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

| Rank_ | Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 2 | 5 | James Walsh | Philippines | 1:59.39 |
| 30 | 3 | 3 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 1:59.47 |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Nikša Roki | Croatia | 1:59.58 |
| 32 | 2 | 1 | Javier Núñez | Spain | 2:00.24 |
| 33 | 2 | 7 | Andrés José González | Argentina | 2:00.36 |
| 34 | 2 | 6 | Yoo Jung-Nam | South Korea | 2:01.00 |
| 35 | 3 | 4 | Jeremy Knowles | Bahamas | 2:01.08 |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Alexis Márquez Rivas | Venezuela | 2:01.25 |
| 37 | 3 | 7 | Daniel Bego | Malaysia | 2:01.28 |
| 38 | 2 | 3 | Douglas Lennox-Silva | Puerto Rico | 2:01.69 |
| 39 | 3 | 1 | Georgi Palazov | Bulgaria | 2:01.84 |
| 40 | 1 | 5 | Rehan Poncha | India | 2:01.89 |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Emmanuel Crescimbeni | Peru | 2:02.13 |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Javier Hernández Maradiaga | Honduras | 2:02.23 |