# Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley (IM) at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28 March (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 29 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 79 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 74 swam.
Existing records at the start of the event were:
* World record (WR): 1:55.84, Michael Phelps (USA), 20 August 2006 in Victoria, Canada.
* Championship record (CR): 1:56.04, Michael Phelps (USA), Barcelona 2003 (25 July 2003)

## Results
### Finals

| Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:54.98 | WR Splits: (24.96 / 53.58 / 1:27.47) |
| 2 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:56.19 | |
| 3 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:56.92 | |
| 4 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:58.98 | |
| 5 | Brian Johns | Canada | 1:59.46 | |
| 6 | Tamás Kerékjártó | Hungary | 1:59.57 | |
| 7 | Vytautas Janušaitis | Lithuania | 1:59.84 | |
| 8 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:00.73 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
| 1 | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:57.94 | Q |
| 2 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:58.48 | Q |
| 3 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:58.65 | Q |
| 4 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:58.66 | Q |
| 5 | Tamás Kerékjártó | Hungary | 1:59.51 | Q |
| 6 | Vytautas Janušaitis | Lithuania | 2:00.05 | Q |
| 7 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:00.25 | Q |
| 8 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:00.53 | Q |
| 9 | Hidemasa Sano | Japan | 2:00.57 | |
| 10 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 2:00.77 | |
| 11 | Ken Takakuwa | Japan | 2:00.81 | |
| 12 | Mihail Alexandrov | Bulgaria | 2:01.83 | |
| 13 | Adam Lucas | Australia | 2:02.33 | |
| 14 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 2:02.39 | |
| 15 | Ioannis Kokkodis | Greece | 2:02.69 | |
| 16 | Andrey Krylov | Russia | 2:02.92 | |

### Heats

| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
| 1 | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:58.70 | Q |
| 2 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:58.78 | Q |
| 3 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:59.39 | Q |
| 4 | Brian Johns | Canada | 1:59.45 | Q |
| 5 | Tamás Kerékjártó | Hungary | 1:59.67 | Q |
| 6 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:59.92 | Q |
| 7 | Vytautas Janušaitis | Lithuania | 2:00.21 | Q |
| 8 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:00.30 | Q, NR |
| 9 | Ken Takakuwa | Japan | 2:01.33 | Q |
| 10 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 2:01.37 | Q |
| 11 | Ioannis Kokkodis | Greece | 2:01.47 | Q |
| 12 | Hidemasa Sano | Japan | 2:01.55 | Q |
| 13 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 2:01.66 | Q |
| 14 | Mihail Alexandrov | Bulgaria | 2:01.80 | Q |
| 15 | Adam Lucas | Australia | 2:02.10 | Q |
| 16 | Andrey Krylov | Russia | 2:02.30 | Q |
| 17 | Alessio Boggiatto | Italy | 2:02.41 | |
| 18 | Saša Imprić | Croatia | 2:02.52 | |
| 19 | Gregor Tait | Great Britain | 2:02.60 | |
| 20 | Dinko Jukić | Austria | 2:02.84 | |
| 21 | Andre Schultz | Brazil | 2:03.14 | |
| 22 | Gard Kvale | Norway | 2:03.35 | |
| 23 | QU Jingyu | China | 2:03.71 | |
| 24 | Miguel Molina | Philippines | 2:03.73 | |
| 25 | Jeremy Knowles | Bahamas | 2:04.20 | |
| 26 | Duarte Mourao | Portugal | 2:04.27 | |
| 27 | Tomas Fucik | Czech Republic | 2:04.92 | |
| 28 | Martti Aljand | Estonia | 2:04.94 | |
| 29 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 2:05.34 | |
| 30 | Paulius Andrijauskas | Lithuania | 2:05.59 | |
| 31 | Jens Thiele | Germany | 2:05.83 | |
| 32 | Dmitriy Gordiyenko | Kazakhstan | 2:06.59 | |
| 33 | Taki Mrabet | Tunisia | 2:07.04 | |
| 33 | ZHANG Zishan | China | 2:07.04 | |
| 35 | Carlos Almeida | Portugal | 2:07.14 | |
| 36 | Diego Bonilla | Colombia | 2:07.26 | |
| 37 | Zhi Cong Lim | Singapore | 2:08.60 | |
| 38 | Radomyos Matjiur | Thailand | 2:08.78 | |
| 39 | Vasilii Danilov | Kyrgyzstan | 2:08.94 | |
| 40 | Andrei Zaharov | Moldova | 2:08.96 | |
| 41 | Francisco Picasso Risso | Uruguay | 2:10.18 | |
| 42 | Malick Fall | Senegal | 2:10.23 | |
| 43 | Albert Cristiadi Sutanto | Indonesia | 2:10.27 | |
| 43 | Rehan Poncha | India | 2:10.27 | |
| 45 | Gianmarco Mosto | Peru | 2:10.68 | |
| 46 | Iurii Zakharov | Kyrgyzstan | 2:11.41 | |
| 47 | Juan Montenegro | Guatemala | 2:11.98 | |
| 48 | Sobitjon Amilov | Uzbekistan | 2:12.07 | |
| 49 | Youssef Hafdi | Morocco | 2:12.51 | |
| 50 | Bing Ming Thum | Singapore | 2:12.62 | |
| 51 | Morgan Locke | Virgin Islands | 2:12.78 | |
| 52 | Yu An Lin | Chinese Taipei | 2:13.00 | |
| 53 | Shahin Baradaran Nakhjavani | Iran | 2:13.30 | |
| 54 | Arjun Muralidharan | India | 2:13.91 | |
| 55 | Carlos Eduardo Gil | Peru | 2:14.11 | |
| 56 | Shohruh Yunusov | Uzbekistan | 2:14.42 | |
| 57 | Diego Castillo Granados | Panama | 2:15.28 | |
| 58 | Yousuf Alyousuf | Saudi Arabia | 2:15.31 | |
| 59 | Amine Kouam | Morocco | 2:15.71 | |
| 60 | Melvin Chua | Malaysia | 2:15.84 | |
| 61 | Colin Bensadon | Gibraltar | 2:16.12 | |
| 62 | Hong Nam Lei | Macao | 2:19.07 | |
| 63 | Erik Rajohnson | Madagascar | 2:20.78 | |
| 64 | Adil Baig | Pakistan | 2:20.93 | |
| 65 | Eli Ebenezer Wong | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:20.94 | |
| 66 | Hazem Tashkandi | Saudi Arabia | 2:22.25 | |
| 67 | Fernando Medrano Medina | Nicaragua | 2:22.67 | |
| 68 | Gavin Santos | Gibraltar | 2:23.88 | |
| 69 | Yellow Yeiyah | Nigeria | 2:26.31 | |
| 70 | Zane Jordan | Zambia | 2:26.34 | |
| 71 | Jehad Al Henidi | Jordan | 2:27.67 | |
| 72 | Eric Williams | Nigeria | 2:28.70 | |
| 73 | Sadeq Damrah | Palestine | 2:40.08 | |
| -- | Wei Wen Wang | Chinese Taipei | DQ | |
| -- | Celestino Aguon | Guam | DNS | |
| -- | Amar Shah | Kenya | DNS | |
| -- | Sohaib Kalali | Syria | DNS | |
| -- | Pablo Marmolejo | Mexico | DNS | |
| -- | Romanos Alyfantis | Greece | DNS | |