| Event: | Men's 200 metre individual medley |
| Championship: | 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 5 August (heats and semifinals) 6 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 47 |
| Nations: | 43 |
| Win Value: | 1:55.81 |
| Gold: | Ryan Lochte |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Thiago Pereira |
| Silvernoc: | BRA |
| Bronze: | Wang Shun |
| Bronzenoc: | CHN |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August with the heats and the semifinals and 6 August with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were held at 10:30.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1:57.90 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 6 | 1:58.28 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1:58.33 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 1:58.63 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 1:58.92 | Q, NR | |||
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 1:58.95 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 1:59.11 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 1:59.18 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 1:59.29 | Q | |||
| 10 | 5 | 8 | 1:59.46 | Q, NR | |||
| 11 | 4 | 7 | 1:59.61 | Q | |||
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 1:59.64 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 3 | 1:59.96 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 1:59.97 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 6 | 1:59.99 | Q | |||
| 16 | 2 | 7 | 2:00.22 | Q, NR | |||
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 2:00.39 | NR | |||
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 2:00.80 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 7 | 2:00.94 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 1 | 2:01.05 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | 2:01.68 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 0 | 2:02.43 | NR | |||
| 23 | 3 | 7 | 2:02.60 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 0 | 2:02.80 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 1 | 2:02.96 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 9 | 2:03.21 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 3 | 2:03.54 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 9 | 2:03.67 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 9 | 2:03.93 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 8 | 2:04.01 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 0 | 2:04.30 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 4 | 2:04.77 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 2 | 2:04.79 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | 5 | 2:04.85 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 5 | 2:04.98 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 6 | 2:04.99 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 1 | 2:05.37 | ||||
| 38 | 4 | 9 | 2:05.78 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 6 | 2:07.14 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 0 | 2:07.51 | ||||
| 41 | 1 | 7 | 2:08.89 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 8 | 2:08.98 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 1 | 2:09.50 | ||||
| 44 | 1 | 2 | 2:09.53 | ||||
| 45 | 1 | 3 | 2:09.59 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 0 | 2:20.94 | ||||
| 47 | 1 | 9 | 2:22.31 | ||||
| 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | 3 |
The semifinals were held at 18:45.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 1:57.33 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 1:57.77 | Q | |||
| 3 | 7 | 1:58.10 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 1:58.45 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 1:58.54 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 1:58.86 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1:59.35 | NR | |||
| 8 | 8 | 2:01.41 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:56.81 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1:57.07 | Q | |||
| 3 | 8 | 1:58.20 | Q, NR | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1:58.54 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1:58.83 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 1:59.53 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 2:00.05 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 2:00.31 |
The swim-off was held at 19:42.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:58.18 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1:58.26 |
The final was held at 17:42.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:55.81 | |||||
| 3 | 1:56.65 | |||||
| 5 | 1:56.81 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 1:57.59 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 1:57.96 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:58.14 | NR | |||
| 7 | 1 | 1:58.52 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 1:59.06 |