200 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2002 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Moskva RUS
Held 7 April 2002
Status Medal
Competitors 42
Countries 33
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Aaron Peirsol USA 1:51.81
(1 h1)
1:51.17
(1 F)
🥈 Marko Strahija CRO 1:54.61
(2 h6)
1:53.08
(2 F)
🥉 Blaž Medvešek SLO 1:54.46
(1 h6)
1:53.66
(3 F)
4 Markus Rogan AUT 1:55.02
(3 h6)
1:53.82
(4 F)
5 Raymond Hass AUS 1:55.30
(3 h4)
1:54.21
(5 F)
6 Yoav Gath ISR 1:54.53
(1 h4)
1:54.32
(6 F)
7 Yu Rui CHN 1:55.27
(2 h4)
1:55.39
(7 F)
8 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 1:55.07
(4 h6)
1:55.44
(8 F)
9 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 1:55.38
(1 h5)
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10 Miroslav Machovič SVK 1:55.72
(2 h5)
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11 Gordan Kožulj CRO 1:55.87
(3 h5)
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12 Örn Arnarson ISL 1:56.18
(4 h5)
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13 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 1:56.32
(4 h4)
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14 Květoslav Svoboda CZE 1:56.73
(5 h5)
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15 Matt Welsh AUS 1:57.24
(5 h6)
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16 Ioannis Kokkodis GRE 1:57.43
(1 h3)
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17 Peter Marshall USA 1:57.81
(2 h1)
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18 Nicky Neckles BAR 1:58.12
(5 h4)
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19 George Gleason ISV 1:58.18
(6 h6)
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20 Takahiro Mori JPN 1:58.40
(6 h4)
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21 Rogério Romero BRA 1:58.42
(7 h6)
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22 Stefan Herbst GER 1:58.59
(6 h5)
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23 Luka Gabrilo SUI 1:58.86
(7 h4)
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24 Diego Urreta MEX 1:58.95
(1 h2)
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25 Ľuboš Križko SVK 1:59.08
(8 h6)
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26 Darius Grigalionis LTU 1:59.70
(2 h3)
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27 Andrei Mihailov MDA 2:00.50
(3 h3)
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28 Emre Çelik TUR 2:00.52
(4 h3)
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29 Martin Viilep EST 2:01.39
(5 h3)
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30 Caio Lobo BRA 2:01.43
(6 h3)
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31 Igor Beretić SCG 2:01.83
(2 h2)
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32 Marko Milenkovič SLO 2:02.69
(3 h2)
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33 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 2:04.28
(7 h5)
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34 Guillermo Cabrera DOM 2:04.49
(4 h2)
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35 Mauricio Prudencio BOL 2:06.54
(5 h2)
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36 Mikhail Alekseyev UZB 2:08.61
(6 h2)
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37 Khaly Ciss SEN 2:09.81
(3 h1)
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38 Christopher Backhaus DOM 2:10.54
(7 h2)
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39 Yury Zakharov KGZ 2:15.03
(4 h1)
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40 Abdulaziz Al-Thuwi KUW 2:16.04
(5 h1)
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41 Kabir Singh Walia KEN 2:22.18
(6 h1)
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42 Hojamamed Hojamamedov TKM 2:35.81
(7 h1)
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DNS Drew MacKayDNS CAY —
(DNS h2)
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DNS Eduardo OteroDNS ARG —
(DNS h3)
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DNS Mark JohnstonDNS CAN —
(DNS h3)
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DNS Nuno LaurentinoDNS POR —
(DNS h4)
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DNS Brian JohnsDNS CAN —
(DNS h5)
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Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aaron Peirsol USA 1:51.81
2 Peter Marshall USA 1:57.81
3 Khaly Ciss SEN 2:09.81
4 Yury Zakharov KGZ 2:15.03
5 Abdulaziz Al-Thuwi KUW 2:16.04
6 Kabir Singh Walia KEN 2:22.18
7 Hojamamed Hojamamedov TKM 2:35.81

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Diego Urreta MEX 1:58.95
2 Igor Beretić SCG 2:01.83
3 Marko Milenkovič SLO 2:02.69
4 Guillermo Cabrera DOM 2:04.49
5 Mauricio Prudencio BOL 2:06.54
6 Mikhail Alekseyev UZB 2:08.61
7 Christopher Backhaus DOM 2:10.54
DNS Drew MacKayDNS CAY —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ioannis Kokkodis GRE 1:57.43
2 Darius Grigalionis LTU 1:59.70
3 Andrei Mihailov MDA 2:00.50
4 Emre Çelik TUR 2:00.52
5 Martin Viilep EST 2:01.39
6 Caio Lobo BRA 2:01.43
DNS Eduardo OteroDNS ARG —
DNS Mark JohnstonDNS CAN —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yoav Gath ISR 1:54.53
2 Yu Rui CHN 1:55.27
3 Raymond Hass AUS 1:55.30
4 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 1:56.32
5 Nicky Neckles BAR 1:58.12
6 Takahiro Mori JPN 1:58.40
7 Luka Gabrilo SUI 1:58.86
DNS Nuno LaurentinoDNS POR —

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 1:55.38
2 Miroslav Machovič SVK 1:55.72
3 Gordan Kožulj CRO 1:55.87
4 Örn Arnarson ISL 1:56.18
5 Květoslav Svoboda CZE 1:56.73
6 Stefan Herbst GER 1:58.59
7 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 2:04.28
DNS Brian JohnsDNS CAN —

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Blaž Medvešek SLO 1:54.46
2 Marko Strahija CRO 1:54.61
3 Markus Rogan AUT 1:55.02
4 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 1:55.07
5 Matt Welsh AUS 1:57.24
6 George Gleason ISV 1:58.18
7 Rogério Romero BRA 1:58.42
8 Ľuboš Križko SVK 1:59.08

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aaron Peirsol USA 1:51.17
2 Marko Strahija CRO 1:53.08
3 Blaž Medvešek SLO 1:53.66
4 Markus Rogan AUT 1:53.82
5 Raymond Hass AUS 1:54.21
6 Yoav Gath ISR 1:54.32
7 Yu Rui CHN 1:55.39
8 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 1:55.44