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Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
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The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.[1]
Quick Facts Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, Dates ...
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 30 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:53.58 | |||||||||
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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
More information World record, Competition record ...
| World record |  Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
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| Competition record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
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Heats
The heats were held at 09:56.[2]
More information Rank, Heat ...
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Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:57.[3]
Semifinal 1
More information Rank, Lane ...
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 5 | Evgeny Rylov |  Russia | 1:55.54 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |  Japan | 1:55.76 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:56.58 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Li Guangyuan |  China | 1:57.12 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Gábor Balog |  Hungary | 1:57.91 | |
| 6 | 2 | Leonardo de Deus |  Brazil | 1:57.96 | |
| 7 | 6 | Josh Beaver |  Australia | 1:57.99 | |
| 8 | 1 | Corey Main |  New Zealand | 1:59.50 |
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Semifinal 2
More information Rank, Lane ...
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:54.29 | Q, OC |
| 2 | 5 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:55.10 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Xu Jiayu | China | 1:55.13 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Radosław Kawęcki |  Poland | 1:55.54 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Christian Diener |  Germany | 1:57.17 | |
| 6 | 2 | Masaki Kaneko | Japan | 1:57.33 | |
| 7 | 8 | Luca Mencarini |  Italy | 1:57.81 | |
| 8 | 7 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia | 1:58.30 |
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Final
The final was held on 7 August at 17:40.[4]
More information Rank, Lane ...
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:53.58 | OC |
 | 2 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:54.55 | |
 | 6 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:54.60 | NR |
| 4 | 7 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:54.81 | |
| 5 | 5 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:55.00 | |
| 6 | 3 | Xu Jiayu | China | 1:55.20 | |
| 7 | 1 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:56.26 | |
| 8 | 8 | Li Guangyuan | China | 1:56.79 | WJ |
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