| Event: | Men's 200-metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2001 FINA World Championships |
| Dates: | 24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 25 July 2001 (final) |
| Competitors: | 55 |
| Win Value: | 1:44.06 |
| Gold: | Ian Thorpe |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Pieter van den Hoogenband |
| Silvernoc: | NED |
| Bronze: | Klete Keller |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2003 |
See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.
The men's 200-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 25 July.[1] The heats[2] and semifinals[3] were on 24 July.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | 1:44.69 | Hobart, Australia | align=right | 27 March 2001 | ||
| Championship record | 1:47.27 | Perth, Australia | align=right | 7 January 1991 |
The following record was established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July | Heat 6 | 1:47.18 | CR | |||
| 24 July | Semifinal 2 | 1:45.80 | CR | |||
| 25 July | Final | 1:44.06 | WR |
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:47.18 | Q, CR | |||
| 2 | 1:47.91 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1:47.95 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1:48.57 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1:48.60 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1:48.65 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1:49.14 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1:49.38 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1:49.46 | Q | |||
| 10 | 1:49.72 | Q | |||
| 11 | 1:49.86 | Q | |||
| 12 | 1:49.90 | Q | |||
| 13 | 1:50.02 | Q | |||
| 14 | 1:50.08 | Q | |||
| 15 | 1:50.11 | Q | |||
| 16 | 1:50.16 | Q | |||
| 17 | 1:50.33 | ||||
| 18 | 1:50.36 | ||||
| 19 | 1:50.45 | ||||
| 20 | 1:50.72 | ||||
| 21 | 1:50.77 | ||||
| 22 | 1:51.10 | ||||
| 23 | 1:51.23 | ||||
| 24 | 1:52.21 | ||||
| 25 | 1:52.56 | ||||
| 26 | 1:52.69 | ||||
| 27 | 1:53.38 | ||||
| 28 | 1:53.81 | ||||
| 29 | 1:53.82 | ||||
| 30 | 1:54.31 | ||||
| 31 | 1:54.93 | ||||
| 32 | 1:55.30 | ||||
| 33 | 1:55.88 | ||||
| 34 | 1:56.04 | ||||
| 35 | 1:56.43 | ||||
| 36 | 1:56.97 | ||||
| 37 | 1:57.34 | ||||
| 38 | 1:57.72 | ||||
| 39 | 1:59.11 | ||||
| 40 | 1:59.12 | ||||
| 41 | 1:59.19 | ||||
| 42 | 1:59.84 | ||||
| 43 | 1:59.88 | ||||
| 44 | 2:00.64 | ||||
| 45 | 2:00.65 | ||||
| 46 | 2:03.68 | ||||
| 47 | 2:05.91 | ||||
| 48 | 2:05.99 | ||||
| 49 | 2:06.11 | ||||
| 50 | 2:07.85 | ||||
| 51 | 2:08.71 | ||||
| 52 | 2:08.98 | ||||
| 53 | 2:11.35 | ||||
| 54 | 2:12.59 | ||||
| 55 | 2:18.80 | ||||
| – | DNS |
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:45.80 | Q, CR | |||
| 2 | 1:47.26 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1:47.77 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1:47.84 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1:48.50 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1:48.88 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1:48.90 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1:49.26 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1:49.30 | ||||
| 10 | 1:49.32 | ||||
| 11 | 1:49.34 | ||||
| 12 | 1:49.73 | ||||
| 13 | 1:49.75 | ||||
| 14 | 1:49.78 | ||||
| 15 | 1:49.80 | ||||
| 16 | 1:50.28 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:44.06 | WR | ||||
| 1:45.81 | |||||
| 1:47.10 | |||||
| 4 | 1:47.58 | ||||
| 5 | 1:48.11 | ||||
| 6 | 1:48.86 | ||||
| 7 | 1:49.39 | ||||
| 8 | 1:49.54 |
Key: WR = World record