Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Aspire Dome
Location	Doha, Qatar
Dates	15 February (heats and semifinals) 16 February (final)
Competitors	33 from 32 nations
Winning time	1:55.30
Medalists
Hugo González    Spain   Roman Mityukov     Switzerland   Pieter Coetze    South Africa
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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 February 2024. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. ^[3]

World record	Aaron Peirsol  (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009
Competition record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 15 February at 09:56. ^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	3	Apostolos Siskos	Greece	1:56.64	Q, NR
2	4	7	Kai van Westering	Netherlands	1:57.29	Q
3	2	5	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	1:57.90	Q
4	4	4	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:58.03	Q
5	2	2	Ádám Telegdy	Hungary	1:58.07	Q
6	3	3	Ksawery Masiuk	Poland	1:58.20	Q
7	4	6	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	1:58.23	Q
8	3	4	Bradley Woodward	Australia	1:58.26	Q
9	3	5	Lee Ju-ho	South Korea	1:58.29	Q
10	2	7	Lukas Märtens	Germany	1:58.45	Q
11	4	5	Jack Aikins	United States	1:58.50	Q
12	3	6	Brodie Williams	Great Britain	1:58.72	Q
13	3	7	Osamu Kato	Japan	1:58.82	Q
14	4	3	Hugo González	Spain	1:59.00	Q
15	3	1	Raben Dommann	Canada	1:59.10	Q
16	4	1	John Shortt	Ireland	1:59.27	Q
17	2	1	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	1:59.38
18	4	8	Kaloyan Levterov	Bulgaria	1:59.42
19	2	6	Lorenzo Mora	Italy	1:59.80
20	3	0	Ziyad Ahmed	Sudan	2:00.53
21	2	8	Erikas Grigaitis	Lithuania	2:01.32
22	1	5	Yegor Popov	Kazakhstan	2:01.61
23	2	4	Oleksandr Zheltyakov	Ukraine	2:01.81
24	1	4	Denis-Laurean Popescu	Romania	2:02.05
25	3	8	Primož Šenica	Slovenia	2:04.11
26	4	9	Denilson Cyprianos	Zimbabwe	2:04.70
27	2	9	Farrel Tangkas	Indonesia	2:05.49
28	4	0	Patrick Groters	Aruba	2:06.10
29	3	9	Diego Camacho Salgado	Mexico	2:07.00
30	1	3	Alexis Kpade	Benin	2:07.25
31	1	6	Ahmad Safie	Lebanon	2:08.37
32	2	0	Trần Hưng Nguyên	Vietnam	2:08.71
33	1	2	Zeke Chan	Brunei	2:12.94
	3	2	Apostolos Christou	Greece	Did not start
	4	2	Andrew Jeffcoat	New Zealand

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 15 February at 20:33. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	7	Jack Aikins	United States	1:56.32	Q
2	1	1	Hugo González	Spain	1:56.38	Q
3	2	2	Lee Ju-ho	South Korea	1:56.40	Q
4	2	3	Ádám Telegdy	Hungary	1:56.65	Q
5	1	5	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:56.72	Q
6	2	4	Apostolos Siskos	Greece	1:56.82	Q
7	1	4	Kai van Westering	Netherlands	1:56.91	Q
8	2	5	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	1:57.07	Q
9	2	6	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	1:57.29
10	1	3	Ksawery Masiuk	Poland	1:57.48
11	1	6	Bradley Woodward	Australia	1:57.58
12	1	7	Brodie Williams	Great Britain	1:58.23
13	1	2	Lukas Märtens	Germany	1:58.24
14	1	8	John Shortt	Ireland	1:58.47	NR
15	2	1	Osamu Kato	Japan	1:58.97
16	2	8	Raben Dommann	Canada	2:00.75

Final

The final was held on 16 February at 19:59. ^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Hugo González	Spain	1:55.30
	2	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:55.40
	8	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	1:55.99
4	4	Jack Aikins	United States	1:56.21
5	3	Lee Ju-ho	South Korea	1:56.38
6	7	Apostolos Siskos	Greece	1:56.64	= NR
7	6	Ádám Telegdy	Hungary	1:56.66
8	1	Kai van Westering	Netherlands	1:57.19

References

1. "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
2. "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
3. "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
4. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 15 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
5. "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 15 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
6. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.