1:55.45 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 7 | 1:55.50 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 7 | 1:55.57 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 1 | 1:56.08 | ||||
| 22 | 6 | 1 | 1:56.19 | ||||
| 23 | 6 | 8 | 1:56.28 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | 8 | 1:56.68 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 9 | 1:56.73 | NR | |||
| 26 | 4 | 8 | 1:57.31 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 3 | 1:57.53 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 1 | 1:57.68 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 0 | 1:58.62 | ||||
| 30 | 3 | 7 | 1:59.28 | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 9 | 1:59.67 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 5 | 2:00.43 | NR | |||
| 33 | 2 | 1 | 2:01.25 | ||||
| 34 | 3 | 8 | 2:01.72 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 6 | 2:01.83 | ||||
| 36 | 6 | 9 | 2:01.87 | NR | |||
| 37 | 3 | 2 | 2:01.91 | NR | |||
| 38 | 3 | 0 | 2:02.74 | NR | |||
| 39 | 2 | 7 | 2:04.68 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 2 | 2:05.13 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 9 | 2:05.71 | ||||
| 42 | 2 | 3 | 2:06.30 | NR | |||
| 43 | 2 | 4 | 2:06.38 | ||||
| 44 | 1 | 4 | 2:06.83 | ||||
| 45 | 3 | 4 | 2:08.45 | ||||
| 46 | 2 | 5 | 2:09.64 | ||||
| 47 | 2 | 8 | 2:09.65 | NR | |||
| 48 | 2 | 6 | 2:10.58 | ||||
| 49 | 1 | 5 | 2:14.46 | ||||
| 50 | 1 | 3 | 2:19.17 | ||||
| 3 | 1 |
The final was held at 19:10.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:48.76 | |||||
| 8 | 1:49.50 | |||||
| 2 | 1:49.97 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 1:51.41 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 1:52.65 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 1:52.68 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 1:53.15 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:53.64 |