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

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2019. The event was won by Kristóf Milák, who broke a 10-year-old record set by Michael Phelps, and set a new world-record time of 1:50.73 in the process.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 24 July | Final | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:50.73 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 23 July at 10:45.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:54.19 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:54.56 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | Denys Kesil | Ukraine | 1:55.82 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:56.05 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:56.17 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Antani Ivanov | Bulgaria | 1:56.35 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | 1:56.35 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Zach Harting | United States | 1:56.42 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 1:56.54 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Federico Burdisso | Italy | 1:56.64 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 1:56.82 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | David Morgan | Australia | 1:56.90 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Luiz Altamir Melo | Brazil | 1:57.08 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | Brendan Hyland | Ireland | 1:57.09 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Mackenzie Darragh | Canada | 1:57.13 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Maksym Shemberev | Azerbaijan | 1:57.14 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:57.15 | |
| 18 | 4 | 5 | Justin Wright | United States | 1:57.18 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Wang Kuan-hung | Chinese Taipei | 1:57.21 | |
| 20 | 4 | 2 | David Thomasberger | Germany | 1:57.31 | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Jan Świtkowski | Poland | 1:57.58 | |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:58.04 | NR |
| 23 | 5 | 0 | Joan Lluís Pons | Spain | 1:58.44 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Sajan Prakash | India | 1:58.45 | |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Adilbek Mussin | Kazakhstan | 1:58.58 | NR |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Viktor Bromer | Denmark | 1:58.59 | |
| 27 | 5 | 9 | Quah Zheng Wen | Singapore | 1:59.10 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Richard Nagy | Slovakia | 1:59.29 | NR |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Luis Vega Torres | Cuba | 1:59.94 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Jarod Arroyo | Puerto Rico | 2:00.28 | |
| 31 | 2 | 9 | Ayman Kelzi | Syria | 2:00.59 | NR |
| 32 | 4 | 9 | Kim Min-seop | South Korea | 2:00.95 | |
| 33 | 2 | 2 | Navaphat Wongcharoen | Thailand | 2:01.40 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Nicholas Lim | Hong Kong | 2:01.46 | |
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Gabriel Araya | Chile | 2:01.63 | NR |
| 36 | 1 | 4 | Gustavo Gutiérrez | Peru | 2:01.64 | |
| 37 | 5 | 6 | Li Zhuhao | China | 2:01.84 | |
| 38 | 2 | 5 | Filip Zelić | Croatia | 2:02.47 | |
| 39 | 2 | 6 | Michael Gunning | Jamaica | 2:02.89 | |
| 40 | 3 | 7 | Wang Zhou | China | 2:03.07 | |
| 41 | 1 | 6 | Matthew Mays | Virgin Islands | 2:03.47 | NR |
| 42 | 2 | 0 | Faang der Tiaa | Malaysia | 2:03.51 | |
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Bryan Alvaréz | Costa Rica | 2:04.71 | |
| 44 | 1 | 7 | Davor Petrovski | North Macedonia | 2:06.33 | |
| 45 | 1 | 2 | Fernando Ponce | Guatemala | 2:07.61 | |
| 46 | 1 | 8 | Salvador Gordo | Angola | 2:11.27 | |
| 47 | 1 | 1 | Emilien Puyo | Monaco | 2:15.13 | |
| | 1 | 0 | Collins Saliboko | Tanzania | DSQ | DSQ |
| | 4 | 0 | Nils Liess | Switzerland | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 23 July at 21:35.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Zach Harting | United States | 1:55.26 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:55.33 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:55.71 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Federico Burdisso | Italy | 1:55.92 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Antani Ivanov | Bulgaria | 1:56.25 | QSO |
| 6 | 1 | Brendan Hyland | Ireland | 1:56.55 | NR |
| 7 | 8 | Maksym Shemberev | Azerbaijan | 1:56.78 | |
| 8 | 7 | David Morgan | Australia | 1:59.57 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:52.96 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:55.88 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Denys Kesil | Ukraine | 1:55.95 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 1:56.25 | QSO |
| 5 | 2 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 1:56.52 | |
| 6 | 1 | Luiz Altamir Melo | Brazil | 1:57.43 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mackenzie Darragh | Canada | 1:57.89 | |
| 8 | 6 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | 1:59.12 | |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 24 July at 10:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 1:59.39 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Antani Ivanov | Bulgaria | 1:59.52 | |

### Final

The final was held on 24 July at 20:47.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:50.73 | WR |
| | 3 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:53.86 | |
| | 2 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:54.15 | |
| 4 | 7 | Federico Burdisso | Italy | 1:54.39 | NR |
| 5 | 1 | Denys Kesil | Ukraine | 1:54.79 | NR |
| 6 | 5 | Zach Harting | United States | 1:55.69 | |
| 7 | 6 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:55.96 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 1:57.10 | |