The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2023.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results Heats The heats were started on 24 July at 11:27.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 3 Luke Hobson 1:45.69 Q 2 8 5 Matt Richards 1:45.82 Q 3 8 4 David Popovici 1:45.86 Q 4 7 5 Tom Dean 1:46.02 Q 5 7 2 Lee Ho-joon 1:46.21 Q 6 6 3 Kieran Smith 1:46.38 Q 7 7 1 Lucas Henveaux 1:46.40 Q 8 6 5 Katsuhiro Matsumoto 1:46.44 Q 9 6 6 Fernando Scheffer 1:46.45 Q 10 8 3 Felix Auböck 1:46.48 Q 11 6 4 Pan Zhanle 1:46.49 Q 12 6 8 Alexander Graham 1:46.58 Q 13 6 2 Marco De Tullio 1:46.69 Q 13 7 4 Hwang Sun-woo 1:46.69 Q 13 8 7 Rafael Miroslaw 1:46.69 Q 16 8 6 Antonio Djakovic 1:46.70 Q 17 8 2 Danas Rapšys 1:46.87 17 8 8 Hadrien Salvan 1:46.87 19 6 0 Jorge Iga 1:46.89 20 6 7 Kai Taylor 1:46.94 21 7 7 Denis Loktev 1:47.08 22 8 9 Robin Hanson 1:47.09 23 8 1 Nándor Németh 1:47.11 24 6 1 Stefano di Cola 1:47.27 25 5 3 Kamil Sieradzki 1:47.34 26 5 6 Alfonso Mestre 1:47.36 27 5 5 Velimir Stjepanović 1:47.93 28 7 9 Kregor Zirk 1:48.00 29 8 0 Roman Fuchs 1:48.13 30 5 4 Khiew Hoe Yean 1:48.18 31 7 0 Dimitrios Markos 1:48.84 32 7 8 Hong Jinquan 1:48.93 33 5 1 Glen Lim Jun Wei 1:49.13 34 6 9 Luis Domínguez 1:49.28 35 5 2 Jovan Lekić 1:49.54 36 4 5 Joaquín Vargas 1:49.85 37 4 1 František Jablčník 1:50.61 38 4 3 Santiago Corredor 1:50.68 39 4 2 Pit Brandenburger 1:51.27 39 4 4 Wesley Roberts 1:51.27 41 5 7 Zac Reid 1:51.66 42 4 8 Omar Abbass 1:52.11 43 5 8 Dulyawat Kaewsriyong 1:52.24 44 4 6 Righardt Muller 1:52.25 45 3 2 Loris Bianchi 1:53.10 NR 46 5 0 Hoàng Quý Phước 1:53.67 47 4 0 Pavel Alovatki 1:54.19 48 5 9 Baturalp Ünlü 1:54.56 49 3 4 Matheo Mateos 1:54.67 50 3 3 Sauod Alshamroukh 1:54.77 51 4 9 Alberto Vega 1:55.07 52 3 6 Henrique Mascarenhas 1:55.09 53 3 0 Monyo Maina Suspended Member Federation 1:55.28 54 1 3 Artur Barseghyan 1:55.69 55 2 0 Lin Sizhuang 1:55.87 56 3 1 Mauricio Arias 1:55.90 57 4 7 Simon Doueihy 1:55.96 58 2 8 Mahmoud Abu Garbieh 1:56.37 NR 59 2 4 Nasir Yahya Hussain 1:57.26 60 3 7 Ado Gargovic 1:57.81 61 3 8 Clinton Opute 1:57.92 62 2 6 Justino Pale 1:58.32 63 2 2 Muhammad Siddiqui 1:58.36 64 3 3 Mohammed Al Zaki 1:58.96 65 1 1 Ali Sadeq Alawi 1:59.08 NR 66 2 2 Mal Gashi 1:59.20 67 1 1 Hussein Suwaed 1:59.69 68 2 5 Issa Al-Adawi 2:00.09 69 2 7 Israel Poppe 2:02.57 70 2 9 Diego Aranda 2:02.84 71 2 1 Sangay Tenzin 2:06.93 72 1 4 Kyler Anthony Kihleng 2:07.89 3 5 Mark Ducaj 7 6 Lukas Martens

Semifinals The semifinals was started on 24 July at 21:11.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 David Popovici 1:44.70 Q 2 2 4 Luke Hobson 1:44.87 Q 3 1 1 Hwang Sun-woo 1:45.07 Q 4 1 5 Tom Dean 1:45.29 Q 5 1 4 Matt Richards 1:45.40 Q 6 2 3 Lee Ho-joon 1:45.93 Q 7 1 3 Kieran Smith 1:45.96 Q 8 1 2 Felix Auböck 1:45.97 8 1 6 Katsuhiro Matsumoto 1:45.97 10 2 1 Marco De Tullio 1:46.05 10 2 7 Pan Zhanle 1:46.05 12 2 8 Rafael Miroslaw 1:46.30 13 1 7 Alexander Graham 1:46.61 14 1 8 Antonio Djakovic 1:46.66 15 2 6 Lucas Henveaux 1:46.77 16 2 2 Fernando Scheffer 1:47.35

Swim-off The swim-off was held on 24 July at 22:00.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Felix Auböck 1:46.30 Q 2 5 Katsuhiro Matsumoto 1:46.37

Final The final was held on 25 July at 20:02.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Matt Richards 1:44.30 6 Tom Dean 1:44.32 3 Hwang Sun-woo 1:44.42 NR 4 4 David Popovici 1:44.90 5 5 Luke Hobson 1:45.09 6 7 Lee Ho-joon 1:46.04 7 1 Kieran Smith 1:46.10 8 8 Felix Auböck 1:46.40

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