The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena.[1]
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 31 July 2024 (Heats and Semis) 1 August 2024 (Final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:54.26 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Aaron Peirsol (USA) |
1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 | [2][3] |
| Olympic record |  Evgeny Rylov (ROC) |
1:53.27 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 July 2021 |
Qualification
editEach National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT).[4] For this event, the OQT was 1:57.50. World Aquatics then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT.[4][5] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 01:58.09 for this event.[4] In total, 27 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, two athletes qualified through universality places and one athlete qualified through achieving the OCT.[5]
Competition format
editThe competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.
Schedule
editAll times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2024 | 10:00 | Heats |
| 19:37 | Semifinals | |
| 1 August 2024 | 17:30 | Final |
Results
editHeats
edit| Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Roman Mityukov |  Switzerland |
1:56.62 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | Lukas Märtens |  Germany |
1:56.89 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Pieter Coetze |  South Africa |
1:56.92 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Hubert Kós |  Hungary |
1:57.01 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Ryan Murphy |  United States |
1:57.03 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Hugo González |  Spain |
1:57.08 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
1:57.18 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Hidekazu Takehara |  Japan |
1:57.23 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Apostolos Siskos | Greece |
1:57.26 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lee Ju-ho |  South Korea |
1:57.39 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 5 | Keaton Jones | United States |
1:57.54 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Oliver Morgan |  Great Britain |
1:57.56 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Mewen Tomac |  France |
1:57.62 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Thomas Ceccon |  Italy |
1:57.69 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France |
1:57.92 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary |
1:57.98 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Ksawery Masiuk |  Poland |
1:58.01 | |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Se-Bom Lee |  Australia |
1:58.30 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Blake Tierney |  Canada |
1:58.39 | |
| 20 | 3 | 6 | Oleksandr Zheltyakov |  Ukraine |
1:58.41 | |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Kane Follows |  New Zealand |
1:58.63 | |
| 22 | 1 | 3 | David Gerchik |  Israel |
1:58.79 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Kai van Westering |  Netherlands |
1:58.99 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Matteo Restivo | Italy |
1:59.05 | |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Bradley Woodward | Australia |
2:00.50 | |
| 26 | 1 | 6 | Yeziel Morales |  Puerto Rico |
2:00.60 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Ziyad Saleem |  Sudan |
2:01.44 | |
| 28 | 1 | 7 | Denilson Cyprianos |  Zimbabwe |
2:01.91 | NR |
| 2 | 5 | Xu Jiayu |  China |
DNS | ||
| 4 | 1 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain |
DSQ |
Semifinals
editThe swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Hubert Kós | Hungary |
1:55.96 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland |
1:56.05 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa |
1:56.09 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Lukas Märtens | Germany |
1:56.33 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
1:56.33 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Keaton Jones | United States |
1:56.39 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Mewen Tomac | France |
1:56.43 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Hugo González | Spain |
1:56.52 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy |
1:56.59 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Ryan Murphy | United States |
1:56.62 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea |
1:56.76 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Oliver Morgan | Great Britain |
1:57.28 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary |
1:57.58 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Apostolos Siskos | Greece |
1:57.77 | |
| 15 | 1 | 6 | Hidekazu Takehara | Japan |
1:58.03 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France |
1:58.65 |
Final
edit| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Hubert Kos | Hungary |
1:54.26 | |
 |
2 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
1:54.82 | NR |
 |
5 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland |
1:54.85 | NR |
| 4 | 1 | Mewen Tomac | France |
1:55.38 | NR |
| 5 | 7 | Keaton Jones | United States |
1:55.39 | |
| 6 | 8 | Hugo González | Spain |
1:55.47 | |
| 7 | 3 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa |
1:55.60 | AF |
| 8 | 6 | Lukas Märtens | Germany |
1:55.97 |
| Name | 50 metre split | 100 metre split | 150 metre split | Time | Stroke rate (strokes/min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubert Kos | 00:27.06 | 00:56.30 | 01:25.38 | 1:54.26 | 40.4 |
| Apostolos Christou | 00:26.39 | 00:55.14 | 01:24.36 | 1:54.82 | 40.3 |
| Roman Mityukov | 00:27.16 | 00:56.36 | 01:25.75 | 1:54.85 | 43.5 |
| Mewen Tomac | 00:27.25 | 00:56.56 | 01:26.44 | 1:55.38 | 43.1 |
| Keaton Jones | 00:27.31 | 00:56.40 | 01:55.39 | 1:55.39 | 42.8 |
| Hugo González | 00:26.99 | 00:55.89 | 01:25.72 | 1:55.47 | 41.0 |
| Pieter Coetze | 00:26.83 | 00:56.53 | 01:25.73 | 1:55.60 | 41.7 |
| Lukas Märtens | 00:27.11 | 00:56.60 | 01:26.40 | 1:55.97 | 41.3 |
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