title: 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
  
  The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2022.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
  
  | World record | Kirill Prigoda (RUS) | 2:00.16 | Hangzhou, China | 13 December 2018 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition record | Kirill Prigoda (RUS) | 2:00.16 | Hangzhou, China | 13 December 2018 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started at 11:39.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | 4 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 2:02.43 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | 5 | Nic Fink | United States | 2:02.75 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | 4 | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:03.64 | Q |
  | 4 | 4 | 5 | Qin Haiyang | China | 2:03.81 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | 6 | Antoine Viquerat | France | 2:03.93 | Q, NR |
  | 6 | 3 | 4 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:04.01 | Q |
  | 7 | 5 | 6 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:04.08 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | 5 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | 2:04.37 | Q |
  | 9 | 4 | 6 | Matěj Zábojník | Czech Republic | 2:04.57 | NR |
  | 10 | 5 | 3 | Anton McKee | Iceland | 2:04.99 | |
  | 11 | 4 | 3 | Caspar Corbeau | Netherlands | 2:05.14 | |
  | 12 | 3 | 3 | Charlie Swanson | United States | 2:05.51 | |
  | 13 | 2 | 3 | James Dergousoff | Canada | 2:06.17 | |
  | 14 | 4 | 1 | Adam Chillingworth | Hong Kong | 2:06.46 | NR |
  | 15 | 4 | 2 | Denis Petrashov | Kyrgyzstan | 2:06.62 | |
  | 16 | 5 | 8 | David Schlicht | Australia | 2:06.72 | |
  | 17 | 5 | 1 | Berkay Ogretir | Turkey | 2:07.12 | |
  | 18 | 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 2:07.31 | |
  | 19 | 3 | 8 | Maximillian Ang | Singapore | 2:08.12 | NR |
  | 20 | 4 | 8 | Josh Gilbert | New Zealand | 2:08.27 | |
  | 21 | 5 | 2 | Andrius Sidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:08.69 | |
  | 22 | 3 | 1 | Christoffer Haarsaker | Norway | 2:08.80 | |
  | 23 | 2 | 1 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 2:08.91 | |
  | 24 | 2 | 2 | Kian Keylock | South Africa | 2:11.20 | |
  | 25 | 2 | 5 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 2:11.37 | |
  | 26 | 2 | 8 | Cai Bing-rong | Chinese Taipei | 2:11.66 | |
  | 27 | 2 | 7 | Adriel Sanes | United States Virgin Islands | 2:12.69 | |
  | 28 | 2 | 4 | Jonathan Cook | Philippines | 2:12.91 | |
  | 29 | 1 | 5 | Liam Davis | Zimbabwe | 2:13.99 | |
  | | 1 | 3 | Mohammed Al-Maher | Saudi Arabia | Disqualified | Disqualified |
  | | 3 | 2 | Carl Aitkaci | France | Disqualified | Disqualified |
  | | 3 | 7 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | Disqualified | Disqualified |
  | | 2 | 6 | Constantin Malachi | Moldova | Did not start | Did not start |
  | | 4 | 7 | Carles Coll | Spain | Did not start | Did not start |
  | | 5 | 7 | Sun Jiajun | China | Did not start | Did not start |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 19:51.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 2:00.35 | AS |
  | | 5 | Nic Fink | United States | 2:01.60 | AM |
  | | 6 | Qin Haiyang | China | 2:02.22 | |
  | 4 | 3 | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:02.53 | |
  | 5 | 7 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:03.19 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Antoine Viquerat | France | 2:03.33 | NR |
  | 7 | 1 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:05.01 | |
  | | 8 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | Disqualified | Disqualified |
  