| Final | time | +time | L |   |  | 1. Daniel Gyurta |  HUN | 2:07.28 | WR | 05 |  Stats |  | 2. Michael Jamieson |  GBR | 2:07.43 | +0.15s | 04 |  Stats |  | 3. Ryo Tateishi |  JPN | 2:08.29 | +1.01s | 01 |  Stats |  | 4. Kosuke Kitajima |  JPN | 2:08.35 | +1.07s | 02 |  Stats |  | 5. Scott Weltz |  USA | 2:09.02 | +1.74s | 06 |  Stats |  | 6. Clark Burckle |  USA | 2:09.25 | +1.97s | 07 |  Stats |  | 7. Brenton Rickard |  AUS | 2:09.28 | +2.00s | 08 |  Stats |  | 8. Andrew Willis |  GBR | 2:09.44 | +2.16s | 03 |  Stats |   
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| Semi 1 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Michael Jamieson |  GBR | 2:08.20 | - | 04 | 1. |  Times |  | 2. Clark Burckle |  USA | 2:09.11 | 0.91s | 03 | 6. |  Times |  | 3. Ryo Tateishi |  JPN | 2:09.13 | 0.93s | 05 | 7. |  Times |  | 4. Tales Cerdeira |  BRA | 2:09.77 | 1.57s | 01 | 9. |  Times |  | 5. Giedrius Titenis |  LTU | 2:09.95 | 1.75s | 06 | 11. |  Times |  | 6. Christian Vom Lehn |  GER | 2:10.50 | 2.30s | 08 | 12. |  Times |  | 7. Glenn Snyders |  NZL | 2:11.14 | 2.94s | 02 | 14. |  Times |  | 8. Laurent Carnol |  LUX | 2:11.17 | 2.97s | 07 | 15. |  Times |   
| Semi 2 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Daniel Gyurta |  HUN | 2:08.32 | - | 04 | 2. |  Times |  | 2. Andrew Willis |  GBR | 2:08.47 | 0.15s | 05 | 3. |  Times |  | 3. Scott Weltz |  USA | 2:08.99 | 0.67s | 06 | 4. |  Times |  | 4. Kosuke Kitajima |  JPN | 2:09.03 | 0.71s | 03 | 5. |  Times |  | 5. Brenton Rickard |  AUS | 2:09.31 | 0.99s | 08 | 8.. |  Times |  | 6. Viatcheslav Sinkevich |  RUS | 2:09.90 | 1.58s | 02 | 10. |  Times |  | 7. Marco Koch |  GER | 2:10.73 | 2.41s | 07 | 13. |  Times |  | 8. Scott Dickens |  CAN | 2:11.71 | 3.39s | 01 | 16. |  Times |   
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| Heat 5 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Andrew Willis |  GBR | 2:09.33 | - | 03 | 3. |  Times |  | 2. Kosuke Kitajima |  JPN | 2:09.43 | 0.10s | 04 | 5. |  Times |  | 3. Giedrius Titenis |  LTU | 2:10.36 | 1.03s | 02 | 8. |  Times |  | 4. Marco Koch |  GER | 2:10.61 | 1.28s | 05 | 11. |  Times |  | 5. Laurent Carnol |  LUX | 2:10.83 | 1.50s | 06 | 12. |  Times |  | 6. Brenton Rickard |  AUS | 2:11.41 | 2.08s | 07 | 15. |  Times |  | 7. Lennart Stekelenburg |  NED | 2:12.02 | 2.69s | 01 | 18. |  Times |  | 8. Cheng Chen |  CHN | 2:19.83 | 10.50s | 08 | 33. |  Times |   
| Heat 4 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Ryo Tateishi |  JPN | 2:09.37 | - | 04 | 4. |  Times |  | 2. Clark Burckle |  USA | 2:09.55 | 0.18s | 03 | 6. |  Times |  | 3. Viatcheslav Sinkevich |  RUS | 2:10.48 | 1.11s | 07 | 9. |  Times |  | 4. Tales Cerdeira |  BRA | 2:11.05 | 1.68s | 02 | 14. |  Times |  | 5. Christian Vom Lehn |  GER | 2:11.66 | 2.29s | 05 | 16. |  Times |  | 6. Henrique Barbosa |  BRA | 2:12.05 | 2.68s | 06 | 19. |  Times |  | 7. Akos Molnar |  HUN | 2:12.42 | 3.05s | 01 | 20. |  Times |  | 8. Yannick Kaeser |  SUI | 2:13.49 | 4.12s | 08 | 24. |  Times |  |
  
| Heat 3 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Daniel Gyurta |  HUN | 2:08.71 | - | 04 | 1. |  Times |  | 2. Michael Jamieson |  GBR | 2:08.98 | 0.27s | 06 | 2. |  Times |  | 3. Scott Weltz |  USA | 2:09.67 | 0.96s | 05 | 7. |  Times |  | 4. Glenn Snyders |  NZL | 2:10.55 | 1.84s | 02 | 10. |  Times |  | 5. Matti Mattsson |  FIN | 2:11.81 | 3.10s | 08 | 17. |  Times |  | 6. Igor Borysik |  UKR | 2:12.61 | 3.90s | 01 | 22. |  Times |  | 7. Kyuwoong Choi |  KOR | 2:13.57 | 4.86s | 07 | 25. |  Times |  | 8. Panagiotis Samilidis |  GRE | 2:14.82 | 6.11s | 03 | 27. |  Times |   
