2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Event held at Sinan Erdem Dome in 2012
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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.
Dates16 December (heats and final)
Winningtime1:48.48
| 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 | |||||||||
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Records
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
Heats
| 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
The final was held at 19:11.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 |