| Event: | Men's 200 metre butterfly |
| Championship: | 2022 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 20 June (heats and semifinals) 21 June (final) |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Location: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Competitors: | 42 |
| Nations: | 35 |
| Win Value: | 1:50.34 |
| Gold: | Kristóf Milák |
| Gold Nation: | HUN |
| Silver: | Léon Marchand |
| Silver Nation: | FRA |
| Bronze: | Tomoru Honda |
| Bronze Nation: | JPN |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2022.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were started on 20 June at 09:37.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Kristóf Milák | 1:54.10 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Noè Ponti | 1:54.75 | Q, NR | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Tomoru Honda | 1:54.94 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Trenton Julian | 1:55.04 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | Alberto Razzetti | 1:55.71 | Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Krzysztof Chmielewski | 1:55.73 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Luca Urlando | 1:55.94 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Tamás Kenderesi | 1:56.09 | Q | |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Kregor Zirk | 1:56.13 | Q, NR | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Leonardo de Deus | 1:56.35 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Giacomo Carini | 1:56.38 | Q | |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Léon Marchand | 1:56.38 | Q | |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Niu Guangsheng | 1:56.48 | Q | |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | James Guy | 1:56.63 | Q | |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Takumi Terada | 1:56.70 | Q | |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Wang Kuan-hung | 1:56.87 | Q | |
| 17 | 3 | 0 | Héctor Ruvalcaba | 1:56.96 | ||
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Antani Ivanov | 1:57.00 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Kim Min-seop | 1:57.43 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Louis Croenen | 1:57.63 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 3 | Chen Juner | 1:58.31 | ||
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Denys Kesil | 1:58.36 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Jorge Otaiza | 1:58.54 | ||
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Bowen Gough | 1:58.66 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Sajan Prakash | 1:58.67 | ||
| 26 | 5 | 9 | Velimir Stjepanović | 1:59.44 | ||
| 27 | 4 | 1 | Moon Seung-woo | 1:59.81 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Ong Jung Yi | 2:00.18 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Patrick Hussey | 2:00.24 | ||
| 30 | 2 | 6 | Erick Gordillo | 2:00.48 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Richard Nagy | 2:00.83 | ||
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Nguyễn Duy Khoa Hồ | 2:01.05 | ||
| 33 | 3 | 1 | Matheus Gonche | 2:01.65 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Felipe Baffico | 2:01.99 | ||
| 35 | 3 | 9 | Navaphat Wongcharoen | 2:02.10 | ||
| 36 | 2 | 4 | Ramil Valizade | 2:02.41 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 5 | Keanan Dols | 2:04.04 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 0 | Simon Bachmann | 2:06.70 | ||
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Salem Sabt | 2:08.21 | ||
| 40 | 2 | 9 | Gerald Hernández | 2:09.26 | ||
| 41 | 1 | 5 | Mubal Azzam Ibrahim | 2:36.74 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Heni Mesfar | ||||
| 5 | 6 | Chad le Clos | ||||
The semifinals were started on 20 June at 19:35.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Kristóf Milák | 1:52.39 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Tomoru Honda | 1:54.01 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Noè Ponti | 1:54.20 | Q, NR | ||
| 4 | 1 | 7 | Léon Marchand | 1:54.32 | Q, NR | ||
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Luca Urlando | 1:54.50 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Tamás Kenderesi | 1:54.79 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Alberto Razzetti | 1:54.87 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | James Guy | 1:54.91 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Krzysztof Chmielewski | 1:55.01 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Niu Guangsheng | 1:55.27 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Kregor Zirk | 1:55.62 | NR | ||
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Giacomo Carini | 1:55.74 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Takumi Terada | 1:56.07 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Leonardo de Deus | 1:56.18 | |||
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Wang Kuan-hung | 1:56.23 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 5 | Trenton Julian | 1:56.45 |
The final was held on 21 at 18:54.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:50.34 | WR | ||||
| 6 | 1:53.37 | NR | ||||
| 5 | 1:53.61 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | Noè Ponti | 1:54.29 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Luca Urlando | 1:54.92 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Tamás Kenderesi | 1:55.20 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Alberto Razzetti | 1:55.52 | |||
| 8 | 8 | James Guy | 1:55.54 |