The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2018.

[1] Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The following new records were set during this competition: The heats were started at 11:05.

[2] The final was held at 19:00.

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