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

Event:Men's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:July 28, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 29, 2011 (final)
Competitors:32
Nations:26
Win Value:1:52.96
Gold:Ryan Lochte
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Ryosuke Irie
Silvernoc:JPN
Bronze:Tyler Clary
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:2009
Next:2013

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.

Results

Heats

32 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 1:56.32 Q
2 2 2 1:57.23 Q
3 4 3 1:57.30 Q
4 3 4 1:57.34 Q
5 3 5 1:57.37 Q
6 4 4 1:57.58 Q
7 2 3 1:57.62 Q
8 2 5 1:57.97 Q
9 4 7 1:58.10 Q
10 4 1 1:58.19 Q
11 3 8 1:58.21 Q, NR
12 3 2 1:58.26 Q
13 2 8 1:58.29 Q
14 4 2 1:58.30 Q
15 4 6 1:58.42 Q
16 1 5 1:58.48 Q
17 3 3 1:58.59
18 1 6 1:58.73
19 2 7 1:58.84
20 3 1 1:59.08
21 2 6 2:00.15
22 1 3 2:00.44 NR
23 4 8 2:00.52
24 3 6 2:00.74
25 2 1 2:01.06
26 1 4 2:01.13
27 1 2 2:02.16
28 1 7 2:03.68
29 1 1 2:07.63
30 1 8 2:12.22
3 7 DNS
4 5 DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 1:55.65 Q
2 3 1:55.96 Q
3 6 1:57.15 Q
4 7 1:57.96 Q
5 4 1:58.14
6 1 1:58.56
7 8 1:58.95
8 2 1:59.45

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 1:56.00 Q
2 3 1:56.70 Q
3 6 1:57.97 Q
4 5 1:58.00 Q
5 2 1:58.08
6 8 1:58.19
7 1 1:59.77
8 7 1:59.92

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 1:52.96
5 1:54.11
3 1:54.69
4 6 1:56.39
5 2 1:57.33
6 8 1:57.36
7 7 1:57.49
8 1 1:57.82

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (heats). Omega Timing. 2011-07-28.
  2. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2011-07-28.
  3. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-29.