200 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1985 Summer Universiade
Venue Kobe JPN
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 22
Countries 15
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Finals
🥇 Igor Polyansky URS 2:06.56
(1 h2)		 1:59.76
(1 FA)
🥈 Sean Murphy CAN 2:05.25
(1 h3)		 2:02.69
(2 FA)
🥉 Mike West CAN 2:05.84
(1 h4)		 2:03.14
(3 FA)
4 Ricardo Prado BRA 2:05.04
(1 h1)		 2:03.59
(4 FA)
5 Daichi Suzuki JPN 2:06.39
(2 h1)		 2:04.92
(5 FA)
6 Kevin Craig USA 2:06.01
(2 h4)		 2:05.59
(6 FA)
7 Zoltán Balajti HUN 2:06.63
(2 h3)		 2:07.09
(7 FA)
8 Rob Woodhouse AUS 2:06.69
(2 h2)		 2:07.50
(8 FA)
9 Paul Young USA 2:07.36
(3 h1)		 2:06.30
(1 FB)
10 Neil Cochran GBR 2:07.74
(3 h4)		 2:06.82
(2 FB)
11 Kazunari Honda JPN 2:08.97
(5 h1)		 2:07.49
(3 FB)
12 Thomas Lebherz GER 2:08.42
(4 h1)		 2:08.31
(4 FB)
13 Miloslav Roľko GER 2:08.95
(3 h2)		 2:09.42
(5 FB)
14 Kim Terrell AUS 2:09.39
(4 h2)		 2:09.50
(6 FB)
15 Paolo Falchini ITA 2:08.95
(4 h4)		 2:09.63
(7 FB)
16 Fabrizio Bortolon ITA 2:08.60
(3 h3)		 2:09.65
(8 FB)
17 Michael Peyrebrune GBR 2:09.40
(5 h4)		 —
18 Aleksandar Ambrož YUG 2:11.93
(5 h2)		 —
19 Anthony Gapes NZL 2:13.85
(6 h2)		 —
20 Pierre Schmitz BEL 2:15.36
(4 h3)		 —
21 Carlos Lamoratta ARG 2:24.82
(5 h3)		 —
22 Rami Kantari LBN 2:38.66
(6 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ricardo Prado BRA 2:05.04
2 Daichi Suzuki JPN 2:06.39
3 Paul Young USA 2:07.36
4 Thomas Lebherz GER 2:08.42
5 Kazunari Honda JPN 2:08.97
6 Rami Kantari LBN 2:38.66

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Igor Polyansky URS 2:06.56
2 Rob Woodhouse AUS 2:06.69
3 Miloslav Roľko GER 2:08.95
4 Kim Terrell AUS 2:09.39
5 Aleksandar Ambrož YUG 2:11.93
6 Anthony Gapes NZL 2:13.85

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sean Murphy CAN 2:05.25
2 Zoltán Balajti HUN 2:06.63
3 Fabrizio Bortolon ITA 2:08.60
4 Pierre Schmitz BEL 2:15.36
5 Carlos Lamoratta ARG 2:24.82

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mike West CAN 2:05.84
2 Kevin Craig USA 2:06.01
3 Neil Cochran GBR 2:07.74
4 Paolo Falchini ITA 2:08.95
5 Michael Peyrebrune GBR 2:09.40

Finals

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Igor Polyansky URS 1:59.76
2 Sean Murphy CAN 2:02.69
3 Mike West CAN 2:03.14
4 Ricardo Prado BRA 2:03.59
5 Daichi Suzuki JPN 2:04.92
6 Kevin Craig USA 2:05.59
7 Zoltán Balajti HUN 2:07.09
8 Rob Woodhouse AUS 2:07.50

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Paul Young USA 2:06.30
2 Neil Cochran GBR 2:06.82
3 Kazunari Honda JPN 2:07.49
4 Thomas Lebherz GER 2:08.31
5 Miloslav Roľko GER 2:09.42
6 Kim Terrell AUS 2:09.50
7 Paolo Falchini ITA 2:09.63
8 Fabrizio Bortolon ITA 2:09.65