# Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2023.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 24 July at 11:27.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 3 | Luke Hobson | United States | 1:45.69 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | Matt Richards | Great Britain | 1:45.82 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:45.86 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | 1:46.02 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | Lee Ho-joon | South Korea | 1:46.21 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Kieran Smith | United States | 1:46.38 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Lucas Henveaux | Belgium | 1:46.40 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 1:46.44 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | Fernando Scheffer | Brazil | 1:46.45 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 1:46.48 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Pan Zhanle | China | 1:46.49 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 8 | Alexander Graham | Australia | 1:46.58 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Marco De Tullio | Italy | 1:46.69 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 1:46.69 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | 7 | Rafael Miroslaw | Germany | 1:46.69 | Q |
| 16 | 8 | 6 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:46.70 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:46.87 | |
| 17 | 8 | 8 | Hadrien Salvan | France | 1:46.87 | |
| 19 | 6 | 0 | Jorge Iga | Mexico | 1:46.89 | |
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Kai Taylor | Australia | 1:46.94 | |
| 21 | 7 | 7 | Denis Loktev | Israel | 1:47.08 | |
| 22 | 8 | 9 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 1:47.09 | |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 1:47.11 | |
| 24 | 6 | 1 | Stefano di Cola | Italy | 1:47.27 | |
| 25 | 5 | 3 | Kamil Sieradzki | Poland | 1:47.34 | |
| 26 | 5 | 6 | Alfonso Mestre | Venezuela | 1:47.36 | |
| 27 | 5 | 5 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:47.93 | |
| 28 | 7 | 9 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:48.00 | |
| 29 | 8 | 0 | Roman Fuchs | France | 1:48.13 | |
| 30 | 5 | 4 | Khiew Hoe Yean | Malaysia | 1:48.18 | |
| 31 | 7 | 0 | Dimitrios Markos | Greece | 1:48.84 | |
| 32 | 7 | 8 | Hong Jinquan | China | 1:48.93 | |
| 33 | 5 | 1 | Glen Lim Jun Wei | Singapore | 1:49.13 | |
| 34 | 6 | 9 | Luis Domínguez | Spain | 1:49.28 | |
| 35 | 5 | 2 | Jovan Lekić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:49.54 | |
| 36 | 4 | 5 | Joaquín Vargas | Peru | 1:49.85 | |
| 37 | 4 | 1 | František Jablčník | Slovakia | 1:50.61 | |
| 38 | 4 | 3 | Santiago Corredor | Colombia | 1:50.68 | |
| 39 | 4 | 2 | Pit Brandenburger | Luxembourg | 1:51.27 | |
| 39 | 4 | 4 | Wesley Roberts | Cook Islands | 1:51.27 | |
| 41 | 5 | 7 | Zac Reid | New Zealand | 1:51.66 | |
| 42 | 4 | 8 | Omar Abbass | Syria | 1:52.11 | |
| 43 | 5 | 8 | Dulyawat Kaewsriyong | Thailand | 1:52.24 | |
| 44 | 4 | 6 | Righardt Muller | South Africa | 1:52.25 | |
| 45 | 3 | 2 | Loris Bianchi | San Marino | 1:53.10 | NR |
| 46 | 5 | 0 | Hoàng Quý Phước | Vietnam | 1:53.67 | |
| 47 | 4 | 0 | Pavel Alovatki | Moldova | 1:54.19 | |
| 48 | 5 | 9 | Baturalp Ünlü | Turkey | 1:54.56 | |
| 49 | 3 | 4 | Matheo Mateos | Paraguay | 1:54.67 | |
| 50 | 3 | 3 | Sauod Alshamroukh | Kuwait | 1:54.77 | |
| 51 | 4 | 9 | Alberto Vega | Costa Rica | 1:55.07 | |
| 52 | 3 | 6 | Henrique Mascarenhas | Angola | 1:55.09 | |
| 53 | 3 | 0 | Monyo Maina | Suspended Member Federation | 1:55.28 | |
| 54 | 1 | 3 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 1:55.69 | |
| 55 | 2 | 0 | Lin Sizhuang | Macau | 1:55.87 | |
| 56 | 3 | 1 | Mauricio Arias | Dominican Republic | 1:55.90 | |
| 57 | 4 | 7 | Simon Doueihy | Lebanon | 1:55.96 | |
| 58 | 2 | 8 | Mahmoud Abu Garbieh | Palestine | 1:56.37 | NR |
| 59 | 2 | 4 | Nasir Yahya Hussain | Nepal | 1:57.26 | |
| 60 | 3 | 7 | Ado Gargovic | Montenegro | 1:57.81 | |
| 61 | 3 | 8 | Clinton Opute | Nigeria | 1:57.92 | |
| 62 | 2 | 6 | Justino Pale | Mozambique | 1:58.32 | |
| 63 | 2 | 2 | Muhammad Siddiqui | Pakistan | 1:58.36 | |
| 64 | 3 | 3 | Mohammed Al Zaki | Saudi Arabia | 1:58.96 | |
| 65 | 1 | 1 | Ali Sadeq Alawi | Bahrain | 1:59.08 | NR |
| 66 | 2 | 2 | Mal Gashi | Kosovo | 1:59.20 | |
| 67 | 1 | 1 | Hussein Suwaed | Iraq | 1:59.69 | |
| 68 | 2 | 5 | Issa Al-Adawi | Oman | 2:00.09 | |
| 69 | 2 | 7 | Israel Poppe | Guam | 2:02.57 | |
| 70 | 2 | 9 | Diego Aranda | Uruguay | 2:02.84 | |
| 71 | 2 | 1 | Sangay Tenzin | Bhutan | 2:06.93 | |
| 72 | 1 | 4 | Kyler Anthony Kihleng | Micronesia | 2:07.89 | |
| | 3 | 5 | Mark Ducaj | Albania | DNS | DNS |
| | 7 | 6 | Lukas Martens | Germany | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals was started on 24 July at 21:11.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:44.70 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Luke Hobson | United States | 1:44.87 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 1:45.07 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | 1:45.29 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Matt Richards | Great Britain | 1:45.40 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Lee Ho-joon | South Korea | 1:45.93 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Kieran Smith | United States | 1:45.96 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 1:45.97 | |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 1:45.97 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Marco De Tullio | Italy | 1:46.05 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Pan Zhanle | China | 1:46.05 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Rafael Miroslaw | Germany | 1:46.30 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Alexander Graham | Australia | 1:46.61 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:46.66 | |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Lucas Henveaux | Belgium | 1:46.77 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Fernando Scheffer | Brazil | 1:47.35 | |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 24 July at 22:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 1:46.30 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 1:46.37 | |

### Final

The final was held on 25 July at 20:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 2 | Matt Richards | Great Britain | 1:44.30 | |
| | 6 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | 1:44.32 | |
| | 3 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 1:44.42 | NR |
| 4 | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:44.90 | |
| 5 | 5 | Luke Hobson | United States | 1:45.09 | |
| 6 | 7 | Lee Ho-joon | South Korea | 1:46.04 | |
| 7 | 1 | Kieran Smith | United States | 1:46.10 | |
| 8 | 8 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 1:46.40 | |