# 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 December 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
| World record | Leon Marchand (FRA) | 1:48.88 | Singapore | 1 November 2024 |
| Competition record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:49.63 | Istanbul, Turkey | 14 December 2012 |
The following record was established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 10 December | Final | Shaine Casas | United States | 1:49.51 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 11:01.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 7 | Shaine Casas | United States | 1:51.52 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:52.21 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 1:52.24 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Carson Foster | United States | 1:52.59 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:53.20 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Ilya Borodin | Neutral Athletes B | 1:53.30 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Berke Saka | Turkey | 1:53.43 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | David Schlicht | Australia | 1:53.55 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 8 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 1:53.63 | R |
| 10 | 4 | 9 | Tristan Jankovics | Canada | 1:53.81 | R |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Leonardo Coelho Santos | Brazil | 1:54.51 | |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | Aleksei Sudarev | Neutral Athletes B | 1:54.88 | |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | Gabor Zombori | Hungary | 1:54.93 | |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Huang Zhiwei | China | 1:55.00 | |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Dominik Török | Hungary | 1:55.06 | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Munzer Kabbara | Lebanon | 1:55.31 | NR |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Vadym Naumenko | Ukraine | 1:55.35 | NR |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Jakub Bursa | Czech Republic | 1:55.43 | NR |
| 19 | 3 | 0 | Samuel Törnqvist | Sweden | 1:55.53 | |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Robert Badea | Romania | 1:55.67 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Apostolos Papastamos | Greece | 1:55.90 | |
| 22 | 3 | 5 | Cedric Büssing | Germany | 1:56.11 | |
| 23 | 4 | 6 | Ronny Brännkärr | Finland | 1:56.18 | |
| 24 | 3 | 4 | Jaouad Syoud | Algeria | 1:56.36 | NR |
| 25 | 4 | 3 | He Yubo | China | 1:57.52 | |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 1:57.61 | NR |
| 27 | 3 | 1 | Erick Gordillo | Guatemala | 1:58.03 | NR |
| 28 | 5 | 7 | Kim Min-suk | South Korea | 1:58.17 | |
| 29 | 2 | 4 | Matheo Mateos | Paraguay | 1:58.18 | NR |
| 30 | 6 | 8 | Jakub Poliačik | Slovakia | 1:58.70 | |
| 31 | 2 | 5 | Kristaps Miķelsons | Latvia | 1:58.80 | |
| 32 | 2 | 6 | Oliver Durand | Namibia | 1:59.26 | NR |
| 33 | 3 | 9 | Juraj Barčot | Croatia | 1:59.47 | |
| 34 | 5 | 1 | Samuel Lewis Brown | New Zealand | 1:59.55 | |
| 35 | 6 | 9 | Kian Keylock | South Africa | 1:59.69 | |
| 36 | 5 | 0 | Birnir Freyr Hálfdánarson | Iceland | 2:00.54 | |
| 37 | 4 | 0 | Belhassen Ben Miled | Tunisia | 2:00.75 | |
| 38 | 3 | 8 | Jarod Arroyo | Puerto Rico | 2:01.01 | |
| 39 | 2 | 2 | Sam Williamson | Bermuda | 2:01.07 | NR |
| 40 | 2 | 3 | Ardi Azman | Singapore | 2:01.41 | |
| 40 | 3 | 3 | Tan Khai Xin | Malaysia | 2:01.41 | |
| 42 | 3 | 2 | Mohamed Mahmoud | Qatar | 2:01.42 | |
| 43 | 5 | 9 | Wang Hsing-hao | Chinese Taipei | 2:01.59 | |
| 44 | 1 | 3 | Matin Balsini | World Aquatics Refugee Team | 2:03.02 | |
| 45 | 1 | 4 | Adam Chillingworth | Hong Kong | 2:03.45 | |
| 46 | 2 | 8 | Adnan Al-Abdallat | Jordan | 2:07.05 | |
| 47 | 2 | 7 | Kaeden Gleason | United States Virgin Islands | 2:07.96 | |
| 48 | 2 | 1 | Israel Poppe | Guam | 2:11.02 | |
| 49 | 1 | 5 | Leo Nzimbi | Central African Republic | 2:26.52 | |
| | 6 | 3 | Carles Coll | Spain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 4 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was held at 18:11.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Shaine Casas | United States | 1:49.51 | CR, AM |
| | 5 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:50.88 | NR |
| | 3 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 1:50.90 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Carson Foster | United States | 1:51.32 | |
| 5 | 8 | David Schlicht | Australia | 1:52.81 | |
| 6 | 7 | Ilya Borodin | Neutral Athletes B | 1:52.87 | |
| 7 | 1 | Berke Saka | Turkey | 1:53.29 | NR |
| 8 | 2 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:54.01 | |