# 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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, with the top-8 finishers advanced to the final that evening.
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| WR | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:39.37 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 |
| CR | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:43.28 | Hong Kong | 1 April 1999 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR |
| 15 December 2010 | Heats | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:42.38 | | CR |
| 15 December 2010 | Final | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:41.08 | | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 10 | 5 | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:42.38 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) | 1:42.41 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | 3 | Nikita Lobintsev (RUS) | 1:42.59 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | 5 | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.73 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | 7 | Shaune Fraser (CAY) | 1:42.98 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | 4 | Paweł Korzeniowski (POL) | 1:43.05 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 4 | Danila Izotov (RUS) | 1:43.20 | Q |
| 8 | 9 | 2 | Tommaso D'Orsogna (AUS) | 1:43.25 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | Dominik Meichtry (SUI) | 1:43.29 | |
| 10 | 10 | 3 | Yannick Agnel (FRA) | 1:43.51 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Jiang Haiqi (CHN) | 1:43.63 | |
| 12 | 10 | 6 | Peter Vanderkaay (USA) | 1:43.82 | |
| 13 | 9 | 6 | Markus Rogan (AUT) | 1:44.00 | |
| 14 | 10 | 4 | Filippo Magnini (ITA) | 1:44.21 | |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Kyle Richardson (AUS) | 1:44.29 | |
| 16 | 10 | 8 | Chad le Clos (RSA) | 1:44.65 | |
| 17 | 1 | 6 | Clément Lefert (FRA) | 1:44.82 | |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Mads Glæsner (DEN) | 1:45.14 | |
| 19 | 10 | 7 | Ahmed Mathlouthi (TUN) | 1:45.16 | |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Fernando Santos (BRA) | 1:45.52 | |
| 21 | 6 | 5 | Cristian Quintero (VEN) | 1:46.12 | |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Daniele Tirabassi (VEN) | 1:46.55 | |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Rodrigo Castro (BRA) | 1:46.60 | |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Hassaan Abdel Khalik (CAN) | 1:46.83 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Jiang Yuhui (CHN) | 1:47.26 | |
| 26 | 8 | 7 | Romāns Miloslavskis (LAT) | 1:47.48 | |
| 27 | 7 | 1 | Wong Kai Wai David (HKG) | 1:47.51 | |
| 28 | 10 | 2 | Gard Kvale (NOR) | 1:47.66 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Sebastián Jahnsen Madico (PER) | 1:47.91 | |
| 30 | 8 | 8 | Serhiy Frolov (UKR) | 1:48.42 | |
| 31 | 7 | 6 | Martín Kutscher (URU) | 1:48.73 | |
| 32 | 7 | 5 | Christian Scherübl (AUT) | 1:48.95 | |
| 33 | 8 | 1 | Robin Andréasson (SWE) | 1:49.01 | |
| 34 | 6 | 7 | Ensar Hajder (BIH) | 1:49.09 | |
| 35 | 9 | 8 | David Ernstsson (SWE) | 1:49.47 | |
| 36 | 7 | 8 | Vladimir Sidorkin (EST) | 1:49.59 | |
| 37 | 1 | 2 | Gal Nevo (ISR) | 1:49.69 | |
| 38 | 6 | 4 | Charles Hockin Brusquetti (PAR) | 1:49.86 | |
| 39 | 6 | 1 | Grant Beahan (ZIM) | 1:49.96 | |
| 40 | 5 | 3 | Mohamed Farhoud (EGY) | 1:50.09 | |
| 41 | 7 | 3 | Saeed Malekae Ashtiani (IRI) | 1:50.59 | |
| 42 | 6 | 6 | Petr Romashkin (UZB) | 1:50.68 | |
| 43 | 7 | 4 | Artur Dilman (KAZ) | 1:50.94 | |
| 44 | 5 | 4 | Irakli Revishvili (GEO) | 1:51.29 | |
| 45 | 6 | 3 | Vasilii Danilov (KGZ) | 1:51.94 | |
| 46 | 5 | 6 | Morad Berrada (MAR) | 1:52.31 | |
| 47 | 7 | 7 | Oleg Rabota (KAZ) | 1:52.90 | |
| 48 | 5 | 1 | Sebastian Arispe (PER) | 1:53.10 | |
| 49 | 4 | 2 | Matthew Abeysinghe (SRI) | 1:53.64 | |
| 50 | 3 | 2 | Edward Caruana Dingli (MLT) | 1:54.32 | |
| 51 | 6 | 8 | Mohammed Madouh (KUW) | 1:54.47 | |
| 52 | 3 | 4 | José Montoya (CRC) | 1:54.78 | |
| 52 | 4 | 1 | Hazem Tashkandi (KSA) | 1:54.78 | |
| 54 | 4 | 4 | Tong Antonio (MAC) | 1:55.10 | |
| 55 | 5 | 8 | Quinton Delie (NAM) | 1:55.31 | |
| 56 | 5 | 2 | Sauod Altayar (KUW) | 1:55.38 | |
| 57 | 4 | 3 | Kevin Avila Soto (GUA) | 1:55.46 | |
| 58 | 5 | 7 | Ngou Pok Man (MAC) | 1:56.00 | |
| 59 | 4 | 6 | Colin Bensadon (GIB) | 1:56.42 | |
| 60 | 5 | 5 | Edvin Angjeli (ALB) | 1:56.47 | |
| 61 | 3 | 5 | Neil Agius (MLT) | 1:57.26 | |
| 62 | 3 | 6 | Makram Fatoul (LIB) | 1:57.97 | |
| 63 | 4 | 7 | James Sanderson (GIB) | 1:58.12 | |
| 64 | 3 | 7 | Derrick Bakhuis (AHO) | 1:58.36 | |
| 65 | 3 | 3 | Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane (SEN) | 1:59.95 | |
| 66 | 3 | 1 | Faisal Al Jasmi (UAE) | 2:01.96 | |
| 67 | 3 | 8 | Martín Tomasin (BOL) | 2:03.07 | |
| 68 | 2 | 6 | Gert Kacani (ALB) | 2:03.46 | |
| 69 | 2 | 4 | Samer Kamal (JOR) | 2:03.63 | |
| 70 | 2 | 2 | Anderson Lim (BRU) | 2:05.77 | |
| 71 | 2 | 5 | Israr Hussain (PAK) | 2:06.12 | |
| 72 | 2 | 3 | Nisar Ahmed (PAK) | 2:06.70 | |
| 73 | 1 | 7 | Zachary Payne (COK) | 2:07.87 | |
| 74 | 2 | 7 | Ronaldo Rodrigues (GUY) | 2:08.95 | |
| 75 | 2 | 8 | Kouassi Brou (CIV) | 2:16.64 | |
| 76 | 1 | 4 | Mamadou Fofana (MLI) | 2:46.11 | |
| 77 | 2 | 1 | Godonou Wilfrid Tevoedjre (BEN) | 2:50.93 | |
| | 4 | 5 | Loai Abdulwahid Tashkandi (KSA) | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:41.08 | CR |
| | 1 | Danila Izotov | Russia | 1:41.70 | |
| | 5 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:42.02 | |
| 4 | 3 | Nikita Lobintsev | Russia | 1:42.03 | |
| 5 | 6 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:42.19 | |
| 6 | 7 | Paweł Korzeniowski | Poland | 1:42.73 | |
| 7 | 8 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 1:42.96 | |
| 8 | 2 | Shaune Fraser | Cayman Islands | 1:43.91 | |