# 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:00.44 | Berlin | 20 November 2016 |
| Championship record | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:01.21 | Windsor | 8 December 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 13 December | Final | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 2:00.16 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 11:05.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 6 | Qin Haiyang | China | 2:01.64 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 2:01.82 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:02.83 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | Josh Prenot | United States | 2:03.23 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 2:03.41 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:03.51 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Mikhail Dorinov | Russia | 2:03.84 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 2:03.88 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 8 | Andrew Wilson | United States | 2:04.02 | |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 2:04.37 | NR |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Yukihiro Takahashi | Japan | 2:04.68 | |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | 2:04.85 | |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 2:04.85 | |
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | 2:05.00 | |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:05.99 | NR |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 2:06.23 | |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Thibaut Capitaine | France | 2:06.38 | |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Yan Zibei | China | 2:07.10 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | 2:07.28 | |
| 20 | 3 | 6 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | 2:07.49 | |
| 21 | 2 | 4 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 2:07.60 | NR |
| 22 | 2 | 3 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 2:07.83 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 2:08.00 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 2:08.15 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Berkay Omer Ogretir | Turkey | 2:08.32 | NR |
| 26 | 5 | 7 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 2:08.44 | |
| 27 | 2 | 2 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 2:08.51 | |
| 28 | 3 | 9 | Maximilian Pilger | Germany | 2:08.73 | |
| 29 | 2 | 8 | David Schlicht | Australia | 2:09.12 | |
| 30 | 5 | 9 | Cai Bing Rong | Chinese Taipei | 2:09.30 | |
| 31 | 4 | 9 | Mykyta Koptielov | Ukraine | 2:10.26 | |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Raphaël Stacchiotti | Luxembourg | 2:10.37 | |
| 33 | 5 | 0 | Denis Petrashov | Kyrgyzstan | 2:11.27 | |
| 34 | 3 | 0 | George Schroder | New Zealand | 2:11.45 | |
| 35 | 4 | 8 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 2:11.63 | |
| 36 | 2 | 1 | Phạm Thanh Bảo | Vietnam | 2:11.79 | NR |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Adriel Sanes | United States Virgin Islands | 2:13.65 | |
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Arnoldo Herrera | Costa Rica | 2:13.81 | NR |
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Amro Al-Wir | Jordan | 2:13.83 | NR |
| 40 | 2 | 6 | Taichi Vakasama | Fiji | 2:13.84 | NR |
| 41 | 2 | 7 | Alberto Batungbacal | Philippines | 2:16.67 | |
| 42 | 2 | 9 | Liam Davis | Zimbabwe | 2:17.01 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | Felipe Gomes | Malawi | 2:19.33 | NR |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Nkosi Dunwoody | Barbados | 2:22.54 | |
| 45 | 1 | 3 | Vali Israfilov | Azerbaijan | 2:23.04 | |
| 46 | 1 | 6 | Alejandro Panting | Honduras | 2:23.60 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 2:00.16 | WR |
| | 4 | Qin Haiyang | China | 2:01.15 | AS |
| | 3 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:01.42 | |
| 4 | 2 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 2:02.18 | |
| 5 | 6 | Josh Prenot | United States | 2:03.12 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mikhail Dorinov | Russia | 2:03.20 | |
| 7 | 8 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 2:03.72 | |
| 8 | 7 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:04.15 | |