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

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	16 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	32
Win Value:	1:51.15
Gold:	Daiya Seto
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Carson Foster
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 200 metre individual medley 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 12:04.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	1:52.38	Q
2	3	1	1:52.59	Q
3	3	5	1:53.19	Q
4	3	4	1:53.38	Q
5	2	4	1:53.74	Q
6	2	6	1:53.95	Q
7	3	3	1:53.97	Q
8	2	7	1:54.01	Q
9	2	5	1:54.22
10	4	3	1:54.57
11	2	3	1:54.63
12	3	6	1:54.81
13	4	6	1:55.02
14	4	2	1:55.74	NR
15	4	7	1:55.87
16	3	0	1:55.93
17	2	0	1:56.28	NR
18	2	2	1:56.64
19	3	2	1:57.00
20	4	8	1:57.07
21	1	4	1:57.13
22	3	8	1:57.61
23	1	5	1:57.64	NR
24	2	1	1:58.17
25	4	9	1:58.86	NR
26	4	1	1:59.04
27	2	9	1:59.82
28	2	8	2:02.35
29	3	9	2:04.50
30	1	6	2:05.06
31	1	3	2:05.12
32	1	0	2:09.84
33	1	2	2:10.12
34	1	7	2:11.05
35	1	1	2:11.85	NR
36	1	8	2:24.08
	3	7	DNS
	4	0
	4	5

The final was held at 19:33.^[3]