200 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2009 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Roma ITA
Held 30 – 31 July 2009
Status Medal
Competitors 82
Countries 61
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Aaron Peirsol USA 1:55.88
(2 h8)
1:54.06
(1 h1)
1:51.92
(1 F)
🥈 Ryosuke Irie JPN 1:55.20
(1 h9)
1:54.14
(2 h2)
1:52.51
(2 F)
🥉 Ryan Lochte USA 1:55.97
(3 h7)
1:55.39
(5 h2)
1:53.82
(3 F)
4 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 1:56.97
(8 h9)
1:54.90
(3 h1)
1:54.75
(4 F)
5 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 1:57.15
(10 h8)
1:55.78
(8 h1)
1:54.92
(5 F)
6 Stanislav Donets RUS 1:56.03
(4 h9)
1:55.25
(4 h1)
1:55.36
(6 F)
7 Radosław Kawęcki POL 1:56.74
(7 h9)
1:55.62
(6 h2)
1:55.60
(7 F)
8 George du Rand RSA 1:56.06
(5 h8)
1:55.75
(7 h2)
1:56.63
(8 F)
9 Chris Walker-Hebborn GBR 1:57.52
(11 h8)
1:56.05
(9 h2)
10 Omar Pinzón COL 1:57.01
(9 h7)
1:56.40
(10 h2)
11 Nick Driebergen NED 1:57.86
(15 h7)
1:56.85
(11 h2)
12 Takashi Nakano JPN 1:57.58
(12 h7)
1:57.02
(12 h1)
13 Sebastian Stoss AUT 1:57.97
(16 h9)
1:57.15
(13 h1)
14 Damiano Lestingi ITA 1:57.73
(13 h9)
1:57.37
(14 h2)
15 Yannick Lebherz GER 1:56.69
(6 h9)
1:58.01
(15 h1)
16 Sebastiano Ranfagni ITA 1:57.75
(14 h9)
1:58.84
(16 h1)
17 Ash Delaney AUS 1:58.02
(17 h8)
18 Benjamin Stasiulis FRA 1:58.17
(18 h7)
19 Felix Wolf GER 1:58.41
(19 h7)
20 Kurt Bassett NZL 1:58.46
(20 h8)
21 Matt Hawes CAN 1:58.89
(21 h8)
22 Marco Loughran GBR 1:59.19
(22 h8)
23 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 1:59.49
(23 h9)
24 Péter Bernek HUN 1:59.65
(24 h7)
25 Darren Murray RSA 1:59.84
(25 h5)
26 Rufino Regueira ESP 2:00.35
(26 h9)
27 Markus Rogan AUT 2:00.39
(27 h7)
28 Dimitrios Khasiotis GRE 2:00.42
(28 h8)
29 Miguel Robles MEX 2:00.99
(29 h6)
30 Zhang Yu CHN 2:01.05
(30 h5)
31 Leonardo Guedes BRA 2:01.20
(31 h7)
32 Pedro Oliveira POR 2:01.49
(32 h6)
33 Pedro Medel CUB 2:01.70
(33 h6)
34 Itai Chammah ISR 2:01.86
(34 h7)
35 Jakub Jasiński POL 2:01.95
(35 h8)
36 Květoslav Svoboda CZE 2:02.00
(36 h6)
37 Cheng Feiyi CHN 2:02.29
(37 h6)
38 Anders McIntyre CAN 2:02.64
