The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome. The event was won by American Ryan Lochte. In the final, Lochte broke his own world record of 1:50.08 set in 2010 with a time of 1:49.63, thus becoming the first individual under 1:50 in the event.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordChampionship recordRyan Lochte 1:50.08 Dubai 17 December 2010
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Event Name Nation Time Record 14 December Final Ryan Lochte 1:49.63
Results
Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 4 4 1:53.31 Q 2 6 5 1:53.57 Q 3 6 4 1:54.41 Q 4 5 4 1:54.50 Q 5 4 3 1:54.67 Q 6 5 2 1:54.90 Q, NR 7 6 6 1:55.14 Q 8 5 5 1:55.41 Q 9 4 5 1:55.72 10 6 3 1:55.98 11 4 1 1:56.16 12 4 6 1:56.22 13 4 0 1:56.64 14 5 1 1:57.51 15 5 8 1:57.90 16 4 7 1:57.98 17 6 7 1:58.07 18 3 5 1:58.09 NR 19 4 2 1:58.21 20 6 2 1:58.24 21 5 0 1:58.36 22 6 0 1:58.38 23 5 7 1:58.43 24 3 2 1:58.45 25 5 6 1:58.69 26 4 8 1:59.45 27 5 3 1:59.68 28 6 9 1:59.90 29 6 8 1:59.92 30 6 1 1:59.95 31 3 4 2:01.25 NR 32 3 1 2:02.43 NR 33 5 9 2:03.26 34 3 6 2:03.89 35 3 7 2:04.18 36 3 3 2:04.30 37 3 8 2:05.62 38 2 5 2:05.84 39 4 9 2:06.05 40 1 8 2:06.99 41 1 2 2:07.30 42 2 4 2:07.88 43 2 3 2:08.77 44 2 9 2:09.34 45 2 2 2:09.35 46 3 0 2:10.05 47 2 6 2:14.07 48 3 9 2:14.14 49 2 8 2:16.17 50 1 4 2:18.00 51 1 5 2:19.96 52 2 0 2:21.56 53 1 3 2:30.34 54 1 6 2:39.65 2 1 1 1 1 7 2 7
Final
The final was held at 21:04.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ryan Lochte 1:49.63 3 Daiya Seto 1:52.80 6 László Cseh 1:52.89 4 5 Kenneth To 1:53.42 5 2 Conor Dwyer 1:53.99 6 8 Kosuke Hagino 1:54.08 7 1 Diogo Carvalho 1:55.63 8 7 Simon Sjödin 1:56.31
References
External links 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Men's 200 metre medley entry list , from OmegaTiming.com.