Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke explained

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Event:	Men's 200 metre backstroke
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	5 July
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	15
Nations:	10
Win Value:	1:57.62
Gold:	Lorenzo Mora
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Matteo Restivo
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Christophe Brun
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 5 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.^[1]

Records

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

World record		1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009
Mediterranean Games record		1:54.96	Pescara, Italy	28 June 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:31.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	6	1:59.78	Q
2	1	7	2:00.35	Q
3	2	5	2:00.66	Q
3	1	5	2:00.66	Q
5	1	2	2:00.96	Q
6	1	6	2:01.32	Q
7	2	2	2:01.47	Q
8	2	7	2:01.64	Q
9	2	3	2:01.75
10	2	4	2:02.13
11	1	4	2:02.74
12	1	3	2:03.23
13	2	1	2:04.18
14	1	1	2:04.29
15	2	8	2:14.20

Final

The final was held at 19:18.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Time
	3	1:57.62
	6	1:57.77
	4	1:58.40
4	1	2:00.11
5	7	2:00.51
6	2	2:00.63
7	8	2:00.83
8	5	2:00.85

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming – 200m Backstroke Men – Preliminary – Start List. Oran 2022. 2 July 2022. 2 July 2022.
Web site: Swimming – 200m Backstroke Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 5 July 2022. 5 July 2022.
Web site: Swimming – 200m Backstroke Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 5 July 2022. 5 July 2022.