Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and the semifinals on the 3 August.
British swimmer James Guy won the gold medal in a new National Record time of 1:45.14, holding off a strong charge from Asian Record holder Sun Yang. By winning, Guy continued his country's outstanding success in Kazan, and improved on his second place finish in the 400 meter freestyle. Meanwhile, World Record holder Paul Biedermann picked up the bronze medal in 1:45.38. After leading throughout the beginning of the race, American Ryan Lochte ended the 200m with a fourth-place finish. Dutchman Sebastiaan Verschuren picked up fifth, while South Africa's Chad le Clos added the middle distance freestyle event to his already large repertoire, finishing sixth in 1:46.53. Russia's Aleksandr Krasnykh and Australian Cameron McEvoy rounded out the championship field.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.Results
Heats
The heats were held on 3 August at 10:27.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Sun Yang | 1:46.00 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | James Guy | 1:46.10 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Paul Biedermann | 1:46.20 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | Cameron McEvoy | 1:46.39 | Q | |
| 5 | 8 | 6 | Calum Jarvis | 1:46.61 | Q | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Danila Izotov | 1:46.65 | Q | |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Conor Dwyer | 1:46.73 | Q | |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | 1:46.88 | Q | |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Aleksandr Krasnykh | 1:46.91 | Q | |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | David McKeon | 1:47.00 | Q | |
| 11 | 8 | 5 | Velimir Stjepanović | 1:47.10 | Q | |
| 12 | 7 | 9 | Chad le Clos | 1:47.17 | Q | |
| 13 | 7 | 6 | Ryan Lochte | 1:47.18 | Q | |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | João de Lucca | 1:47.47 | Q | |
| 15 | 8 | 7 | Myles Brown | 1:47.48 | Q | |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Federico Grabich | 1:47.73 | Q | |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Marwan El-Kamash | 1:47.87 | ||
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Yuki Kobori | 1:48.09 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 6 | Kacper Majchrzak | 1:48.12 | ||
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Filippo Magnini | 1:48.18 | ||
| 21 | 5 | 3 | Clemens Rapp | 1:48.20 | ||
| 22 | 7 | 7 | Nicolas Oliveira | 1:48.23 | ||
| 23 | 5 | 1 | Anders Lie | 1:48.27 | ||
| 24 | 6 | 7 | Jeremy Bagshaw | 1:48.29 | ||
| 25 | 6 | 6 | Pieter Timmers | 1:48.43 | ||
| 26 | 5 | 5 | Alexandre Haldemann | 1:48.49 | ||
| 27 | 8 | 9 | Cristian Quintero | 1:48.55 | ||
| 28 | 8 | 2 | Matthew Stanley | 1:48.67 | ||
| 29 | 8 | 8 | Felix Auböck | 1:48.75 | ||
| 30 | 6 | 9 | Grégory Mallet | 1:48.77 | ||
| 31 | 5 | 4 | Kyle Stolk | 1:48.96 | ||
| 32 | 5 | 2 | Miguel Durán | 1:49.05 | ||
| 33 | 4 | 1 | Henrik Christiansen | 1:49.09 | ||
| 34 | 6 | 8 | Péter Bernek | 1:49.25 | ||
| 35 | 6 | 0 | Xu Qiheng | 1:49.32 | ||
| 36 | 5 | 9 | Liran Konovalov | 1:49.56 | ||
| 37 | 5 | 8 | Ben Hockin | 1:49.60 | ||
| 38 | 4 | 3 | Illia Teslenko | 1:49.87 | ||
| 39 | 4 | 6 | Povilas Strazdas | 1:49.91 | ||
| 40 | 7 | 1 | Tsubasa Amai | 1:50.04 | ||
| 41 | 3 | 2 | Alexei Sancov | 1:50.18 | ||
| 42 | 4 | 2 | Doğa Çelik | 1:50.38 | ||
| 43 | 4 | 7 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 1:50.61 | ||
