The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August with the heats and the semifinals and 6 August with the final.[1]
| Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
| Dates | 5 August (heats and semifinals) 6 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 47 from 43 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:55.81 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Ryan Lochte (USA) |
1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | 28 July 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | Ryan Lochte (USA) |
1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | 28 July 2011 |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were held at 10:30.[2]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held at 18:45.[3]
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Thiago Pereira |  Brazil |
1:57.33 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Daniel Wallace |  Great Britain |
1:57.77 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Simon Sjödin |  Sweden |
1:58.10 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil |
1:58.45 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Conor Dwyer | United States |
1:58.54 | QSO |
| 6 | 1 | Yakov Toumarkin |  Israel |
1:58.86 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jérémy Desplanches |  Switzerland |
1:59.35 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Mohamed Hussein |  Egypt |
2:01.41 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
1:56.81 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Wang Shun |  China |
1:57.07 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Marcin Cieślak |  Poland |
1:58.20 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Roberto Pavoni | Great Britain |
1:58.54 | QSO |
| 5 | 1 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes |  Australia |
1:58.83 | |
| 6 | 3 | Andreas Vazaios |  Greece |
1:59.53 | |
| 7 | 6 | Daiya Seto |  Japan |
2:00.05 | |
| 8 | 7 | Diogo Carvalho |  Portugal |
2:00.31 |
Swim-off edit
The swim-off was held at 19:42.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Conor Dwyer | United States |
1:58.18 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Roberto Pavoni | Great Britain |
1:58.26 |
Final edit
The final was held at 17:42.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
1:55.81 | |
 |
3 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil |
1:56.65 | |
 |
5 | Wang Shun | China |
1:56.81 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Daniel Wallace | Great Britain |
1:57.59 | |
| 5 | 8 | Conor Dwyer | United States |
1:57.96 | |
| 6 | 7 | Marcin Cieślak | Poland |
1:58.14 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil |
1:58.52 | |
| 8 | 2 | Simon Sjödin | Sweden |
1:59.06 |