Swimming World Championships Men: 200 m Butterfly Year Location 2011 Shanghai (chn) 2009 Roma (ita) Michael Phelps (usa) Pawel Korzeniowski (pol) Takeshi Matsuda (jpn) 2007 Melbourne (aus) Michael Phelps (usa) Wu Peng (chn) Nikolay Skvortsov (rus) 2005 Montréal (can) Pawel Korzeniowski (pol) Takeshi Matsuda (jpn) Wu Peng (chn) 2003 Barcelona (spa) Michael Phelps (usa) Takashi Yamamoto (jpn) Thomas Malchow (usa) 2001 Fukuoka (jpn) Michael Phelps (usa) Thomas Malchow (usa) Anatoliy Poliyakov (rus) 1998 Perth (aus) Denys Sylantyev (ukr) Franck Esposito (fra) Tom Malchow (usa) 1994 Roma (ita) Denis Pankratov (rus) Danyon Loader (nzl) Chris-Carol Bremer (ger) 1991 Perth (aus) Melvin Stewart (usa) Michael Gross (ger) Tamás Darnyi (hun) 1986 Madrid (spa) Michael Gross (wge) Anthony Mosse (nzl) Benny Nielsen (den) 1982 Guayaquil (ecu) Michael Gross (wge) Sergey Fesenko (sov) Craig Beardsley (usa) 1978 West-Berlin (wge) Mike Bruner (usa) Steve Gregg (usa) Roger Pyttel (ege) 1975 Cali (col) Bill Forrester (usa) Roger Pyttel (ege) Brian Brinkley (gbr) 1973 Beograd (yug) Robin Backhaus (usa) Steve Gregg (usa) Hartmut Flöckner (ege)