Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 28 July – 29 July. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 28 July, with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals in the evening session. The final was held on 29 July.

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2005 FINA World Championships
Dates28 July 2005 (heats, semifinals)
29 July 2005 (final)
Competitors47 from 39 nations
Winning time1:54.66 WR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Austria
bronze medal    United States
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Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:54.74 Long Beach 12 July 2004
Championship record Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:55.82 Barcelona 24 July 2003

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time WR CR
July 29 Final Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:54.66 WR CR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat/Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 H6 L4 Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:58.04 qualified
2 H6 L2 Gordan Kožulj   Croatia 1:59.03 qualified
3 H4 L4 Markus Rogan   Austria 1:59.33 qualified
4 H6 L6 Tomomi Morita   Japan 1:59.78 qualified
5 H5 L5 Răzvan Florea   Romania 1:59.88 qualified
6 H4 L3 Takashi Nakano   Japan 1:59.97 qualified
7 H5 L6 Blaž Medvešek   Slovenia 2:00.11 qualified
8 H6 L5 Ryan Lochte   United States 2:00.27 qualified
9 H6 L3 Gregor Tait   Great Britain 2:00.57 qualified
10 H4 L5 Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 2:01.03 qualified
11 H5 L3 Simon Dufour   France 2:01.60 qualified
12 H4 L2 Steffen Driesen   Germany 2:01.69 qualified
13 H4 L1 Derya Büyükuncu   Turkey 2:01.93 qualified
14 H5 L4 James Goddard   Great Britain 2:02.00 qualified
15 H5 L1 Yoav Gath   Israel 2:02.12 qualified
16 H5 L7 Patrick Murphy   Australia 2:02.27 qualified
17 H5 L8 Pavel Suskov   Lithuania 2:02.36
18 H4 L6 Matt Welsh   Australia 2:02.64
19 H5 L2 Keith Beavers   Canada 2:02.88
20 H4 L7 Cameron Gibson   New Zealand 2:02.89
21 H6 L7 Luca Marin   Italy 2:03.41
22 H6 L1 Nick Neckles   Barbados 2:04.00
23 H6 L8 Alex Lim   Malaysia 2:04.09
24 H3 L4 Tomasz Rumianowski   Poland 2:04.15
25 H4 L8 Sebastian Stoss   Austria 2:04.30
26 H3 L5 Adriano Niz   Portugal 2:04.61
27 H3 L6 Seung-Hyeon Lee   South Korea 2:06.92
28 H3 L1 Alessio Domenack   Peru 2:09.63
29 H3 L8 Sergey Pankov   Uzbekistan 2:10.28
30 H2 L5 Marcus Cheah   Singapore 2:11.04
31 H2 L3 Zhi Cong Lim   Singapore 2:11.35
32 H2 L7 Kieran Locke   Virgin Islands 2:11.96
33 H2 L2 Andy Wibowo   Indonesia 2:12.42
34 H2 L1 David Dunford   Kenya 2:12.84
35 H3 L2 Yury Zaharov   Kyrgyzstan 2:12.91
36 H2 L8 Francisco Montenegro   Guatemala 2:13.46
37 H2 L4 Gael Adam   Mauritius 2:13.75
38 H1 L4 Shahin Baradaran   Iran 2:15.04
39 H1 L3 Antonio Tong   Macau 2:15.79
40 H3 L7 Suriya Suksuphak   Thailand 2:17.29
41 H2 L6 LIN Yu-An   Chinese Taipei 2:17.30
42 H1 L8 Francois Ghattas   Lebanon 2:19.15
43 H1 L5 Scott Hensley   Virgin Islands 2:22.11
44 H1 L6 Diego Foianini   Bolivia 2:22.28
45 H1 L1 Horacio Carcamo   Honduras 2:23.19
46 H1 L2 Reginaldo Panting   Honduras 2:23.29
47 H1 L7 Imdad Ali   Pakistan 2:23.46

Semifinals

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Rank Heat/Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 S2 L4 Aaron Peirsol   USA 1:56.60 q
2 S2 L5 Markus Rogan   Austria 1:57.16 q
3 S2 L3 Răzvan Florea   Romania 1:58.03 q
4 S1 L6 Ryan Lochte   USA 1:58.17 q
5 S1 L2 Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 1:58.60 q
6 S1 L5 Tomomi Morita   Japan 1:58.70 q
7 S1 L4 Gordan Kožulj   Croatia 1:58.74 q
8 S1 L3 Takashi Nakano   Japan 1:58.91 q
9 S2 L2 Gregor Tait   Great Britain 1:58.97
10 S2 L6 Blaž Medvešek   Slovenia 1:59.10
11 S1 L1 James Goddard   Great Britain 1:59.16
12 S2 L7 Simon Dufour   France 2:00.08
13 S1 L7 Steffen Driesen   Germany 2:00.88
14 S2 L8 Yoav Gath   Israel 2:01.58
14 S2 L1 Derya Büyükuncu   Turkey 2:01.58
16 S1 L8 Patrick Murphy   Australia 2:03.15

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Aaron Peirsol   USA 1:54.66 WR
  Markus Rogan   Austria 1:56.63
  Ryan Lochte   USA 1:57.00
4 Răzvan Florea   Romania 1:57.03
5 Takashi Nakano   Japan 1:58.03
6 Gordan Kožulj   Croatia 1:58.28
7 Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 1:59.02
8 Tomomi Morita   Japan 1:59.34

Key: WR = World record

References

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