2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	21 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	27
Win Value:	1:48.68
Gold:	Radosław Kawęcki
Goldnoc:	POL
Silver:	Shaine Casas
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Christian Diener
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 21 December 2021.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were started at 09:37.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	1	1:49.82	Q
2	3	3	1:50.50	Q, NR
3	4	2	1:50.71	Q
4	3	4	1:51.06	Q
5	2	4	1:51.58	Q
6	4	0	1:51.93	Q
7	4	6	1:52.30	Q
8	4	4	1:52.35	Q
9	4	5	1:52.47
10	3	0	1:52.48
11	3	5	1:52.52
12	4	3	1:52.61
13	2	3	1:52.66
14	4	7	1:52.83
15	2	8	1:53.66
16	2	5	1:54.02
17	2	7	1:54.14
18	3	8	1:54.23
19	3	7	1:54.37
20	2	2	1:54.46
21	4	9	1:54.54
22	2	9	1:55.02
23	4	8	1:55.26
24	2	6	1:55.44
25	1	4	1:56.02
26	3	6	1:56.41
27	1	7	1:56.44	NR
28	1	6	1:56.93	NR
29	3	9	1:57.73
30	3	2	1:59.64
31	2	1	2:00.03
32	1	3	2:01.08
33	1	5	2:05.86
34	1	1	2:08.20
35	1	2	2:10.23
	2	0	DNS
	4	1	DNS

The final was held at 18:56.^[3]