# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 7 December.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:48.56 | Singapore | 5 November 2013 |
| Championship record | Kazuya Kaneda | Japan | 1:51.01 | Istanbul | 16 December 2012 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 7 December | Heats | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:50.82 | CR |
| 7 December | Final | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:48.61 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:50.82 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Paweł Korzeniowski | Poland | 1:51.24 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:51.37 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Viktor Bromer | Denmark | 1:51.81 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:52.12 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Tom Shields | United States | 1:52.64 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Aleksandr Kudashev | Russia | 1:52.66 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 1:52.67 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | Sebastien Rousseau | South Africa | 1:52.97 | |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 1:53.08 | |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | 1:53.13 | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Bence Biczó | Hungary | 1:53.17 | |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:53.39 | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Markus Gierke | Germany | 1:53.72 | |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | Michał Poprawa | Poland | 1:53.89 | |
| 16 | 5 | 8 | Diogo Carvalho | Portugal | 1:54.43 | |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 1:54.45 | |
| 18 | 5 | 7 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 1:54.55 | |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Robert Žbogar | Slovenia | 1:54.55 | |
| 20 | 4 | 0 | Andreas Vazaios | Greece | 1:54.58 | |
| 21 | 5 | 5 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:54.63 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | David Morgan | Australia | 1:54.72 | |
| 23 | 5 | 1 | Alexander Kunert | Germany | 1:54.92 | |
| 24 | 6 | 7 | Wang Pudong | China | 1:54.99 | |
| 25 | 3 | 3 | Alexandru Coci | Romania | 1:55.41 | |
| 26 | 6 | 1 | Matteo Pelizzari | Italy | 1:55.97 | |
| 27 | 5 | 9 | Andres Montoya | Colombia | 1:56.12 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Pavel Janeček | Czech Republic | 1:56.27 | |
| 29 | 6 | 9 | Sindri Jakobsson | Norway | 1:56.82 | |
| 30 | 6 | 8 | Gal Nevo | Israel | 1:57.11 | |
| 31 | 1 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 1:58.06 | |
| 32 | 3 | 9 | Gabriel Ogawa | Brazil | 1:58.57 | |
| 33 | 3 | 4 | Xiao Lei | China | 1:58.77 | |
| 34 | 3 | 6 | Teimuraz Kobakhidze | Georgia | 1:59.46 | |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Max Abreu | Paraguay | 1:59.65 | |
| 36 | 3 | 8 | Jessie Lacuna | Philippines | 1:59.89 | |
| 37 | 2 | 0 | Ngọc Huỳnh Nguyễn | Vietnam | 2:00.46 | |
| 38 | 3 | 7 | Marko Blaževski | Macedonia | 2:00.61 | |
| 39 | 2 | 5 | Ensar Hajder | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:01.42 | |
| 40 | 3 | 2 | Joaquin Sepulveda | Chile | 2:02.10 | |
| 41 | 3 | 0 | Daniel Pálsson | Iceland | 2:02.94 | |
| 42 | 3 | 1 | Jean Monteagudo | Peru | 2:03.48 | |
| 43 | 2 | 7 | Aldo Castillo | Bolivia | 2:05.47 | |
| 44 | 2 | 2 | Matthew Courtis | Barbados | 2:05.91 | |
| 45 | 2 | 6 | Jeremy Lim | Philippines | 2:06.87 | |
| 46 | 2 | 4 | Ali Ashkanani | Kuwait | 2:08.23 | |
| 47 | 2 | 1 | Arian Oliaei | Iran | 2:08.75 | |
| 48 | 2 | 3 | Said Saber | Morocco | 2:08.79 | |
| 49 | 2 | 8 | Franci Aleksi | Albania | 2:12.90 | |
| 50 | 1 | 3 | Miguel Mena | Nicaragua | 2:17.81 | |
| 51 | 1 | 5 | Binald Mahmuti | Albania | 2:18.41 | |
| 52 | 2 | 9 | Yacop Al-Khulaifi | Qatar | 2:19.22 | |
| — | 1 | 4 | Noah Mascoll-Gomes | Antigua and Barbuda | | DNS |
| — | 4 | 3 | Masato Sakai | Japan | | DSQ |

### Final

The final was held at 18:28.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:48.61 | CR |
| | 4 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:48.92 | AS |
| | 5 | Paweł Korzeniowski | Poland | 1:50.21 | |
| 4 | 7 | Tom Shields | United States | 1:50.68 | |
| 5 | 6 | Viktor Bromer | Denmark | 1:52.13 | |
| 6 | 1 | Aleksandr Kudashev | Russia | 1:52.17 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 1:52.52 | |
| 8 | 2 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:52.69 | |