Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	22 June (heats and semifinals) 23 June (final)
Competitors	42 from 37 nations
Winning time	1:54.52
Medalists
Ryan Murphy    United States   Luke Greenbank    Great Britain   Shaine Casas    United States

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2022.^[1][2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009
Competition record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 22 June at 09:20.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5	Shaine Casas	United States	1:56.66	Q
2	4	6	Joshua Edwards-Smith	Australia	1:56.85	Q
3	4	4	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:56.96	Q
4	3	2	Brodie Williams	Great Britain	1:57.09	Q
5	3	6	Mewen Tomac	France	1:57.21	Q
6	2	4	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	1:57.33	Q
7	2	5	Ádám Telegdy	Hungary	1:57.82	Q
8	4	7	Benedek Kovács	Hungary	1:57.88	Q
9	2	6	Lee Ju-ho	South Korea	1:57.89	Q
10	3	5	Yohann Ndoye Brouard	France	1:58.10	Q
11	3	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:58.58	Q
12	4	3	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:58.61	Q
13	2	3	Jan Čejka	Czech Republic	1:58.65	Q
14	3	7	Evangelos Makrygiannis	Greece	1:59.25	Q
15	2	2	Hugo González	Spain	1:59.61	Q
16	3	1	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	1:59.77	Q
17	4	1	Richie Stokes	Canada	1:59.86
18	2	1	Erikas Grigaitis	Lithuania	1:59.92
19	3	8	Omar Pinzón	Colombia	2:00.62
20	3	3	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	2:00.69
21	2	7	Michele Lamberti	Italy	2:00.92
22	2	8	Ziyad Ahmed	Sudan	2:01.05	NR
23	4	2	Oleksandr Zheltiakov	Ukraine	2:02.69
24	4	8	Khiew Hoe Yean	Malaysia	2:03.12
25	2	0	Armin Lelle	Estonia	2:03.58
26	4	9	Mohamed Mohamady	Egypt	2:03.84
27	3	0	Farrel Tangkas	Indonesia	2:04.84
28	4	0	Patrick Groters	Aruba	2:05.90
29	1	4	Ratthawit Thammananthachote	Thailand	2:07.12
30	1	5	Elías Ardiles	Chile	2:07.92
31	1	3	Ali Al-Essa	Saudi Arabia	2:15.66

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 22 June at 19:36.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:55.43	Q
2	1	5	Brodie Williams	Great Britain	1:56.17	Q
3	1	3	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	1:56.42	Q
4	2	3	Mewen Tomac	France	1:56.52	Q
5	2	6	Ádám Telegdy	Hungary	1:56.80	Q
6	2	4	Shaine Casas	United States	1:56.90	Q
7	1	7	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:57.08	Q
8	1	6	Benedek Kovács	Hungary	1:57.12	Q
9	2	7	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:57.36
10	1	2	Yohann Ndoye Brouard	France	1:57.38
11	1	4	Joshua Edwards-Smith	Australia	1:57.52
12	2	2	Lee Ju-ho	South Korea	1:57.55
13	2	8	Hugo González	Spain	1:59.05
14	2	1	Jan Čejka	Czech Republic	1:59.28
15	1	1	Evangelos Makrygiannis	Greece	1:59.72
16	1	8	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	2:01.47

Final

The final was held on 23 June at 19:01.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:54.52
	3	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	1:55.16
	7	Shaine Casas	United States	1:55.35
4	5	Brodie Williams	Great Britain	1:56.16
5	6	Mewen Tomac	France	1:56.35
6	2	Ádám Telegdy	Hungary	1:56.91
7	1	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:57.45
8	8	Benedek Kovács	Hungary	1:58.52

References