| <table border="1"> | |
| <tr><td>Rank</td><td>Lane</td><td>Name</td><td>Nationality</td><td>Time</td><td>Notes</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>3</td><td>Michael Phelps</td><td>United States</td><td>1:54.27</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>4</td><td>Ryan Lochte</td><td>United States</td><td>1:54.90</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>5</td><td>László Cseh</td><td>Hungary</td><td>1:56.22</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>Thiago Pereira</td><td>Brazil</td><td>1:56.74</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>Kosuke Hagino</td><td>Japan</td><td>1:57.35</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>Ken Takakuwa</td><td>Japan</td><td>1:58.53</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>James Goddard</td><td>Great Britain</td><td>1:59.05</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>Markus Deibler</td><td>Germany</td><td>1:59.10</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| </table> | |