| Event: | Men's 200 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Dates: | 7 December |
| Competitors: | 59 |
| Nations: | 45 |
| Win Value: | 1:47.38 |
| Gold: | Radosław Kawęcki |
| Goldnoc: | POL |
| Silver: | Ryan Lochte |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Mitch Larkin |
| Bronzenoc: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2016 |
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) will be held on 7 December.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Arkady Vyatchanin | 1:46.11 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 | ||
| Championship record | Ryan Lochte | 1:46.68 | Dubai | 19 December 2010 |
The heats were held at 09:38.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 1:49.57 | Q, AS | |||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1:50.05 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 0 | 1:50.35 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 1:50.83 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 1:50.83 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 4 | 1:51.11 | Q | |||
| 7 | 6 | 8 | 1:51.29 | Q, | |||
| 8 | 7 | 6 | 1:51.44 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 1:51.59 | ||||
| 10 | 7 | 3 | 1:51.86 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | 4 | 1:51.89 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 5 | 1:52.70 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | 7 | 1:53.49 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 7 | 1:53.54 | ||||
| 15 | 6 | 6 | 1:53.68 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | 0 | 1:54.05 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 8 | 1:54.22 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 7 | 1:54.47 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 9 | 1:54.70 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | 1 | 1:54.80 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 5 | 1:55.32 | ||||
| 22 | 7 | 8 | 1:55.69 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 6 | 1:56.01 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | 6 | 1:56.23 | ||||
| 25 | 7 | 1 | 1:56.37 | ||||
| 26 | 7 | 2 | 1:56.73 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 1 | 1:58.04 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 8 | 1:58.54 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 6 | 1:58.74 | ||||
| 30 | 7 | 0 | 1:58.97 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 1 | 1:59.37 | ||||
| 32 | 4 | 2 | 1:59.77 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 9 | 2:00.07 | ||||
| 34 | 4 | 1 | 2:00.52 | ||||
| 35 | 6 | 9 | 2:01.39 | ||||
| 36 | 4 | 7 | 2:01.46 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 7 | 2:02.17 | ||||
| 38 | 4 | 0 | 2:02.29 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 2 | 2:02.37 | ||||
| 40 | 4 | 4 | 2:03.17 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 4 | 2:03.28 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 8 | 2:03.39 | ||||
| 43 | 3 | 3 | 2:03.50 | ||||
| 44 | 3 | 5 | 2:03.65 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 3 | 2:04.58 | ||||
| 46 | 7 | 9 | 2:07.40 | ||||
| 47 | 4 | 3 | 2:07.47 | ||||
| 48 | 3 | 9 | 2:08.86 | ||||
| 49 | 2 | 5 | 2:09.41 | ||||
| 50 | 2 | 6 | 2:10.09 | ||||
| 51 | 3 | 0 | 2:10.89 | ||||
| 52 | 2 | 2 | 2:11.24 | ||||
| 53 | 2 | 4 | 2:14.81 | ||||
| 54 | 1 | 4 | 2:21.98 | ||||
| 55 | 2 | 7 | 2:24.88 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 1 | 2:25.03 | ||||
| 57 | 2 | 8 | 2:26.02 | ||||
| 58 | 1 | 5 | 2:29.68 | ||||
| 59 | 1 | 3 | 2:40.53 | ||||
| — | 6 | 2 | DNS | ||||
| — | 7 | 5 | DNS |
The final was held at 18:15.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1:47.38 | |||||
| 3 | 1:48.20 | |||||
| 7 | 1:48.35 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 1:48.77 | AS | |||
| 5 | 5 | 1:49.87 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 1:50.88 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1:51.67 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 1:52.24 |