# Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 26 July. The heats and semifinals took place 25 July, with the final being held on 26 July.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
| World record | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 1:58.16 | Rome, Italy | 11 September 1994 |
| Championship record | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 1:58.16 | Rome, Italy | 11 September 1994 |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:01.35 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Wilkens | United States | 2:01.42 | Q |
| 3 | Massimiliano Rosolino | Italy | 2:02.02 | Q |
| 4 | Jiro Miki | Japan | 2:02.13 | Q |
| 5 | Alessio Boggiatto | Italy | 2:02.22 | Q |
| 6 | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:02.42 | Q |
| 7 | Peter Mankoč | Slovenia | 2:02.48 | Q |
| 8 | Curtis Myden | Canada | 2:02.55 | Q |
| 8 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:02.55 | Q |
| 10 | Robert Margalis | United States | 2:02.81 | Q |
| 10 | Takahiro Mori | Japan | 2:02.81 | Q |
| 12 | Grant McGregor | Australia | 2:02.93 | Q |
| 13 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:03.11 | Q |
| 14 | Ioannis Kokkodis | Greece | 2:04.11 | Q |
| 15 | Brenton Cabello | Spain | 2:04.19 | Q |
| 16 | Jacob Carstensen | Denmark | 2:04.23 | Q, WD |
| 17 | Micky Halika | Israel | 2:04.48 | Q |
| 18 | Yves Platel | Switzerland | 2:05.11 | |
| 19 | Vasileios Demetis | Greece | 2:05.35 | |
| 20 | Marko Milenkovič | Slovenia | 2:05.52 | |
| 21 | Diego Urreta | Mexico | 2:06.34 | |
| 22 | George Gleason | United States Virgin Islands | 2:06.66 | |
| 23 | Javier Díaz | Mexico | 2:07.80 | |
| 24 | Margus Saia | Estonia | 2:08.44 | |
| 25 | Zheng Shibin | China | 2:08.88 | |
| 26 | Andrei Zaharov | Moldova | 2:09.85 | |
| 27 | Wu Nien-Pin | Chinese Taipei | 2:10.20 | |
| 28 | Gary Tan | Singapore | 2:10.39 | |
| 29 | Aleksandar Miladinovski | North Macedonia | 2:10.88 | |
| 30 | Khaly Ciss | Senegal | 2:11.77 | |
| 31 | Fergus Kuek | Singapore | 2:12.29 | |
| 32 | Wan Azlan | Malaysia | 2:12.96 | |
| 33 | Saad Khalloqi | Morocco | 2:13.62 | |
| 34 | Yang Shang-Hsuan | Chinese Taipei | 2:13.65 | |
| 35 | Fahad Al Otaibi | Kuwait | 2:14.12 | |
| 36 | Obaid Ahmed Al Jassimi | United Arab Emirates | 2:15.75 | |
| 37 | Mohammad Nazeri | Iran | 2:18.05 | |
| 38 | Daniel Kang | Guam | 2:18.71 | |
| 39 | Aleksey Bortnikov | Uzbekistan | 2:20.71 | |
| 40 | Wing Cheung Victor Wong | Macau | 2:23.91 | |
| 41 | Seung Gin Lee | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:23.99 | |
| 42 | Kin Duenas | Guam | 2:27.22 | |
| 43 | Zaid Saeed | Iraq | 2:28.01 | |
| 44 | Rony Bakale | Republic of the Congo | 2:31.06 | |
| – | Kenny Roberts | Seychelles | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thomas Wilkens | United States | 2:00.45 | Q |
| 2 | Alessio Boggiatto | Italy | 2:00.49 | Q |
| 3 | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:01.07 | Q |
| 4 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:01.35 | Q |
| 5 | Jiro Miki | Japan | 2:01.46 | Q |
| 6 | Massimiliano Rosolino | Italy | 2:01.57 | Q |
| 7 | Takahiro Mori | Japan | 2:01.67 | Q |
| 8 | Curtis Myden | Canada | 2:01.70 | Q |
| 9 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:02.45 | |
| 10 | Robert Margalis | United States | 2:02.71 | |
| 11 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:02.85 | |
| 12 | Grant McGregor | Australia | 2:04.00 | |
| 13 | Micky Halika | Israel | 2:04.38 | |
| 14 | Ioannis Kokkodis | Greece | 2:04.79 | |
| 15 | Brenton Cabello | Spain | 2:05.15 | |
| 16 | Peter Mankoč | Slovenia | 2:05.20 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Massimiliano Rosolino | Italy | 1:59.71 |
| | Thomas Wilkens | United States | 2:00.73 |
| | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:00.91 |
| 4 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:01.50 |
| 5 | Takahiro Mori | Japan | 2:01.54 |
| 6 | Jiro Miki | Japan | 2:01.54 |
| 7 | Alessio Boggiatto | Italy | 2:01.76 |
| 8 | Curtis Myden | Canada | 2:02.42 |