Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:46.56 |
| 6 | 4 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands | 1:46.71 |
| 7 | 5 | Massimiliano Rosolino | Italy | 1:47.37 |
| 5 | 4 | Josh Davis | United States | 1:48.43 |
| 7 | 6 | Rick Say | Canada | 1:48.62 |
| 5 | 3 | James Salter | Great Britain | 1:48.77 |
| 6 | 2 | Igor Koleda | Belarus | 1:49.01 |
| 7 | 3 | Scott Goldblatt | United States | 1:49.05 |
| 6 | 5 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 1:49.23 |
| 5 | 8 | Örn Arnarson | Iceland | 1:49.78 |
| 5 | 5 | Paul Palmer | Great Britain | 1:49.83 |
| 5 | 7 | Stefan Herbst | Germany | 1:49.84 |
| 7 | 2 | Andrey Kapralov | Russia | 1:49.92 |
| 6 | 7 | Stefan Pohl | Germany | 1:50.07 |
| 6 | 6 | Béla Szabados | Hungary | 1:50.10 |