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 2024 (Final)
Competitors	29 from 22 nations
Winning time	1:54.26
Medalists
Hubert Kos   Hungary Apostolos Christou   Greece Roman Mityukov   Switzerland
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre. ^[1]

Records

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

World record	Aaron Peirsol  (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009	[2] [3]
Olympic record	Evgeny Rylov  (ROC)	1:53.27	Tokyo, Japan	30 July 2021

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). ^{[4] [5]}

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. ^[4]

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. ^[6]

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 Summer Time (UTC+2)

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

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:56.62	Q
2	4	2	Lukas Märtens	Germany	1:56.89	Q
3	2	6	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	1:56.92	Q
4	4	4	Hubert Kós	Hungary	1:57.01	Q
5	3	4	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:57.03	Q
6	2	4	Hugo González	Spain	1:57.08	Q
7	2	7	Apostolos Christou	Greece	1:57.18	Q
8	3	7	Hidekazu Takehara	Japan	1:57.23	Q
9	4	3	Apostolos Siskos	Greece	1:57.26	Q
10	3	2	Lee Ju-ho	South Korea	1:57.39	Q
11	4	5	Keaton Jones	United States	1:57.54	Q
12	4	7	Oliver Morgan	Great Britain	1:57.56	Q
13	3	3	Mewen Tomac	France	1:57.62	Q
14	2	1	Thomas Ceccon	Italy	1:57.69	Q
15	2	2	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	France	1:57.92	Q
16	4	6	Ádám Telegdy	Hungary	1:57.98	Q
17	3	1	Ksawery Masiuk	Poland	1:58.01
18	1	4	Se-Bom Lee	Australia	1:58.30
19	4	8	Blake Tierney	Canada	1:58.39
20	3	6	Oleksandr Zheltyakov	Ukraine	1:58.41
21	1	5	Kane Follows	New Zealand	1:58.63
22	1	3	David Gerchik	Israel	1:58.79
23	2	8	Kai van Westering  [ nl ]	Netherlands	1:58.99
24	3	8	Matteo Restivo	Italy	1:59.05
25	2	3	Bradley Woodward	Australia	2:00.50
26	1	6	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	2:00.60
27	1	2	Ziyad Saleem	Sudan	2:01.44
28	1	7	Denilson Cyprianos	Zimbabwe	2:01.91	NR
	2	5	Xu Jiayu	China	DNS
	4	1	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	DSQ

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Hubert Kós	Hungary	1:55.96	Q
2	2	4	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:56.05	Q
3	2	5	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	1:56.09	Q
4	1	4	Lukas Märtens	Germany	1:56.33	Q
4	2	6	Apostolos Christou	Greece	1:56.33	Q
6	2	7	Keaton Jones	United States	1:56.39	Q
7	2	1	Mewen Tomac	France	1:56.43	Q
8	1	3	Hugo González	Spain	1:56.52	Q
9	1	1	Thomas Ceccon	Italy	1:56.59
10	2	3	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:56.62
11	1	2	Lee Ju-ho	South Korea	1:56.76
12	1	7	Oliver Morgan	Great Britain	1:57.28
13	1	8	Ádám Telegdy	Hungary	1:57.58
14	2	2	Apostolos Siskos	Greece	1:57.77
15	1	6	Hidekazu Takehara	Japan	1:58.03
16	2	8	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	France	1:58.65

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Hubert Kos	Hungary	1:54.26
	2	Apostolos Christou	Greece	1:54.82	NR
	5	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:54.85	NR
4	1	Mewen Tomac	France	1:55.38	NR
5	7	Keaton Jones	United States	1:55.39
6	8	Hugo González	Spain	1:55.47
7	3	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	1:55.60	AF
8	6	Lukas Märtens	Germany	1:55.97

References

1. "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
2. "Cavic supplants Phelps' 100 fly time". ESPN. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
3. Michaelis, Vicky (31 July 2009). "Phelps earns relay gold medal, Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark". USA Today . Retrieved 10 July 2013.
4. "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
5. 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.
6. "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.