# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Kaio de Almeida | Brazil | 1:49.11 | Stockholm | 10 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Moss Burmester | New Zealand | 1:51.05 | Manchester | 13 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 16 December | Final | Kazuya Kaneda | Japan | 1:51.01 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Nikolay Skvortsov (RUS) | 1:52.64 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Kazuya Kaneda (JPN) | 1:53.14 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | László Cseh (HUN) | 1:53.26 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Grant Irvine (AUS) | 1:53.74 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Michal Poprawa (POL) | 1:53.80 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Yuki Kobori (JPN) | 1:53.85 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | Robert Bollier (USA) | 1:53.87 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Joeri Verlinden (NED) | 1:53.91 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Robert Žbogar (SLO) | 1:54.11 | |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Gal Nevo (ISR) | 1:54.16 | |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Zackariah Chetrat (CAN) | 1:54.28 | |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | Wu Peng (CHN) | 1:54.29 | |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Mark Dylla (USA) | 1:54.40 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Chen Yin (CHN) | 1:54.49 | |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Mauricio Fiol (PER) | 1:55.02 | |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Velimir Stjepanović (SRB) | 1:55.41 | |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Evgeny Koptelov (RUS) | 1:55.63 | |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Roberto Pavoni (GBR) | 1:55.67 | |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Andreas Vazaios (GRE) | 1:55.77 | |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | Bence Biczó (HUN) | 1:56.28 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Hsu Chi-Chieh (TPE) | 1:56.64 | |
| 22 | 2 | 6 | Michael Meyer (RSA) | 1:56.68 | |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | Coleman Allen (CAN) | 1:57.45 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Matthew Johnson (GBR) | 1:57.48 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Jakub Maly (AUT) | 1:57.91 | |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Chang Gyu-Cheol (KOR) | 1:58.51 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | Emmanuel Crescimbeni (PER) | 1:59.34 | |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Joseph Schooling (SIN) | 1:59.44 | NR |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Ng Kai Wee Rainer (SIN) | 1:59.78 | |
| 30 | 3 | 1 | Alexandre Liess (SUI) | 2:00.34 | |
| 31 | 2 | 7 | Marko Blaževski (MKD) | 2:01.96 | |
| 32 | 2 | 8 | Teimuraz Kobakhidze (GEO) | 2:02.27 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Ayman Klzie (SYR) | 2:02.41 | |
| 34 | 5 | 9 | Pavel Naroskin (EST) | 2:02.62 | |
| 35 | 2 | 2 | Carlos Orihuela (PAR) | 2:04.26 | |
| 36 | 2 | 0 | Joaquin Sepulveda (CHI) | 2:04.39 | |
| 37 | 2 | 9 | Nuno Rola (ANG) | 2:08.43 | |
| 38 | 1 | 4 | Paul Elaisa (FIJ) | 2:15.03 | |
| 39 | 1 | 7 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC) | 2:15.23 | |
| 40 | 1 | 5 | Sio Ka Kun (MAC) | 2:19.39 | |
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Khalid Baba (BHR) | 2:20.01 | |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Franc Aleksi (ALB) | 2:20.31 | |
| | 4 | 3 | Victor Bromer (DEN) | DSQ | |
| | 1 | 1 | Marcos Lavado (VEN) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 3 | Nurettin Yildir Erhan (TUR) | DNS | |
| | 3 | 9 | Pedro Pinotes (ANG) | DNS | |
| | 5 | 0 | Taki Mrabet (TUN) | DNS | |
| | 5 | 5 | Chad le Clos (RSA) | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:23.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Kazuya Kaneda | Japan | 1:51.01 | CR |
| | 3 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:51.66 | |
| | 4 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 1:52.33 | |
| 4 | 7 | Yuki Kobori | Japan | 1:53.14 | |
| 5 | 8 | Joeri Verlinden | Netherlands | 1:53.49 | |
| 6 | 1 | Robert Bollier | United States | 1:53.85 | |
| 7 | 6 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:54.11 | |
| 8 | 2 | Michal Poprawa | Poland | 1:54.20 | |