# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) will be held on 7 December.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 1:46.11 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:46.68 | Dubai | 19 December 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:38.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:49.57 | Q, AS |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:50.05 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 0 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:50.35 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | David Gamburg | Israel | 1:50.83 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Yuki Shirai | Japan | 1:50.83 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:51.11 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 8 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 1:51.29 | Q, |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:51.44 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:51.59 | |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 1:51.86 | |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | Christian Diener | Germany | 1:51.89 | |
| 12 | 6 | 5 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:52.70 | |
| 13 | 7 | 7 | Russell Wood | Canada | 1:53.49 | |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 1:53.54 | |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Lukas Rauftlin | Switzerland | 1:53.68 | |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 1:54.05 | |
| 17 | 5 | 8 | Ricky Ellis | South Africa | 1:54.22 | |
| 18 | 6 | 7 | Federico Turrini | Italy | 1:54.47 | |
| 19 | 5 | 9 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 1:54.70 | |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 1:54.80 | |
| 21 | 4 | 5 | Robert Glință | Romania | 1:55.32 | |
| 22 | 7 | 8 | David Kunčar | Czech Republic | 1:55.69 | |
| 23 | 4 | 6 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 1:56.01 | |
| 24 | 5 | 6 | Fernando Santos | Brazil | 1:56.23 | |
| 25 | 7 | 1 | Martin Zhelev | Bulgaria | 1:56.37 | |
| 26 | 7 | 2 | Marko Krce Rabar | Croatia | 1:56.73 | |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | Roman Dmytrijev | Czech Republic | 1:58.04 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 1:58.54 | |
| 29 | 3 | 6 | Boris Kirillov | Azerbaijan | 1:58.74 | |
| 30 | 7 | 0 | Stephanus Coetzer | South Africa | 1:58.97 | |
| 31 | 3 | 1 | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 1:59.37 | |
| 32 | 4 | 2 | Lau Shiu Yue | Hong Kong | 1:59.77 | |
| 33 | 4 | 9 | David Adalsteinsson | Iceland | 2:00.07 | |
| 34 | 4 | 1 | Lin Shih-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 2:00.52 | |
| 35 | 6 | 9 | Matias López | Paraguay | 2:01.39 | |
| 36 | 4 | 7 | Armando Barrera | Cuba | 2:01.46 | |
| 37 | 3 | 7 | Grigorii Kalminskii | Azerbaijan | 2:02.17 | |
| 38 | 4 | 0 | Daniil Bukin | Uzbekistan | 2:02.29 | |
| 39 | 3 | 2 | Andres Olvera | Mexico | 2:02.37 | |
| 40 | 4 | 4 | Kristinn Þórarinsson | Iceland | 2:03.17 | |
| 41 | 3 | 4 | Gorazd Chepishevski | Macedonia | 2:03.28 | |
| 42 | 3 | 8 | Jamal Chavoshifar | Iran | 2:03.39 | |
| 43 | 3 | 3 | Driss Lahrichi | Morocco | 2:03.50 | |
| 44 | 3 | 5 | Lushano Lamprecht | Namibia | 2:03.65 | |
| 45 | 2 | 3 | Rodrigo Suriano | El Salvador | 2:04.58 | |
| 46 | 7 | 9 | Jiang Tiansheng | China | 2:07.40 | |
| 47 | 4 | 3 | Xiao Lei | China | 2:07.47 | |
| 48 | 3 | 9 | Yaaqoub Al-Saadi | United Arab Emirates | 2:08.86 | |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | Soroush Ghandchi | Iran | 2:09.41 | |
| 50 | 2 | 6 | Maroun Waked | Lebanon | 2:10.09 | |
| 51 | 3 | 0 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:10.89 | |
| 52 | 2 | 2 | Cristian Santi | San Marino | 2:11.24 | |
| 53 | 2 | 4 | Noah Al-Khulaifi | Qatar | 2:14.81 | |
| 54 | 1 | 4 | Nathan Nades | Papua New Guinea | 2:21.98 | |
| 55 | 2 | 7 | Dean Hoffman | Seychelles | 2:24.88 | |
| 56 | 2 | 1 | Temaruata Strickland | Cook Islands | 2:25.03 | |
| 57 | 2 | 8 | Aleksander Ngresi | Albania | 2:26.02 | |
| 58 | 1 | 5 | Htut Ahnt Khaung | Myanmar | 2:29.68 | |
| 59 | 1 | 3 | Tanner Poppe | Guam | 2:40.53 | |
| — | 6 | 2 | Travis Mahoney | Australia | | DNS |
| — | 7 | 5 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 18:15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 8 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:47.38 | |
| | 3 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:48.20 | |
| | 7 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:48.35 | |
| 4 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:48.77 | AS |
| 5 | 5 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:49.87 | |
| 6 | 1 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 1:50.88 | SA |
| 7 | 2 | Yuki Shirai | Japan | 1:51.67 | |
| 8 | 6 | David Gamburg | Israel | 1:52.24 | |