# Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 June 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | 28 July 2011 |
| Competition record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | 28 July 2011 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 21 June at 09:40.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Carson Foster | United States | 1:57.94 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Chase Kalisz | United States | 1:58.25 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 1:58.29 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:58.29 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | Ron Polonsky | Israel | 1:58.31 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:58.47 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Matthew Sates | South Africa | 1:58.61 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:58.70 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Léon Marchand | France | 1:58.70 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:58.76 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Gal Cohen Groumi | Israel | 1:59.34 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Se-Bom Lee | Australia | 1:59.37 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Dominik Török | Hungary | 1:59.41 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | 1:59.44 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | Wang Shun | China | 1:59.51 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:59.53 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 1:59.60 | |
| 18 | 5 | 7 | Qin Haiyang | China | 1:59.68 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Enzo Tesic | France | 1:59.71 | |
| 20 | 3 | 0 | Kim Min-suk | South Korea | 2:00.88 | |
| 21 | 3 | 9 | Kaloyan Bratanov | Bulgaria | 2:01.22 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Brendon Smith | Australia | 2:01.32 | |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Vinicius Lanza | Brazil | 2:01.84 | |
| 24 | 5 | 9 | Vadym Naumenko | Ukraine | 2:02.00 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Wang Hsing-hao | Chinese Taipei | 2:02.27 | |
| 26 | 2 | 3 | Maximillian Ang | Singapore | 2:02.94 | |
| 27 | 4 | 9 | Trần Hưng Nguyên | Vietnam | 2:03.62 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:04.58 | |
| 29 | 2 | 7 | Munzer Kabbara | Lebanon | 2:04.66 | |
| 30 | 2 | 1 | Matheo Mateos | Paraguay | 2:04.73 | |
| 31 | 2 | 8 | František Jablčník | Slovakia | 2:05.06 | |
| 32 | 2 | 9 | Santiago Corredor | Colombia | 2:05.87 | |
| 33 | 4 | 0 | Apostolos Papastamos | Greece | 2:06.14 | |
| 34 | 2 | 6 | Tyler Christianson | Panama | 2:06.47 | |
| 35 | 2 | 0 | Aflah Fadlan Prawira | Indonesia | 2:07.23 | |
| 36 | 2 | 5 | Keanan Dols | Jamaica | 2:08.24 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Brandon Schuster | Samoa | 2:08.95 | |
| 38 | 1 | 3 | Simon Bachmann | Seychelles | 2:09.75 | |
| 39 | 1 | 1 | Omar Abouelela | Qatar | 2:11.07 | |
| 40 | 2 | 2 | Dulyawat Kaewsriyong | Thailand | 2:13.78 | |
| 41 | 1 | 2 | Adnan Al-Abdallat | Jordan | 2:14.31 | |
| 42 | 1 | 7 | Nasir Hussain | Nepal | 2:20.43 | |
| 43 | 1 | 6 | Kinley Lhendup | Bhutan | 2:29.72 | |
| | 1 | 4 | Esteban Núñez del Prado | Bolivia | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 4 | 2 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 5 | 0 | José Martínez Gómez | Mexico | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 8 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 21 June at 19:39.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Léon Marchand | France | 1:55.75 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Carson Foster | United States | 1:56.44 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:56.74 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Chase Kalisz | United States | 1:56.76 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:57.23 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | 1:57.38 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:57.63 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Matthew Sates | South Africa | 1:57.74 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Ron Polonsky | Israel | 1:57.99 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:58.02 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 1:58.31 | |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:58.41 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Gal Cohen Groumi | Israel | 1:59.67 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Se-Bom Lee | Australia | 2:00.11 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Wang Shun | China | 2:00.71 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Dominik Török | Hungary | 2:01.35 | |

### Final

The final was held on 22 June at 19:06.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Léon Marchand | France | 1:55.22 | NR |
| | 5 | Carson Foster | United States | 1:55.71 | |
| | 3 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:56.22 | |
| 4 | 6 | Chase Kalisz | United States | 1:56.43 | |
| 5 | 7 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | 1:56.77 | |
| 6 | 2 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:57.26 | |
| 7 | 1 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:58.11 | |
| 8 | 8 | Matthew Sates | South Africa | 1:58.27 | |