Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre backstroke
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	39
Nations:	33
Win Value:	1:54.14
Gold:	Hubert Kós
Gold Nation:	HUN
Silver:	Ryan Murphy
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Roman Mityukov
Bronze Nation:	SUI
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2023.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 27 July at 10:56.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5			1:57.14	Q
2	4	3			1:57.24	Q
3	2	4			1:57.27	Q
4	4	4			1:57.37	Q
5	4	6			1:57.40	Q
6	2	2			1:57.61	Q
7	3	1			1:57.73	Q
8	3	4			1:57.84	Q
9	2	5			1:57.92	Q
10	4	1			1:57.99	Q
10	4	2			1:57.99	Q
12	3	3			1:58.09	Q
13	3	7			1:58.14	Q
14	3	5			1:58.17	Q
15	3	2			1:58.20	Q
16	3	6			1:58.46	Q
17	2	6			1:58.57
18	4	7			1:59.01
19	2	1			1:59.30
20	3	9			1:59.48
21	4	8			1:59.74
22	3	8			1:59.79
23	2	7			1:59.99
24	2	0			2:00.52
25	2	8			2:00.76
26	4	0			2:00.98
27	1	2			2:02.12	NR
28	1	5			2:02.23
29	1	4			2:03.14
30	4	9			2:03.46
31	3	0			2:04.42
32	1	6			2:04.52
33	1	3			2:05.20
34	2	9			2:07.40
35	1	8			2:07.48
36	1	7			2:08.44	NR
37	1	1			2:12.57
38	1	0			2:13.07
39	1	9			2:23.46
	2	3			Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 27 July at 21:33.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			1:55.85	Q, NR
2	1	1			1:55.89	Q
3	2	5			1:55.99	Q
4	1	5			1:56.02	Q
5	1	7			1:56.05	Q
6	2	4			1:56.16	Q
7	2	1			1:57.23	Q
8	1	2			1:57.28	Q
9	1	3			1:57.50
10	2	8			1:57.55
11	2	2			1:57.93
12	2	3			1:58.04
13	2	7			1:58.05
14	1	8			1:58.10
15	2	6			1:58.86
16	1	6			1:59.18

Final

The final was started on 28 July at 20:59.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			1:54.14	NR
	6			1:54.83
	4			1:55.34	NR
4	2			1:55.79
5	5			1:55.85
6	7			1:56.29
7	8			1:56.33
8	1			1:58.75

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
2. Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
3. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152447/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010102EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
4. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
5. Web site: 27 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240114071906/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010102EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 14 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
6. Web site: 27 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240115060423/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010102EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 15 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
7. Web site: 28 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231224002603/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 24 December 2023 . omegatiming.com.