| Venue: | Akita Prefectural Pool, Akita, Japan |
| Date: | 25 August 2001 |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Gold: |  Sergey Akhapov |
| Silver: | Andreas Utzmeir |
| Bronze: | Ilya Somov |
| Prev: | 1997 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The men's 200 m surface competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 25 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.[1]
A total of 19 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilya Somov | Russia | 1:28.69 | Q | |
| 2 | Sergey Akhapov | 1:30.42 | Q | ||
| 3 | Sven Gallasch | 1:30.47 | Q | ||
| 4 | Di Qing |  China | 1:30.49 | Q | |
| 5 | Andreas Utzmeir | Germany | 1:30.65 | Q | |
| 6 | Lukáš Rada |  Czech Republic | 1:31.03 | Q | |
| 7 | Erven Morice |  France | 1:31.18 | Q | |
| 8 | Peter Durai |  Slovakia | 1:31.50 | Q | |
| 9 | Tadasu Horiuchi |  Japan | 1:31.74 | ||
| 10 | Wojciech Dorożyński |  Poland | 1:32.31 | ||
| 11 | Gergely Juhos |  Hungary | 1:32.84 | ||
| 12 | Leonidas Romero |  Colombia | 1:33.71 | ||
| 13 | Daniel Guevara | Colombia | 1:35.18 | ||
| 14 | Hu Hailong | China | 1:36.04 | ||
| 15 | Jan Kamprle | Czech Republic | 1:36.80 | ||
| 16 | Jose Miguel Iniesta |  Spain | 1:37.03 | ||
| 17 | Fernando Gonzalez Illan | Spain | 1:38.59 | ||
| 18 | Loic Abouzit | France | 1:39.24 | ||
| 19 | Chiaki Komine | Japan | 1:39.40 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Akhapov | Russia | 1:27.05 | ||
| Andreas Utzmeir | 1:27.27 | |||
| Ilya Somov | 1:27.87 | |||
| 4 | Di Qing | China | 1:30.40 | |
| 5 | Sven Gallasch | Germany | 1:30.92 | |
| 6 | Lukáš Rada | Czech Republic | 1:31.34 | |
| 7 | Peter Durai | Slovakia | 1:32.03 | |
| 8 | Erven Morice | France | 1:33.04 |