Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Men's 200 m surface
# Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Men's 200 m surface

The men's 200 m surface competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 25 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.

## Competition format

A total of 19 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the final.

## Results

### Preliminary

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ilya Somov | Russia | 1:28.69 | Q |
| 2 | Sergey Akhapov | Russia | 1:30.42 | Q |
| 3 | Sven Gallasch | Germany | 1:30.47 | Q |
| 4 | Di Qing | China | 1:30.49 | Q |
| 5 | Andreas Utzmeir | Germany | 1:30.65 | Q |
| 6 | Lukáš Rada | Czech Republic | 1:31.03 | Q |
| 7 | Erven Morice | France | 1:31.18 | Q |
| 8 | Peter Durai | Slovakia | 1:31.50 | Q |
| 9 | Tadasu Horiuchi | Japan | 1:31.74 | |
| 10 | Wojciech Dorożyński | Poland | 1:32.31 | |
| 11 | Gergely Juhos | Hungary | 1:32.84 | |
| 12 | Leonidas Romero | Colombia | 1:33.71 | |
| 13 | Daniel Guevara | Colombia | 1:35.18 | |
| 14 | Hu Hailong | China | 1:36.04 | |
| 15 | Jan Kamprle | Czech Republic | 1:36.80 | |
| 16 | Jose Miguel Iniesta | Spain | 1:37.03 | |
| 17 | Fernando Gonzalez Illan | Spain | 1:38.59 | |
| 18 | Loic Abouzit | France | 1:39.24 | |
| 19 | Chiaki Komine | Japan | 1:39.40 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sergey Akhapov | Russia | 1:27.05 |
| | Andreas Utzmeir | Germany | 1:27.27 |
| | Ilya Somov | Russia | 1:27.87 |
| 4 | Di Qing | China | 1:30.40 |
| 5 | Sven Gallasch | Germany | 1:30.92 |
| 6 | Lukáš Rada | Czech Republic | 1:31.34 |
| 7 | Peter Durai | Slovakia | 1:32.03 |
| 8 | Erven Morice | France | 1:33.04 |
