Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:	2009 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	30 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 31 July 2009 (final)
Competitors:	87
Win Value:	1:51.92
Gold:	Aaron Peirsol
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Ryosuke Irie
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Ryan Lochte
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2007
Next:	2011

See main article: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

The heats for the men's 200 m backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record		1:53.08		align=right	11 July 2009
Championship record		1:54.32		align=right	30 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
30 July	Semifinal 1			1:54.06	CR
31 July	Final			1:51.92	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	1:55.20	9	4
2	1:55.88	8	4
3	1:55.97	7	4
4	1:56.03	9	3
5	1:56.06	8	1	AF
6	1:56.69	9	1
7	1:56.74	9	8
8	1:56.97	9	5
9	1:57.01	7	8	SA
10	1:57.15	8	5
11	1:57.52	8	2
12	1:57.58	7	3
13	1:57.73	9	6
14	1:57.75	9	7
15	1:57.86	7	7	NR
16	1:57.97	9	0
17	1:58.02	8	3
18	1:58.17	7	6
19	1:58.41	7	2
20	1:58.46	8	8	NR
21	1:58.89	8	6
22	1:59.19	8	7
23	1:59.49	9	9
24	1:59.65	7	1
25	1:59.84	5	5
26	2:00.35	9	2
27	2:00.39	7	5
28	2:00.42	8	0
29	2:00.99	6	7	NR
30	2:01.05	5	4
31	2:01.20	7	0
32	2:01.49	6	4
33	2:01.70	6	6
34	2:01.86	7	9
35	2:01.95	8	9
36	2:02.00	6	0
37	2:02.29	6	3
38	2:02.64	5	0
39	2:02.97	6	8	NR
40	2:03.56	4	4
41	2:03.71	6	2
42	2:03.99	6	9
43	2:04.34	5	6	NR
44	2:04.42	5	2
45	2:04.61	4	2
46	2:05.06	5	1
47	2:05.22	4	5
48	2:06.12	5	3
49	2:06.91	6	1
50	2:06.92	4	1	NR
51	2:07.07	5	7	NR
52	2:07.59	3	3	NR
53	2:08.25	4	3
54	2:08.57	4	7
55	2:08.83	4	8
56	2:10.22	3	6
57	2:10.44	4	6
58	2:10.76	3	1
59	2:10.96	3	7
60	2:11.61	1	4
61	2:12.26	5	9
62	2:12.80	3	0
63	2:12.81	3	4
64	2:13.22	4	9
65	2:14.19	4	0
66	2:14.47	2	5
67	2:14.87	2	7
68	2:15.63	2	6	NR
69	2:16.09	3	8
70	2:16.65	2	2
71	2:16.90	3	5
72	2:17.30	2	3	NR
73	2:18.09	2	1
74	2:19.46	3	9
75	2:20.25	1	5
76	2:21.05	2	8
77	2:21.63	2	4
78	2:28.97	1	6
79	2:29.91	2	9
80	2:34.13	1	2
81	2:36.75	1	1
82	2:39.58	1	7
–	DNS	1	3
–	DNS	2	0
–	DNS	3	2
–	DNS	5	8
–	DNS	6	5

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	1:54.06	1	4	CR
2	1:54.14	2	4
3	1:54.90	1	6	ER
4	1:55.25	1	5
5	1:55.39	2	5
6	1:55.62	2	6
7	1:55.75	2	3	AF
8	1:55.78	1	2
9	1:56.05	2	7	NR
10	1:56.40	2	2	SA
11	1:56.85	2	8	NR
12	1:57.02	1	7
13	1:57.15	1	8
14	1:57.37	2	1
15	1:58.01	1	3
16	1:58.84	1	1

Final

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	4	1:51.92
	5	1:52.51	AS
	2	1:53.82
4	3	1:54.75	ER
5	8	1:54.92	NR
6	6	1:55.36
7	7	1:55.60	NR
8	1	1:56.63