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

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2024.

## 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 | Hwang Sun-woo (KOR) | 1:39.72 | Melbourne, Australia | 18 December 2022 |
The following records were established during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 13 December | Final* | Luke Hobson | United States | 1:38.91 | WR |
| 15 December | Final | Luke Hobson | United States | 1:38.61 | WR |
* Split from the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 9:21.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 8 | Luke Hobson | United States | 1:41.55 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Lucas Henveaux | Belgium | 1:41.58 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | Tomas Koski | Finland | 1:41.92 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 7 | 3 | Kieran Smith | United States | 1:42.22 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | Tatsuya Murasa | Japan | 1:42.28 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | Rafael Miroslaw | Germany | 1:42.38 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Maximillian Giuliani | Australia | 1:42.67 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:42.84 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 4 | Edward Sommerville | Australia | 1:42.87 | R |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Roman Fuchs | France | 1:42.93 | R |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Kamil Sieradzki | Poland | 1:42.94 | |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 1:43.21 | NR |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Carlos D'Ambrosio | Italy | 1:43.25 | |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Roman Akimov | Neutral Athletes B | 1:43.32 | |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Aleksandr Shchegolev | Neutral Athletes B | 1:43.40 | |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Kaique Alves | Brazil | 1:43.48 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 1:43.59 | |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Evan Bailey | Ireland | 1:43.61 | |
| 19 | 4 | 5 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:43.67 | |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Dimitrios Markos | Greece | 1:43.89 | NR |
| 21 | 7 | 9 | Alessandro Ragaini | Italy | 1:43.92 | |
| 22 | 3 | 4 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:43.96 | |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Nikoli Blackman | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:44.05 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Petar Mitsin | Bulgaria | 1:44.07 | |
| 25 | 4 | 2 | Sašo Boškan | Slovenia | 1:44.12 | NR |
| 26 | 7 | 7 | Xu Yizhou | China | 1:44.23 | |
| 27 | 5 | 6 | Lee Ho-joon | South Korea | 1:44.41 | |
| 28 | 6 | 2 | Miguel Pérez-Godoy | Spain | 1:44.52 | |
| 29 | 6 | 7 | Richárd Márton | Hungary | 1:44.61 | |
| 30 | 5 | 7 | Sergio de Celis | Spain | 1:44.67 | |
| 31 | 4 | 3 | Konstantinos Englezakis | Greece | 1:44.75 | |
| 32 | 7 | 0 | Alexander Trampitsch | Austria | 1:44.94 | |
| 33 | 6 | 6 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:45.03 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Abdalla Youssef Nasr | Egypt | 1:45.04 | NR |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Jovan Lekić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:45.07 | NR |
| 36 | 5 | 9 | Niko Janković | Croatia | 1:45.31 | |
| 37 | 2 | 6 | Simon Doueihy | Lebanon | 1:45.32 | NR |
| 38 | 6 | 8 | Markus Lie | Norway | 1:45.44 | |
| 39 | 6 | 0 | Jakub Poliačik | Slovakia | 1:45.85 | |
| 40 | 5 | 8 | Ondřej Gemov | Czech Republic | 1:45.95 | |
| 41 | 3 | 5 | Rafael Ponce | Peru | 1:46.51 | |
| 42 | 4 | 6 | Juan Morales | Colombia | 1:46.61 | |
| 43 | 4 | 7 | Galymzhan Balabek | Kazakhstan | 1:46.76 | NR |
| 44 | 5 | 1 | Kris Mihaylov | South Africa | 1:47.00 | |
| 45 | 3 | 2 | Ben Littlejohn | New Zealand | 1:47.01 | |
| 46 | 5 | 0 | Ardi Azman | Singapore | 1:47.40 | |
| 47 | 4 | 1 | Surasit Thongdeang | Thailand | 1:47.62 | |
| 48 | 4 | 9 | Terence Ng | Malaysia | 1:48.12 | |
| 49 | 4 | 0 | Rami Rahmouni | Tunisia | 1:48.44 | |
| 50 | 3 | 8 | Batbayaryn Enkhtamir | Mongolia | 1:48.63 | |
| 51 | 3 | 9 | He Shing Ip | Hong Kong | 1:49.30 | |
| 52 | 2 | 1 | Aryaan Din | Pakistan | 1:49.49 | NR |
| 52 | 3 | 0 | Luka Kukhalashvili | Georgia | 1:49.49 | |
| 54 | 3 | 6 | Caleb Romero | Puerto Rico | 1:49.51 | |
| 55 | 2 | 2 | Omar Abbass | Syria | 1:50.05 | |
| 56 | 1 | 4 | Kaeden Gleason | United States Virgin Islands | 1:53.29 | |
| 57 | 2 | 9 | Reidi Resuli | Albania | 1:53.76 | |
| 58 | 1 | 6 | Mohammed Jibali | Libya | 1:54.21 | |
| 59 | 2 | 0 | Stefano Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:54.49 | |
| 60 | 1 | 3 | Andile Bekker | Botswana | 1:55.76 | |
| 61 | 1 | 5 | Rony Daher | Bolivia | 1:57.06 | |
| 62 | 1 | 1 | Soud Alenezi | Kuwait | 1:57.09 | |
| 63 | 2 | 8 | Arion Budima | Kosovo | 1:57.49 | |
| 64 | 1 | 2 | Baritiana Andriampenomanana | Madagascar | 1:58.34 | |
| 65 | 1 | 8 | Atharva Singh | Nepal | 2:01.16 | |
| 66 | 1 | 7 | Haziq Samil | Brunei | 2:01.34 | |
| 67 | 1 | 0 | Isihaka Isihaka | Rwanda | 2:06.20 | |
| 68 | 1 | 9 | Magnim Jordano Daou | Togo | 2:35.51 | |
| | 2 | 7 | Adrian Eichler | Philippines | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 3 | Alex Axon | Canada | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was held at 18:40.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Luke Hobson | United States | 1:38.61 | WR |
| | 1 | Maximillian Giuliani | Australia | 1:40.36 | OC |
| | 5 | Lucas Henveaux | Belgium | 1:41.13 | NR |
| 4 | 8 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:41.24 | |
| 5 | 6 | Kieran Smith | United States | 1:41.57 | |
| 6 | 7 | Rafael Miroslaw | Germany | 1:41.71 | |
| 7 | 3 | Tomas Koski | Finland | 1:42.47 | |
| 8 | 2 | Tatsuya Murasa | Japan | 1:42.95 | |