| Final 10:50 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Michael Phelps | USA | 1:54.23 | 5 | 6. 2. | | 2. Laszlo Cseh | HUN | 1:56.52 | 6 | 2. 4. | | 3. Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:56.53 | 4 | 1. 1. | | 4. Thiago Pereira | BRA | 1:58.14 | 3 | 3. 3. | | 5. Ken Takakuwa | JPN | 1:58.22 | 2 | 4. 5. | | 6. James Goddard | GBR | 1:59.24 | 7 | 13.6. | | 7. Keith Beavers | CAN | 1:59.43 | 8 | 8. 8. | | 8. Liam Tancock | GBR | 2:00.76 | 1 | 14.7. |
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| Semi 1 14.08 11:09 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Michael Phelps | USA | 1:57.70 | 3 | 2. | | 2. Laszlo Cseh | HUN | 1:58.19 | 4 | 4. | | 3. Ken Takakuwa | JPN | 1:58.49 | 5 | 5. | | 4. Liam Tancock | GBR | 1:59.42 | 1 | 7. | | 5. Keith Beavers | CAN | 1:59.43 | 6 | 8. | | 6. Darian Townsend | RSA | 1:59.65 | 2 | 11. | | 7. Gal Nevo | ISR | 2:00.43 | 7 | 13. | | 8. Dinko Jukic | AUT | 2:00.98 | 8 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 14.08 11:16 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:57.69 | 4 | 1. | | 2. Thiago Pereira | BRA | 1:58.06 | 5 | 3. | | 3. James Goddard | GBR | 1:58.63 | 1 | 6. | | 4. Bradley Ally | BAR | 1:59.53 | 3 | 9. | | 5. Takuro Fujii | JPN | 1:59.59 | 2 | 10. | | 6. Alessio Boggiatto | ITA | 1:59.77 | 6 | 12. | | 7. Leith Brodie | AUS | 2:00.57 | 8 | 14. | | 8. Vytautas Janusaitis | LTU | 2:00.76 | 7 | 15. |
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| Heat 6 13:08 20:07 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Michael Phelps | USA | 1:58.65 | 4 | 6. | | 2. Takuro Fujii | JPN | 1:59.19 | 2 | 9. | | 3. Darian Townsend | RSA | 1:59.22 | 1 | 10. | | 4. Vytautas Janusaitis | LTU | 1:59.63 | 6 | 11. | | 5. James Goddard | GBR | 1:59.74 | 5 | 13. | | 6. Brian Johns | CAN | 2:00.66 | 3 | 18. | | 6. Diogo Carvalho | POR | 2:00.66 | 7 | 18. | | 8. Alexander Tikhonov | RUS | 2:01.21 | 8 | 22. |
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| Heat 5 13:08 20:03 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:58.15 | 4 | 1. | | 2. Thiago Pereira | BRA | 1:58.41 | 5 | 3. | | 3. Alessio Boggiatto | ITA | 1:58.80 | 7 | 7. | | 4. Keith Beavers | CAN | 1:59.19 | 1 | 8. | | 5. Leith Brodie | AUS | 1:59.96 | 6 | 15. | | 6. Tamas Kerekjarto | HUN | 2:00.60 | 3 | 17. | | 7. Dean Kent | NZL | 2:01.12 | 2 | 21. | | 8. Robin van Aggele | NED | 2:04.33 | 8 | 39. |
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| Heat 4 13:08 19:59 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Laszlo Cseh | HUN | 1:58.29 | 4 | 2. | | 2. Ken Takakuwa | JPN | 1:58.51 | 6 | 4. | | 3. Bradley Ally | BAR | 1:58.57 | 7 | 5. | | 4. Liam Tancock | GBR | 1:59.79 | 5 | 14. | | 5. Dinko Jukic | AUT | 2:00.57 | 3 | 16. | | 6. Lukasz Wojt | POL | 2:01.54 | 2 | 26. | | 7. Brenton Cabello | ESP | 2:03.08 | 1 | 33. | | 8. Martin Liivamagi | EST | 2:03.56 | 8 | 35. |
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| Heat 3 13:08 19:55 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Gal Nevo | ISR | 1:59.66 | 1 | 12. | | 2. Mihail Alexandrov | BUL | 2:00.70 | 6 | 20. | | 3. Ioannis Kokkodis | GRE | 2:01.22 | 5 | 23. | | 4. Jeremy Knowles | BAH | 2:01.35 | 8 | 24. | | 5. Sasa Impric | CRO | 2:01.83 | 7 | 29. | | 6. Jingyu Qu | CHN | 2:03.15 | 4 | 34. | | 7. Dmitriy Gordiyenko | KAZ | 2:03.92 | 3 | 37. | | 8. Markus Deibler | GER | 2:04.54 | 2 | 40. |
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| Heat 2 13:08 19:50 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Gard Kvale | NOR | 2:01.52 | 6 | 25. | | 2. Miguel Molina | PHI | 2:01.61 | 3 | 27. | | 3. Vadym Lepskyy | UKR | 2:01.73 | 4 | 28. | | 4. Tomas Fucik | CZE | 2:02.85 | 2 | 31. | | 5. Nicholas Bovell | TRI | 2:03.90 | 5 | 36. | | 6. Serkan Atasay | TUR | 2:05.25 | 8 | 42. | | 7. Leopoldo Jose Andara Gonzalez | VEN | 2:05.71 | 1 | 43. | | -. Andrew Bree | IRL | | 7 | |
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| Heat 1 13.08 19:46 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Omar Pinzon | COL | 2:02.28 | 7 | 30. | | 2. Chris Christensen | DEN | 2:02.93 | 5 | 32. | | 3. Andrejs Duda | LAT | 2:04.18 | 1 | 38. | | 4. Mehdi Hamama | ALG | 2:04.91 | 2 | 41. | | 5. Beomho Park | KOR | 2:06.17 | 4 | 44. | | 6. Iurii Zakharov | KGZ | 2:07.01 | 3 | 45. | | 7. Danil Bugakov | UZB | 2:10.04 | 6 | 46. |
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