Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location Gwangju, South Korea
Dates25 July (heats and semifinals)
26 July (final)
Competitors42 from 36 nations
Winning time1:53.40
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Evgeny Rylov  Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg   Ryan Murphy  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Luke Greenbank  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
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The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2019. [1] [2]

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Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Aaron Peirsol  (USA)1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009
Competition recordFlag of the United States.svg  Aaron Peirsol  (USA)1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 25 July at 10:28. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.61Q
254 Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.76Q
343 Luke Greenbank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:56.83Q
433 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:56.99Q
535 Xu Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:57.15Q, WD
632 Ádám Telegdy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:57.20Q
755 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:57.60Q
842 Christian Diener Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:57.61Q
858 Jakub Skierka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.61Q
1056 Matteo Restivo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:57.67Q
1138 Daniel Cristian Martin Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:57.76Q
1231 Lee Ju-ho Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:57.80Q
1357 Grigoriy Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.99Q
1452 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:58.04Q
1459 Roman Mityukov Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:58.04Q, NR
1653 Jacob Pebley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:58.07Q
1751 Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:58.16Q
1846 Bradley Woodward Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:58.31
1945 Keita Sunama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.40
2037 Christopher Reid Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:58.44
2136 Li Guangyuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:58.57
2241 Leonardo de Deus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:58.74
2330 Anton Loncar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:59.07
2447 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:59.42
2550 Yakov Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:59.79
2648 Cole Pratt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:00.45
2724 Tomáš Franta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:00.52
2821 Yeziel Morales Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:01.13
2922 Ivan Štšeglov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:01.19 NR
3039 Mikita Tsmyh Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:01.44
3140 Hugo González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:01.84
3228 Srihari Nataraj Flag of India.svg  India 2:02.08 NR
3349 Conor Ferguson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:02.37
3425 Gabriel Lópes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:03.33
3523 Chuang Mu-lun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:03.73
3627 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:04.76
3726 Armando Barrera Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:05.23
3820 Erick Gordillo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:05.53
3914 Ng Cheuk Yin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:06.64
4015 Matthew Mays Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 2:07.03
4129 Patrick Groters Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 2:10.25
4213 Ali Imaan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 2:33.23
34 Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 25 July at 21:35. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:55.48Q
28 Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:56.96Q, NR
35 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.24Q
43 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:57.26Q
52 Daniel Cristian Martin Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:57.66
67 Grigoriy Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.72
71 Roman Mityukov Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:57.93 NR
6 Jakub Skierka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DSQ

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.25Q
25 Luke Greenbank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:56.60Q
38 Jacob Pebley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.65Q
43 Ádám Telegdy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:57.07Q
56 Christian Diener Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:57.33
67 Lee Ju-ho Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:57.68
72 Matteo Restivo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.12
81 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:58.29

Final

The final was held on 26 July at 21:00. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:53.40
Silver medal icon.svg5 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.12
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Luke Greenbank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:55.85
41 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:56.37
58 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:56.52
66 Jacob Pebley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.72
77 Ádám Telegdy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:56.86
82 Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:58.50

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