Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.[1]
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
| Dates | 6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 30 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:53.58 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2015 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | ||
| 5 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 09:56.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Mitch Larkin | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:55.88 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |  | 1:56.68 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Ryan Murphy | | 1:56.71 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Evgeny Rylov |  | 1:56.78 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Xu Jiayu |  | 1:56.90 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Tyler Clary | | 1:56.92 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Christian Diener |  | 1:57.42 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Josh Beaver | | 1:57.62 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Masaki Kaneko | | 1:57.63 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Leonardo de Deus |  | 1:57.73 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Grigory Tarasevich | | 1:57.77 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Li Guangyuan | | 1:58.02 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Radosław Kawęcki |  | 1:58.09 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Corey Main |  | 1:58.22 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Luca Mencarini |  | 1:58.31 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Gábor Balog |  | 1:58.55 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Yakov Toumarkin |  | 1:58.64 | |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Christopher Ciccarese | | 1:58.79 | |
| 19 | 3 | 2 | Danas Rapšys |  | 1:59.00 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Benjamin Stasiulis |  | 1:59.05 | |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Lavrans Solli |  | 1:59.23 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Omar Pinzón |  | 1:59.24 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Carlos Omaña |  | 1:59.59 | NR |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Mateusz Wysoczyński | | 2:00.26 | |
| 25 | 4 | 9 | Armando Barrera |  | 2:00.92 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Rexford Tullius |  | 2:01.22 | |
| 27 | 4 | 0 | Roman Dmytrijev |  | 2:01.49 | |
| 28 | 3 | 0 | Matias López |  | 2:01.74 | |
| 29 | 2 | 0 | Lukas Rauftlin |  | 2:03.00 | |
| 30 | 1 | 6 | Lin Shih-chieh |  | 2:04.00 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Yeziel Morales |  | 2:04.15 | |
| 32 | 2 | 9 | Lê Nguyễn Paul |  | 2:04.78 | |
| 33 | 3 | 9 | Vuk Čelić |  | 2:05.54 | |
| 34 | 1 | 2 | Boris Kirillov |  | 2:06.74 | |
| 35 | 1 | 7 | Lushano Lamprecht |  | 2:08.14 | |
| 36 | 1 | 1 | Driss Lahrichi |  | 2:09.14 | |
| 37 | 1 | 8 | Rami Elias |  | 2:19.53 | |
| 4 | 8 | Apostolos Christou |  | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:57.[3]
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Evgeny Rylov | | 1:55.54 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie | | 1:55.76 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Tyler Clary | | 1:56.58 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Li Guangyuan | | 1:57.12 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Gábor Balog | | 1:57.91 | |
| 6 | 2 | Leonardo de Deus | | 1:57.96 | |
| 7 | 6 | Josh Beaver | | 1:57.99 | |
| 8 | 1 | Corey Main | | 1:59.50 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | | 1:54.29 | Q, OC |
| 2 | 5 | Ryan Murphy | | 1:55.10 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Xu Jiayu | | 1:55.13 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Radosław Kawęcki | | 1:55.54 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Christian Diener | | 1:57.17 | |
| 6 | 2 | Masaki Kaneko | | 1:57.33 | |
| 7 | 8 | Luca Mencarini | | 1:57.81 | |
| 8 | 7 | Grigory Tarasevich | | 1:58.30 |
Final
The final was held on 7 August at 17:40.[4]
Before the final (from top: Clary, Kawecki, Xu, Larkin)
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | | 1:53.58 | OC |
 | 2 | Radosław Kawęcki | | 1:54.55 | |
 | 6 | Evgeny Rylov | | 1:54.60 | NR |
| 4 | 7 | Ryosuke Irie | | 1:54.81 | |
| 5 | 5 | Ryan Murphy | | 1:55.00 | |
| 6 | 3 | Xu Jiayu | | 1:55.20 | |
| 7 | 1 | Tyler Clary | | 1:56.26 | |
| 8 | 8 | Li Guangyuan | | 1:56.79 | WJ |
References
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