Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 27 March and on the evening of 28 March at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 64 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 62 swam.
Existing records at the start of the event were:
- World record : 1:53.71, Michael Phelps, 17 February 2007 in Columbia, United States.
- Championship record : 1:53.98, Michael Phelps, Barcelona, Spain
Results
Finals
The finals started at 19:23 on 28 March 2007| Place | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Michael Phelps | 1:52.09 | |||
| 5 | Wu Peng | 1:55.13 | |||
| 7 | Nikolay Skvortsov | 1:55.22 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Moss Burmester | 1:55.35 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Ryuichi Shibata | 1:55.81 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Paweł Korzeniowski | 1:55.87 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Ioannis Drymonakos | 1:56.48 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Chen Yin | 1:58.15 |
Semifinals
The semifinals started at 20:34 on 27 March 2007.| Rank | Heat/Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | S2-L4 | Michael Phelps | 1:55.13 | Q | |
| 2 | S2-L2 | Wu Peng | 1:55.17 | Q | |
| 3 | S2-L5 | Ryuichi Shibata | 1:55.96 | Q | |
| 4 | S1-L7 | Chen Yin | 1:56.04 | Q | |
| 5 | S1-L2 | Moss Burmester | 1:56.27 | Q | |
| 6 | S2-L7 | Nikolay Skvortsov | 1:56.28 | Q | |
| 7 | S1-L3 | Paweł Korzeniowski | 1:56.30 | Q | |
| 8 | S1-L5 | Ioannis Drymonakos | 1:56.47 | Q | |
| 9 | S2-L3 | Takeshi Matsuda | 1:56.57 | ||
| 10 | S1-L4 | Davis Tarwater | 1:56.58 | ||
| 11 | S2-L6 | Sergiy Advena | 1:57.06 | ||
| 12 | S2-L1 | Nick D'Arcy | 1:57.15 | ||
| 13 | S1-L6 | Travis Nederpelt | 1:57.71 | ||
| 14 | S2-L8 | Juan Veloz | 1:57.83 | ||
| 15 | S1-L8 | Lukasz Drzewinski | 1:58.67 | ||
| 16 | S1-L1 | Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis | 2:00.31 |