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

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.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:39.37 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:41.08 | Dubai | 15 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.

## Results
### Heats

88 swimmers participated in 10 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | 6 | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:42.41 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | 5 | Viatcheslav Andrusenko (RUS) | 1:43.98 | Q |
| 3 | 10 | 4 | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:44.05 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | 6 | Matthew Stanley (NZL) | 1:44.13 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | 4 | Jarrod Killey (AUS) | 1:44.33 | Q |
| 6 | 10 | 3 | Conor Dwyer (USA) | 1:44.61 | Q |
| 7 | 10 | 5 | Dimitri Colupaev (GER) | 1:44.84 | Q |
| 7 | 10 | 7 | Ben Hockin (PAR) | 1:44.84 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | Devon Myles Brown (RSA) | 1:44.89 | |
| 10 | 10 | 9 | Leith Shankland (RSA) | 1:44.91 | |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Dominik Meichtry (SUI) | 1:44.92 | |
| 12 | 10 | 1 | Dominik Kozma (HUN) | 1:44.97 | |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | Fernando Santos (BRA) | 1:45.11 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Hao Yun (CHN) | 1:45.13 | |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Andrea D'Arrigo (ITA) | 1:45.15 | |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Ahmed Mathlouthi (TUN) | 1:45.19 | |
| 17 | 9 | 8 | Anders Lie Nielsen (DEN) | 1:45.45 | |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Daniel Skaaning (DEN) | 1:45.56 | |
| 19 | 8 | 9 | Velimir Stjepanović (SRB) | 1:45.60 | |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Artem Lobuzov (RUS) | 1:45.67 | |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Ieuan Lloyd (GBR) | 1:45.67 | |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Yuki Kobori (JPN) | 1:45.86 | |
| 23 | 8 | 6 | Alex di Giorgio (ITA) | 1:45.87 | |
| 24 | 9 | 2 | Kemal Arda Gürdal (TUR) | 1:46.09 | |
| 25 | 8 | 8 | Lorys Bourelly (FRA) | 1:46.90 | |
| 26 | 7 | 5 | Coleman Allen (CAN) | 1:46.92 | |
| 27 | 9 | 0 | Serhiy Frolov (UKR) | 1:47.02 | |
| 28 | 8 | 3 | Robert Renwick (GBR) | 1:47.24 | |
| 29 | 9 | 9 | Doğa Çelik (TUR) | 1:47.27 | |
| 30 | 7 | 4 | Kenta Hirai (JPN) | 1:47.35 | |
| 31 | 10 | 8 | Ewan Jackson (NZL) | 1:47.54 | |
| 32 | 9 | 7 | Vinicius Waked (BRA) | 1:47.95 | |
| 33 | 7 | 6 | Arseni Kukharau (BLR) | 1:48.68 | |
| 34 | 7 | 7 | Anton Goncharov (UKR) | 1:48.86 | |
| 35 | 7 | 1 | Filip Zaborowski (POL) | 1:48.87 | |
| 36 | 6 | 5 | Esteban Enderica (ECU) | 1:49.10 | |
| 37 | 6 | 3 | Irakli Revishvili (GEO) | 1:49.11 | |
| 38 | 1 | 4 | Shi Tengfei (CHN) | 1:49.37 | |
| 39 | 10 | 0 | Thomas Gossland (CAN) | 1:49.43 | |
| 40 | 5 | 6 | Jemal Le Grand (ARU) | 1:50.93 | |
| 41 | 7 | 0 | Hoàng Quý Phước (VIE) | 1:50.94 | |
| 42 | 4 | 4 | Pang Sheng Jun (SIN) | 1:51.24 | NR |
| 43 | 7 | 2 | Matthew Abeysinghe (SRI) | 1:51.44 | |
