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

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Kristóf Milák (HUN) | 1:50.73 | Gwangju, South Korea | 24 July 2019 |
| Competition record | Kristóf Milák (HUN) | 1:50.73 | Gwangju, South Korea | 24 July 2019 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 21 June | Final | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:50.34 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 20 June at 09:37.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:54.10 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 1:54.75 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Tomoru Honda | Japan | 1:54.94 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Trenton Julian | United States | 1:55.04 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:55.71 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Krzysztof Chmielewski | Poland | 1:55.73 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Luca Urlando | United States | 1:55.94 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 1:56.09 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:56.13 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:56.35 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Giacomo Carini | Italy | 1:56.38 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Léon Marchand | France | 1:56.38 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Niu Guangsheng | China | 1:56.48 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:56.63 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Takumi Terada | Japan | 1:56.70 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Wang Kuan-hung | Chinese Taipei | 1:56.87 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 0 | Héctor Ruvalcaba | Mexico | 1:56.96 | |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Antani Ivanov | Bulgaria | 1:57.00 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Kim Min-seop | South Korea | 1:57.43 | |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | 1:57.63 | |
| 21 | 4 | 3 | Chen Juner | China | 1:58.31 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Denys Kesil | Ukraine | 1:58.36 | |
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Jorge Otaiza | Venezuela | 1:58.54 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Bowen Gough | Australia | 1:58.66 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Sajan Prakash | India | 1:58.67 | |
| 26 | 5 | 9 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:59.44 | |
| 27 | 4 | 1 | Moon Seung-woo | South Korea | 1:59.81 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Ong Jung Yi | Singapore | 2:00.18 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Patrick Hussey | Canada | 2:00.24 | |
| 30 | 2 | 6 | Erick Gordillo | Guatemala | 2:00.48 | |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Richard Nagy | Slovakia | 2:00.83 | |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Nguyễn Duy Khoa Hồ | Vietnam | 2:01.05 | |
| 33 | 3 | 1 | Matheus Gonche | Brazil | 2:01.65 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Felipe Baffico | Chile | 2:01.99 | |
| 35 | 3 | 9 | Navaphat Wongcharoen | Thailand | 2:02.10 | |
| 36 | 2 | 4 | Ramil Valizade | Azerbaijan | 2:02.41 | |
| 37 | 2 | 5 | Keanan Dols | Jamaica | 2:04.04 | |
| 38 | 2 | 0 | Simon Bachmann | Seychelles | 2:06.70 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Salem Sabt | United Arab Emirates | 2:08.21 | |
| 40 | 2 | 9 | Gerald Hernández | Nicaragua | 2:09.26 | |
| 41 | 1 | 5 | Mubal Azzam Ibrahim | Maldives | 2:36.74 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Heni Mesfar | Tunisia | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 5 | 6 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 20 June at 19:35.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:52.39 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Tomoru Honda | Japan | 1:54.01 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 1:54.20 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | Léon Marchand | France | 1:54.32 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Luca Urlando | United States | 1:54.50 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 1:54.79 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:54.87 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:54.91 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Krzysztof Chmielewski | Poland | 1:55.01 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Niu Guangsheng | China | 1:55.27 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:55.62 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Giacomo Carini | Italy | 1:55.74 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Takumi Terada | Japan | 1:56.07 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:56.18 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Wang Kuan-hung | Chinese Taipei | 1:56.23 | |
| 16 | 1 | 5 | Trenton Julian | United States | 1:56.45 | |

### Final

The final was held on 21 at 18:54.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:50.34 | WR |
| | 6 | Léon Marchand | France | 1:53.37 | NR |
| | 5 | Tomoru Honda | Japan | 1:53.61 | |
| 4 | 3 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 1:54.29 | |
| 5 | 2 | Luca Urlando | United States | 1:54.92 | |
| 6 | 7 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 1:55.20 | |
| 7 | 1 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:55.52 | |
| 8 | 8 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:55.54 | |