| Final 19:41 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Michael Phelps |   United States | 1:56.04 | WR | 4 | 18 | 0.73 | - | 25.29s | 54.33s | 1:28.84 |  | 2. Ian Thorpe |   Australia | 1:59.66 | +3.62s | 2 | 20 | 0.83 | - | 25.48s | 56.06s | 1:31.37 |  | 3. Massimiliano Rosolino |   Italy | 1:59.71 | +3.67s | 5 | 25 | 0.82 | - | 26.26s | 57.70s | 1:31.05 |  | 4. Jani Sievinen |   Finland | 1:59.98 | +3.94s | 8 | 29 | 0.76 | - | 26.17s | 57.38s | 1:31.42 |  | 5. George Bovell |   Trinidad Tobago | 2:00.06 | +4.02s | 3 | 20 | 0.76 | - | 25.92s | 55.79s | 1:31.61 |  | 6. Takahiro Mori |   Japan | 2:01.29 | +5.25s | 6 | 23 | 0.74 | - | 26.25s | 57.24s | 1:32.50 |  | 7. Kevin Clements |   United States | 2:01.51 | +5.47s | 1 |   | 0.80 | - | 26.71s | 57.70s | 1:32.46 |  | 8. Brian Johns |   Canada | 2:01.62 | +5.58s | 7 | 20 | 0.82 | - | 26.69s | 57.32s | 1:32.90 |   
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 Semi-Finals - Thursday, 24th July 18:00  |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Semi 1 18:00 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. George Bovell |   Trinidad Tobago | 1:59.86 | +2.34s | 4 | 20 | 0.81 | - | 3. | 26.05s | 55.90s | 1:30.86 |  | 2. Brian Johns |   Canada | 2:00.98 | +3.46s | 7 | 20 | 0.80 | - | 6. | 27.00s | 57.65s | 1:32.45 |  | 3. Kevin Clements |   United States | 2:01.04 | +3.52s | 5 |   | 0.80 | - | 7. | 26.77s | 57.80s | 1:32.15 |  | 4. Jani Sievinen |   Finland | 2:01.08 | +3.56s | 6 | 29 | 0.76 | - | 8. | 26.69s | 59.06s | 1:33.07 |  | 5. Cezar Badita |   Romania | 2:01.58 | +4.06s | 2 | 24 | 0.80 | - | 9. | 26.43s | 58.41s | 1:32.91 |  | 6. Vytautas Janusaitis |   Lithuania | 2:01.67 | +4.15s | 3 | 21 | 0.87 | - | 11. | 26.01s | 55.80s | 1:31.37 |  | 7. Justin Norris |   Australia | 2:02.09 | +4.57s | 8 | 23 | 0.80 | - | 14. | 26.38s | 58.78s | 1:33.52 |  | 8. Peng Wu |   China | 2:02.38 | +4.86s | 1 | 16 | 0.79 | - | 15. | 25.76s | 56.80s | 1:33.09 |   
| Semi 2 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Michael Phelps |   United States | 1:57.52 | Wrs | 4 | 18 | 0.73 | - | 1. | 25.74s | 55.38s | 1:30.32 |  | 2. Massimiliano Rosolino |   Italy | 1:59.84 | +2.32s | 5 | 25 | 0.82 | - | 2. | 26.55s | 57.94s | 1:30.86 |  | 3. Takahiro Mori |   Japan | 2:00.29 | +2.77s | 6 | 23 | 0.73 | - | 4. | 26.02s | 56.94s | 1:31.49 |  | 4. Ian Thorpe |   Australia | 2:00.42 | +2.90s | 8 | 20 | 0.84 | - | 5. | 26.09s | 57.15s | 1:33.75 |  | 5. Ous Mellouli |   Tunisia | 2:01.64 | +4.12s | 2 | 19 | 0.79 | - | 10. | 26.27s | 57.51s | 1:33.01 |  | 6. Christian Keller |   Germany | 2:01.76 | +4.24s | 3 | 30 | 0.78 | - | 12. | 25.85s | 57.90s | 1:32.69 |  | 7. Robin Francis |   Great Britain | 2:01.89 | +4.37s | 1 | 21 | 0.88 | - | 13. | 27.03s | 58.42s | 1:33.05 |  | 8. Tamas Kerekjarto |   Hungary | 2:02.81 | +5.29s | 7 | 24 | 0.63 | - | 16. | 26.14s | 57.66s | 1:33.23 |   
| Heat 11 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Michael Phelps |   United States | 1:59.71 |   | 4 | 18 | 0.75 | - | 1. | 26.52s | 55.92s | 1:30.60 |  | 2. Massimiliano Rosolino |   Italy | 2:01.24 | +1.53s | 5 | 25 | 0.84 | - | 3. | 26.90s | 58.73s | 1:32.28 |  | 3. Christian Keller |   Germany | 2:01.90 | +2.19s | 2 | 30 | 0.80 | - | 5. | 26.29s | 57.84s | 1:33.23 |  | 4. Takahiro Morita |   Japan | 2:02.02 | +2.31s | 3 |   | 0.74 | - | 7. | 26.31s | 57.35s | 1:32.56 |  | 5. Cezar Badita |   Romania | 2:02.26 | +2.55s | 8 | 24 | 0.78 | - | 10. | 26.63s | 58.87s | 1:33.54 |  | 6. Ioannis Kokkodis |   Greece | 2:02.68 | +2.97s | 1 | 22 | 0.88 | - | 19. | 27.23s | 58.26s | 1:33.65 |  | 7. Jiro Miki |   Japan | 2:02.89 | +3.18s | 7 | 20 | 0.70 | - | 22. | 26.26s | 57.47s | 1:32.86 |  | 12.Jens Kruppa |   Germany | 2:04.73 | +5.02s | 6 | 27 | 0.81 | - | 30. | 26.21s | 59.13s | 1:33.12 |  | 8. Dmytro Nazarenko |   Ukraine | 2:14.05 | +14.34s | 8 | 22 | 0.85 | - | 55. | 29.28s | 1:05.47 | 1:43.46 |   
| Heat 10 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Jani Sievinen |   Finland | 2:02.10 | +2.39s | 4 | 29 | 0.77 | - | 8. | 26.67s | 58.79s | 1:33.53 |  | 2. Ous Mellouli |   Tunisia | 2:02.19 | +2.48s | 2 | 19 | 0.82 | - | 9. | 26.39s | 57.75s | 1:33.21 |  | 3. Robin Francis |   Great Britain | 2:02.50 | +2.79s | 7 | 21 | 0.88 | - | 13. | 26.90s | 58.42s | 1:33.05 |  | 4. Ian Thorpe |   Australia | 2:02.54 | +2.83s | 5 | 20 | 0.85 | - | 14. | 26.01s | 57.80s | 1:34.83 |  | 5. Justin Norris |   Australia | 2:02.61 | +2.90s | 6 | 23 | 0.81 | - | 16. | 26.66s | 59.29s | 1:34.12 |  | 6. István Bathšzi |   Hungary | 2:02.83 | +3.12s | 3 | 24 | 0.82 | - | 21. | 27.23s | 59.05s | 1:34.16 |  | 7. Dean Kent |   New Zealand | 2:02.92 | +3.21s | 1 | 24 | 0.77 | - | 24. | 27.05s | 58.76s | 1:33.71 |   