(38 h5)
39 Andres Olvik EST 2:02.97
(39 h6)
40 Andriy Kovbasa UKR 2:03.56
(40 h4)
41 Oleg Rabota KAZ 2:03.71
(41 h6)
42 Robert Žbogar SLO 2:03.99
(42 h6)
43 Karl Burdis IRL 2:04.34
(43 h5)
44 David Rodríguez CUB 2:04.42
(44 h5)
45 Konstantīns Blohins LAT 2:04.61
(45 h4)
46 Naoufel Benabid ALG 2:05.06
(46 h5)
47 Jean-François Schneiders LUX 2:05.22
(47 h4)
48 Stanislav Osinsky KAZ 2:06.12
(48 h5)
49 Ehud Segal ISR 2:06.91
(49 h6)
50 Rehan Poncha IND 2:06.92
(50 h4)
51 Yury Zakharov KGZ 2:07.07
(51 h5)
52 Bilal Achalhi MAR 2:07.59
(52 h3)
53 Geoffrey Cheah HKG 2:08.25
(53 h4)
54 Rainer Ng SGP 2:08.57
(54 h4)
55 Đỗ Huy Long VIE 2:08.83
(55 h4)
56 Jean Gómez DOM 2:10.22
(56 h3)
57 Tsung Chao-Lin TPE 2:10.44
(57 h4)
58 Nicholas James ZIM 2:10.76
(58 h3)
59 Boris Kirillov AZE 2:10.96
(59 h3)
60 Kaspar Raigla EST 2:11.61
(60 h1)
61 Doğa Çelik TUR 2:12.26
(61 h5)
62 Alberto Tasini SMR 2:12.80
(62 h3)
63 Yousuf Al-Yousef KSA 2:12.81
(63 h3)
64 Antonio Tong MAC 2:13.22
(64 h4)
65 Khachik Plavchyan ARM 2:14.19
(65 h4)
66 Byron Briedenhann NAM 2:14.47
(66 h2)
67 Ngou Pok Man MAC 2:14.87
(67 h2)
68 Abbas Raad LBN 2:15.63
(68 h2)
69 Javier Hernández HON 2:16.09
(69 h3)
70 Nicholas Coard GRN 2:16.65
(70 h2)
71 Praveen Tokas IND 2:16.90
(71 h3)
72 Mohammed Al-Ghaferi UAE 2:17.30
(72 h2)
73 Amando Zayas BOL 2:18.09
(73 h2)
74 Mark Sammut MLT 2:19.46
(74 h3)
75 Benjamin Gabbard ASA 2:20.25
(75 h1)
76 Marcelino Richaards SUR 2:21.05
(76 h2)
77 Heimanu Sichan FPN 2:21.63
(77 h2)
78 Paul Elaisa FIJ 2:28.97
(78 h1)
79 Mathieu Marquet MRI 2:29.91
(79 h2)
80 Timur Atahanov TKM 2:34.13
(80 h1)
81 Elaijie Erasito FIJ 2:36.75
(81 h1)
82 Ahmet Halliyev TKM 2:39.58
(82 h1)
DNS Hocine HacianeDNS AND
(DNS h1)
DNS Ronny VencatachellumDNS MRI
(DNS h2)
DNS Andrejs DūdaDNS LAT
(DNS h3)
DNS Saša ImprićDNS CRO
(DNS h5)
DNS Brett FraserDNS CAY
(DNS h6)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
60 Kaspar Raigla EST 2:11.61
75 Benjamin Gabbard ASA 2:20.25
78 Paul Elaisa FIJ 2:28.97
80 Timur Atahanov TKM 2:34.13
81 Elaijie Erasito FIJ 2:36.75
82 Ahmet Halliyev TKM 2:39.58
DNS Hocine HacianeDNS AND

