Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 200 metre butterfly - 200 metre butterfly World Champions, men

1973 Robin Backhaus
1975 William Forrester
1978 Mike Bruner
1982 Michael Groß
1986 Michael Groß
1991 Melvin Stewart
1994 Denis Pankratov
1998 Denys Sylantyev
2001 Michael Phelps
2003 Michael Phelps
2005 Paweł Korzeniowski
2007 Michael Phelps
2009 Michael Phelps
2011 Michael Phelps