Swimming at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The Men's 200 Freestyle swimming event at the 2009 SEA Games was held on December 14, 2009.

## Results

### Final

| Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Daniel Bego | Malaysia | 1:49.22 | GR |
| 2 | Miguel Molina | Philippines | 1:51.71 | |
| 3 | Joshua Lim | Singapore | 1:51.76 | |
| 4 | Sanit Tiewong | Thailand | 1:51.88 | NR |
| 5 | Jessie Lacuna | Philippines | 1:52.22 | |
| 6 | Triady Fauzi | Indonesia | 1:52.42 | |
| 7 | Kevin Yeap | Malaysia | 1:54.49 | |
| 8 | Thanh Hai Nguyen | Vietnam | 1:54.85 | |

### Preliminary heats

| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Triady Fauzi | Indonesia | 1:54.01 | Q |
| 2 | Jessie Lacuna | Philippines | 1:55.15 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Bego | Malaysia | 1:56.74 | Q |
| 4 | Joshua Lim | Singapore | 1:57.30 | Q |
| 5 | Thanh Hai Nguyen | Vietnam | 1:57.59 | Q |
| 6 | Miguel Molina | Philippines | 1:59.20 | Q |
| 7 | Sanit Tiewong | Thailand | 1:59.30 | Q |
| 8 | Kevin Yeap | Malaysia | 1:59.56 | Q |
| 9 | Marcus Cheah | Singapore | 1:59.59 | |
| 10 | Tharnawat T. | Thailand | 2:15.80 | |
| 11 | Hem Thonponloeu | Cambodia | 2:21.17 | |
| 12 | Maximov Chamraen | Cambodia | 2:23.13 | |
| 13 | S. Soukshathaphone | Laos | 2:28.35 | |
| 14 | M. Mitpaseth | Laos | 3:04.38 | |