| Heat 9 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Kevin Clements |   United States | 2:01.43 | +1.72s | 3 |   | 0.83 | - | 4. | 27.27s | 58.06s | 1:32.34 |  | 2. Vytautas Janusaitis |   Lithuania | 2:02.01 | +2.30s | 1 | 21 | 0.87 | - | 6. | 26.83s | 57.57s | 1:33.12 |  | 3. Tamas Kerekjarto |   Hungary | 2:02.32 | +2.61s | 5 | 24 | 0.66 | - | 11. | 26.04s | 57.47s | 1:33.30 |  | 4. Brian Johns |   Canada | 2:02.37 | +2.66s | 6 | 20 | 0.79 | - | 12. | 26.99s | 58.06s | 1:34.03 |  | 5. Peng Wu |   China | 2:02.54 | +2.83s | 8 | 16 | 0.83 | - | 14. | 26.20s | 57.64s | 1:33.76 |  | 6. Alessio Boggiatto |   Italy | 2:02.66 | +2.95s | 4 | 22 | 0.82 | - | 17. | 27.48s | 59.49s | 1:34.53 |  | -. Peter Mankoc |   Slovenia | DNS |   | 2 | 25 | - | - | -. |   |   |   |   
| Heat 8 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. George Bovell |   Trinidad Tobago | 2:00.94 | +1.23s | 5 | 20 | 0.85 | - | 2. | 26.54s | 56.84s | 1:31.96 |  | 2. Thiago Pereira |   Brazil | 2:02.67 | +2.96s | 8 | 17 | 0.70 | - | 18. | 26.45s | 58.08s | 1:33.42 |  | 3. Alexei Zatsepin |   Russia | 2:02.82 | +3.11s | 4 | 19 | 0.84 | - | 20. | 26.83s | 58.49s | 1:33.98 |  | 4. Igor Berezutsky |   Russia | 2:02.90 | +3.19s | 3 | 19 | 0.83 | - | 23. | 26.51s | 57.82s | 1:33.92 |  | 7. Tao Zhao |   China | 2:03.23 | +3.52s | 7 | 16 | 0.87 | - | 25. | 27.65s | 58.80s | 1:34.25 |  | 5. Kresimir Cac |   Croatia | 2:04.46 | +4.75s | 2 | 27 | 0.91 | - | 29. | 26.89s | 59.70s | 1:35.06 |  | 6. Terence Parkin |   South Africa | 2:05.66 | +5.95s | 6 | 23 | 0.78 | - | 36. | 27.61s | 59.86s | 1:35.19 |  | 7. Michael Halika |   Israel | 2:05.68 | +5.97s | 7 | 24 | 0.85 | - | 37. | 27.53s | 59.35s | 1:36.06 |  | -. Diogo Yabe |   Brazil | DSQ |   | 1 | 22 | 0.79 | - | -. |   |   |   |   
| Heat 7 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Guntars Deicmans |   Latvia | 2:03.77 | +4.06s | 3 | 20 | 0.85 | - | 26. | 26.81s | 58.79s | 1:33.94 |  | 2. Serhiy Serheyev |   Ukraine | 2:04.13 | +4.42s | 2 | 33 | 0.71 | - | 27. | 26.37s | 59.15s | 1:33.75 |  | 3. Jan Vitazka |   Czechia | 2:05.28 | +5.57s | 4 | 27 | 0.69 | - | 33. | 26.50s | 58.91s | 1:35.32 |  | 4. Carlos Sayao |   Canada | 2:05.47 | +5.76s | 5 | 20 | 0.82 | - | 34. | 27.76s | 59.40s | 1:35.90 |  | 5. Yves Platel |   Switzerland | 2:05.64 | +5.93s | 1 | 25 | 0.76 | - | 35. | 27.25s | 59.52s | 1:35.03 |  | 6. Aleksandar Miladinovski |   North Macedonia | 2:07.33 | +7.62s | 7 | 23 | 0.78 | - | 40. | 26.39s | 59.69s | 1:36.72 |  | 7. Andrew Bree |   Ireland | 2:07.90 | +8.19s | 6 | 22 | 0.77 | - | 44. | 27.75s | 1:01.95 | 1:38.22 |   
