| Event: | Men's 200m Breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2010 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 17 December 2010 |
| Competitors: | 57 |
| Win Value: | 2:03.12 |
| Gold: | Naoya Tomita |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Dániel Gyurta |
| Silvernoc: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Brenton Rickard |
| Bronzenoc: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2012 |
The Men's 200 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 December. 57 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning,[1] with the top-8 finishers advancing to the Final in the evening.[2]
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | Dániel Gyurta | align=left | 2:00.67 | Istanbul | 13 December 2009 | ||
| CR | align=left | 2:04.98 | 9 October 2004 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 December 2010 | Heats | 2:04.46 | CR | ||||
| 17 December 2010 | Final | 2:03.12 | CR |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 4 | 2:04.46 | Q, CR | |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | 2:04.93 | Q | |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 2:05.00 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | 2:05.14 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 2:05.80 | Q | |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | 2:05.84 | Q | |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 2:06.00 | Q | |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | 2:06.36 | Q | |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | 2:06.39 | ||
| 10 | 6 | 5 | 2:06.78 | ||
| 11 | 8 | 2 | 2:07.10 | ||
| 12 | 6 | 7 | 2:07.25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | 8 | 2:07.38 | ||
| 14 | 8 | 1 | 2:07.62 | ||
| 15 | 5 | 7 | 2:07.89 | ||
| 16 | 8 | 5 | 2:08.01 | ||
| 17 | 6 | 8 | 2:08.03 | ||
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 2:08.35 | ||
| 19 | 6 | 2 | 2:08.96 | ||
| 20 | 7 | 8 | 2:09.15 | ||
| 20 | 8 | 6 | 2:09.15 | ||
| 22 | 8 | 7 | 2:09.25 | ||
| 23 | 7 | 1 | 2:09.36 | ||
| 24 | 7 | 6 | 2:09.52 | ||
| 25 | 7 | 7 | 2:09.94 | ||
| 26 | 6 | 3 | 2:10.71 | ||
| 27 | 5 | 6 | 2:10.92 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 5 | 2:11.49 | ||
| 29 | 5 | 1 | 2:12.39 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 6 | 2:12.63 | ||
| 31 | 5 | 5 | 2:13.71 | ||
| 32 | 4 | 3 | 2:14.26 | ||
| 32 | 5 | 3 | 2:14.26 | ||
| 34 | 4 | 4 | 2:14.39 | ||
| 35 | 2 | 5 | 2:14.68 | ||
| 36 | 5 | 2 | 2:15.98 | ||
| 37 | 4 | 8 | 2:16.28 | ||
| 38 | 5 | 8 | 2:20.57 | ||
| 39 | 3 | 3 | 2:20.93 | ||
| 40 | 4 | 7 | 2:21.34 | ||
| 41 | 3 | 5 | 2:21.54 | ||
| 41 | 4 | 2 | 2:21.54 | ||
| 43 | 3 | 7 | 2:22.33 | ||
| 44 | 2 | 6 | 2:22.45 | ||
| 45 | 3 | 6 | 2:22.48 | ||
| 46 | 3 | 2 | 2:23.54 | ||
| 47 | 3 | 4 | 2:23.87 | ||
| 48 | 3 | 8 | 2:27.29 | ||
| 49 | 2 | 4 | 2:30.69 | ||
| 50 | 1 | 5 | 2:30.86 | ||
| 51 | 2 | 3 | 2:37.76 | ||
| 52 | 2 | 2 | 2:40.83 | ||
| 53 | 1 | 4 | 2:51.27 | ||
| 54 | 2 | 7 | 2:52.78 | ||
| – | 1 | 3 | DNS | ||
| – | 3 | 1 | DSQ | ||
| – | 4 | 1 | DSQ | ||
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2:03.12 | CR | ||
| 4 | 2:03.47 | |||
| 1 | 2:04.33 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 2:05.15 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 2:05.15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 2:05.28 | ||
| 7 | 8 | 2:05.68 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 2:05.86 | ||