# Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 22 and 23 July 2019. Sun Yang was the defending champion, and defended his title. Lithuania's Danas Rapšys finished first, but was disqualified for flinching just before the start. During the medal ceremony, Great Britain's Duncan Scott refused to shake hands with China's Sun Yang, with Sun Yang calling Scott a "loser" in response.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 22 July at 10:57.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 7 | 2 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:46.18 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Sun Yang | China | 1:46.22 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | Martin Malyutin | Russia | 1:46.29 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 1:46.36 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 1:46.45 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Fernando Scheffer | Brazil | 1:46.46 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 1:46.51 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Dominik Kozma | Hungary | 1:46.55 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 4 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:46.60 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Ji Xinjie | China | 1:46.62 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Mikhail Dovgalyuk | Russia | 1:46.72 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Andrew Seliskar | United States | 1:46.74 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 5 | Townley Haas | United States | 1:46.85 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 6 | Clyde Lewis | Australia | 1:46.93 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 7 | Filippo Megli | Italy | 1:46.95 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Maarten Brzoskowski | Netherlands | 1:47.06 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Breno Correia | Brazil | 1:47.26 | |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Jacob Heidtmann | Germany | 1:47.38 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:47.40 | |
| 20 | 5 | 2 | Naito Ehara | Japan | 1:47.46 | |
| 21 | 7 | 8 | Poul Zellmann | Germany | 1:47.65 | |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Khader Baqlah | Jordan | 1:47.72 | |
| 23 | 6 | 8 | Kacper Majchrzak | Poland | 1:48.05 | |
| 24 | 4 | 9 | Cristian Quintero | Venezuela | 1:48.10 | |
| 25 | 7 | 9 | Nils Liess | Switzerland | 1:48.29 | |
| 26 | 4 | 3 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:48.51 | NR |
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Alexei Sancov | Moldova | 1:48.60 | |
| 27 | 7 | 0 | Jordan Sloan | Ireland | 1:48.60 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Welson Sim | Malaysia | 1:48.61 | |
| 30 | 6 | 0 | Denis Loktev | Israel | 1:48.76 | |
| 31 | 5 | 9 | Lee Ho-joon | South Korea | 1:48.89 | |
| 32 | 4 | 2 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 1:48.92 | |
| 33 | 3 | 4 | Erge Gezmis | Turkey | 1:49.35 | |
| 34 | 4 | 5 | Matthew Stanley | New Zealand | 1:49.36 | |
| 35 | 4 | 4 | Alexander Pratt | Canada | 1:49.56 | |
| 35 | 4 | 6 | Darren Chua | Singapore | 1:49.56 | |
| 37 | 6 | 9 | Miguel Nascimento | Portugal | 1:49.71 | |
| 38 | 3 | 5 | Pit Brandenburger | Luxembourg | 1:50.10 | |
| 39 | 2 | 4 | Mokhtar Al-Yamani | Yemen | 1:50.18 | |
| 40 | 4 | 0 | An Ting-yao | Chinese Taipei | 1:50.48 | |
| 41 | 4 | 8 | Ognjen Marić | Croatia | 1:50.84 | |
| 42 | 2 | 5 | Michael Gunning | Jamaica | 1:51.14 | |
| 43 | 4 | 1 | Wesley Roberts | Cook Islands | 1:51.25 | |
| 44 | 3 | 6 | Eben Vorster | South Africa | 1:51.70 | |
| 45 | 3 | 2 | Marko Kovačić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:51.78 | |
| 46 | 3 | 9 | Alex Sobers | Barbados | 1:51.89 | |
| 47 | 3 | 1 | Aflah Prawira | Indonesia | 1:51.91 | |
| 48 | 3 | 8 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 1:52.19 | |
| 49 | 3 | 0 | Cheuk Ming Ho | Hong Kong | 1:52.34 | |
| 49 | 3 | 3 | Sajan Prakash | India | 1:52.34 | |
| 51 | 2 | 1 | Omar Abbas | Syria | 1:52.78 | |
| 52 | 3 | 7 | Andrew Digby | Thailand | 1:53.01 | |
| 53 | 2 | 2 | Jorge Depassier | Chile | 1:53.62 | |
| 54 | 2 | 9 | Audai Hassouna | Libya | 1:53.74 | |
| 55 | 1 | 5 | Irakli Revishvili | Georgia | 1:54.00 | |
| 56 | 2 | 8 | Noah Mascoll-Gomes | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:54.20 | |
| 57 | 1 | 6 | Kledi Kadiu | Albania | 1:55.11 | |
| 58 | 2 | 6 | Alireza Yavari | Iran | 1:56.28 | |
| 59 | 1 | 3 | Jordan Crooks | Cayman Islands | 1:56.33 | |
| 60 | 1 | 1 | Yacob Al-Khulaifi | Qatar | 1:56.57 | |
| 61 | 2 | 0 | Lin Sizhuang | Macau | 1:57.37 | |
| 62 | 1 | 4 | Matt Galea | Malta | 1:58.57 | |
| 63 | 1 | 2 | Noel Keane | Palau | 2:02.63 | |
| 64 | 1 | 7 | Dren Ukimeraj | Kosovo | 2:05.29 | |
| 65 | 1 | 8 | Mubal Ibrahim | Maldives | 2:09.06 | NR |
| | 4 | 7 | Marwan El-Kamash | Egypt | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | 0 | Felix Auböck | Austria | DNS | DNS |
| | 2 | 7 | James Freeman | Botswana | DSQ | DSQ |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 July at 21:12.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Clyde Lewis | Australia | 1:44.90 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Sun Yang | China | 1:45.31 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Dominik Kozma | Hungary | 1:45.57 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Fernando Scheffer | Brazil | 1:45.83 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ji Xinjie | China | 1:45.88 | |
| 6 | 5 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 1:46.21 | |
| 7 | 7 | Andrew Seliskar | United States | 1:46.83 | |
| 8 | 8 | Maarten Brzoskowski | Netherlands | 1:47.13 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:45.44 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 1:45.56 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 1:45.56 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Martin Malyutin | Russia | 1:45.60 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Filippo Megli | Italy | 1:45.76 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 4 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:45.95 | |
| 7 | 7 | Mikhail Dovgalyuk | Russia | 1:46.20 | |
| 8 | 1 | Townley Haas | United States | 1:46.37 | |

### Final

The final was held on 23 July at 20:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Sun Yang | China | 1:44.93 | |
| | 2 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 1:45.22 | NR |
| | 1 | Martin Malyutin | Russia | 1:45.63 | |
| | 6 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 1:45.63 | |
| 5 | 8 | Filippo Megli | Italy | 1:45.67 | NR |
| 6 | 4 | Clyde Lewis | Australia | 1:45.78 | |
| 7 | 7 | Dominik Kozma | Hungary | 1:45.90 | |
| | 3 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | DSQ | |