Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 1:49.04 |
| 7 | 1 | Zhang Enjian | China | 1:49.15 |
| 8 | 8 | Łukasz Gąsior | Poland | 1:49.25 |
| 4 | 5 | Norbert Kovács | Hungary | 1:49.34 |
| 4 | 6 | Martín Kutscher | Uruguay | 1:49.61 |
| 3 | 1 | Dominik Straga | Croatia | 1:49.63 |
| 4 | 3 | Christoffer Wikström | Sweden | 1:49.84 |
| 5 | 7 | Tiago Venâncio | Portugal | 1:50.24 |
| 3 | 7 | Radovan Siljevski | Serbia | 1:50.25 |
| 2 | 6 | Bryan Tay | Singapore | 1:50.41 |
| 3 | 3 | Crox Acuña | Venezuela | 1:50.52 |
| 3 | 2 | Julio Galofre | Colombia | 1:50.62 |
| 3 | 6 | Daniel Bego | Malaysia | 1:50.92 |
| 2 | 5 | Vladimir Sidorkin | Estonia | 1:51.27 |
| 4 | 2 | Květoslav Svoboda | Czech Republic | 1:51.67 |
| 3 | 8 | Saulius Binevičius | Lithuania | 1:51.80 |
| 4 | 8 | Virdhawal Khade | India | 1:51.86 |