The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.
Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 28, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 29, 2011 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 26 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:52.96 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record Championship record |
Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:51.92 | Rome | July 31, 2009 |
Results edit
Heats edit
32 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[1]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held at 19:23.[2]
Semifinal 1 edit
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:55.65 | Q |
2 | 3 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:55.96 | Q |
3 | 6 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:57.15 | Q |
4 | 7 | Sebastiano Ranfagni | Italy | 1:57.96 | Q |
5 | 4 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:58.14 | |
6 | 1 | Yannick Lebherz | Germany | 1:58.56 | |
7 | 8 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 1:58.95 | |
8 | 2 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 1:59.45 |
Semifinal 2 edit
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:56.00 | Q |
2 | 3 | Zhang Fenglin | China | 1:56.70 | Q |
3 | 6 | Kazuki Watanabe | Japan | 1:57.97 | Q |
4 | 5 | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 1:58.00 | Q |
5 | 2 | Nick Driebergen | Netherlands | 1:58.08 | |
6 | 8 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 1:58.19 | |
7 | 1 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:59.77 | |
8 | 7 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | Israel | 1:59.92 |
Final edit
The final was held at 18:10.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:52.96 | ||
5 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:54.11 | ||
3 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:54.69 | ||
4 | 6 | Zhang Fenglin | China | 1:56.39 | |
5 | 2 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:57.33 | |
6 | 8 | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 1:57.36 | |
7 | 7 | Sebastiano Ranfagni | Italy | 1:57.49 | |
8 | 1 | Kazuki Watanabe | Japan | 1:57.82 |
References edit
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke start list[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.