| 44 | 6 | 2 | David Sikharulidze (GEO) | 1:51.55 | |
| 45 | 8 | 7 | Gal Nevo (ISR) | 1:51.80 | |
| 46 | 6 | 1 | Radhames Kalaf (DOM) | 1:51.88 | NR |
| 47 | 6 | 8 | Christoph Meier (LIE) | 1:52.22 | |
| 48 | 7 | 8 | Arturo Pérez Vertti (MEX) | 1:52.36 | |
| 49 | 6 | 6 | Khurshidjon Tursunov (UZB) | 1:52.64 | |
| 50 | 7 | 9 | Stanislav Karnaukhov (KGZ) | 1:52.70 | |
| 51 | 6 | 7 | Sobitjon Amilov (UZB) | 1:52.86 | |
| 52 | 2 | 0 | Andrew Rutherfurd (BOL) | 1:53.33 | NR |
| 53 | 5 | 5 | José Montoya (CRC) | 1:53.34 | |
| 54 | 6 | 9 | Andrew Chetcuti (MLT) | 1:53.46 | NR |
| 55 | 2 | 8 | Mohammed Madouh (KUW) | 1:53.57 | NR |
| 56 | 2 | 1 | Jessie Lacuna (PHI) | 1:54.18 | |
| 57 | 5 | 4 | Welliam Maksi (SYR) | 1:54.55 | |
| 58 | 6 | 0 | Jesús Monge (PER) | 1:54.84 | |
| 59 | 4 | 7 | Sean Gunn (ZIM) | 1:54.89 | |
| 60 | 5 | 3 | Quinton Delie (NAM) | 1:55.46 | |
| 61 | 5 | 9 | Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou (CYP) | 1:55.48 | |
| 62 | 6 | 4 | Aleksander Slepchenko (KGZ) | 1:55.70 | |
| 63 | 5 | 8 | Edward Caruana Dingli (MLT) | 1:55.82 | |
| 64 | 4 | 3 | Christian Selby (BAR) | 1:56.01 | |
| 65 | 4 | 5 | Mathieu Marquet (MRI) | 1:57.07 | |
| 66 | 5 | 0 | Fernando Medrano (NCA) | 1:57.20 | |
| 67 | 4 | 6 | Ahmed Salam Al-Dulaimi (IRQ) | 1:57.30 | |
| 68 | 4 | 8 | Paul Elaisa (FIJ) | 1:57.54 | |
| 69 | 3 | 5 | Khader Baqleh (JOR) | 1:58.41 | |
| 70 | 3 | 4 | Adam Viktora (SEY) | 1:58.95 | |
| 71 | 5 | 2 | Jaywant Arcot Vijaykumar (IND) | 1:59.36 | |
| 72 | 5 | 7 | Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane (SEN) | 1:59.89 | |
| 73 | 5 | 1 | Johnny Rivera (GUM) | 2:00.16 | |
| 74 | 4 | 0 | Anderson Lim (BRU) | 2:00.74 | |
| 75 | 4 | 1 | Bakr Salam Ali (IRQ) | 2.00.15 | |
| 76 | 4 | 9 | Michael Hitchcock (GIB) | 2:00.82 | |
| 77 | 3 | 6 | Israr Hussain (PAK) | 2:04.42 | |
| 78 | 4 | 2 | Oliver Quick (GIB) | 2:04.72 | |
| 79 | 3 | 3 | Zachary Payne (COK) | 2:05.34 | |
| 80 | 3 | 7 | Noah Al-Khulaifi (QAT) | 2:07.02 | |
| 81 | 3 | 0 | Azim Azimov (TKM) | 2:09.02 | |
| 82 | 3 | 1 | Franc Aleksi (ALB) | 2:09.36 | |
| 83 | 3 | 9 | Sirish Gurung (NEP) | 2:10.11 | |
| 84 | 2 | 5 | Brandon Schuster (SAM) | 2:10.19 | |
| 85 | 3 | 2 | Farhan Farhan (BHR) | 2:10.26 | |
| 86 | 1 | 5 | Mamadou Soumaré (MLI) | 2:10.52 | |
| 87 | 2 | 6 | Shawn Wallace (PLW) | 2:21.27 | |
| 88 | 2 | 4 | Naser Hassan (QAT) | 2:24.20 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Daniele Tirabassi (VEN) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 2 | Yousef Al-Askari (KUW) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 3 | Nikolas Sylvester (VIN) | DNS | |
| | 3 | 8 | Tano Pierre Claver Atta (CIV) | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:41.92 | |
| | 3 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:42.07 | |
| | 7 | Conor Dwyer | United States | 1:43.78 | |
| 4 | 2 | Jarrod Killey | Australia | 1:44.04 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ben Hockin | Paraguay | 1:44.24 | NR |
| 6 | 6 | Matthew Stanley | New Zealand | 1:44.55 | |
| 7 | 5 | Viatcheslav Andrusenko | Russia | 1:44.68 | |
| 8 | 1 | Dimitri Colupaev | Germany | 1:45.38 | |