2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle


The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships took place 12 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordPaul Biedermann1:39.37Berlin15 November 2009
Championship recordRyan Lochte1:41.08Dubai15 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

88 swimmers participated in 10 heats.
RankHeatLaneNameTimeNotes
1961:42.41Q
2951:43.98Q
31041:44.05Q
41061:44.13Q
5941:44.33Q
61031:44.61Q
71051:44.84Q
71071:44.84Q, NR
9801:44.89
101091:44.91
11931:44.92
121011:44.97
13851:45.11
14271:45.13
151021:45.15
16731:45.19
17981:45.45
18911:45.56
19891:45.60
20841:45.67
20811:45.67
22821:45.86
23861:45.87
24921:46.09
25881:46.90
26751:46.92
27901:47.02
28831:47.24
29991:47.27
30741:47.35
311081:47.54
32971:47.95
33761:48.68
34771:48.86
35711:48.87
3665Esteban Enderica 1:49.10
37631:49.11
38141:49.37
391001:49.43
40561:50.93
41701:50.94
42441:51.24NR
43721:51.44
44621:51.55
45871:51.80
46611:51.88NR
47681:52.22
48781:52.36
49661:52.64
50791:52.70
51671:52.86
52201:53.33NR
53551:53.34
54691:53.46NR
55281:53.57NR
56211:54.18
57541:54.55
58601:54.84
59471:54.89
60531:55.46
61591:55.48
62641:55.70
63581:55.82
64431:56.01
65451:57.07
66501:57.20
67461:57.30
68481:57.54
69351:58.41
70341:58.95
71521:59.36
72571:59.89
73512:00.16
74402:00.74
75412.00.15
76492:00.82
77362:04.42
78422:04.72
79332:05.34
80372:07.02
81302:09.02
82312:09.36
83392:10.11
84252:10.19
85322:10.26
86152:10.52
87262:21.27
88242:24.20
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22
23
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Final

The final was held at 19:00.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Ryan LochteUSA1:41.92
3Paul BiedermannGER1:42.07
7Conor DwyerUSA1:43.78
42Jarrod KilleyAUS1:44.04
58Ben HockinPAR1:44.24NR
66Matthew StanleyNZL1:44.55
75Viatcheslav AndrusenkoRUS1:44.68
81Dimitri ColupaevGER1:45.38