| Event: | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Venue: | Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium |
| Dates: | 12 December (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 64 |
| Win Value: | 1:41.49 |
| Gold: | Blake Pieroni |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Danas Rapšys |
| Silvernoc: | LTU |
| Bronze: | Alexander Graham |
| Bronzenoc: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held on 12 December 2018.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Paul Biedermann | 1:39.37 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 | ||
| Championship record | Park Tae-hwan | 1:41.03 | Windsor | 7 December 2016 |
The heats were started at 09:37.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 6 | 1:41.83 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 1:42.13 | Q | |||
| 3 | 7 | 4 | 1:42.39 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 1:42.64 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 1:42.70 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 3 | 1:42.76 | Q | |||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 1:42.77 | Q | |||
| 8 | 6 | 4 | 1:42.90 | Q | |||
| 9 | 6 | 6 | 1:43.16 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 1:43.19 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 1:43.40 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 1:43.74 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 0 | 1:43.76 | ||||
| 14 | 6 | 7 | 1:44.60 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 5 | 1:44.62 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | 2 | 1:44.88 | ||||
| 17 | 7 | 2 | 1:44.89 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 1 | 1:45.20 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | 1:45.24 | ||||
| 19 | 7 | 7 | 1:45.24 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 0 | 1:45.39 | ||||
| 22 | 7 | 8 | 1:45.47 | ||||
| 23 | 7 | 6 | 1:45.51 | ||||
| 24 | 7 | 1 | 1:45.39 | ||||
| 25 | 7 | 0 | 1:45.83 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 3 | 1:46.21 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 8 | 1:46.25 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 7 | 1:46.36 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 8 | 1:47.00 | NR | |||
| 30 | 6 | 8 | 1:47.07 | ||||
| 31 | 6 | 9 | 1:47.38 | ||||
| 32 | 4 | 9 | 1:47.55 | NR | |||
| 33 | 4 | 6 | 1:47.66 | NR | |||
| 34 | 6 | 1 | 1:47.84 | ||||
| 35 | 5 | 9 | 1:48.05 | ||||
| 36 | 4 | 4 | 1:48.11 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 4 | 1:48.28 | ||||
| 38 | 5 | 0 | 1:48.53 | ||||
| 39 | 7 | 9 | 1:48.67 | ||||
| 40 | 4 | 1 | 1:48.82 | ||||
| 41 | 4 | 2 | 1:50.19 | NR | |||
| 42 | 3 | 0 | 1:50.29 | ||||
| 43 | 3 | 6 | 1:50.52 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 4 | 1:50.73 | ||||
| 45 | 3 | 2 | 1:51.60 | NR | |||
| 46 | 3 | 1 | 1:52.07 | ||||
| 47 | 3 | 5 | 1:53.32 | ||||
| 48 | 2 | 9 | 1:53.77 | ||||
| 49 | 3 | 3 | 1:53.91 | ||||
| 50 | 2 | 0 | 1:54.15 | NR | |||
| 51 | 3 | 7 | 1:54.93 | ||||
| 52 | 3 | 8 | 1:55.25 | ||||
| 53 | 3 | 9 | 1:55.73 | ||||
| 54 | 2 | 5 | 1:56.62 | ||||
| 55 | 2 | 2 | 1:56.72 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 3 | 1:57.14 | ||||
| 57 | 2 | 6 | 1:57.86 | ||||
| 58 | 1 | 4 | 1:58.44 | ||||
| 59 | 1 | 6 | 2:00.09 | ||||
| 60 | 1 | 3 | 2:00.84 | ||||
| 61 | 2 | 7 | 2:03.49 | ||||
| 62 | 2 | 8 | 2:04.69 | ||||
| 63 | 2 | 1 | 2:06.54 | ||||
| 64 | 1 | 5 | 2:09.57 |
The final was held at 19:53.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1:41.49 | |||||
| 3 | 1:41.78 | |||||
| 4 | 1:42.28 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 1:42.31 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 1:42.36 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:42.46 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:42.67 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 1:42.72 |