200 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Singapore SGP
Held 31 July – 1 August 2025
Status Medal
Competitors 41
Countries 33
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Hubert Kós HUN 1:56.71
(3 h4)
1:54.64
(2 h2)
1:53.19
(1 F)
🥈 Pieter Coetze RSA 1:57.11
(6 h4)
1:54.22
(1 h1)
1:53.36
(2 F)
🥉 Yohann N'Doye Brouard FRA 1:56.82
(5 h4)
1:54.47
(1 h2)
1:54.62
(3 F)
4 Blake Tierney CAN 1:55.17
(1 h5)
1:55.03
(4 h2)
1:55.09
(4 F)
5 Apostolos Siskos GRE 1:56.55
(=3 h5)
1:55.06
(2 h1)
1:55.13
(5 F)
6 Jan Čejka CZE 1:56.79
(3 h3)
1:55.46
(3 h1)
1:55.37
(6 F)
7 Roman Mityukov SUI 1:56.15
(2 h4)
1:54.83
(3 h2)
1:55.57
(7 F)
8 Luke Greenbank GBR 1:55.27
(1 h4)
1:55.64
(4 h1)
1:56.26
(8 F)
9 Lee Ju-Ho KOR 1:56.50
(1 h3)
1:55.70
(5 h2)
10 Christian Bacico ITA 1:56.79
(2 h3)
1:56.02
(6 h2)
11 Kodai Nishiono JPN 1:56.55
(=3 h5)
1:56.04
(7 h2)
12 Keaton Jones USA 1:57.00
(5 h3)
1:56.20
(8 h2)
13 Joshua Edwards-Smith AUS 1:56.77
(4 h4)
1:56.28
(5 h1)
14 Benedek Kovács HUN 1:56.40
(2 h5)
1:56.69
(6 h1)
15 John Shortt IRL 1:56.98
(4 h3)
1:57.30
(7 h1)
16 Antoine Herlem FRA 1:56.58
(5 h5)
1:57.45
(8 h1)
17 Thomas Ceccon ITA 1:57.15
(6 h3)
18 Ethan Ekk CAN 1:57.20
(7 h4)
19 Hidekazu Takehara JPN 1:57.25
(7 h3)
20 Lukas Märtens GER 1:57.31
(8 h4)
21 Oliver Morgan GBR 1:57.57
(6 h5)
22 Bradley Woodward AUS 1:57.71
(8 h3)
23 Inbar Danziger ISR 1:57.82
(1 h2)
24 Jack Aikins USA 1:58.56
(7 h5)
25 Humberto Nájera MEX 1:58.65
(8 h5)
26 Iván Martínez ESP 1:58.66
(2 h2)
27 Yeziel Morales PUR 1:59.27
(9 h4)
28 Kai Van Westering NED 1:59.93
(9 h5)
29 Dmitry Savenko NEU 2:00.20
(10 h5)
30 Mohamed Ben Abbes TUN 2:00.30
(9 h3)
31 Quah Zheng Wen SGP 2:00.58
(3 h2)
32 Jack Harvey BER 2:01.50
(4 h2)
33 Oleksandr Zheltyakov UKR 2:02.17
(10 h3)
34 Edhy Vargas CHI 2:02.29
(1 h1)
35 Yu Jingming CHN 2:02.29
(5 h2)
36 Nikolass Deičmans LAT 2:02.50
(6 h2)
37 Hayden Kwan HKG 2:03.09
(7 h2)
38 Guðmundur Rafnsson ISL 2:03.36
(8 h2)
39 Alexis Kpade BEN 2:06.23
(2 h1)
40 Gleb Kovalenya KAZ 2:10.35
(3 h1)
41 Ksawery Masiuk POL
(DNS h4)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Edhy Vargas CHI 2:02.29
2 Alexis Kpade BEN 2:06.23
3 Gleb Kovalenya KAZ 2:10.35

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Inbar Danziger ISR 1:57.82
2 Iván Martínez ESP 1:58.66
3 Quah Zheng Wen SGP 2:00.58
4 Jack Harvey BER 2:01.50
5 Yu Jingming CHN 2:02.29
6 Nikolass Deičmans LAT 2:02.50
7 Hayden Kwan HKG 2:03.09
8 Guðmundur Rafnsson ISL 2:03.36

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lee Ju-Ho KOR 1:56.50
2 Christian Bacico ITA 1:56.79
3 Jan Čejka CZE 1:56.79
4 John Shortt IRL 1:56.98
5 Keaton Jones USA 1:57.00
6 Thomas Ceccon ITA 1:57.15
7 Hidekazu Takehara JPN 1:57.25
8 Bradley Woodward AUS 1:57.71
9 Mohamed Ben Abbes TUN 2:00.30
10 Oleksandr Zheltyakov UKR 2:02.17

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
DNS Ksawery MasiukDNS POL
1 Luke Greenbank GBR 1:55.27
2 Roman Mityukov SUI 1:56.15
3 Hubert Kós HUN 1:56.71
4 Joshua Edwards-Smith AUS 1:56.77
5 Yohann N'Doye Brouard FRA 1:56.82
6 Pieter Coetze RSA 1:57.11
7 Ethan Ekk CAN 1:57.20
8 Lukas Märtens GER 1:57.31
9 Yeziel Morales PUR 1:59.27

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=3 Apostolos Siskos GRE 1:56.55
=3 Kodai Nishiono JPN 1:56.55
1 Blake Tierney CAN 1:55.17
2 Benedek Kovács HUN 1:56.40
5 Antoine Herlem FRA 1:56.58
6 Oliver Morgan GBR 1:57.57
7 Jack Aikins USA 1:58.56
8 Humberto Nájera MEX 1:58.65
9 Kai Van Westering NED 1:59.93
10 Dmitry Savenko NEU 2:00.20

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Pieter Coetze RSA 1:54.22
2 Apostolos Siskos GRE 1:55.06
3 Jan Čejka CZE 1:55.46
4 Luke Greenbank GBR 1:55.64
5 Joshua Edwards-Smith AUS 1:56.28
6 Benedek Kovács HUN 1:56.69
7 John Shortt IRL 1:57.30
8 Antoine Herlem FRA 1:57.45

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yohann N'Doye Brouard FRA 1:54.47
2 Hubert Kós HUN 1:54.64
3 Roman Mityukov SUI 1:54.83
4 Blake Tierney CAN 1:55.03
5 Lee Ju-Ho KOR 1:55.70
6 Christian Bacico ITA 1:56.02
7 Kodai Nishiono JPN 1:56.04
8 Keaton Jones USA 1:56.20

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Hubert Kós HUN 1:53.19
2 Pieter Coetze RSA 1:53.36
3 Yohann N'Doye Brouard FRA 1:54.62
4 Blake Tierney CAN 1:55.09
5 Apostolos Siskos GRE 1:55.13
6 Jan Čejka CZE 1:55.37
7 Roman Mityukov SUI 1:55.57
8 Luke Greenbank GBR 1:56.26