| Heat 2 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Scott Dickens |  CAN | 2:10.95 | - | 04 | 13. |  Times |  | 2. Slawomir Kuczko |  POL | 2:12.51 | 1.56s | 05 | 21. |  Times |  | 3. Tomas Klobucnik |  SVK | 2:13.40 | 2.45s | 02 | 23. |  Times |  | 4. Christian Schurr Voight |  MEX | 2:14.16 | 3.21s | 03 | 26. |  Times |  | 5. Hunor Mate |  AUT | 2:15.98 | 5.03s | 07 | 29. |  Times |  | 6. Nuttapong Ketin |  THA | 2:16.07 | 5.12s | 06 | 30. |  Times |  | 7. Jakob Johann Sveinsson |  ISL | 2:16.72 | 5.77s | 01 | 31. |  Times |   
| Heat 1 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Irakli Bolkvadze |  GEO | 2:15.86 | - | 04 | 28. |  Times |  | 2. Dmitrii Aleksandrov |  KGZ | 2:17.92 | 2.06s | 05 | 32. |  Times |  | -. Tsilavina Ramanantsoa |  MAD | DQ |   | 03 |   |  Times |   
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|  Total eligible to participate 34 swimmers |   
|  Olympic Qualifying Time - 2:11.74 - 12+9 |  | Tales Cerdeira | BRA | 9. | Henrique Barbosa | BRA | 19. |  | Marco Koch | GER | 13. | Christian vom Lehn | GER | 12. |  | Andrew Willis | GBR | 8. | Michael Jamieson | GBR | 2. |  | Kosuke Kitajima | JPN | 4. | Ryo Tateishi | JPN | 3. |  | Scott Weltz | USA | 5. | Clark Burkle | USA | 6. |  | Dániel Gyurta | HUN | 1. | Ákos Molnár | HUN | 20.  |  | Brenton Rickard | AUS | 7. |  | Panagiotis Samilidis | GRE | 27. |  | Choi Kyu-Woong | KOR | 25. |  | Giedrius Titenis | LTU | 11. |  | Laurent Carnol | LUX | 15. |  | Lennart Stekelenburg | NED | 18. |  | Glenn Snyders | NZL | 14. |  | Vyacheslav Sinkevich | RUS | 10. |  | Igor Borysik | UKR | 22. |   
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|  Olympic Selection Time - 2:16.35 | - 11 |  | Chen Cheng | CHN | 2:11.76 | 33. |  | Yannick Kaeser | SUI | 2:12.09 | 24. |  | Matti Mattsson | FIN | 2:12.65 | 17 |  | Scott Dickens | CAN | qoe | 16. |  | Sławomir Kuczko | POL | 2:12.75 | 21. |  | Christian Schurr | MEX | 2:12.81 | 26. |  | Nuttapong Ketin | THA | 2:12.99 | 30. |  | Tomas Klobucnik | SVK | 2:13.10 | 23. |  | Hunor Mate | AUT | 2:13.40 | 29. |  | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | ISL | 2:13.84 | 31. |  | Irakli Bolkvadze | GEO | up | 28.  |   
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| Olympic Qualification time | time | place | date | birth |  | 1. Kosuke Kitajima | JPN | 2:08.00 | Tokyo(JPN) | 02.04.2012 | 22/09/1982 |  | 2. Ryo Tateishi | JPN | 2:08.17 | Tokyo(JPN) | 02.04.2012 | 12/06/1989 |  | 3. Daniel Gyurta | HUN | 2:08.41 | Shanghai(CHN) | 24.07.2011 | 04/05/1989 |  | 4. Marco Koch | GER | 2:08.74 | Rome(ITA) | 14.06.2012 | 25/01/1990 |  | 5. Christian Lehn vom | GER | 2:08.97 | Berlin(GER) | 01.06.2011 | 14/04/1992 |  | 6. Scott Weltz | USA | 2:09.01 | Omaha(USA) | 25.06.2012 | 19/03/1987 |  | 7. Andrew Willis | GBR | 2:09.33 | London(GBR) | 03.03.2012 | 03/12/1990 |  | 8. Panagiotis Samilidis | GRE | 2:09.72 | Debrecen(HUN) | 21.05.2012 | 09/08/1993 |  | 9. Clark Burckle | USA | 2:09.72 | Indianapolis(USA) | 29.03.2012 | 23/02/1988 |  | 10.Laurent Carnol | LUX | 2:09.78 | Luxembourg(LUX) | 27.01.2012 | 17/10/1989 |  | 11.Ricky Barbosa | BRA | 2:09.82 | Rio De Janeiro(BRA) | 15.12.2011 | 05/07/1984 |  | 12.Michael Jamieson | GBR | 2:09.84 | London(GBR) | 03.03.2012 | 05/08/1988 |  | 13.Giedrius Titenis | LTU | 2:10.33 | Shanghai(CHN) | 24.07.2011 | 21/07/1989 |  | 14.Tales Cerdeira | BRA | 2:10.37 | Rio de Janeiro(BRA) | 24.04.2012 | 21/01/1987 |  | 15.Glenn Snyders | NZL | 2:10.85 | Shenzhen(CHN) | 14.08.2011 | 07/04/1987 |  | 16.Brenton Rickard | AUS | 2:10.99 | Adelaide(AUS) | 15.03.2012 | 19/10/1983 |  | 17.Viacheslav Sinkevich | RUS | 2:11.04 | Moscow(RUS) | 17.04.2012 | 29/11/1991 |  | 18.Kyuwoong Choi | KOR | 2:11.17 | Shanghai(CHN) | 24.07.2011 | 28/05/1990 |  | 19.Lennart Stekelenburg | NED | 2:11.35 | Eindhoven(NED) | 07.04.2011 | 22/10/1986 |  | 20.Akos Molnar | HUN | 2:11.41 | Debrecen(HUN) | 29.03.2012 | 22/07/1987 |  | 21.Igor Borysik | UKR | 2:11.64 | Luxembourg(LUX) | 27.01.2012 | 02/06/1984 |   
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