# Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 22 June at 09:20.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Shaine Casas | United States | 1:56.66 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Joshua Edwards-Smith | Australia | 1:56.85 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:56.96 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:57.09 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:57.21 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:57.33 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:57.82 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 1:57.88 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea | 1:57.89 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 1:58.10 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:58.58 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:58.61 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 1:58.65 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece | 1:59.25 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:59.61 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 1:59.77 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Richie Stokes | Canada | 1:59.86 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Erikas Grigaitis | Lithuania | 1:59.92 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 2:00.62 | |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 2:00.69 | |
| 21 | 2 | 7 | Michele Lamberti | Italy | 2:00.92 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Ziyad Ahmed | Sudan | 2:01.05 | NR |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Oleksandr Zheltiakov | Ukraine | 2:02.69 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Khiew Hoe Yean | Malaysia | 2:03.12 | |
| 25 | 2 | 0 | Armin Lelle | Estonia | 2:03.58 | |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Mohamed Mohamady | Egypt | 2:03.84 | |
| 27 | 3 | 0 | Farrel Tangkas | Indonesia | 2:04.84 | |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:05.90 | |
| 29 | 1 | 4 | Ratthawit Thammananthachote | Thailand | 2:07.12 | |
| 30 | 1 | 5 | Elías Ardiles | Chile | 2:07.92 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Ali Al-Essa | Saudi Arabia | 2:15.66 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 22 June at 19:36.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:55.43 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:56.17 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:56.42 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:56.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:56.80 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Shaine Casas | United States | 1:56.90 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:57.08 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 1:57.12 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:57.36 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 1:57.38 | |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Joshua Edwards-Smith | Australia | 1:57.52 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea | 1:57.55 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:59.05 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 1:59.28 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece | 1:59.72 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 2:01.47 | |

### Final

The final was held on 23 June at 19:01.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:54.52 |
| | 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:55.16 |
| | 7 | Shaine Casas | United States | 1:55.35 |
| 4 | 5 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:56.16 |
| 5 | 6 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:56.35 |
| 6 | 2 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:56.91 |
| 7 | 1 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:57.45 |
| 8 | 8 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 1:58.52 |