Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2022.[1][2]

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Dates22 June (heats and semifinals)
23 June (final)
Competitors42 from 37 nations
Winning time1:54.52
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    United States
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009
Competition record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 22 June at 09:20.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Shaine Casas   United States 1:56.66 Q
2 4 6 Joshua Edwards-Smith   Australia 1:56.85 Q
3 4 4 Ryan Murphy   United States 1:56.96 Q
4 3 2 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 1:57.09 Q
5 3 6 Mewen Tomac   France 1:57.21 Q
6 2 4 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 1:57.33 Q
7 2 5 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 1:57.82 Q
8 4 7 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 1:57.88 Q
9 2 6 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 1:57.89 Q
10 3 5 Yohann Ndoye Brouard   France 1:58.10 Q
11 3 4 Mitch Larkin   Australia 1:58.58 Q
12 4 3 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 1:58.61 Q
13 2 3 Jan Čejka   Czech Republic 1:58.65 Q
14 3 7 Evangelos Makrygiannis   Greece 1:59.25 Q
15 2 2 Hugo González   Spain 1:59.61 Q
16 3 1 Yeziel Morales   Puerto Rico 1:59.77 Q
17 4 1 Richie Stokes   Canada 1:59.86
18 2 1 Erikas Grigaitis   Lithuania 1:59.92
19 3 8 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 2:00.62
20 3 3 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 2:00.69
21 2 7 Michele Lamberti   Italy 2:00.92
22 2 8 Ziyad Ahmed   Sudan 2:01.05 NR
23 4 2 Oleksandr Zheltiakov   Ukraine 2:02.69
24 4 8 Khiew Hoe Yean   Malaysia 2:03.12
25 2 0 Armin Lelle   Estonia 2:03.58
26 4 9 Mohamed Mohamady   Egypt 2:03.84
27 3 0 Farrel Tangkas   Indonesia 2:04.84
28 4 0 Patrick Groters   Aruba 2:05.90
29 1 4 Ratthawit Thammananthachote   Thailand 2:07.12
30 1 5 Elías Ardiles   Chile 2:07.92
31 1 3 Ali Al-Essa   Saudi Arabia 2:15.66

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were started on 22 June at 19:36.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Ryan Murphy   United States 1:55.43 Q
2 1 5 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 1:56.17 Q
3 1 3 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 1:56.42 Q
4 2 3 Mewen Tomac   France 1:56.52 Q
5 2 6 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 1:56.80 Q
6 2 4 Shaine Casas   United States 1:56.90 Q
7 1 7 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 1:57.08 Q
8 1 6 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 1:57.12 Q
9 2 7 Mitch Larkin   Australia 1:57.36
10 1 2 Yohann Ndoye Brouard   France 1:57.38
11 1 4 Joshua Edwards-Smith   Australia 1:57.52
12 2 2 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 1:57.55
13 2 8 Hugo González   Spain 1:59.05
14 2 1 Jan Čejka   Czech Republic 1:59.28
15 1 1 Evangelos Makrygiannis   Greece 1:59.72
16 1 8 Yeziel Morales   Puerto Rico 2:01.47

Final edit

The final was held on 23 June at 19:01.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Ryan Murphy   United States 1:54.52
  3 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 1:55.16
  7 Shaine Casas   United States 1:55.35
4 5 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 1:56.16
5 6 Mewen Tomac   France 1:56.35
6 2 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 1:56.91
7 1 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 1:57.45
8 8 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 1:58.52

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). fina.org. 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 22 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 22 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 June 2022.