The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) will take place 15 December. The heats and final took place on 15 December.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:...		1:39.37	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	15 November 2009
Championship record	Ian Thorpe Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...		1:43.28	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...	1 April 1999

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	WR	CR
15 December 2010	Heats	Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...		1:42.38		CR
15 December 2010	Final	Ryan Lochte		1:41.08		CR

Heats

78 swimmers participated in 10 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	10	5		1:42.38	Q, CR
2	8	5		1:42.41	Q
3	9	3		1:42.59	Q
4	9	5		1:42.73	Q
5	9	7		1:42.98	Q
6	9	4		1:43.05	Q
7	8	4		1:43.20	Q
8	9	2		1:43.25	Q

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	4		1:41.08	CR
	1		1:41.70
	5		1:42.02
4	3		1:42.03
5	6		1:42.19
6	7		1:42.73
7	8		1:42.96
8	2		1:43.91

External links

• 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Men's 200 m freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2010-12-13.