# Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 February 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Kristóf Milák (HUN) | 1:50.34 | Budapest, Hungary | 21 June 2022 |
| Competition record | Kristóf Milák (HUN) | 1:50.34 | Budapest, Hungary | 21 June 2022 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 13 February at 10:04.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 7 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:55.58 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:56.10 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Zach Harting | United States | 1:56.12 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Martin Espernberger | Austria | 1:56.26 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Krzysztof Chmielewski | Poland | 1:56.37 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | Matthew Sates | South Africa | 1:56.40 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:56.53 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Richárd Márton | Hungary | 1:56.54 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Tomoru Honda | Japan | 1:56.56 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | Michał Chmielewski | Poland | 1:56.83 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Arbidel González | Spain | 1:57.20 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Denys Kesil | Ukraine | 1:57.42 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Ondřej Gemov | Czech Republic | 1:57.45 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 1:57.48 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Federico Burdisso | Italy | 1:57.48 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Nao Horomura | Japan | 1:57.52 | SO |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Petar Mitsin | Bulgaria | 1:57.52 | SO |
| 18 | 4 | 9 | Abdalla Nasr | Egypt | 1:57.85 | NR |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Park Jung-hun | South Korea | 1:58.29 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Matheus Gonche | Brazil | 1:58.79 | |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | Marius Toscan | Switzerland | 1:58.99 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Héctor Ruvalcaba | Mexico | 1:59.08 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Wang Xizhe | China | 1:59.32 | |
| 24 | 4 | 0 | Raben Dommann | Canada | 1:59.45 | |
| 25 | 5 | 9 | Navaphat Wongcharoen | Thailand | 1:59.78 | |
| 26 | 4 | 8 | Samuel Kostal | Slovakia | 1:59.90 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | Apostolos Papastamos | Greece | 2:00.56 | |
| 28 | 5 | 8 | Erick Gordillo | Guatemala | 2:01.75 | |
| 29 | 2 | 4 | Diego Balbi | Peru | 2:01.91 | |
| 30 | 3 | 9 | David Arias | Colombia | 2:02.32 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Simon Bachmann | Seychelles | 2:03.31 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Nika Tchitchiashvili | Georgia | 2:03.41 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Xavier Ventura | El Salvador | 2:03.87 | |
| 34 | 1 | 1 | Maxim Skazobtsov | Kazakhstan | 2:05.49 | |
| 35 | 5 | 0 | Ramil Valizade | Azerbaijan | 2:05.58 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Isaiah Aleksenko | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:10.17 | |
| 37 | 2 | 8 | Clinton Opute | Nigeria | 2:13.83 | |
| 38 | 1 | 3 | Ahmed Theibich | Bahrain | 2:18.46 | |
| 39 | 1 | 2 | Siraj Ai Sharif | Libya | 2:21.88 | |
| – | 2 | 1 | Gerald Hernández | Nicaragua | Did not start | Did not start |
| – | 3 | 8 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | Did not start | Did not start |
| – | 5 | 2 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | Did not start | Did not start |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off were started on 13 February at 11:11.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Petar Mitsin | Bulgaria | 1:56.91 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Nao Horomura | Japan | 1:57.46 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 February at 20:33.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:55.09 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Tomoru Honda | Japan | 1:55.20 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Michał Chmielewski | Poland | 1:55.38 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Martin Espernberger | Austria | 1:55.40 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:55.64 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:55.82 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Matthew Sates | South Africa | 1:55.88 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Richárd Márton | Hungary | 1:56.04 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Federico Burdisso | Italy | 1:56.68 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Arbidel González | Spain | 1:56.77 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Zach Harting | United States | 1:56.81 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 1:56.93 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Denys Kesil | Ukraine | 1:57.67 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Petar Mitsin | Bulgaria | 1:57.77 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Ondřej Gemov | Czech Republic | 1:58.34 | |
| | 2 | 3 | Krzysztof Chmielewski | Poland | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Final

The final was started on 14 February at 19:53.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Tomoru Honda | Japan | 1:53.88 | |
| | 4 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:54.65 | |
| | 6 | Martin Espernberger | Austria | 1:55.16 | |
| 4 | 3 | Michał Chmielewski | Poland | 1:55.36 | |
| 5 | 2 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:55.48 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Richárd Márton | Hungary | 1:55.76 | |
| 7 | 7 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:55.86 | |
| 8 | 1 | Matthew Sates | South Africa | 1:57.23 | |