| Event: | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Venue: | Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium |
| Dates: | 13 December (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 46 |
| Nations: | 40 |
| Win Value: | 2:00.16 |
| Gold: | Kirill Prigoda |
| Goldnoc: | RUS |
| Silver: | Qin Haiyang |
| Silvernoc: | CHN |
| Bronze: | Marco Koch |
| Bronzenoc: | GER |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2018.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Marco Koch | 2:00.44 | Berlin | 20 November 2016 | ||
| Championship record | Marco Koch | 2:01.21 | Windsor | 8 December 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
The heats were started at 11:05.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 6 | 2:01.64 | Q, NR | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2:01.82 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 2:02.83 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 2:03.23 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 2:03.41 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 2:03.51 | Q, NR | |||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 2:03.84 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 2:03.88 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 8 | 2:04.02 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 7 | 2:04.37 | NR | |||
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 2:04.68 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 2:04.85 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | ||||||
| 14 | 3 | 5 | 2:05.00 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 0 | 2:05.99 | NR | |||
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 2:06.23 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 1 | 2:06.38 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 2:07.10 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | 2:07.28 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 6 | 2:07.49 | ||||
| 21 | 2 | 4 | 2:07.60 | NR | |||
| 22 | 2 | 3 | 2:07.83 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 2 | 2:08.00 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 7 | 2:08.15 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 8 | 2:08.32 | NR | |||
| 26 | 5 | 7 | 2:08.44 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 2 | 2:08.51 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 9 | 2:08.73 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 8 | 2:09.12 | ||||
| 30 | 5 | 9 | 2:09.30 | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 9 | 2:10.26 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 5 | 2:10.37 | ||||
| 33 | 5 | 0 | 2:11.27 | ||||
| 34 | 3 | 0 | 2:11.45 | ||||
| 35 | 4 | 8 | 2:11.63 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 1 | 2:11.79 | NR | |||
| 37 | 1 | 4 | 2:13.65 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 5 | 2:13.81 | NR | |||
| 39 | 2 | 0 | 2:13.83 | NR | |||
| 40 | 2 | 6 | 2:13.84 | NR | |||
| 41 | 2 | 7 | 2:16.67 | ||||
| 42 | 2 | 9 | 2:17.01 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 7 | 2:19.33 | NR | |||
| 44 | 1 | 2 | 2:22.54 | ||||
| 45 | 1 | 3 | 2:23.04 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 6 | 2:23.60 |
The final was held at 19:00.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2:00.16 | |||||
| 4 | 2:01.15 | AS | ||||
| 3 | 2:01.42 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 2:02.18 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 2:03.12 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 2:03.20 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:03.72 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 2:04.15 |