2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre individual medley
# 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 (25 m) 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 | United States | 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 | China | 1:53.18 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | 1:53.33 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Josh Prenot | United States | 1:53.44 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Hiromasa Fujimori | Japan | 1:53.48 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Leonardo Coelho Santos | Brazil | 1:53.53 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Jan Świtkowski | Poland | 1:53.60 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 1:53.63 | Q, WD |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:53.69 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Bradlee Ashby | New Zealand | 1:54.13 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas | Norway | 1:54.34 | |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Diogo Carvalho | Portugal | 1:54.34 | |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Simon Sjödin | Sweden | 1:54.41 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | 1:54.71 | |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Gunnar Bentz | United States | 1:54.92 | |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Semen Makovich | Russia | 1:55.19 | |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Mark Szaranek | Great Britain | 1:55.25 | |
| 17 | 3 | 9 | Tomas Peribonio | Ecuador | 1:55.32 | |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:55.84 | |
| 19 | 5 | 7 | Takeharu Fujimori | Japan | 1:56.11 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 1:56.20 | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | David Schlicht | Australia | 1:56.48 | |
| 22 | 5 | 0 | Raphaël Stacchiotti | Luxembourg | 1:56.56 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Marc Sánchez | Spain | 1:56.90 | |
| 24 | 5 | 2 | Kenneth To | Hong Kong | 1:57.19 | |
| 25 | 3 | 1 | Dániel Dudás | Hungary | 1:57.84 | |
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Wang Hsing-hao | Chinese Taipei | 1:58.72 | |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 1:58.76 | |
| 28 | 4 | 1 | Wang Yizhe | China | 1:58.81 | |
| 29 | 2 | 6 | Kaloyan Bratanov | Bulgaria | 1:59.77 | |
| 30 | 3 | 0 | Jaouad Syoud | Algeria | 2:00.10 | |
| 31 | 2 | 0 | Brandon Schuster | Samoa | 2:00.77 | |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Jarod Arroyo | Puerto Rico | 2:00.97 | |
| 33 | 4 | 9 | Adam Halas | Slovakia | 2:01.38 | |
| 34 | 5 | 9 | Kristinn Þórarinsson | Iceland | 2:01.63 | |
| 35 | 2 | 2 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:02.16 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Luis Vega Torres | Cuba | 2:03.61 | |
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Malcolm Low | Singapore | 2:05.41 | |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 2:06.04 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Lin Sizhuang | Macau | 2:07.82 | |
| 40 | 2 | 9 | Tasi Limtiaco | Federated States of Micronesia | 2:08.69 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Ousmane Touré | Mali | 2:17.61 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Nadeem Younas | Pakistan | 2:23.38 | |
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Mubal Azzam Ibrahim | Maldives | 2:26.35 | |

### Final

The final was held on 11 December at 20:29.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Wang Shun | China | 1:51.01 | NR |
| | 3 | Josh Prenot | United States | 1:52.69 | |
| | 6 | Hiromasa Fujimori | Japan | 1:52.73 | |
| 4 | 1 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:52.78 | |
| 5 | 5 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | 1:53.05 | |
| 6 | 5 | Leonardo Coelho Santos | Brazil | 1:53.38 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jan Świtkowski | Poland | 1:53.96 | |
| 8 | 8 | Bradlee Ashby | New Zealand | 1:54.01 | NR |
