# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:39.37 | Berlin, Germany | 15 November 2009 |
| Competition record | Danas Rapšys (LTU) | 1:40.95 | Hangzhou, China | 14 December 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 18 December | Final | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 1:39.72 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 11:23.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 7 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | 1:40.98 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 1:41.29 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Maxime Grousset | France | 1:41.79 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | Drew Kibler | United States | 1:41.88 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:42.21 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:42.31 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Thomas Neill | Australia | 1:42.38 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 1:42.44 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Kieran Smith | United States | 1:42.54 | |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:43.04 | |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:43.16 | |
| 12 | 6 | 7 | Roman Fuchs | France | 1:43.17 | |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Matthew Sates | South Africa | 1:43.22 | |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Petar Mitsin | Bulgaria | 1:43.48 | NR |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Breno Correia | Brazil | 1:43.48 | |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Pan Zhanle | China | 1:43.48 | |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Matteo Ciampi | Italy | 1:43.51 | |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | Luc Kroon | Netherlands | 1:43.86 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Hidenari Mano | Japan | 1:44.20 | |
| 20 | 3 | 4 | Luis Domínguez | Spain | 1:44.25 | |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:44.73 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Carter Swift | New Zealand | 1:44.88 | |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Ruslan Gaziev | Canada | 1:44.97 | |
| 24 | 6 | 8 | Josha Salchow | Germany | 1:45.01 | |
| 25 | 5 | 8 | Isak Eliasson | Sweden | 1:45.17 | |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Ronny Brännkärr | Finland | 1:45.42 | |
| 27 | 3 | 5 | Joaquín Vargas | Peru | 1:45.69 | |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 1:46.51 | |
| 29 | 2 | 4 | Wesley Roberts | Cook Islands | 1:46.67 | NR |
| 30 | 3 | 7 | Cheuk Ming Ho | Hong Kong | 1:47.30 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Max Mannes | Luxembourg | 1:47.41 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Santiago Corredor | Colombia | 1:47.47 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Jakub Poliačik | Slovakia | 1:47.48 | |
| 34 | 3 | 8 | Illia Linnyk | Ukraine | 1:47.72 | |
| 35 | 3 | 2 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 1:47.74 | |
| 36 | 2 | 1 | Omar Abbass | Syria | 1:48.73 | NR |
| 37 | 2 | 3 | Luka Kukhalashvili | Georgia | 1:49.38 | |
| 38 | 2 | 7 | Mark Ducaj | Albania | 1:50.38 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | James Freeman | Botswana | 1:51.02 | NR |
| 40 | 1 | 5 | Luke Thompson | Bahamas | 1:51.31 | NR |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Pavel Alovațki | Moldova | 1:51.42 | |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Matt Savitz | Gibraltar | 1:54.02 | NR |
| 43 | 1 | 3 | Jinnosuke Suzuki | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:56.27 | |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Israel Poppe | Guam | 1:57.67 | |
| 45 | 1 | 7 | Sangay Tenzin | Bhutan | 2:03.80 | |
| 46 | 1 | 1 | Ervin Shrestha | Nepal | 2:05.03 | |
| | 1 | 8 | Jeancarlo Calderon | Panama | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 4 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was held at 20:50.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 8 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 1:39.72 | CR, AS |
| | 7 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:40.79 | NR |
| | 4 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | 1:40.86 | |
| 4 | 6 | Drew Kibler | United States | 1:41.44 | |
| 5 | 1 | Thomas Neill | Australia | 1:41.55 | |
| 6 | 3 | Maxime Grousset | France | 1:41.56 | |
| 7 | 2 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:41.74 | |
| 8 | 5 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 1:41.91 | |