Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre backstroke
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	22 June (heats and semifinals) 23 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	42
Nations:	37
Win Value:	1:54.52
Gold:	Ryan Murphy
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Luke Greenbank
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Shaine Casas
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were started on 22 June at 09:20.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	5	1:56.66	Q
2	4	6	1:56.85	Q
3	4	4	1:56.96	Q
4	3	2	1:57.09	Q
5	3	6	1:57.21	Q
6	2	4	1:57.33	Q
7	2	5	1:57.82	Q
8	4	7	1:57.88	Q
9	2	6	1:57.89	Q
10	3	5	1:58.10	Q
11	3	4	1:58.58	Q
12	4	3	1:58.61	Q
13	2	3	1:58.65	Q
14	3	7	1:59.25	Q
15	2	2	1:59.61	Q
16	3	1	1:59.77	Q
17	4	1	1:59.86
18	2	1	1:59.92
19	3	8	2:00.62
20	3	3	2:00.69
21	2	7	2:00.92
22	2	8	2:01.05	NR
23	4	2	2:02.69
24	4	8	2:03.12
25	2	0	2:03.58
26	4	9	2:03.84
27	3	0	2:04.84
28	4	0	2:05.90
29	1	4	2:07.12
30	1	5	2:07.92
31	1	3	2:15.66

The semifinals were started on 22 June at 19:36.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	1:55.43	Q
2	1	5	1:56.17	Q
3	1	3	1:56.42	Q
4	2	3	1:56.52	Q
5	2	6	1:56.80	Q
6	2	4	1:56.90	Q
7	1	7	1:57.08	Q
8	1	6	1:57.12	Q
9	2	7	1:57.36
10	1	2	1:57.38
11	1	4	1:57.52
12	2	2	1:57.55
13	2	8	1:59.05
14	2	1	1:59.28
15	1	1	1:59.72
16	1	8	2:01.47

The final was held on 23 June at 19:01.^[5]