Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	31 July 2024 (Heats and Semis) 1 August 2004 (Final)
Competitors	30
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held from July 31 to August 1, 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre. ^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows.

Record	Time	Name	Nation	Event	Date	Notes
World
Olympic

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT). ^{[2] [3]}

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline. ^[2]

Time standards

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. ^[4]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Men's events
Event	OQT*	OCT^
200 m backstroke	1:57.50	1:58.06

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

All times are Central European time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
July 31, 2024	10:00	Heats
	19:37	Semifinals
August 1, 2024	17:30	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
			Se-Bom Lee	Australia
			Bradley Woodward	Australia
			Blake Tierney	Canada
			Xu Jiayu	China
			Hugo González	Spain
			Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	France
			Mewen Tomac	France
			Luke Greenbank	Great Britain
			Oliver Morgan	Great Britain
			Lukas Märtens	Germany
			Apostolos Christou	Greece
			Apostolos Siskos	Greece
			Hubert Kós	Hungary
			Ádám Telegdy	Hungary
			David Gerchik	Israel
			Thomas Ceccon	Italy
			Matteo Restivo	Italy
			Hidekazu Takehara	Japan
			Lee Ju-ho	South Korea
			Kai Van Westering	Netherlands
			Kane Follows	New Zealand
			Ksawery Masiuk	Poland
			Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico
			Pieter Coetze	South Africa
			Ziyad Saleem	Sudan
			Roman Mityukov	Switzerland
			Oleksandr Zheltyakov	Ukraine
			Jackson Jones	United States
			Ryan Murphy	United States
			Denilson Cyprianos	Zimbabwe

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes

References

1. "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
2. "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
3. Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
4. "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.