2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 11 December 2018.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | Ryan Lochte | 1:49.63 | Istanbul | 14 December 2012 |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 11 December at 12:06.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Wang Shun | 1:53.18 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Caio Pumputis | 1:53.33 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Josh Prenot | 1:53.44 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Hiromasa Fujimori | 1:53.48 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Leonardo Coelho Santos | 1:53.53 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Jan Świtkowski | 1:53.60 | Q, NR | |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Kliment Kolesnikov | 1:53.63 | Q, | |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | 1:53.69 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Bradlee Ashby | 1:54.13 | Q, NR | |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas | 1:54.34 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Diogo Carvalho | 1:54.34 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Simon Sjödin | 1:54.41 | ||
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Alexis Santos | 1:54.71 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Gunnar Bentz | 1:54.92 | ||
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Semen Makovich | 1:55.19 | ||
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Mark Szaranek | 1:55.25 | ||
| 17 | 3 | 9 | Tomas Peribonio | 1:55.32 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Hugo González | 1:55.84 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 7 | Takeharu Fujimori | 1:56.11 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Thomas Ceccon | 1:56.20 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 7 | David Schlicht | 1:56.48 | ||
| 22 | 5 | 0 | Raphael Stacchiotti | 1:56.56 | ||
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Marc Sánchez | 1:56.90 | ||
| 24 | 5 | 2 | Kenneth To | 1:57.19 | ||
| 25 | 3 | 1 | Dániel Dudás | 1:57.84 | ||
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Wang Hsing-hao | 1:58.72 | ||
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Ayrton Sweeney | 1:58.76 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 1 | Wang Yizhe | 1:58.81 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 6 | Kaloyan Bratanov | 1:59.77 | ||
| 30 | 3 | 0 | Jaouad Syoud | 2:00.10 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 0 | Brandon Schuster | 2:00.77 | ||
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Jarod Arroyo | 2:00.97 | ||
| 33 | 4 | 9 | Adam Halas | 2:01.38 | ||
| 34 | 5 | 9 | Kristinn Þórarinsson | 2:01.63 | ||
| 35 | 2 | 2 | Patrick Groters | 2:02.16 | ||
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Luis Vega Torres | 2:03.61 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Malcolm Low | 2:05.41 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Daniils Bobrovs | 2:06.04 | ||
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Lin Sizhuang | 2:07.82 | ||
| 40 | 2 | 9 | Tasi Limtiaco | 2:08.69 | ||
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Ousmane Touré | 2:17.61 | ||
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Nadeem Younas | 2:23.38 | ||
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Mubal Azzam Ibrahim | 2:26.35 |
Final
The final was held on 11 December at 20:29.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Wang Shun | 1:51.01 | NR | ||
| 3 | Josh Prenot | 1:52.69 | |||
| 6 | Hiromasa Fujimori | 1:52.73 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Mitch Larkin | 1:52.78 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Caio Pumputis | 1:53.05 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Leonardo Coelho Santos | 1:53.38 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Jan Świtkowski | 1:53.96 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Bradlee Ashby | 1:54.01 | NR |