| Event: | Men's 200m Freestyle |
| Competition: | 2012 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 12 December (heats and final) |
| Win Value: | 1:41.92 |
| Gold: | Ryan Lochte |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Paul Biedermann |
| Silvernoc: | GER |
| Bronze: | Conor Dwyer |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2014 |
See main article: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 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 | Paul Biedermann | align=left | 1:39.37 | 15 November 2009 | |||
| Championship record | align=left | 1:41.08 | 15 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.
88 swimmers participated in 10 heats.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 6 | 1:42.41 | Q | ||
| 2 | 9 | 5 | 1:43.98 | Q | ||
| 3 | 10 | 4 | 1:44.05 | Q | ||
| 4 | 10 | 6 | 1:44.13 | Q | ||
| 5 | 9 | 4 | 1:44.33 | Q | ||
| 6 | 10 | 3 | 1:44.61 | Q | ||
| 7 | 10 | 5 | 1:44.84 | Q | ||
| 7 | 10 | 7 | 1:44.84 | Q, NR | ||
| 9 | 8 | 0 | 1:44.89 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 9 | 1:44.91 | |||
| 11 | 9 | 3 | 1:44.92 | |||
| 12 | 10 | 1 | 1:44.97 | |||
| 13 | 8 | 5 | 1:45.11 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 7 | 1:45.13 | |||
| 15 | 10 | 2 | 1:45.15 | |||
| 16 | 7 | 3 | 1:45.19 | |||
| 17 | 9 | 8 | 1:45.45 | |||
| 18 | 9 | 1 | 1:45.56 | |||
| 19 | 8 | 9 | 1:45.60 | |||
| 20 | 8 | 4 | 1:45.67 | |||
| 20 | 8 | 1 | 1:45.67 | |||
| 22 | 8 | 2 | 1:45.86 | |||
| 23 | 8 | 6 | 1:45.87 | |||
| 24 | 9 | 2 | 1:46.09 | |||
| 25 | 8 | 8 | 1:46.90 | |||
| 26 | 7 | 5 | 1:46.92 | |||
| 27 | 9 | 0 | 1:47.02 | |||
| 28 | 8 | 3 | 1:47.24 | |||
| 29 | 9 | 9 | 1:47.27 | |||
| 30 | 7 | 4 | 1:47.35 | |||
| 31 | 10 | 8 | 1:47.54 | |||
| 32 | 9 | 7 | 1:47.95 | |||
| 33 | 7 | 6 | 1:48.68 | |||
| 34 | 7 | 7 | 1:48.86 | |||
| 35 | 7 | 1 | 1:48.87 | |||
| 36 | 6 | 5 | < | -- Commented out: --> Esteban Enderica (ECU) | 1:49.10 | |
| 37 | 6 | 3 | 1:49.11 | |||
| 38 | 1 | 4 | 1:49.37 | |||
| 39 | 10 | 0 | 1:49.43 | |||
| 40 | 5 | 6 | 1:50.93 | |||
| 41 | 7 | 0 | 1:50.94 | |||
| 42 | 4 | 4 | 1:51.24 | NR | ||
| 43 | 7 | 2 | 1:51.44 | |||
| 44 | 6 | 2 | 1:51.55 | |||
| 45 | 8 | 7 | 1:51.80 | |||
| 46 | 6 | 1 | 1:51.88 | NR | ||
| 47 | 6 | 8 | 1:52.22 | |||
| 48 | 7 | 8 | 1:52.36 | |||
| 49 | 6 | 6 | 1:52.64 | |||
| 50 | 7 | 9 | 1:52.70 | |||
| 51 | 6 | 7 | 1:52.86 | |||
| 52 | 2 | 0 | 1:53.33 | NR | ||
| 53 | 5 | 5 | 1:53.34 | |||
| 54 | 6 | 9 | 1:53.46 | NR | ||
| 55 | 2 | 8 | 1:53.57 | NR | ||
| 56 | 2 | 1 | 1:54.18 | |||
| 57 | 5 | 4 | 1:54.55 | |||
| 58 | 6 | 0 | 1:54.84 | |||
| 59 | 4 | 7 | 1:54.89 | |||
| 60 | 5 | 3 | 1:55.46 | |||
| 61 | 5 | 9 | 1:55.48 | |||
| 62 | 6 | 4 | 1:55.70 | |||
| 63 | 5 | 8 | 1:55.82 | |||
| 64 | 4 | 3 | 1:56.01 | |||
| 65 | 4 | 5 | 1:57.07 | |||
| 66 | 5 | 0 | 1:57.20 | |||
| 67 | 4 | 6 | 1:57.30 | |||
| 68 | 4 | 8 | 1:57.54 | |||
| 69 | 3 | 5 | 1:58.41 | |||
| 70 | 3 | 4 | 1:58.95 | |||
| 71 | 5 | 2 | 1:59.36 | |||
| 72 | 5 | 7 | 1:59.89 | |||
| 73 | 5 | 1 | 2:00.16 | |||
| 74 | 4 | 0 | 2:00.74 | |||
| 75 | 4 | 1 | 2.00.15 | |||
| 76 | 4 | 9 | 2:00.82 | |||
| 77 | 3 | 6 | 2:04.42 | |||
| 78 | 4 | 2 | 2:04.72 | |||
| 79 | 3 | 3 | 2:05.34 | |||
| 80 | 3 | 7 | 2:07.02 | |||
| 81 | 3 | 0 | 2:09.02 | |||
| 82 | 3 | 1 | 2:09.36 | |||
| 83 | 3 | 9 | 2:10.11 | |||
| 84 | 2 | 5 | 2:10.19 | |||
| 85 | 3 | 2 | 2:10.26 | |||
| 86 | 1 | 5 | 2:10.52 | |||
| 87 | 2 | 6 | 2:21.27 | |||
| 88 | 2 | 4 | 2:24.20 | |||
| 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 8 |
The final was held at 19:00.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  | 1:41.92 | ||||
| 3 | 1:42.07 | |||||
| 7 | | 1:43.78 | ||||
| 4 | 2 |  | 1:44.04 | |||
| 5 | 8 | 1:44.24 | NR | |||
| 6 | 6 |  | 1:44.55 | |||
| 7 | 5 |  | 1:44.68 | |||
| 8 | 1 | 1:45.38 |