# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30–31 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:38.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:56.03 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:56.21 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Tom Luchsinger | United States | 1:56.32 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 1:56.47 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Chen Yin | China | 1:56.48 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:56.52 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Paweł Korzeniowski | Poland | 1:56.61 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Yuki Kobori | Japan | 1:56.64 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Bence Biczó | Hungary | 1:56.70 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Wu Peng | China | 1:56.96 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Takeshi Matsuda | Japan | 1:57.14 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:57.18 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Jordan Coelho | France | 1:57.19 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 1:57.23 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:57.34 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Roberto Pavoni | Great Britain | 1:57.37 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Alexandru Coci | Romania | 1:57.86 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Zackariah Chetrat | Canada | 1:57.92 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Mauricio Fiol | Peru | 1:58.29 | NR |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Michal Poprawa | Poland | 1:58.34 | |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Francesco Pavone | Italy | 1:58.68 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Marcos Lavado | Venezuela | 1:58.69 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Pedro Oliveira | Portugal | 1:58.78 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Shaun Burnett | New Zealand | 1:59.35 | |
| 25 | 2 | 0 | Gal Nevo | Israel | 1:59.37 | |
| 26 | 2 | 9 | Yury Suvorau | Belarus | 2:01.28 | |
| 27 | 1 | 5 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador | 2:01.46 | NR |
| 28 | 3 | 0 | Hsu Chi-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 2:01.49 | |
| 29 | 1 | 4 | Ramiro Ramírez | Mexico | 2:02.37 | |
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 2:02.43 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | Chang Gyu-Cheol | South Korea | 2:03.32 | |
| 32 | 3 | 9 | Yousef Al-Askari | Kuwait | 2:07.03 | |
| 33 | 1 | 6 | Khalid Baba | Bahrain | 2:20.23 | |
| 34 | 1 | 2 | Andrianirina Lalanomena | Madagascar | 2:33.87 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Nuno Miguel Rola | Angola | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:35.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:55.33 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Wu Peng | China | 1:55.42 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 1:56.02 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:56.06 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Yuki Kobori | Japan | 1:56.15 | |
| 6 | 1 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 1:56.27 | |
| 7 | 7 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:56.95 | |
| 8 | 8 | Roberto Pavoni | Great Britain | 1:57.60 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Paweł Korzeniowski | Poland | 1:55.67 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Chen Yin | China | 1:55.97 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:55.97 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Tom Luchsinger | United States | 1:56.10 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Takeshi Matsuda | Japan | 1:56.42 | |
| 6 | 2 | Bence Biczó | Hungary | 1:56.48 | |
| 7 | 8 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:56.60 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jordan Coelho | France | 1:57.12 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:23.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:54.32 |
| | 3 | Paweł Korzeniowski | Poland | 1:55.01 |
| | 5 | Wu Peng | China | 1:55.09 |
| 4 | 6 | Chen Yin | China | 1:55.47 |
| 5 | 8 | Tom Luchsinger | United States | 1:55.70 |
| 6 | 7 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 1:56.02 |
| 7 | 2 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:56.34 |
| 8 | 1 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:56.44 |