2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	16 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	42
Nations:	40
Win Value:	1:49.06
Gold:	Alberto Razzetti
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Noè Ponti
Silvernoc:	SUI
Bronze:	Chad le Clos
Bronzenoc:	RSA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2021.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were started at 10:24.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	7	1:50.32	Q
2	5	4	1:50.63	Q
3	3	2	1:50.82	Q, NR
4	5	6	1:50.92	Q, NR
5	4	4	1:51.33	Q
6	3	6	1:51.49	Q, NR
7	3	3	1:51.58	Q
8	3	4	1:51.83	Q
9	4	6	1:51.84
10	3	1	1:52.10	NR
11	4	5	1:52.40
12	3	5	1:52.67
13	5	2	1:52.84	NR
14	5	3	1:52.86
15	4	2	1:53.28
16	5	5	1:53.61
17	4	3	1:53.94
18	4	8	1:54.40	NR
19	4	7	1:55.51
20	5	7	1:55.70
21	4	1	1:55.77
22	3	8	1:56.55	NR
23	5	0	1:56.93	NR
24	4	0	1:57.89
25	2	5	1:58.02	NR
26	2	6	1:58.41	NR
27	5	1	1:58.62
28	2	4	1:58.82
29	4	9	1:58.83	NR
30	3	0	1:59.74
31	3	9	2:00.52
32	1	5	2:00.95	NR
33	2	3	2:01.43
34	2	7	2:03.30
35	2	2	2:04.29
36	2	1	2:04.55
37	1	2	2:06.57
38	1	3	2:08.07	NR
39	2	8	2:09.62
40	2	9	2:10.29
41	1	4	2:11.87
42	1	6	2:21.43
	2	0	DNS
	5	8
	5	9

The final was held at 18:42.^[3]