| Event: | Men's 200 metre backstroke |
| Championship: | 2017 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final) |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Location: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 33 |
| Win Value: | 1:53.61 |
| Gold: | Evgeny Rylov |
| Gold Nation: | RUS |
| Silver: | Ryan Murphy |
| Silver Nation: | USA |
| Bronze: | Jacob Pebley |
| Bronze Nation: | USA |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2017.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were held on 27 July at 09:51.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1:56.11 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 1:56.53 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 7 | 1:56.67 | Q, NR | |||
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 1:56.74 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1:56.92 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 1:57.21 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 1:57.28 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 1:57.41 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 1:57.66 | Q | |||
| 10 | 5 | 6 | 1:57.67 | Q | |||
| 4 | 8 | Q | |||||
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 1:57.97 | Q | |||
| 13 | 3 | 4 | 1:58.00 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 5 | 1:58.05 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 7 | 1:58.33 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 8 | 1:58.34 | Q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 6 | 1:58.37 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 3 | 1:58.41 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 8 | 1:58.72 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 7 | 1:58.92 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 0 | 1:59.03 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | 0 | 1:59.15 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 2 | 1:59.25 | ||||
| 24 | 2 | 5 | 1:59.49 | NR | |||
| 25 | 2 | 3 | 2:00.27 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 1 | 2:00.44 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 9 | 2:00.46 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 9 | 2:00.68 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 1 | 2:00.96 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 0 | 2:01.38 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 9 | 2:01.84 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 2 | 2:02.41 | ||||
| 33 | 1 | 4 | 2:02.78 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 8 | 2:03.09 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 2 | 2:03.13 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 4 | 2:03.49 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 6 | 2:05.11 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 7 | 2:09.22 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 5 | 2:11.92 | ||||
| 40 | 1 | 3 | 2:21.04 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||||
The semifinals were held on 27 July at 19:03.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1:55.15 | Q, WJ | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1:55.20 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1:55.79 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 1:55.79 | Q, NR | |||
| 5 | 6 | 1:56.69 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1:58.50 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 1:58.72 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:01.00 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1:54.79 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 1:54.93 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1:54.96 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 1:56.11 | Q, NR | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1:57.10 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 1:57.89 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 1:58.10 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:59.10 |
The final was held on 28 July at 17:40.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1:53.61 | ER | ||||
| 5 | 1:54.21 | |||||
| 2 | 1:55.06 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 1:55.14 | WJ | |||
| 5 | 4 | 1:55.26 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 1:55.58 | NR | |||
| 7 | 7 | 1:56.35 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:56.96 |