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

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location Gwangju, South Korea
Dates 25 July (heats and semifinals)
26 July (final)
Competitors 42 from 36 nations
Winning time 1:53.40
Medalists
gold medal  Evgeny Rylov   Russia
silver medal  Ryan Murphy   United States
bronze medal  Luke Greenbank   Great Britain

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2019.

Records

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

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 held on 25 July at 10:28.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Ryan Murphy United States 1:56.61 Q
2 5 4 Evgeny Rylov Russia 1:56.76 Q
3 4 3 Luke Greenbank Great Britain 1:56.83 Q
4 3 3 Radosław Kawęcki Poland 1:56.99 Q
5 3 5 Xu Jiayu China 1:57.15 Q, WD
6 3 2 Ádám Telegdy Hungary 1:57.20 Q
7 5 5 Ryosuke Irie Japan 1:57.60 Q
8 4 2 Christian Diener Germany 1:57.61 Q
8 5 8 Jakub Skierka Poland 1:57.61 Q
10 5 6 Matteo Restivo Italy 1:57.67 Q
11 3 8 Daniel Cristian Martin Romania 1:57.76 Q
12 3 1 Lee Ju-ho South Korea 1:57.80 Q
13 5 7 Grigoriy Tarasevich Russia 1:57.99 Q
14 5 2 Danas Rapšys Lithuania 1:58.04 Q
14 5 9 Roman Mityukov Switzerland 1:58.04 Q, NR
16 5 3 Jacob Pebley United States 1:58.07 Q
17 5 1 Markus Thormeyer Canada 1:58.16 Q
18 4 6 Bradley Woodward Australia 1:58.31
19 4 5 Keita Sunama Japan 1:58.40
20 3 7 Christopher Reid South Africa 1:58.44
21 3 6 Li Guangyuan China 1:58.57
22 4 1 Leonardo de Deus Brazil 1:58.74
23 3 0 Anton Loncar Croatia 1:59.07
24 4 7 Apostolos Christou Greece 1:59.42
25 5 0 Yakov Toumarkin Israel 1:59.79
26 4 8 Cole Pratt Canada 2:00.45
27 2 4 Tomáš Franta Czech Republic 2:00.52
28 2 1 Yeziel Morales Puerto Rico 2:01.13
29 2 2 Ivan Štšeglov Estonia 2:01.19 NR
30 3 9 Mikita Tsmyh Belarus 2:01.44
31 4 0 Hugo González Spain 2:01.84
32 2 8 Srihari Nataraj India 2:02.08 NR
33 4 9 Conor Ferguson Ireland 2:02.37
34 2 5 Gabriel Lópes Portugal 2:03.33
35 2 3 Chuang Mu-lun Chinese Taipei 2:03.73
36 2 7 Omar Pinzón Colombia 2:04.76
37 2 6 Armando Barrera Cuba 2:05.23
38 2 0 Erick Gordillo Guatemala 2:05.53
39 1 4 Ng Cheuk Yin Hong Kong 2:06.64
40 1 5 Matthew Mays  Virgin Islands 2:07.03
41 2 9 Patrick Groters Aruba 2:10.25
42 1 3 Ali Imaan Maldives 2:33.23
3 4 Mitch Larkin Australia DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Evgeny Rylov Russia 1:55.48 Q
2 8 Markus Thormeyer Canada 1:56.96 Q, NR
3 5 Radosław Kawęcki Poland 1:57.24 Q
4 3 Ryosuke Irie Japan 1:57.26 Q
5 2 Daniel Cristian Martin Romania 1:57.66
6 7 Grigoriy Tarasevich Russia 1:57.72
7 1 Roman Mityukov Switzerland 1:57.93 NR
6 Jakub Skierka Poland DSQ

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ryan Murphy United States 1:56.25 Q
2 5 Luke Greenbank Great Britain 1:56.60 Q
3 8 Jacob Pebley United States 1:56.65 Q
4 3 Ádám Telegdy Hungary 1:57.07 Q
5 6 Christian Diener Germany 1:57.33
6 7 Lee Ju-ho South Korea 1:57.68
7 2 Matteo Restivo Italy 1:58.12
8 1 Danas Rapšys Lithuania 1:58.29

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Evgeny Rylov Russia 1:53.40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Ryan Murphy United States 1:54.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Luke Greenbank Great Britain 1:55.85
4 1 Radosław Kawęcki Poland 1:56.37
5 8 Ryosuke Irie Japan 1:56.52
6 6 Jacob Pebley United States 1:56.72
7 7 Ádám Telegdy Hungary 1:56.86
8 2 Markus Thormeyer Canada 1:58.50