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
66 Byron Briedenhann NAM 2:14.47
67 Ngou Pok Man MAC 2:14.87
68 Abbas Raad LBN 2:15.63
70 Nicholas Coard GRN 2:16.65
72 Mohammed Al-Ghaferi UAE 2:17.30
73 Amando Zayas BOL 2:18.09
76 Marcelino Richaards SUR 2:21.05
77 Heimanu Sichan FPN 2:21.63
79 Mathieu Marquet MRI 2:29.91
DNS Ronny VencatachellumDNS MRI

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
52 Bilal Achalhi MAR 2:07.59
56 Jean Gómez DOM 2:10.22
58 Nicholas James ZIM 2:10.76
59 Boris Kirillov AZE 2:10.96
62 Alberto Tasini SMR 2:12.80
63 Yousuf Al-Yousef KSA 2:12.81
69 Javier Hernández HON 2:16.09
71 Praveen Tokas IND 2:16.90
74 Mark Sammut MLT 2:19.46
DNS Andrejs DūdaDNS LAT

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
40 Andriy Kovbasa UKR 2:03.56
45 Konstantīns Blohins LAT 2:04.61
47 Jean-François Schneiders LUX 2:05.22
50 Rehan Poncha IND 2:06.92
53 Geoffrey Cheah HKG 2:08.25
54 Rainer Ng SGP 2:08.57
55 Đỗ Huy Long VIE 2:08.83
57 Tsung Chao-Lin TPE 2:10.44
64 Antonio Tong MAC 2:13.22
65 Khachik Plavchyan ARM 2:14.19

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
25 Darren Murray RSA 1:59.84
30 Zhang Yu CHN 2:01.05
38 Anders McIntyre CAN 2:02.64
43 Karl Burdis IRL 2:04.34
44 David Rodríguez CUB 2:04.42
46 Naoufel Benabid ALG 2:05.06
48 Stanislav Osinsky KAZ 2:06.12
51 Yury Zakharov KGZ 2:07.07
61 Doğa Çelik TUR 2:12.26
DNS Saša ImprićDNS CRO

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
29 Miguel Robles MEX 2:00.99
32 Pedro Oliveira POR 2:01.49
33 Pedro Medel CUB 2:01.70
36 Květoslav Svoboda CZE 2:02.00
37 Cheng Feiyi CHN 2:02.29
39 Andres Olvik EST 2:02.97
41 Oleg Rabota KAZ 2:03.71
42 Robert Žbogar SLO 2:03.99
49 Ehud Segal ISR 2:06.91
DNS Brett FraserDNS CAY

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
3 Ryan Lochte USA 1:55.97
9 Omar Pinzón COL 1:57.01
12 Takashi Nakano JPN 1:57.58
15 Nick Driebergen NED 1:57.86
18 Benjamin Stasiulis FRA 1:58.17
19 Felix Wolf GER 1:58.41
24 Péter Bernek HUN 1:59.65
27 Markus Rogan AUT 2:00.39
31 Leonardo Guedes BRA 2:01.20
34 Itai Chammah ISR 2:01.86

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Aaron Peirsol USA 1:55.88
5 George du Rand RSA 1:56.06
10 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 1:57.15
11 Chris Walker-Hebborn GBR 1:57.52
17 Ash Delaney AUS 1:58.02
20 Kurt Bassett NZL 1:58.46
21 Matt Hawes CAN 1:58.89
22 Marco Loughran GBR 1:59.19
28 Dimitrios Khasiotis GRE 2:00.42
35 Jakub Jasiński POL 2:01.95

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ryosuke Irie JPN 1:55.20
4 Stanislav Donets RUS 1:56.03
6 Yannick Lebherz GER 1:56.69
7 Radosław Kawęcki POL 1:56.74
8 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 1:56.97
13 Damiano Lestingi ITA 1:57.73
14 Sebastiano Ranfagni ITA 1:57.75
16 Sebastian Stoss AUT 1:57.97
23 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 1:59.49
26 Rufino Regueira ESP 2:00.35

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aaron Peirsol USA 1:54.06
3 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 1:54.90
4 Stanislav Donets RUS 1:55.25
8 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 1:55.78
12 Takashi Nakano JPN 1:57.02
13 Sebastian Stoss AUT 1:57.15
15 Yannick Lebherz GER 1:58.01
16 Sebastiano Ranfagni ITA 1:58.84

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Ryosuke Irie JPN 1:54.14
5 Ryan Lochte USA 1:55.39
6 Radosław Kawęcki POL 1:55.62
7 George du Rand RSA 1:55.75
9 Chris Walker-Hebborn GBR 1:56.05
10 Omar Pinzón COL 1:56.40
11 Nick Driebergen NED 1:56.85
14 Damiano Lestingi ITA 1:57.37

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aaron Peirsol USA 1:51.92
2 Ryosuke Irie JPN 1:52.51
3 Ryan Lochte USA 1:53.82
4 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 1:54.75
5 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 1:54.92
6 Stanislav Donets RUS 1:55.36
7 Radosław Kawęcki POL 1:55.60
8 George du Rand RSA 1:56.63