| Competition | 1986 World Aquatics Championships | 
|---|---|
| Venue | Madrid | 
| Held | — | 
| Status | Medal | 
| Competitors | 49 | 
| Countries | 36 | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Preliminary Round | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Tamás Darnyi | 2:04.18 (1 h1) | 2:01.57 (1 FA) | |||
| 🥈 | Alex Baumann | 2:05.35 (6 h1) | 2:02.34 (2 FA) | |||
| 🥉 | Vadim Yaroshchuk | 2:04.26 (2 h1) | 2:02.61 (3 FA) | |||
| 4 | Peter Bermel | 2:04.79 (4 h1) | 2:03.75 (4 FA) | |||
| 5 | Pablo Morales | 2:05.20 (5 h1) | 2:03.88 (5 FA) | |||
| 6 | Neil Cochran | 2:05.55 (=7 h1) | 2:03.98 (6 FA) | |||
| 7 | Josef Hladky | 2:05.55 (=7 h1) | 2:04.10 (7 FA) | |||
| 8 | Rainer Sternal | 2:04.75 (3 h1) | 2:04.38 (8 FA) | |||
| 9 | Rob Woodhouse | 2:06.16 (12 h1) | 2:05.81 (1 FB) | |||
| 10 | Charalampos Papanikolaou | 2:06.62 (13 h1) | 2:06.18 (2 FB) | |||
| 11 | Ralf Diegel | 2:05.77 (9 h1) | 2:06.38 (3 FB) | |||
| 12 | Dave Wharton | 2:07.03 (15 h1) | 2:06.41 (4 FB) | |||
| 13 | Aleksandr Sidorenko | 2:05.99 (11 h1) | 2:06.42 (5 FB) | |||
| 14 | Giovanni Franceschi | 2:05.83 (10 h1) | 2:06.66 (6 FB) | |||
| 15 | Bruno Gutzeit | 2:07.86 (19 h1) | 2:08.10 (7 FB) | |||
| 16 | Peter Rohde | 2:07.09 (16 h1) | 2:09.29 (8 FB) | |||
| 17 | Anders Peterson | 2:06.78 (14 h1) | — | |||
| 18 | John Davey | 2:07.30 (17 h1) | — | |||
| 19 | Raik Hannemann | 2:07.52 (18 h1) | — | |||
| 20 | Roberto Cassio | 2:08.11 (20 h1) | — | |||
| 21 | Rodrigo González | 2:08.75 (21 h1) | — | |||
| 22 | Rob Chernoff | 2:09.42 (22 h1) | — | |||
| 23 | József Szabó | 2:09.45 (23 h1) | — | |||
| 24 | Vasco Sousa | 2:10.23 (24 h1) | — | |||
| 25 | Edsard Schlingemann | 2:10.53 (25 h1) | — | |||
| 26 | Eyal Shtigman | 2:10.94 (26 h1) | — | |||
| 27 | Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson | 2:10.95 (27 h1) | — | |||
| 28 | Júlio López | 2:11.56 (28 h1) | — | |||
| 29 | Rui Borges | 2:12.45 (29 h1) | — | |||
| 30 | Manuel Guzmán | 2:13.10 (30 h1) | — | |||
| 31 | Harri Garmendia | 2:13.11 (31 h1) | — | |||
| 32 | Benny Nielsen | 2:13.14 (32 h1) | — | |||
| 33 | David Lim | 2:13.32 (33 h1) | — | |||
| 34 | Sergio López | 2:13.49 (34 h1) | — | |||
| 35 | Brent Foster | 2:13.51 (35 h1) | — | |||
| 36 | Manuel Gutiérrez | 2:13.84 (36 h1) | — | |||
| 37 | Janne Soininen | 2:14.65 (37 h1) | — | |||
| 38 | Ahmet Nakkaş | 2:15.91 (38 h1) | — | |||
| 39 | Declan Connaughton | 2:16.06 (39 h1) | — | |||
| 40 | Pavel Bello | 2:17.03 (40 h1) | — | |||
| 41 | Emad El-Shafei | 2:17.16 (41 h1) | — | |||
| 42 | Marc Seimetz | 2:18.37 (42 h1) | — | |||
| 43 | Danilo Vicioso | 2:18.60 (43 h1) | — | |||
| 44 | Samir Bouchlaghem | 2:18.96 (44 h1) | — | |||
| 45 | Darryl Smith | 2:19.27 (45 h1) | — | |||
| 46 | Juan Cabrera | 2:19.33 (46 h1) | — | |||
| 47 | Lin Lee-Ta | 2:19.59 (47 h1) | — | |||
| 48 | Lee Shih-Hung | 2:21.80 (48 h1) | — | |||
| 49 | Jaime Lipszyc | 2:30.97 (49 h1) | — | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamás Darnyi | 2:01.57 | ||
| 2 | Alex Baumann | 2:02.34 | ||
| 3 | Vadim Yaroshchuk | 2:02.61 | ||
| 4 | Peter Bermel | 2:03.75 | ||
| 5 | Pablo Morales | 2:03.88 | ||
| 6 | Neil Cochran | 2:03.98 | ||
| 7 | Josef Hladky | 2:04.10 | ||
| 8 | Rainer Sternal | 2:04.38 | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Woodhouse | 2:05.81 | ||
| 2 | Charalampos Papanikolaou | 2:06.18 | ||
| 3 | Ralf Diegel | 2:06.38 | ||
| 4 | Dave Wharton | 2:06.41 | ||
| 5 | Aleksandr Sidorenko | 2:06.42 | ||
| 6 | Giovanni Franceschi | 2:06.66 | ||
| 7 | Bruno Gutzeit | 2:08.10 | ||
| 8 | Peter Rohde | 2:09.29 |