The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea. There were 44 competitors from 32 nations. Each nation had been limited to two swimmers in the event since 1984. The event was won by Igor Polyansky of the Soviet Union. Frank Baltrusch of East Germany took silver, while Paul Kingsman of New Zealand earned bronze. The medals were the first in the men's 200 metre backstroke for the Soviet Union and New Zealand; East Germany had not medaled in the event since Roland Matthes won gold in 1968 and 1972. For the first time, the United States competed and did not earn at least silver.
The men's 50 backstroke at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 18 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 16 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 12 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 12 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 12–13 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 13 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 13 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 13 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 14 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 14 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 14 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 14 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 15 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 15 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
The 'Men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 16 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.
Swimming competitions at the 2015 SEA Games was held at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore from 6 to 11 June 2015. Built only a year earlier, the venue is hosting the SEA Games for the first time. It was used to host the second Southeast Asian Swimming Championships in 2014 as a test bed for the organisers, with the 2015 Southeast Asian Games volunteers hired to also volunteer in the 2014 Swimming Championships to help in the familiarisation of the new venue.
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.
