The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 24 and 25 August 2017.[1]
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2017 Summer Universiade | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Taiwan Sport University Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||
| Dates | 24 August (heats and semifinals) 25 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:56.52 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.
| World record |  Aaron Peirsol (USA) |
1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record |  Ryosuke Irie (JPN) |
1:54.13 | Belgrade, Serbia | 10 July 2009 |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were held on 24 August at 9:00.[2]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held on 24 August at 19:57.[3]
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Robert Owen |  United States |
1:58.32 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Martin Binedell |  South Africa |
1:58.37 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Andrey Shabasov |  Russia |
1:59.40 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Roman Larin | Russia |
1:59.84 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Gábor Balog |  Hungary |
2:00.35 | |
| 6 | 2 | Markus Thormeyer |  Canada |
2:00.88 | |
| 7 | 3 | Mikita Tsmyh |  Belarus |
2:02.22 | |
| 8 | 1 | Dag Fredriksson |  Sweden |
2:02.57 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Danas Rapšys |  Lithuania |
1:57.47 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Austin Katz | United States |
1:57.69 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Kosuke Hagino |  Japan |
1:58.28 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Christopher Ciccarese |  Italy |
2:00.06 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Lee Ju-ho |  South Korea |
2:00.84 | |
| 6 | 7 | Matteo Restivo | Italy |
2:01.06 | |
| 7 | 2 | Robert Hill | Canada |
2:01.22 | |
| 8 | 8 | Shuhei Uno | Japan |
2:03.96 |
Final edit
The final was held on 25 August at 20:10.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania |
1:56.52 | |
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5 | Austin Katz | United States |
1:56.70 | |
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1 | Roman Larin | Russia |
1:57.29 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan |
1:57.77 | |
| 5 | 7 | Andrey Shabasov | Russia |
1:58.16 | |
| 6 | 2 | Martin Binedell | South Africa |
1:58.17 | |
| 7 | 6 | Robert Owen | United States |
1:58.52 | |
| 8 | 8 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy |
2:00.52 |
References edit
- ^ "2017 Summer Universiade – Swimming – Technical handbook" (PDF). data.2017.gov.taipei. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results
- ^ Final results