Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 26 July. The heats and semifinals took place 25 July, with the final being held on 26 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 1:58.16 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994Championship record 1:58.16 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 George Bovell 2:01.35 Q 2 Thomas Wilkens 2:01.42 Q 3 Massimiliano Rosolino 2:02.02 Q 4 Jiro Miki 2:02.13 Q 5 Alessio Boggiatto 2:02.22 Q 6 Justin Norris 2:02.42 Q 7 Peter Mankoč 2:02.48 Q 8 Curtis Myden 2:02.55 Q 8 Brian Johns 2:02.55 Q 10 Robert Margalis 2:02.81 Q 10 Takahiro Mori 2:02.81 Q 12 Grant McGregor 2:02.93 Q 13 Dean Kent 2:03.11 Q 14 Ioannis Kokkodis 2:04.11 Q 15 Brenton Cabello 2:04.19 Q 16 Jacob Carstensen 2:04.23 Q, WD 17 Micky Halika 2:04.48 Q 18 Yves Platel 2:05.11 19 Vasileios Demetis 2:05.35 20 Marko Milenkovič 2:05.52 21 Diego Urreta 2:06.34 22 George Gleason 2:06.66 23 Javier Díaz 2:07.80 24 Margus Saia 2:08.44 25 Zheng Shibin 2:08.88 26 Andrei Zaharov 2:09.85 27 Wu Nien-Pin 2:10.20 28 Gary Tan 2:10.39 29 Aleksandar Miladinovski 2:10.88 30 Khaly Ciss 2:11.77 31 Fergus Kuek 2:12.29 32 Wan Azlan 2:12.96 33 Saad Khalloqi 2:13.62 34 Yang Shang-Hsuan 2:13.65 35 Fahad Al Otaibi 2:14.12 36 Obaid Ahmed Al Jassimi 2:15.75 37 Mohammad Nazeri 2:18.05 38 Daniel Kang 2:18.71 39 Aleksey Bortnikov 2:20.71 40 Wing Cheung Victor Wong 2:23.91 41 Seung Gin Lee 2:23.99 42 Kin Duenas 2:27.22 43 Zaid Saeed 2:28.01 44 Rony Bakale 2:31.06 – Kenny Roberts DNS

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Thomas Wilkens 2:00.45 Q 2 Alessio Boggiatto 2:00.49 Q 3 Justin Norris 2:01.07 Q 4 George Bovell 2:01.35 Q 5 Jiro Miki 2:01.46 Q 6 Massimiliano Rosolino 2:01.57 Q 7 Takahiro Mori 2:01.67 Q 8 Curtis Myden 2:01.70 Q 9 Brian Johns 2:02.45 10 Robert Margalis 2:02.71 11 Dean Kent 2:02.85 12 Grant McGregor 2:04.00 13 Micky Halika 2:04.38 14 Ioannis Kokkodis 2:04.79 15 Brenton Cabello 2:05.15 16 Peter Mankoč 2:05.20

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Massimiliano Rosolino 1:59.71 Thomas Wilkens 2:00.73 Justin Norris 2:00.91 4 George Bovell 2:01.50 5 Takahiro Mori 2:01.54 6 Jiro Miki 2:01.54 7 Alessio Boggiatto 2:01.76 8 Curtis Myden 2:02.42

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