Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Date:	August 1, 2013 (heats &<br/>semifinals) August 2, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	30
Win Value:	1:53.79
Gold:	Ryan Lochte
Silver:	Radosław Kawęcki
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Tyler Clary
Bronzenoc:	USA
Goldnoc:	USA
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The men's 200 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 1–2 August July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held at 10:21.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	1:56.76	Q
2	2	5	1:57.18	Q
3	2	4	1:57.19	Q
4	4	3	1:57.20	Q
5	2	3	1:57.33	Q
6	3	3	1:57.48	Q
7	4	5	1:57.52	Q
8	3	4	1:57.53	Q
9	4	2	1:57.95	Q
10	3	6	1:57.98	Q
11	3	5	1:57.99	Q
12	4	7	1:58.29	Q
13	3	7	1:58.54	Q
14	4	1	1:59.11	Q
15	2	2	1:59.17	Q
16	2	1	1:59.19	Q
17	4	6	1:59.34
18	3	2	1:59.39
19	2	7	1:59.95
20	3	8	2:00.45
21	4	0	2:00.51
22	3	1	2:01.08
23	2	8	2:01.23
24	2	6	2:02.81
25	2	0	2:02.96
26	3	0	2:03.50
27	4	8	2:03.63
28	2	9	2:04.90
29	3	9	2:05.92
30	1	4	2:06.09
31	1	6	2:08.74
32	1	5	2:09.89
33	1	3	2:12.31
34	1	2	2:21.51
	4	9

The semifinals were held at 19:20.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	1:56.14	Q
2	7	1:56.42	Q
3	4	1:56.97	Q
4	5	1:57.37	Q
5	2	1:57.42
6	3	1:57.55
7	1	1:59.05
8	8	2:02.12

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	1:55.16	Q
2	5	1:55.88	Q
3	7	1:56.14	Q
4	6	1:56.24	Q
5	3	1:57.71
6	8	1:57.92
7	2	1:58.16
8	1	1:59.16

The final was held at 18:09.^[5]