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) |
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| 🥈 | Ryosuke Irie |  JPN |
1:55.20 (1 h9) |
1:54.14 (2 h2) |
1:52.51 (2 F) |
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| 🥉 | Ryan Lochte | USA |
1:55.97 (3 h7) |
1:55.39 (5 h2) |
1:53.82 (3 F) |
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| 4 | Arkady Vyatchanin |  RUS |
1:56.97 (8 h9) |
1:54.90 (3 h1) |
1:54.75 (4 F) |
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| 5 | Aschwin Wildeboer |  ESP |
1:57.15 (10 h8) |
1:55.78 (8 h1) |
1:54.92 (5 F) |
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| 6 | Stanislav Donets | RUS |
1:56.03 (4 h9) |
1:55.25 (4 h1) |
1:55.36 (6 F) |
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| 7 | Radosław Kawęcki |  POL |
1:56.74 (7 h9) |
1:55.62 (6 h2) |
1:55.60 (7 F) |
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| 8 | George du Rand |  RSA |
1:56.06 (5 h8) |
1:55.75 (7 h2) |
1:56.63 (8 F) |
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| 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 Chasiotis |  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 Chasiotis | 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 |