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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 28, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 29, 2011 (final)
Competitors32 from 26 nations
Winning time1:52.96
Medalists
gold medal Ryan Lochte   United States
silver medal Ryosuke Irie   Japan
bronze medal Tyler Clary   United States
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Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
Championship record		 Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:51.92 Rome July 31, 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

32 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Tyler Clary   United States 1:56.32 Q
2 2 2 Péter Bernek   Hungary 1:57.23 Q
3 4 3 Stanislav Donets   Russia 1:57.30 Q
4 3 4 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:57.34 Q
5 3 5 Zhang Fenglin   China 1:57.37 Q
6 4 4 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 1:57.58 Q
7 2 3 Kazuki Watanabe   Japan 1:57.62 Q
8 2 5 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:57.97 Q
9 4 7 Nick Driebergen   Netherlands 1:58.10 Q
10 4 1 Tobias Oriwol   Canada 1:58.19 Q
11 3 8 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin   Israel 1:58.21 Q, NR
12 3 2 Sebastiano Ranfagni   Italy 1:58.26 Q
13 2 8 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:58.29 Q
14 4 2 Yannick Lebherz   Germany 1:58.30 Q
15 4 6 Benjamin Stasiulis   France 1:58.42 Q
16 1 5 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 1:58.48 Q
17 3 3 Chris Walker-Hebborn   Great Britain 1:58.59
18 1 6 Darren Murray   South Africa 1:58.73
19 2 7 Matthew Hawes   Canada 1:58.84
20 3 1 Cheng Feiyi   China 1:59.08
21 2 6 Ashley Delaney   Australia 2:00.15
22 1 3 Mattias Carlsson   Sweden 2:00.44 NR
23 4 8 Mitch Larkin   Australia 2:00.52
24 3 6 Gareth Kean   New Zealand 2:00.74
25 2 1 Kim Ji-Heun   South Korea 2:01.06
26 1 4 Sebastian Stoss   Austria 2:01.13
27 1 2 Pedro Medel   Cuba 2:02.16
28 1 7 Jean-François Schneiders   Luxembourg 2:03.68
29 1 1 Abdullah Al-Tuwaini   Kuwait 2:07.63
30 1 8 Awse Ma'aya   Jordan 2:12.22
– 3 7 Aschwin Wildeboer   Spain DNS
– 4 5 James Goddard   Great Britain DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held at 19:23.[2]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:55.65 Q
2 3 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 1:55.96 Q
3 6 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:57.15 Q
4 7 Sebastiano Ranfagni   Italy 1:57.96 Q
5 4 Péter Bernek   Hungary 1:58.14
6 1 Yannick Lebherz   Germany 1:58.56
7 8 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 1:58.95
8 2 Tobias Oriwol   Canada 1:59.45

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tyler Clary   United States 1:56.00 Q
2 3 Zhang Fenglin   China 1:56.70 Q
3 6 Kazuki Watanabe   Japan 1:57.97 Q
4 5 Stanislav Donets   Russia 1:58.00 Q
5 2 Nick Driebergen   Netherlands 1:58.08
6 8 Benjamin Stasiulis   France 1:58.19
7 1 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:59.77
8 7 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin   Israel 1:59.92

Final edit

The final was held at 18:10.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Ryan Lochte   United States 1:52.96
  5 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 1:54.11
  3 Tyler Clary   United States 1:54.69
4 6 Zhang Fenglin   China 1:56.39
5 2 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:57.33
6 8 Stanislav Donets   Russia 1:57.36
7 7 Sebastiano Ranfagni   Italy 1:57.49
8 1 Kazuki Watanabe   Japan 1:57.82

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-28.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-28.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]

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