Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
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.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:21.
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
1 | 4 | 4 | Tyler Clary | | 1:56.76 | Q |
2 | 2 | 5 | Craig McNally | | 1:57.18 | Q |
3 | 2 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | | 1:57.19 | Q |
4 | 4 | 3 | Péter Bernek | | 1:57.20 | Q |
5 | 2 | 3 | Yannick Lebherz | | 1:57.33 | Q |
6 | 3 | 3 | Matson Lawson | | 1:57.48 | Q |
7 | 4 | 5 | Kosuke Hagino | | 1:57.52 | Q |
8 | 3 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie | | 1:57.53 | Q |
9 | 4 | 2 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | | 1:57.95 | Q |
10 | 3 | 6 | Gábor Balog | | 1:57.98 | Q |
11 | 3 | 5 | Radosław Kawęcki | | 1:57.99 | Q |
12 | 4 | 7 | Xu Jiayu | | 1:58.29 | Q |
13 | 3 | 7 | Federico Turrini | | 1:58.54 | Q |
14 | 4 | 1 | Danas Rapšys | | 1:59.11 | Q |
15 | 2 | 2 | Leonardo de Deus | | 1:59.17 | Q |
16 | 2 | 1 | Darren Murray | | 1:59.19 | Q |
17 | 4 | 6 | Mitch Larkin | | 1:59.34 | |
18 | 3 | 2 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | | 1:59.39 | |
19 | 2 | 7 | Pedro Oliveira | | 1:59.95 | |
20 | 3 | 8 | Lukas Rauftlin | | 2:00.45 | |
21 | 4 | 0 | Russell Wood | | 2:00.51 | |
22 | 3 | 1 | Alexandr Tarabrin | | 2:01.08 | |
23 | 2 | 8 | Im Tae-Jeong | | 2:01.23 | |
24 | 2 | 6 | Gareth Kean | | 2:02.81 | |
25 | 2 | 0 | Jean-François Schneiders | | 2:02.96 | |
26 | 3 | 0 | Marko Krce Rabar | | 2:03.50 | |
27 | 4 | 8 | Pedro Medel | | 2:03.63 | |
28 | 2 | 9 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa | | 2:04.90 | |
29 | 3 | 9 | Ezequiel Trujillo | | 2:05.92 | |
30 | 1 | 4 | Yeziel Morales | | 2:06.09 | |
31 | 1 | 6 | Boris Kirillov | | 2:08.74 | |
32 | 1 | 5 | Gorazd Chepishevski | | 2:09.89 | |
33 | 1 | 3 | Awse Ma'aya | | 2:12.31 | |
34 | 1 | 2 | Yaaqoub Al-Saadi | | 2:21.51 | |
| 4 | 9 | Danil Bukin | | | |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:20.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held at 18:09.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Ryan Lochte | | 1:53.79 | |
| 6 | Radosław Kawęcki | | 1:54.24 | ER, NR |
| 4 | Tyler Clary | | 1:54.64 | |
4 | 3 | Ryosuke Irie | | 1:55.07 | |
5 | 2 | Kosuke Hagino | | 1:55.43 | |
6 | 1 | Craig McNally | | 1:55.67 | |
7 | 7 | Xu Jiayu | | 1:57.13 | |
8 | 8 | Péter Bernek | | 1:58.26 | |