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.
| Men's 200m Backstroke at the 2012 Short Course Worlds | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 16 December (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:48.48 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Arkady Vyatchanin |  Russia |
1:46.11 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Ryan Lochte |  United States |
1:46.68 | Dubai | 19 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.
Results edit
Heats edit
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 |  Ryan Lochte (USA) |
1:49.71 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | Ryan Murphy (USA) |
1:50.60 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 |  Radosław Kawęcki (POL) |
1:50.92 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 |  Ashley Delaney (AUS) |
1:51.20 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 |  Péter Bernek (HUN) |
1:51.33 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 |  Kosuke Hagino (JPN) |
1:51.38 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Travis Mahoney (AUS) |
1:51.68 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 |  Christian Diener (GER) |
1:52.25 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 |  Xu Jiayu (CHN) |
1:52.44 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 |  Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) |
1:52.74 | |
| 11 | 4 | 6 |  Fabio Laugeni (ITA) |
1:52.94 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Cheng Feiyi (CHN) |
1:53.08 | |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Kazuki Watanabe (JPN) |
1:53.36 | |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | Yannick Lebherz (GER) |
1:53.40 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 |  Darren Murray (RSA) |
1:53.66 | |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Damiano Lestingi (ITA) |
1:53.84 | |
| 17 | 4 | 2 |  Corey Main (NZL) |
1:54.70 | |
| 18 | 5 | 2 |  Lukas Räuftlin (SUI) |
1:55.63 | |
| 19 | 5 | 0 |  Chris Walker-Hebborn (GBR) |
1:55.68 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 |  Chris Christensen (DEN) |
1:55.83 | |
| 20 | 5 | 7 |  Kristian Kron (SWE) |
1:55.83 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Andrei Shabasov (RUS) |
1:55.91 | |
| 23 | 4 | 0 |  Danas Rapšys (LTU) |
1:56.49 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 |  Martin Zhelev (BUL) |
1:56.53 | NR |
| 25 | 4 | 1 | Michael Meyer (RSA) |
1:56.79 | |
| 26 | 3 | 0 |  Jake Tapp (CAN) |
1:57.78 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 |  Jonatan Kopelev (ISR) |
1:58.06 | |
| 28 | 5 | 1 | Tomasz Polewka (POL) |
1:58.21 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 |  Charles Hockin (PAR) |
1:58.91 | |
| 30 | 3 | 2 | Gábor Balog (HUN) |
1:59.06 | |
| 31 | 5 | 9 |  Armando Barrera Aira (CUB) |
2:00.58 | |
| 32 | 3 | 9 |  Boris Kirillov (AZE) |
2:02.30 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 |  Jean Luis Gómez (DOM) |
2:03.67 | NR |
| 34 | 2 | 5 |  Awse Ma'aya (JOR) |
2:04.00 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 |  Arvind Mani (IND) |
2:08.25 | |
| 36 | 2 | 4 | Rohit Imoliya (IND) |
2:09.55 | |
| 37 | 2 | 2 |  Pablo Feo (AND) |
2:11.37 | |
| 38 | 2 | 7 |  Faraj Farhan (BHR) |
2:25.92 | |
| 39 | 2 | 1 |  Brandon Schuster (SAM) |
2:27.19 | |
| 1 | 4 |  Luis Rafael Rojas Martinez (VEN) |
DNS | ||
| 5 | 5 |  Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) |
DNS |
Final edit
The final was held at 19:11.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:48.48 | NR |
 |
4 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
1:48.50 | |
 |
5 | Ryan Murphy | United States |
1:48.86 | |
| 4 | 7 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan |
1:51.00 | |
| 5 | 2 | Péter Bernek | Hungary |
1:51.24 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ashley Delaney | Australia |
1:51.51 | |
| 7 | 1 | Travis Mahoney | Australia |
1:52.09 | |
| 8 | 8 | Christian Diener | Germany |
1:52.48 |
Notes edit
- ^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-16.