Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
| Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2001 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 24–25 July 2001 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1 minute 44.06 seconds WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2001 FINA World Championships  Fukuoka, Japan | ||
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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 | |
| Water polo | ||
Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 25 July. The heats and semi-finals were on the 24 July.
Results
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ian Thorpe |  Australia | 1:44.06 | WR |
 | Pieter van den Hoogenband |  Netherlands | 1:45.81 | |
 | Klete Keller |  United States | 1:47.10 | |
| 4 | Emiliano Brembilla |  Italy | 1:47.58 | |
| 5 | William Kirby | Australia | 1:48.11 | |
| 6 | Jacob Carstensen |  Denmark | 1:48.86 | |
| 7 | Spyridon Gianniotis |  Canada | 1:49.39 | |
| 8 | Scott Goldblatt | United States | 1:49.54 | |
Key: WR = World record