Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates27 July (heats and semifinals)
28 July (final)
Competitors39 from 33 nations
Winning time1:54.14
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    United States
bronze medal     Switzerland
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Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

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

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Heats

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The heats were started on 27 July at 10:56.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Bradley Woodward   Australia 1:57.14 Q
2 4 3 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 1:57.24 Q
3 2 4 Hubert Kós   Hungary 1:57.27 Q
4 4 4 Ryan Murphy   United States 1:57.37 Q
5 4 6 Apostolos Siskos   Greece 1:57.40 Q
6 2 2 Oliver Morgan   Great Britain 1:57.61 Q
7 3 1 Hugh McNeill   Canada 1:57.73 Q
8 3 4 Destin Lasco   United States 1:57.84 Q
9 2 5 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 1:57.92 Q
10 4 1 Hugo González   Spain 1:57.99 Q
10 4 2 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 1:57.99 Q
12 3 3 Mewen Tomac   France 1:58.09 Q
13 3 7 Daiki Yanagawa   Japan 1:58.14 Q
14 3 5 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 1:58.17 Q
15 3 2 Antoine Herlem   France 1:58.20 Q
16 3 6 Hidekazu Takehara   Japan 1:58.46 Q
17 2 6 Matteo Restivo   Italy 1:58.57
18 4 7 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 1:59.01
19 2 1 João Costa   Portugal 1:59.30
20 3 9 Berke Saka   Turkey 1:59.48
21 4 8 Tao Guannan   China 1:59.74
22 3 8 John Shortt   Ireland 1:59.79
23 2 7 Lorenzo Mora   Italy 1:59.99
24 2 0 Ziyad Ahmed   Sudan 2:00.52
25 2 8 Yeziel Morales   Puerto Rico 2:00.76
26 4 0 Erikas Grigaitis   Lithuania 2:00.98
27 1 2 Denilson Cyprianos   Zimbabwe 2:02.12 NR
28 1 5 Mohamed Mohamady   Egypt 2:02.23
29 1 4 Khiew Hoe Yean   Malaysia 2:03.14
30 4 9 Tonnam Kanteemool   Thailand 2:03.46
31 3 0 Srihari Nataraj   India 2:04.42
32 1 6 Jack Harvey   Bermuda 2:04.52
33 1 3 Armin Lelle   Estonia 2:05.20
34 2 9 Trần Hưng Nguyên   Vietnam 2:07.40
35 1 8 Merdan Atayev   Turkmenistan 2:07.48
36 1 7 Matthieu Seye   Senegal 2:08.44 NR
37 1 1 Thomas Wareing   Malta 2:12.57
38 1 0 Joel Ling   Brunei 2:13.07
39 1 9 Ali Imaan   Maldives 2:23.46
2 3 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland Did not start

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 27 July at 21:33.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 1:55.85 Q, NR
2 1 1 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 1:55.89 Q
3 2 5 Hubert Kós   Hungary 1:55.99 Q
4 1 5 Ryan Murphy   United States 1:56.02 Q
5 1 7 Mewen Tomac   France 1:56.05 Q
6 2 4 Bradley Woodward   Australia 1:56.16 Q
7 2 1 Daiki Yanagawa   Japan 1:57.23 Q
8 1 2 Hugo González   Spain 1:57.28 Q
9 1 3 Oliver Morgan   Great Britain 1:57.50
10 2 8 Antoine Herlem   France 1:57.55
11 2 2 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 1:57.93
12 2 3 Apostolos Siskos   Greece 1:58.04
13 2 7 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 1:58.05
14 1 8 Hidekazu Takehara   Japan 1:58.10
15 2 6 Hugh McNeill   Canada 1:58.86
16 1 6 Destin Lasco   United States 1:59.18

Final

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The final was started on 28 July at 20:59.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Hubert Kós   Hungary 1:54.14 NR
  6 Ryan Murphy   United States 1:54.83
  4 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 1:55.34 NR
4 2 Mewen Tomac   France 1:55.79
5 5 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 1:55.85
6 7 Bradley Woodward   Australia 1:56.29
7 8 Hugo González   Spain 1:56.33
8 1 Daiki Yanagawa   Japan 1:58.75

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2023.