The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 2 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: The following record was established during the competition: Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT).

[5][6] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 1:58.53 for this event.

The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final.

Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.