| Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2003 FINA World Championships |
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| Dates | 21 July 2003 (heats, semifinals) 22 July 2003 (final) |
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| Winning time | 1 minute 45.14 seconds | |||||||||
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| 2003 FINA World Championships Barcelona, Spain |
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | women | |
| Duet | women | |
| Team | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Team | men | women |
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships took place between 21 July – 22 July. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 21 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 22 July.
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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
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| World record | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:44.06 | Fukuoka | 25 July 2001 |
| Championship record | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:44.06 | Fukuoka | 25 July 2001 |
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:45.14 | ||
| Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands | 1:46.43 | ||
| Grant Hackett | Australia | 1:46.85 | ||
| 4 | Květoslav Svoboda | Czech Republic | 1:48.73 | |
| 5 | Andrei Kapralov | Russia | 1:48.76 | |
| 6 | Federico Cappellazzo | Italy | 1:48.79 | |
| 7 | Peter Mankoč | Slovenia | 1:48.96 | |
| 8 | Nate Dusing | United States | 1:49.35 |