| Event: | Men's 200m Backstroke |
| Competition: | 2010 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 19 December 2010 |
| Competitors: | 51 |
| Win Value: | 1:46.68 |
| Gold: | Ryan Lochte |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Tyler Clary |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Markus Rogan |
| Bronzenoc: | AUT |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2012 |
See main article: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).
The Men's 200 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was swum 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 51 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning,[1] with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim again in the Final that evening.[2]
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | Arkady Vyatchanin | align=left | 1:46.11 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 | ||
| CR | align=left | 1:47.84 | 13 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1:50.25 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | 3 | 1:50.82 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 1:51.63 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 1:51.82 | Q | |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 1:51.85 | Q | |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1:51.90 | Q | |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | 1:52.02 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 1:52.15 | Q, NR | |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | 1:52.34 | SA | |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | 1:52.62 | ||
| 11 | 5 | 5 | 1:52.77 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 1:53.65 | ||
| 13 | 7 | 6 | 1:54.07 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 4 | 1:54.23 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 3 | 1:54.65 | ||
| 16 | 5 | 7 | 1:54.82 | ||
| 17 | 7 | 7 | 1:55.67 | ||
| 18 | 7 | 2 | 1:56.24 | ||
| 19 | 7 | 1 | 1:56.36 | NR | |
| 20 | 7 | 8 | 1:56.77 | ||
| 21 | 6 | 1 | 1:57.05 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 8 | 1:58.28 | ||
| 23 | 5 | 1 | 1:59.00 | ||
| 24 | 5 | 8 | 1:59.12 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 4 | 1:59.42 | ||
| 26 | 3 | 5 | 1:59.57 | ||
| 27 | 1 | 5 | 1:59.65 | ||
| 28 | 6 | 8 | 1:59.97 | ||
| 29 | 4 | 6 | 2:00.08 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 7 | 2:00.92 | ||
| 31 | 4 | 5 | 2:01.66 | ||
| 32 | 3 | 7 | 2:02.52 | ||
| 33 | 3 | 3 | 2:02.95 | ||
| 34 | 4 | 2 | 2:04.19 | ||
| 35 | 3 | 2 | 2:04.26 | ||
| 36 | 4 | 3 | 2:04.89 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 3 | 2:04.99 | ||
| 38 | 6 | 7 | 2:06.25 | ||
| 39 | 3 | 8 | 2:06.30 | ||
| 40 | 2 | 4 | 2:06.61 | ||
| 41 | 3 | 1 | 2:07.01 | ||
| 42 | 2 | 5 | 2:07.18 | ||
| 43 | 2 | 6 | 2:07.60 | ||
| 44 | 3 | 6 | 2:08.65 | ||
| 45 | 2 | 2 | 2:08.92 | ||
| 46 | 2 | 7 | 2:11.11 | ||
| – | 2 | 1 | DNS | ||
| – | 2 | 8 | DNS | ||
| – | 4 | 1 | DNS | ||
| – | 5 | 6 | DNS | ||
| – | 6 | 2 | DNS | ||
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:46.68 | CR | |||
| 5 | 1:49.09 | ||||
| 6 | 1:49.96 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 1:50.01 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1:50.18 | |||
| 6 | 7 | 1:50.90 | |||
| 7 | 8 | 1:52.56 | |||
| – | 1 | DSQ |