200 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1986 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Madrid ESP
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 37
Countries 29
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Igor Polyansky URS 2:01.85
(1 h1)		 1:58.78
(1 FA)
🥈 Frank Baltrusch GDR 2:02.05
(2 h1)		 2:01.11
(2 FA)
🥉 Frank Hoffmeister GER 2:02.69
(3 h1)		 2:02.42
(3 FA)
4 Dan Veatch USA 2:03.11
(6 h1)		 2:02.82
(4 FA)
5 Sean Murphy CAN 2:03.19
(7 h1)		 2:03.54
(5 FA)
6 Sergey Zabolotnov URS 2:02.86
(4 h1)		 2:03.73
(6 FA)
7 Paul Kingsman NZL 2:03.24
(8 h1)		 2:04.08
(7 FA)
8 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson ISL 2:03.03
(5 h1)		 2:04.22
(8 FA)
9 Dirk Richter GDR 2:04.16
(9 h1)		 2:02.64
(1 FB)
10 David Fairbank USA 2:05.42
(13 h1)		 2:04.03
(2 FB)
11 Kharalambos Papanikolaou GRE 2:05.65
(14 h1)		 2:04.76
(3 FB)
12 Sandy Goss CAN 2:04.40
(10 h1)		 2:05.25
(4 FB)
13 Roberto Cassio ITA 2:05.94
(15 h1)		 2:05.35
(5 FB)
14 Ricardo Aldabe ESP 2:05.39
(11 h1)		 2:05.80
(6 FB)
15 Georgi Mihalev BUL 2:06.09
(16 h1)		 2:06.34
(7 FB)
16 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 2:05.40
(12 h1)		 2:10.18
(8 FB)
17 Thomas Lebherz GER 2:06.25
(17 h1)		 —
18 Rob Woodhouse AUS 2:06.96
(18 h1)		 —
19 Alejandro Alvizuri PER 2:07.15
(19 h1)		 —
20 Gary Binfield GBR 2:07.33
(20 h1)		 —
21 Ernesto Vela MEX 2:07.58
(21 h1)		 —
22 Tamás Darnyi HUN 2:08.06
(22 h1)		 —
23 Petro Staijman NED 2:08.16
(23 h1)		 —
24 Patrick Ferland SUI 2:08.33
(24 h1)		 —
25 Ilias Malamas GRE 2:08.61
(25 h1)		 —
26 Peter de Rover NED 2:10.00
(26 h1)		 —
27 Pedro Soares POR 2:10.04
(27 h1)		 —
28 Francisco Benítez ESP 2:10.17
(28 h1)		 —
29 Joaquín de los Ríos CUB 2:11.41
(29 h1)		 —
30 Giovanni Frigo VEN 2:11.42
(30 h1)		 —
31 Cristiano Azevedo BRA 2:11.60
(31 h1)		 —
32 David Lim SGP 2:12.36
(32 h1)		 —
33 Janne Soininen FIN 2:14.72
(33 h1)		 —
34 Emad El-Shafei EGY 2:15.66
(34 h1)		 —
35 Horst Niehaus CRC 2:15.75
(35 h1)		 —
36 Sofiane Benchekour ALG 2:18.06
(36 h1)		 —
37 Danilo Vicioso DOM 2:20.40
(37 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Igor Polyansky URS 2:01.85
2 Frank Baltrusch GDR 2:02.05
3 Frank Hoffmeister GER 2:02.69
4 Sergey Zabolotnov URS 2:02.86
5 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson ISL 2:03.03
6 Dan Veatch USA 2:03.11
7 Sean Murphy CAN 2:03.19
8 Paul Kingsman NZL 2:03.24
9 Dirk Richter GDR 2:04.16
10 Sandy Goss CAN 2:04.40
11 Ricardo Aldabe ESP 2:05.39
12 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 2:05.40
13 David Fairbank USA 2:05.42
14 Kharalambos Papanikolaou GRE 2:05.65
15 Roberto Cassio ITA 2:05.94
16 Georgi Mihalev BUL 2:06.09
17 Thomas Lebherz GER 2:06.25
18 Rob Woodhouse AUS 2:06.96
19 Alejandro Alvizuri PER 2:07.15
20 Gary Binfield GBR 2:07.33
21 Ernesto Vela MEX 2:07.58
22 Tamás Darnyi HUN 2:08.06
23 Petro Staijman NED 2:08.16
24 Patrick Ferland SUI 2:08.33
25 Ilias Malamas GRE 2:08.61
26 Peter de Rover NED 2:10.00
27 Pedro Soares POR 2:10.04
28 Francisco Benítez ESP 2:10.17
29 Joaquín de los Ríos CUB 2:11.41
30 Giovanni Frigo VEN 2:11.42
31 Cristiano Azevedo BRA 2:11.60
32 David Lim SGP 2:12.36
33 Janne Soininen FIN 2:14.72
34 Emad El-Shafei EGY 2:15.66
35 Horst Niehaus CRC 2:15.75
36 Sofiane Benchekour ALG 2:18.06
37 Danilo Vicioso DOM 2:20.40

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Igor Polyansky URS 1:58.78
2 Frank Baltrusch GDR 2:01.11
3 Frank Hoffmeister GER 2:02.42
4 Dan Veatch USA 2:02.82
5 Sean Murphy CAN 2:03.54
6 Sergey Zabolotnov URS 2:03.73
7 Paul Kingsman NZL 2:04.08
8 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson ISL 2:04.22

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Dirk Richter GDR 2:02.64
2 David Fairbank USA 2:04.03
3 Kharalambos Papanikolaou GRE 2:04.76
4 Sandy Goss CAN 2:05.25
5 Roberto Cassio ITA 2:05.35
6 Ricardo Aldabe ESP 2:05.80
7 Georgi Mihalev BUL 2:06.34
8 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 2:10.18