Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2017.[1][2]

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Dates27 July (heats and semifinals)
28 July (final)
Competitors40 from 33 nations
Winning time1:53.61
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    United States
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.

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

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Heats

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The heats were held on 27 July at 09:51.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Ryan Murphy   United States 1:56.11 Q
2 5 2 Péter Bernek   Hungary 1:56.53 Q
3 3 7 Danas Rapšys   Lithuania 1:56.67 Q, NR
4 3 5 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 1:56.74 Q
5 5 5 Xu Jiayu   China 1:56.92 Q
6 3 3 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 1:57.21 Q
7 4 4 Evgeny Rylov   Russia 1:57.28 Q
8 5 1 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 1:57.41 Q
9 5 3 Li Guangyuan   China 1:57.66 Q
10 5 6 Josh Beaver   Australia 1:57.67 Q
4 8 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain Q
12 4 6 Kosuke Hagino   Japan 1:57.97 Q
13 3 4 Mitch Larkin   Australia 1:58.00 Q
14 4 5 Jacob Pebley   United States 1:58.05 Q
15 5 7 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:58.33 Q
16 5 8 Corey Main   New Zealand 1:58.34 Q
17 3 6 Matteo Restivo   Italy 1:58.37
18 4 3 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:58.41
19 3 8 Mikita Tsmyh   Belarus 1:58.72
20 4 7 Geoffroy Mathieu   France 1:58.92
21 5 0 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 1:59.03
22 3 0 Martin Binedell   South Africa 1:59.15
23 4 2 Yakov Toumarkin   Israel 1:59.25
24 2 5 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 1:59.49 NR
25 2 3 Vuk Čelić   Serbia 2:00.27
26 4 1 Jakub Skierka   Poland 2:00.44
27 4 9 Anton Loncar   Croatia 2:00.46
28 5 9 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 2:00.68
29 2 1 Nils Liess    Switzerland 2:00.96
30 4 0 Roman Dmytrijev   Czech Republic 2:01.38
31 3 9 Matías López   Paraguay 2:01.84
32 3 2 Hugo González   Spain 2:02.41
33 1 4 Gabriel Lópes   Portugal 2:02.78
34 2 8 Adil Kaskabay   Kazakhstan 2:03.09
35 2 2 Carlos Omaña   Venezuela 2:03.13
36 2 4 Daniil Bukin   Uzbekistan 2:03.49
37 2 6 Yeziel Morales   Puerto Rico 2:05.11
38 2 7 Boris Kirillov   Azerbaijan 2:09.22
39 1 5 Eisner Barberena   Nicaragua 2:11.92
40 1 3 Andrianirina Lalanomena   Madagascar 2:21.04
3 1 Apostolos Christou   Greece DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 27 July at 19:03.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 1:55.15 Q, WJ
2 1 Jacob Pebley   United States 1:55.20 Q
3 3 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 1:55.79 Q
3 4 Péter Bernek   Hungary 1:55.79 Q, NR
5 6 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 1:56.69
6 2 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 1:58.50
7 7 Kosuke Hagino   Japan 1:58.72
8 8 Corey Main   New Zealand 2:01.00

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Xu Jiayu   China 1:54.79 Q
2 4 Ryan Murphy   United States 1:54.93 Q
3 6 Evgeny Rylov   Russia 1:54.96 Q
4 5 Danas Rapšys   Lithuania 1:56.11 Q, NR
5 2 Li Guangyuan   China 1:57.10
6 8 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:57.89
7 7 Josh Beaver   Australia 1:58.10
8 1 Mitch Larkin   Australia 1:59.10

Final

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The final was held on 28 July at 17:40.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Evgeny Rylov   Russia 1:53.61 ER
  5 Ryan Murphy   United States 1:54.21
  2 Jacob Pebley   United States 1:55.06
4 6 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 1:55.14 WJ
5 4 Xu Jiayu   China 1:55.26
6 1 Péter Bernek   Hungary 1:55.58 NR
7 7 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 1:56.35
8 8 Danas Rapšys   Lithuania 1:56.96

References

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