Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Date	August 1, 2013 (heats & semifinals) August 2, 2013 (final)
Competitors	35 from 30 nations
Winning time	1:53.79
Medalists
Ryan Lochte    United States   Radosław Kawęcki    Poland   Tyler Clary    United States

The men's 200 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 1–2 August July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009	[3][4]
Championship record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009	[3][4]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:21.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Tyler Clary	United States	1:56.76	Q
2	2	5	Craig McNally	Great Britain	1:57.18	Q
3	2	4	Ryan Lochte	United States	1:57.19	Q
4	4	3	Péter Bernek	Hungary	1:57.20	Q
5	2	3	Yannick Lebherz	Germany	1:57.33	Q
6	3	3	Matson Lawson	Australia	1:57.48	Q
7	4	5	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1:57.52	Q
8	3	4	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	1:57.53	Q
9	4	2	Chris Walker-Hebborn	Great Britain	1:57.95	Q
10	3	6	Gábor Balog	Hungary	1:57.98	Q
11	3	5	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	1:57.99	Q
12	4	7	Xu Jiayu	China	1:58.29	Q
13	3	7	Federico Turrini	Italy	1:58.54	Q
14	4	1	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	1:59.11	Q
15	2	2	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:59.17	Q
16	2	1	Darren Murray	South Africa	1:59.19	Q
17	4	6	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:59.34
18	3	2	Yakov-Yan Toumarkin	Israel	1:59.39
19	2	7	Pedro Oliveira	Portugal	1:59.95
20	3	8	Lukas Rauftlin	Switzerland	2:00.45
21	4	0	Russell Wood	Canada	2:00.51
22	3	1	Alexandr Tarabrin	Kazakhstan	2:01.08
23	2	8	Im Tae-Jeong	South Korea	2:01.23
24	2	6	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	2:02.81
25	2	0	Jean-François Schneiders	Luxembourg	2:02.96
26	3	0	Marko Krce Rabar	Croatia	2:03.50
27	4	8	Pedro Medel	Cuba	2:03.63
28	2	9	I Gede Siman Sudartawa	Indonesia	2:04.90
29	3	9	Ezequiel Trujillo	Mexico	2:05.92
30	1	4	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	2:06.09
31	1	6	Boris Kirillov	Azerbaijan	2:08.74
32	1	5	Gorazd Chepishevski	Macedonia	2:09.89
33	1	3	Awse Ma'aya	Jordan	2:12.31
34	1	2	Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	United Arab Emirates	2:21.51
35	4	9	Danil Bukin	Uzbekistan	99.98	DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:20.^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	1:56.14	Q
2	7	Xu Jiayu	China	1:56.42	Q
3	4	Craig McNally	Great Britain	1:56.97	Q
4	5	Péter Bernek	Hungary	1:57.37	Q
5	2	Gábor Balog	Hungary	1:57.42
6	3	Matson Lawson	Australia	1:57.55
7	1	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	1:59.05
8	8	Darren Murray	South Africa	2:02.12

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Tyler Clary	United States	1:55.16	Q
2	5	Ryan Lochte	United States	1:55.88	Q
3	7	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	1:56.14	Q
4	6	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1:56.24	Q
5	3	Yannick Lebherz	Germany	1:57.71
6	8	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:57.92
7	2	Chris Walker-Hebborn	Great Britain	1:58.16
8	1	Federico Turrini	Italy	1:59.16

Final

The final was held at 18:09.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	5	Ryan Lochte	United States	1:53.79
02 !	6	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	1:54.24	EU, NR
03 !	4	Tyler Clary	United States	1:54.64
4	3	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	1:55.07
5	2	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1:55.43
6	1	Craig McNally	Great Britain	1:55.67
7	7	Xu Jiayu	China	1:57.13
8	8	Péter Bernek	Hungary	1:58.26

References

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage