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)
10 Miroslav Machovič SVK 1:55.72
(2 h5)
11 Gordan Kožulj CRO 1:55.87
(3 h5)
12 Örn Arnarson ISL 1:56.18
(4 h5)
13 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 1:56.32
(4 h4)
14 Květoslav Svoboda CZE 1:56.73
(5 h5)
15 Matt Welsh AUS 1:57.24
(5 h6)
16 Ioannis Kokkodis GRE 1:57.43
(1 h3)
17 Peter Marshall USA 1:57.81
(2 h1)
18 Nicky Neckles BAR 1:58.12
(5 h4)
19 George Gleason ISV 1:58.18
(6 h6)
20 Takahiro Mori JPN 1:58.40
(6 h4)
21 Rogério Romero BRA 1:58.42
(7 h6)
22 Stefan Herbst GER 1:58.59
(6 h5)
23 Luka Gabrilo SUI 1:58.86
(7 h4)
24 Diego Urreta MEX 1:58.95
(1 h2)
25 Ľuboš Križko SVK 1:59.08
(8 h6)
26 Darius Grigalionis LTU 1:59.70
(2 h3)
27 Andrei Mihailov MDA 2:00.50
(3 h3)
28 Emre Çelik TUR 2:00.52
(4 h3)
29 Martin Viilep EST 2:01.39
(5 h3)
30 Caio Lobo BRA 2:01.43
(6 h3)
31 Igor Beretić SCG 2:01.83
(2 h2)
32 Marko Milenkovič SLO 2:02.69
(3 h2)
33 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 2:04.28
(7 h5)
34 Guillermo Cabrera DOM 2:04.49
(4 h2)
35 Mauricio Prudencio BOL 2:06.54
(5 h2)
36 Mikhail Alekseyev UZB 2:08.61
(6 h2)
37 Khaly Ciss SEN 2:09.81
(3 h1)
38 Christopher Backhaus DOM 2:10.54
(7 h2)
39 Yury Zakharov KGZ 2:15.03
(4 h1)
40 Abdulaziz Al-Thuwi KUW 2:16.04
(5 h1)
41 Kabir Singh Walia KEN 2:22.18
(6 h1)
42 Hodja Hodjamamedov TKM 2:35.81
(7 h1)
DNS Drew MacKayDNS CAY
(DNS h2)
DNS Eduardo OteroDNS ARG
(DNS h3)
DNS Mark JohnstonDNS CAN
(DNS h3)
DNS Nuno LaurentinoDNS POR
(DNS h4)
DNS Brian JohnsDNS CAN
(DNS h5)

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 Hodja Hodjamamedov 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