| Event: | Men's 200 metre backstroke |
| Championship: | 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 37 |
| Nations: | 30 |
| Win Value: | 1:53.58 |
| Gold: | Mitch Larkin |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Radosław Kawęcki |
| Silvernoc: | POL |
| Bronze: | Evgeny Rylov |
| Bronzenoc: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were held at 09:56.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 1:55.88 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 1:56.68 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 1:56.71 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 1:56.78 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 1:56.90 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 1:56.92 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 1:57.42 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 1:57.62 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 1:57.63 | Q | |||
| 10 | 3 | 7 | 1:57.73 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 1 | 1:57.77 | Q | |||
| 12 | 2 | 2 | 1:58.02 | Q | |||
| 13 | 2 | 5 | 1:58.09 | Q | |||
| 14 | 2 | 1 | 1:58.22 | Q | |||
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 1:58.31 | Q | |||
| 16 | 2 | 6 | 1:58.55 | Q | |||
| 17 | 4 | 7 | 1:58.64 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 6 | 1:58.79 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 2 | 1:59.00 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 7 | 1:59.05 | ||||
| 21 | 1 | 5 | 1:59.23 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | 8 | 1:59.24 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 8 | 1:59.59 | NR | |||
| 24 | 3 | 1 | 2:00.26 | ||||
| 25 | 4 | 9 | 2:00.92 | ||||
| 26 | 1 | 3 | 2:01.22 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 0 | 2:01.49 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 0 | 2:01.74 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 0 | 2:03.00 | ||||
| 30 | 1 | 6 | 2:04.00 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | 4 | 2:04.15 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 9 | 2:04.78 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 9 | 2:05.54 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | 2 | 2:06.74 | ||||
| 35 | 1 | 7 | 2:08.14 | ||||
| 36 | 1 | 1 | 2:09.14 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 8 | 2:19.53 | ||||
| 4 | 8 | DNS |
The semifinals were held at 18:57.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1:55.54 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 1:55.76 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1:56.58 | Q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 1:57.12 | Q | |||
| 5 | 8 | 1:57.91 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1:57.96 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 1:57.99 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:59.50 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:54.29 | Q, OC | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1:55.10 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1:55.13 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 1:55.54 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 1:57.17 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1:57.33 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:57.81 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 1:58.30 |
The final was held on 7 August at 17:40.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:53.58 | OC | ||||
| 2 | 1:54.55 | |||||
| 6 | 1:54.60 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:54.81 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 1:55.00 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 1:55.20 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:56.26 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:56.79 | WJ |