The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.[1]
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
| Dates | 6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 30 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:53.58 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
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 edit
Heats edit
The heats were held at 09:56.[2]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held at 18:57.[3]
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Evgeny Rylov |  Russia |
1:55.54 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |  Japan |
1:55.76 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Tyler Clary | United States |
1:56.58 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Li Guangyuan |  China |
1:57.12 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Gábor Balog |  Hungary |
1:57.91 | |
| 6 | 2 | Leonardo de Deus |  Brazil |
1:57.96 | |
| 7 | 6 | Josh Beaver |  Australia |
1:57.99 | |
| 8 | 1 | Corey Main |  New Zealand |
1:59.50 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia |
1:54.29 | Q, OC |
| 2 | 5 | Ryan Murphy | United States |
1:55.10 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Xu Jiayu | China |
1:55.13 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Radosław Kawęcki |  Poland |
1:55.54 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Christian Diener |  Germany |
1:57.17 | |
| 6 | 2 | Masaki Kaneko | Japan |
1:57.33 | |
| 7 | 8 | Luca Mencarini |  Italy |
1:57.81 | |
| 8 | 7 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia |
1:58.30 |
Final edit
The final was held on 7 August at 17:40.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia |
1:53.58 | OC |
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2 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:54.55 | |
 |
6 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia |
1:54.60 | NR |
| 4 | 7 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan |
1:54.81 | |
| 5 | 5 | Ryan Murphy | United States |
1:55.00 | |
| 6 | 3 | Xu Jiayu | China |
1:55.20 | |
| 7 | 1 | Tyler Clary | United States |
1:56.26 | |
| 8 | 8 | Li Guangyuan | China |
1:56.79 | WJ |