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

1973 Jim Montgomery
1975 Timothy Shaw
1978 William Forrester
1982 Michael Groß
1986 Michael Groß
1991 Giorgio Lamberti
1994 Antti Kasvio
1998 Michael Klim
2001 Ian Thorpe
2003 Ian Thorpe
2005 Michael Phelps
2007 Michael Phelps
2009 Paul Biedermann
2011 Ryan Lochte