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

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates July 28, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 29, 2011 (final)
Competitors 32 from 26 nations
Winning time 1:52.96
Medalists
    United States
    Japan
    United States
2011 FINA
World Championships

Shanghai, China
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Team team
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo technical free
Duet technical free
Team technical free
combination
Water polo

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.

Records

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 RomeJuly 31, 2009

Results

Heats

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 Radoslaw Kawecki  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 Faber  Spain DNS
4 5 James Goddard  Great Britain DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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 Radoslaw Kawecki  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

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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Ryan Lochte  United States 1:52.96
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 1:54.11
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Tyler Clary  United States 1:54.69
4 6 Zhang Fenglin  China 1:56.39
5 2 Radoslaw Kawecki  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

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