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Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The heats for the men's 200 m backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
VenueForo Italico
Dates30 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
31 July 2009 (final)
Competitors87
Winning time1:51.92 WR
Medalists
gold medal Aaron Peirsol   United States
silver medal Ryosuke Irie   Japan
bronze medal Ryan Lochte   United States
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Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:53.08 Indianapolis, United States 11 July 2009
Championship record   Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:54.32 Melbourne, Australia 30 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
30 July Semifinal 1 Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:54.06 CR
31 July Final Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:51.92 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 1:55.20 9 4
2 Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:55.88 8 4
3 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:55.97 7 4
4 Stanislav Donets   Russia 1:56.03 9 3
5 George Du Rand   South Africa 1:56.06 8 1 AF
6 Yannick Lebherz   Germany 1:56.69 9 1
7 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:56.74 9 8
8 Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 1:56.97 9 5
9 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 1:57.01 7 8 SA
10 Aschwin Wildeboer   Spain 1:57.15 8 5
11 Chris Walker-Hebborn   Great Britain 1:57.52 8 2
12 Takashi Nakano   Japan 1:57.58 7 3
13 Damiano Lestingi   Italy 1:57.73 9 6
14 Sebastiano Ranfagni   Italy 1:57.75 9 7
15 Nick Driebergen   Netherlands 1:57.86 7 7 NR
16 Sebastian Stoss   Austria 1:57.97 9 0
17 Ashley Delaney   Australia 1:58.02 8 3
18 Benjamin Stasiulis   France 1:58.17 7 6
19 Felix Wolf   Germany 1:58.41 7 2
20 Kurt Bassett   New Zealand 1:58.46 8 8 NR
21 Matt Hawes   Canada 1:58.89 8 6
22 Marco Loughran   Great Britain 1:59.19 8 7
23 Derya Büyükuncu   Turkey 1:59.49 9 9
24 Péter Bernek   Hungary 1:59.65 7 1
25 Darren Murray   South Africa 1:59.84 5 5
26 Rufino Regueira   Spain 2:00.35 9 2
27 Markus Rogan   Austria 2:00.39 7 5
28 Dimitrios Chasiotis   Greece 2:00.42 8 0
29 Miguel Robles   Mexico 2:00.99 6 7 NR
30 Zhang Yu   China 2:01.05 5 4
31 Leonardo Guedes   Brazil 2:01.20 7 0
32 Pedro Oliveira   Portugal 2:01.49 6 4
33 Pedro Medel   Cuba 2:01.70 6 6
34 Itai Chammah   Israel 2:01.86 7 9
35 Jakub Jasinski   Poland 2:01.95 8 9
36 Květoslav Svoboda   Czech Republic 2:02.00 6 0
37 Cheng Feiyi   China 2:02.29 6 3
38 Anders McIntyre   Canada 2:02.64 5 0
39 Andres Olvik   Estonia 2:02.97 6 8 NR
40 Andriy Kovbasa   Ukraine 2:03.56 4 4
41 Oleg Rabota   Kazakhstan 2:03.71 6 2
42 Robi Zbogar   Slovenia 2:03.99 6 9
43 Karl Burdis   Ireland 2:04.34 5 6 NR
44 David Rodriguez   Cuba 2:04.42 5 2
45 Konstantins Bohins   Latvia 2:04.61 4 2
46 Naoufel Benabid   Algeria 2:05.06 5 1
47 Jean-Francois Schneiders   Luxembourg 2:05.22 4 5
48 Stanislav Osinsky   Kazakhstan 2:06.12 5 3
49 Ehud Segal   Israel 2:06.91 6 1
50 Rehan Poncha   India 2:06.92 4 1 NR
51 Yury Zaharov   Kyrgyzstan 2:07.07 5 7 NR
52 Achelhi Bilal   Morocco 2:07.59 3 3 NR
53 Cheah Geoffrey Robin   Hong Kong 2:08.25 4 3
54 Ng Kai Wee Rainer   Singapore 2:08.57 4 7
55 Do Huy Long   Vietnam 2:08.83 4 8
56 Jean Luis Gomez   Dominican Republic 2:10.22 3 6
57 Tsung Chao-Lin   Chinese Taipei 2:10.44 4 6
58 Nicholas James   Zimbabwe 2:10.76 3 1
59 Boris Kirillov   Azerbaijan 2:10.96 3 7
60 Kaspar Raigla   Estonia 2:11.61 1 4
61 Doğa Çelik   Turkey 2:12.26 5 9
62 Alberto Tasini   San Marino 2:12.80 3 0
63 Yousuf Essa Al Yousuf   Saudi Arabia 2:12.81 3 4
64 Antonio Tong   Macau 2:13.22 4 9
65 Khachik Plavchyan   Armenia 2:14.19 4 0
66 Byron Briedenhann   Namibia 2:14.47 2 5
67 Ngou Pok Man   Macau 2:14.87 2 7
68 Abbas Raad   Lebanon 2:15.63 2 6 NR
69 Javier Hernandez Maradiaga   Honduras 2:16.09 3 8
70 Nicholas Coard   Grenada 2:16.65 2 2
71 Praveen Tokas   India 2:16.90 3 5
72 Mohammed Al Ghaferi   United Arab Emirates 2:17.30 2 3 NR
73 Armando Zayas Claure   Bolivia 2:18.09 2 1
74 Mark Sammut   Malta 2:19.46 3 9
75 Benjamin Gabbard   American Samoa 2:20.25 1 5
76 Marcelino Richaards   Suriname 2:21.05 2 8
77 Heimanu Sichan   French Polynesia 2:21.63 2 4
78 Paul Elaisa   Fiji 2:28.97 1 6
79 Mathieu Marquet   Mauritius 2:29.91 2 9
80 Timur Atahanov   Turkmenistan 2:34.13 1 2
81 Elaijie Erasito   Fiji 2:36.75 1 1
82 Ahmet Halliyev   Turkmenistan 2:39.58 1 7
– Hocine Haciane   Andorra DNS 1 3
– Ronny Vencatachellum   Mauritius DNS 2 0
– Andrejs Dūda   Latvia DNS 3 2
– Saša Imprić   Croatia DNS 5 8
– Brett Fraser   Cayman Islands DNS 6 5

Semifinals edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:54.06 1 4 CR
2 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 1:54.14 2 4
3 Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 1:54.90 1 6 ER
4 Stanislav Donets   Russia 1:55.25 1 5
5 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:55.39 2 5
6 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:55.62 2 6
7 George Du Rand   South Africa 1:55.75 2 3 AF
8 Aschwin Wildeboer   Spain 1:55.78 1 2
9 Chris Walker-Hebborn   Great Britain 1:56.05 2 7 NR
10 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 1:56.40 2 2 SA
11 Nick Driebergen   Netherlands 1:56.85 2 8 NR
12 Takashi Nakano   Japan 1:57.02 1 7
13 Sebastian Stoss   Austria 1:57.15 1 8
14 Damiano Lestingi   Italy 1:57.37 2 1
15 Yannick Lebherz   Germany 1:58.01 1 3
16 Sebastiano Ranfagni   Italy 1:58.84 1 1

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:51.92 WR
  5 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 1:52.51 AS
  2 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:53.82
4 3 Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 1:54.75 ER
5 8 Aschwin Wildeboer   Spain 1:54.92 NR
6 6 Stanislav Donets   Russia 1:55.36
7 7 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:55.60 NR
8 1 George Du Rand   South Africa 1:56.63

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