Semifinal | Name | Country | Score | |
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| Laszlo Cseh | HUN | 1:59.65 | | | Thiago Pereira | BRA | 2:00.07 | | | George Bovell | TTO | 2:00.31 | | | Takahiro Mori | JPN | 2:00.57 | | | Oussama Mellouli | TUN | 2:01.11 | | | Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 2:01.29 | | | Dean Kent | NZL | 2:01.94 | | | Adrian Turner | GBR | 2:02.06 | |
| Name | Country | Score | |
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| Michael Phelps | USA | 1:58.52 | Olympic Record | | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:59.58 | | | Vytautas Janusaitis | LTU | 2:00.57 | | | Jiro Miki | JPN | 2:01.09 | | | Alessio Boggiatto | ITA | 2:01.27 | | | Ioannis Kokkodis | GRC | 2:01.57 | | | Tamas Kerekjarto | HUN | 2:01.89 | | | Robin Francis | GBR | 2:03.85 | |
Qualifier | Name | Country | Score | |
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| Michael Phelps | USA | 2:00.01 | | | Jiro Miki | JPN | 2:00.93 | | | Thiago Pereira | BRA | 2:01.12 | | | Takahiro Mori | JPN | 2:01.33 | | | Robin Francis | GBR | 2:01.57 | | | Tamas Kerekjarto | HUN | 2:01.75 | | | Adam Lucas | AUS | 2:02.12 | | | Alexei Zatsepine | RUS | 2:04.11 | |
| Name | Country | Score | |
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| Laszlo Cseh | HUN | 1:59.50 | | | Alessio Boggiatto | ITA | 2:01.30 | | | Dean Kent | NZL | 2:01.31 | | | Vytautas Janusaitis | LTU | 2:01.32 | | | Ryan Lochte | USA | 2:01.41 | | | Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 2:01.56 | | | Adrian Turner | GBR | 2:01.73 | | | Tao Zhao | CHN | 2:02.41 | |
| Name | Country | Score | |
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| Ioannis Kokkodis | GRC | 2:02.11 | | | Mihail Alexandrov | BGR | 2:02.39 | | | Sergiy Sergeyev | UKR | 2:03.26 | | | Bradley Ally | BRB | 2:03.29 | | | Guntars Deicmans | LVA | 2:03.68 | | | Jeremy Daniel Knowles | BHS | 2:04.22 | | | Darian Townsend | ZAF | 2:07.04 | | | Peter Mankoc | SVN | |
| Name | Country | Score | |
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| Jacob Carstensen | DNK | 2:04.80 | | | Bang-Hyun Kim | KOR | 2:05.06 | | | Miguel Molina | PHL | 2:05.28 | | | Kresimir Cac | HRV | 2:05.33 | | | Andrei Zaharov | MDA | 2:07.40 | | | Albert Sutanto | IDN | 2:07.55 | | | Gary Tan | SGP | 2:08.44 | | | Malick Fall | SEN | 2:12.13 | |
| Name | Country | Score | |
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| Raouf Benabid | DZA | 2:06.34 | | | Hocine Haciane | AND | 2:06.48 | | | Aleksandar Miladinovski | MKD | 2:07.39 | | | Andrew Mackay | CYM | 2:07.65 | | | Oleg Pukhnatiy | UZB | 2:08.24 | | | Nien Pin Wu | TWN | 2:08.72 | | | Oguz Orel Oral | TUR | 2:08.84 | |
| Name | Country | Score | |
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| Jorge Oliver | PRI | 2:08.84 | | | Georgios Dimitriadis | CYP | 2:12.27 | | | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov | KAZ | |
| | Name | Country | Score | |
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| 1 | Laszlo Cseh | HUN | 1:59.50 (Q) | | | 2 | Michael Phelps | USA | 2:00.01 (Q) | | | 3 | George Bovell | TTO | 2:00.65 (Q) | | | 4 | Jiro Miki | JPN | 2:00.93 (Q) | | | 5 | Thiago Pereira | BRA | 2:01.12 (Q) | | | 6 | Alessio Boggiatto | ITA | 2:01.30 (Q) | | | 7 | Dean Kent | NZL | 2:01.31 (Q) | | | 8 | Vytautas Janusaitis | LTU | 2:01.32 (Q) | | | 9 | Takahiro Mori | JPN | 2:01.33 (Q) | | | 10 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 2:01.41 (Q) | | | 11 | Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 2:01.56 (Q) | | | 12 | Robin Francis | GBR | 2:01.57 (Q) | | | 13 | Adrian Turner | GBR | 2:01.73 (Q) | | | 14 | Tamas Kerekjarto | HUN | 2:01.75 (Q) | | | 15 | Oussama Mellouli | TUN | 2:01.94 (Q) | | | 16 | Ioannis Kokkodis | GRC | 2:02.11 (Q) | | | 17 | Adam Lucas | AUS | 2:02.12 | | | 18 | Mihail Alexandrov | BGR | 2:02.39 | | | 19 | Tao Zhao | CHN | 2:02.41 | | | 20 | Jani Sievinen | FIN | 2:02.79 | | | 21 | Christian Keller | DEU | 2:02.93 | | | 22 | Sergiy Sergeyev | UKR | 2:03.26 | | | 23 | Bradley Ally | BRB | 2:03.29 | | | 24 | Peng Wu | CHN | 2:03.60 | | | 25 | Guntars Deicmans | LVA | 2:03.68 | | | 26 | Diogo Yabe | BRA | 2:03.86 | | | 27 | Justin Norris | AUS | 2:03.87 | | | 28 | Brian Johns | CAN | 2:03.95 | | | 29 | Alexei Zatsepine | RUS | 2:04.11 | | | 30 | Jeremy Daniel Knowles | BHS | 2:04.22 | | | 31 | Jacob Carstensen | DNK | 2:04.80 | | | 32 | Bang-Hyun Kim | KOR | 2:05.06 | | | 33 | Miguel Molina | PHL | 2:05.28 | | | 34 | Kresimir Cac | HRV | 2:05.33 | | | 35 | Raouf Benabid | DZA | 2:06.34 | | | 36 | Hocine Haciane | AND | 2:06.48 | | | 37 | Darian Townsend | ZAF | 2:07.04 | | | 38 | Aleksandar Miladinovski | MKD | 2:07.39 | | | 39 | Andrei Zaharov | MDA | 2:07.40 | | | 40 | Albert Sutanto | IDN | 2:07.55 | | | 41 | Andrew Mackay | CYM | 2:07.65 | | | 42 | Oleg Pukhnatiy | UZB | 2:08.24 | | | 43 | Gary Tan | SGP | 2:08.44 | | | 44 | Nien Pin Wu | TWN | 2:08.72 | | | 45 | Jorge Oliver | PRI | 2:08.84 | | | 45 | Oguz Orel Oral | TUR | 2:08.84 | | | 47 | Malick Fall | SEN | 2:12.13 | | | 48 | Georgios Dimitriadis | CYP | 2:12.27 | | | | Peter Mankoc | SVN | | | | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov | KAZ | |
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