| Event: | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Championship: | 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 52 |
| Nations: | 44 |
| Win Value: | 2:07.76 |
| Gold: | Marco Koch |
| Goldnoc: | GER |
| Silver: | Kevin Cordes |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Dániel Gyurta |
| Bronzenoc: | HUN |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were held at 10:33.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2:09.12 | Q | |||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2:09.35 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 7 | 2:09.56 | Q, NR | |||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 2:09.75 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 2:09.81 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 2:09.89 | Q | |||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 2:09.94 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 2:09.97 | Q | |||
| 9 | 6 | 6 | 2:10.13 | Q | |||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 2:10.21 | Q, NR | |||
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 2:10.41 | Q, NR | |||
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 2:10.43 | Q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 2:10.47 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 2:10.71 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 7 | 2:11.00 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 3 | 2:11.11 | Q | |||
| 17 | 5 | 2 | 2:11.30 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 0 | 2:11.65 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 9 | 2:11.65 | NR | |||
| 20 | 6 | 0 | 2:12.33 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 1 | 2:12.37 | ||||
| 22 | 6 | 8 | 2:12.64 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 4 | 2:12.71 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 9 | 2:12.74 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 6 | 2:13.23 | ||||
| 26 | 5 | 5 | 2:13.24 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 9 | 2:13.33 | ||||
| 28 | 6 | 1 | 2:14.24 | ||||
| 29 | 6 | 2 | 2:14.28 | ||||
| 30 | 3 | 3 | 2:14.31 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 3 | 2:14.85 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 1 | 2:14.92 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 8 | 2:14.98 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 4 | 2:15.09 | NR | |||
| 35 | 3 | 6 | 2:15.47 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 9 | 2:15.58 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 7 | 2:16.02 | ||||
| 38 | 5 | 8 | 2:16.13 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 5 | 2:16.28 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 2 | 2:16.50 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 8 | 2:17.07 | ||||
| 42 | 2 | 7 | 2:17.30 | ||||
| 43 | 3 | 0 | 2:18.19 | ||||
| 44 | 3 | 5 | 2:18.68 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 6 | 2:19.07 | ||||
| 46 | 2 | 8 | 2:20.22 | ||||
| 47 | 1 | 4 | 2:20.83 | ||||
| 48 | 3 | 2 | 2:21.30 | ||||
| 49 | 2 | 1 | 2:21.39 | ||||
| 50 | 2 | 0 | 2:22.84 | ||||
| 51 | 1 | 5 | 2:24.91 | ||||
| 52 | 1 | 3 | 2:45.73 |
The semifinals were held at 18:29.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:08.72 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2:09.22 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2:09.64 | Q, WJR | |||
| 4 | 7 | 2:10.04 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 2:10.45 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 2:10.51 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 2:10.79 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:11.26 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2:08.03 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 2:08.34 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 2:08.53 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 2:08.69 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2:09.54 | Q, NR | |||
| 6 | 2 | 2:09.86 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 2:10.87 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:11.05 |
The final was held at 18:55.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2:07.76 | |||||
| 6 | 2:08.05 | |||||
| 3 | 2:08.10 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 2:08.52 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 2:09.12 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 2:09.58 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:09.96 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:10.02 |