| 44 | 4 | 9 | Marcelo Acosta | 1:50.77 | ||
| 45 | 3 | 1 | Pavel Janeček | 1:50.95 | ||
| 46 | 3 | 9 | Khurshidjon Tursunov | 1:50.98 | ||
| 47 | 7 | 8 | Matias Koski | 1:51.00 | ||
| 48 | 4 | 5 | Christos Katrantzis | 1:51.01 | ||
| 49 | 4 | 4 | Yeo Kai Quan | 1:51.29 | ||
| 50 | 3 | 6 | Mateo de Angulo | 1:51.49 | ||
| 51 | 4 | 8 | Sim Wee Sheng Welson Sim | 1:51.65 | ||
| 52 | 2 | 3 | Khader Baqlah | 1:51.67 | ||
| 53 | 3 | 4 | Tomas Peribonio | 1:51.78 | ||
| 54 | 4 | 0 | Jessie Lacuna | 1:51.85 | ||
| 55 | 3 | 7 | Ensar Hajder | 1:51.96 | ||
| 56 | 2 | 4 | Aaron D'Souza | 1:52.00 | ||
| 57 | 2 | 6 | Sean Gunn | 1:52.05 | ||
| 58 | 3 | 0 | Pit Brandenburger | 1:52.12 | ||
| 59 | 3 | 3 | Huang Yen-hsin | 1:52.43 | ||
| 60 | 2 | 2 | Mario Montoya | 1:52.92 | ||
| 61 | 2 | 7 | Irakli Revishvili | 1:53.68 | ||
| 62 | 3 | 8 | Yousef Al-Askari | 1:53.97 | ||
| 63 | 5 | 0 | Hoàng Quý Phước | 1:54.31 | ||
| 64 | 3 | 5 | Viktar Krasochka | 1:54.36 | ||
| 65 | 2 | 0 | Igor Mogne | 1:55.59 | ||
| 66 | 2 | 5 | Lorenzo Loria | 1:56.36 | ||
| 67 | 2 | 8 | Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou | 1:57.38 | ||
| 68 | 2 | 1 | Christian Selby | 1:57.74 | ||
| 69 | 1 | 4 | Brandon Schuster | 1:57.93 | ||
| 70 | 1 | 3 | Klavio Meca | 1:58.32 | ||
| 71 | 1 | 1 | Sovijja Pou | 1:58.41 | ||
| 72 | 1 | 5 | Ahmed Gebrel | 1:58.54 | ||
| 73 | 2 | 9 | Bakr Al-Dulaimi | 1:58.55 | ||
| 74 | 1 | 7 | Ismael Kane | 2:00.66 | ||
| 75 | 1 | 6 | Alexander Skinner | 2:01.01 | ||
| 76 | 1 | 8 | Andre van der Merwe | 2:01.77 | ||
| 77 | 1 | 2 | Yacop Al-Khulaifi | 2:04.38 | ||
| 78 | 1 | 0 | Theo Chiabaut | 2:04.59 | ||
| 79 | 1 | 9 | Eloi Imaniraguha | 2:20.68 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Clément Mignon |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 3 August at 18.42.Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | James Guy | 1:45.43 | Q, NR | |
| 2 | 5 | Cameron McEvoy | 1:46.09 | Q | |
| 3 | 7 | Chad le Clos | 1:46.10 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | 1:46.43 | Q | |
| 5 | 8 | Federico Grabich | 1:47.43 | NR | |
| 6 | 2 | David McKeon | 1:47.60 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Danila Izotov | 1:47.66 | ||
| 8 | 1 | João de Lucca | 1:48.23 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ryan Lochte | 1:45.36 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Sun Yang | 1:46.17 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Paul Biedermann | 1:46.20 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Aleksandr Krasnykh | 1:46.45 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 | Conor Dwyer | 1:46.64 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Velimir Stjepanović | 1:46.85 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Myles Brown | 1:47.55 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Calum Jarvis | 1:47.64 |
Final
The final was held on 4 August at 17:32.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | James Guy | 1:45.14 | NR | ||
| 2 | Sun Yang | 1:45.20 | |||
| 7 | Paul Biedermann | 1:45.38 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | 1:45.83 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | 1:45.91 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Chad le Clos | 1:46.53 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Aleksandr Krasnykh | 1:46.88 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Cameron McEvoy | 1:47.26 |