Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The heats for the Men's 200 metre Individual Medley race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 29 July and the final took place in the evening session of 30 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The order of swimming in the medley was butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: The following records were established during the competition: