2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
No new records were set during this competition.Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | | 1:49.71 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | | 1:50.60 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | | 1:50.92 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | | 1:51.20 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | | 1:51.33 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | | 1:51.38 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | | 1:51.68 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | | 1:52.25 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | | 1:52.44 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | | 1:52.74 | |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | | 1:52.94 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | | 1:53.08 | |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | | 1:53.36 | |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | | 1:53.40 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | | 1:53.66 | |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | | 1:53.84 | |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | | 1:54.70 | |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | | 1:55.63 | |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | | 1:55.68 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | | 1:55.83 | |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | | 1:55.83 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | | 1:55.91 | |
| 23 | 4 | 0 | | 1:56.49 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | | 1:56.53 | NR |
| 25 | 4 | 1 | | 1:56.79 | |
| 26 | 3 | 0 | | 1:57.78 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | | 1:58.06 | |
| 28 | 5 | 1 | | 1:58.21 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | | 1:58.91 | |
| 30 | 3 | 2 | | 1:59.06 | |
| 31 | 5 | 9 | | 2:00.58 | |
| 32 | 3 | 9 | | 2:02.30 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | | 2:03.67 | NR |
| 34 | 2 | 5 | | 2:04.00 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | | 2:08.25 | |
| 36 | 2 | 4 | | 2:09.55 | |
| 37 | 2 | 2 | | 2:11.37 | |
| 38 | 2 | 7 | | 2:25.92 | |
| 39 | 2 | 1 | | 2:27.19 | |
| 1 | 4 | | | |
| 5 | 5 | | | |
Final
The final was held at 19:11.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Radosław Kawęcki | POL | 1:48.48 | NR |
| 4 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:48.50 | |
| 5 | Ryan Murphy | USA | 1:48.86 | |
| 4 | 7 | Kosuke Hagino | JPN | 1:51.00 | |
| 5 | 2 | Péter Bernek | HUN | 1:51.24 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ashley Delaney | AUS | 1:51.51 | |
| 7 | 1 | Travis Mahoney | AUS | 1:52.09 | |
| 8 | 8 | Christian Diener | GER | 1:52.48 | |
