Swimming at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley
# Swimming at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The Men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 13 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.

There were 14 competitors from 7 countries who took part in this event. Two heats were held. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from both field qualified for the finals.

## Schedule

All times are Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+06:30)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday, 13 December 2013 | 09:21 | Heats |
| Thursday, 13 December 2013 | 18:49 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian, and Southeast Asian Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | 28 July 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | 1:55.74 | Niigata, Japan | 13 April 2013 |
| Games Record | Nuttapong Ketin (THA) | 2:02.90 | Palembang, Indonesia | 17 November 2011 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Joseph Schooling (SIN) | 2:05.10 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Nisit Chandrakoolphong (THA) | 2:08.26 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Matt Louis Navata (PHI) | 2:08.29 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Nuttapong Ketin (THA) | 2:09.68 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Tran Duy Khoi (VIE) | 2:10.28 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Rodrick Luhur (INA) | 2:10.49 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Phan Gia Man (VIE) | 2:11.37 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Jeau Zhi Vernon Lee (MAS) | 2:11.41 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Pang Sheng Jun (SIN) | 2:12.48 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Satrio Bagaskara Gunadi Putra (INA) | 2:14.37 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Wong Fu Kang (MAS) | 2:15.22 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Ye Myint Hein (MYA) | 2:17.24 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Min Thu Htet (MYA) | 2:37.36 | |
| - | 1 | 5 | Banjo Borja (PHI) | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Joseph Schooling (SIN) | 2:00.82 | GR |
| | 2 | Tran Duy Khoi (VIE) | 2:03.81 | NR |
| | 6 | Nuttapong Ketin (THA) | 2:05.06 | |
| 4 | 3 | Matt Louis Navata (PHI) | 2:05.44 | |
| 5 | 5 | Nisit Chandrakoolphong (THA) | 2:05.69 | |
| 6 | 8 | Jeau Zhi Vernon Lee (MAS) | 2:08.78 | |
| 7 | 7 | Rodrick Luhur (INA) | 2:09.26 | |
| 8 | 1 | Phan Gia Man (VIE) | 2:09.48 | |
