| Event: | Men's 200m Freestyle |
| Competition: | 2010 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 15 December 2010 |
| Competitors: | 78 |
| Win Value: | 1:41.08 |
| Gold: | Ryan Lochte |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Danila Izotov |
| Silvernoc: | RUS |
| Bronze: | Oussama Mellouli |
| Bronzenoc: | TUN |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2012 |
The Men's 200 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 15 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 78 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning,[1] with the top-8 finishers advanced to the final that evening.[2]
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | Paul Biedermann | align=left | 1:39.37 | 15 November 2009 | |||
| CR | align=left | 1:43.28 | 1 April 1999 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 December 2010 | Heats | 1:42.38 | CR | ||||
| 15 December 2010 | Final | Ryan Lochte | 1:41.08 | CR |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 5 | 1:42.38 | Q, CR | ||
| 2 | 8 | 5 | 1:42.41 | Q | ||
| 3 | 9 | 3 | 1:42.59 | Q | ||
| 4 | 9 | 5 | 1:42.73 | Q | ||
| 5 | 9 | 7 | 1:42.98 | Q | ||
| 6 | 9 | 4 | 1:43.05 | Q | ||
| 7 | 8 | 4 | 1:43.20 | Q | ||
| 8 | 9 | 2 | 1:43.25 | Q | ||
| 9 | 8 | 6 | 1:43.29 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 3 | 1:43.51 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 5 | 1:43.63 | |||
| 12 | 10 | 6 | 1:43.82 | |||
| 13 | 9 | 6 | 1:44.00 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 4 | 1:44.21 | |||
| 15 | 8 | 2 | 1:44.29 | |||
| 16 | 10 | 8 | 1:44.65 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 6 | 1:44.82 | |||
| 18 | 8 | 3 | 1:45.14 | |||
| 19 | 10 | 7 | 1:45.16 | |||
| 20 | 9 | 1 | 1:45.52 | |||
| 21 | 6 | 5 | 1:46.12 | |||
| 22 | 6 | 2 | 1:46.55 | |||
| 23 | 10 | 1 | 1:46.60 | |||
| 24 | 7 | 2 | 1:46.83 | |||
| 25 | 1 | 3 | 1:47.26 | |||
| 26 | 8 | 7 | 1:47.48 | |||
| 27 | 7 | 1 | 1:47.51 | |||
| 28 | 10 | 2 | 1:47.66 | |||
| 29 | 4 | 8 | 1:47.91 | |||
| 30 | 8 | 8 | 1:48.42 | |||
| 31 | 7 | 6 | 1:48.73 | |||
| 32 | 7 | 5 | 1:48.95 | |||
| 33 | 8 | 1 | 1:49.01 | |||
| 34 | 6 | 7 | 1:49.09 | |||
| 35 | 9 | 8 | 1:49.47 | |||
| 36 | 7 | 8 | 1:49.59 | |||
| 37 | 1 | 2 | 1:49.69 | |||
| 38 | 6 | 4 | 1:49.86 | |||
| 39 | 6 | 1 | 1:49.96 | |||
| 40 | 5 | 3 | 1:50.09 | |||
| 41 | 7 | 3 | 1:50.59 | |||
| 42 | 6 | 6 | 1:50.68 | |||
| 43 | 7 | 4 | 1:50.94 | |||
| 44 | 5 | 4 | 1:51.29 | |||
| 45 | 6 | 3 | 1:51.94 | |||
| 46 | 5 | 6 | 1:52.31 | |||
| 47 | 7 | 7 | 1:52.90 | |||
| 48 | 5 | 1 | 1:53.10 | |||
| 49 | 4 | 2 | 1:53.64 | |||
| 50 | 3 | 2 | 1:54.32 | |||
| 51 | 6 | 8 | 1:54.47 | |||
| 52 | 3 | 4 | 1:54.78 | |||
| 52 | 4 | 1 | 1:54.78 | |||
| 54 | 4 | 4 | 1:55.10 | |||
| 55 | 5 | 8 | 1:55.31 | |||
| 56 | 5 | 2 | 1:55.38 | |||
| 57 | 4 | 3 | 1:55.46 | |||
| 58 | 5 | 7 | 1:56.00 | |||
| 59 | 4 | 6 | 1:56.42 | |||
| 60 | 5 | 5 | 1:56.47 | |||
| 61 | 3 | 5 | 1:57.26 | |||
| 62 | 3 | 6 | 1:57.97 | |||
| 63 | 4 | 7 | 1:58.12 | |||
| 64 | 3 | 7 | 1:58.36 | |||
| 65 | 3 | 3 | 1:59.95 | |||
| 66 | 3 | 1 | 2:01.96 | |||
| 67 | 3 | 8 | 2:03.07 | |||
| 68 | 2 | 6 | 2:03.46 | |||
| 69 | 2 | 4 | 2:03.63 | |||
| 70 | 2 | 2 | 2:05.77 | |||
| 71 | 2 | 5 | 2:06.12 | |||
| 72 | 2 | 3 | 2:06.70 | |||
| 73 | 1 | 7 | 2:07.87 | |||
| 74 | 2 | 7 | 2:08.95 | |||
| 75 | 2 | 8 | 2:16.64 | |||
| 76 | 1 | 4 | 2:46.11 | |||
| 77 | 2 | 1 | 2:50.93 | |||
| 4 | 5 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ryan Lochte | 1:41.08 | CR | |||
| 1 | Danila Izotov | 1:41.70 | ||||
| 5 | Oussama Mellouli | 1:42.02 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Nikita Lobintsev | 1:42.03 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Paul Biedermann | 1:42.19 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Paweł Korzeniowski | 1:42.73 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | 1:42.96 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Shaune Fraser | 1:43.91 |