| Event: | Men's 200m Backstroke |
| Competition: | 2012 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 16 December (heats and final) |
| Win Value: | 1:48.48 |
| Gold: | Radosław Kawęcki |
| Goldnoc: | POL |
| Silver: | Ryan Lochte |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Ryan Murphy |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2014 |
See main article: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).
The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Arkady Vyatchanin | align=left | 1:46.11 | 15 November 2009 | |||
| Championship record | align=left | 1:46.68 | 19 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.
| 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 |
The final was held at 19:11.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  | 1:48.48 | NR | |||
| 4 |  | 1:48.50 | ||||
| 5 | | 1:48.86 | ||||
| 4 | 7 |  | 1:51.00 | |||
| 5 | 2 |  | 1:51.24 | |||
| 6 | 6 |  | 1:51.51 | |||
| 7 | 1 | | 1:52.09 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 1:52.48 |