| Heat 6 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Mike Alexandrov |   Bulgaria | 2:04.36 | +4.65s | 4 | 18 | 0.73 | - | 28. | 26.65s | 58.54s | 1:34.76 |  | 2. Theo Verster |   South Africa | 2:04.85 | +5.14s | 5 | 28 | 0.73 | - | 31. | 26.11s | 59.21s | 1:35.32 |  | 3. Marko Milenkovic |   Slovenia | 2:05.17 | +5.46s | 6 | 27 | 0.79 | - | 32. | 26.80s | 58.40s | 1:35.05 |  | 4. Miguel Molina |   Philippines | 2:06.53 | +6.82s | 2 | 19 | 0.69 | - | 38. | 27.32s | 59.96s | 1:36.51 |  | 5. Paulius Andrijauskas |   Lithuania | 2:06.95 | +7.24s | 3 | 18 | 0.83 | - | 39. | 26.83s | 58.72s | 1:35.50 |  | 6. Oleg Pukhnatiy |   Uzbekistan | 2:07.54 | +7.83s | 7 | 28 | 0.82 | - | 41. | 27.09s | 59.59s | 1:35.98 |  | 7. Ugur Orel Oral |   Turkey | 2:07.84 | +8.13s | 1 | 23 | 0.76 | - | 43. | 27.85s | 1:01.56 | 1:38.15 |  | 8. Andrew MacKay |   Cayman Islands | 2:11.15 | +11.44s | 8 | 17 | 0.63 | - | 48. | 28.95s | 1:01.84 | 1:40.36 |   
| Heat 5 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Malick Fall |   Senegal | 2:07.65 | +7.94s | 6 | 17 | 0.87 | - | 42. | 27.56s | 1:01.41 | 1:36.89 |  | 2. Raouf Benabid |   Algeria | 2:09.82 | +10.11s | 2 | 17 | 0.79 | - | 45. | 27.01s | 1:00.19 | 1:40.14 |  | 3. Francisco Picasso |   Uruguay | 2:10.25 | +10.54s | 4 | 21 | 0.81 | - | 46. | 28.25s | 1:01.50 | 1:39.62 |  | 4. Kunakorn Yimsomruay |   Thailand | 2:11.05 | +11.34s | 1 | 18 | 0.73 | - | 47. | 28.69s | 1:02.26 | 1:40.22 |  | 5. David Cartin |   Costa Rica | 2:11.31 | +11.60s | 7 |   | 0.81 | - | 49. | 28.01s | 1:03.23 | 1:40.85 |  | 6. Marcos Burgos |   Chile | 2:11.86 | +12.15s | 8 | 28 | 0.76 | - | 50. | 28.54s | 1:03.88 | 1:41.57 |  | 7. Georgios Dimitriadis |   Cyprus | 2:11.87 | +12.16s | 3 | 22 | 0.82 | - | 51. | 27.69s | 1:00.63 | 1:40.47 |  | 8. Yi-Khy Saw |   Malaysia | 2:11.88 | +12.17s | 5 | 17 | 0.80 | - | 52. | 29.07s | 1:03.18 | 1:41.14 |   
| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Khaly Ciss |   Senegal | 2:11.97 | +12.26s | 4 |   | 0.86 | - | 53. | 28.76s | 1:02.06 | 1:40.80 |  | 2. Rehan Jehangir Poncha |   India | 2:12.75 | +13.04s | 6 | 16 | 0.95 | - | 54. | 28.88s | 1:02.94 | 1:41.86 |  | 3. Carlos Melendez |   El Salvador | 2:14.80 | +15.09s | 3 |   | 0.78 | - | 56. | 27.92s | 1:05.70 | 1:44.83 |  | 4. Jonathan Mauri |   Costa Rica | 2:14.92 | +15.21s | 1 |   | 0.84 | - | 58. | 29.74s | 1:04.30 | 1:44.43 |  | 5. Obaid Ahmed Obaid Saleh Aljasmi |   UA Emirates | 2:17.02 | +17.31s | 7 | 21 | 0.91 | - | 63. | 29.56s | 1:06.67 | 1:45.79 |  | 6. James Walsh |   Philippines | 2:17.22 | +17.51s | 2 | 16 | 0.75 | - | 65. | 28.49s | 1:02.56 | 1:45.36 |  | 7. Aung Kyaw Moe |   Myanmar | 2:29.15 | +29.44s | 5 |   | 0.80 | - | 74. | 28.94s | 1:08.81 | 1:54.00 |  | -. Jean Razakarivony |   Madagascar | DNS |   | 8 | 27 | - | - | -. |   |   |   |   
| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Youssef Hafdi |   Marocco | 2:14.81 | +15.10s | 3 | 16 | 0.84 | - | 57. | 30.95s | 1:06.10 | 1:44.18 |  | 2. Rainui Teriipaia |   Tahiti | 2:15.86 | +16.15s | 2 | 20 | 0.79 | - | 60. | 29.18s | 1:05.36 | 1:44.34 |  | 3. Dean Palacios |   Northern Marianas | 2:16.56 | +16.85s | 5 |   | 0.82 | - | 61. | 29.41s | 1:05.08 | 1:44.51 |  | 4. Roy Felipe Barahona Fuentes |   Honduras | 2:16.91 | +17.20s | 8 | 17 | 0.71 | - | 62. | 29.69s | 1:06.64 | 1:45.74 |  | 4. Sergey Tsoy |   Uzbekistan | 2:18.65 | +18.94s | 4 | 17 | 0.93 | - | 66. | 28.24s | 1:03.05 | 1:45.79 |  | 6. Marc Pascal Pierre Dansou |   Benin | 2:20.29 | +20.58s | 6 | 19 | 0.83 | - | 68. | 29.09s | 1:06.41 | 1:47.39 |  | 7. Seung Gin Lee |   Northern Marianas | 2:20.56 | +20.85s | 7 | 18 | 0.79 | - | 69. | 30.67s | 1:05.85 | 1:47.65 |  | 8. Daniel Kang |   Guam | 2:25.12 | +25.41s | 1 |   | 0.77 | - | 72. | 30.40s | 1:09.06 | 1:49.82 |   
| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Kevin Hensley |   US Virgin Islands | 2:15.74 | +16.03s | 4 | 18 | 0.64 | - | 59. | 28.66s | 1:04.68 | 1:43.38 |  | 2. Kenny Roberts |   Seychelles | 2:17.10 | +17.39s | 5 | 25 | 0.78 | - | 64. | 28.54s | 1:04.38 | 1:45.88 |  | 3. Joao Matias |   Angola | 2:18.77 | +19.06s | 7 | 16 | 0.76 | - | 67. | 28.29s | 1:05.00 | 1:46.08 |  | 4. Fernando Medrano |   Nicaragua | 2:24.61 | +24.90s | 3 | 15 | 0.67 | - | 70. | 29.07s | 1:06.25 | 1:50.52 |  | 5. Hei Meng Lao |   Macau | 2:24.81 | +25.10s | 1 | 15 | 0.81 | - | 71. | 30.92s | 1:11.16 | 1:51.09 |  | 6. Ahmed Ouattara Zie |   Ivory Coast | 2:40.79 | +41.08s | 6 |   | 0.84 | - | 78. | 29.56s | 1:10.58 | 1:58.63 |  | -. Nuno Miguel Rola |   Angola | DNS |   | 2 | 19 | - | - | -. |   |   |   |   
| Heat 1 09:00 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Yann Kausan |   Tahiti | 2:27.33 | +27.62s | 6 |   | 0.84 | - | 73. | 28.32s | 1:07.38 | 1:52.84 |  | 2. Kin-Vincent Duenas |   Guam | 2:30.84 | +31.13s | 4 | 17 | 0.75 | - | 75. | 30.23s | 1:08.57 | 1:57.12 |  | 3. Chisela Kanchela |   Zambia | 2:31.15 | +31.44s | 5 | 16 | 0.80 | - | 76. | 31.29s | 1:15.97 | 1:55.79 |  | 4. Muzeya Muzyamba |   Zambia | 2:32.18 | +32.47s | 3 | 18 | 0.75 | - | 77. | 29.61s | 1:09.00 | 1:56.74 |   
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