# 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
| World record | Mitch Larkin (AUS) | 1:45.63 | Sydney, Australia | 27 November 2015 |
| Competition record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:46.68 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 19 December 2010 |
The following records was established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 15 December | Final | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:45.65 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 10:08.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:48.02 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:50.34 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 1:50.36 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Daiki Yanagawa | Japan | 1:50.45 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:50.97 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Tao Guannan | China | 1:51.03 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Dmitrii Savenko | Neutral Athletes B | 1:51.20 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | Jack Aikins | United States | 1:51.28 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:51.29 | R |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Enoch Robb | Australia | 1:51.39 | R |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Blake Tierney | Canada | 1:51.56 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | John Shortt | Ireland | 1:51.60 | NR |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | Apostolos Siskos | Greece | 1:51.80 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Antoine Herlem | France | 1:51.98 | |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Joshua Edwards-Smith | Australia | 1:52.05 | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Nicolas Albiero | Brazil | 1:52.11 | |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Hayden Kwan | Hong Kong | 1:52.48 | NR |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Samuel Törnqvist | Sweden | 1:52.71 | |
| 19 | 2 | 3 | Aleksei Tkachev | Neutral Athletes B | 1:52.84 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:52.87 | |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:53.27 | |
| 22 | 1 | 6 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 1:53.59 | |
| 23 | 4 | 9 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea | 1:53.69 | |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Robert Badea | Romania | 1:54.48 | |
| 25 | 3 | 0 | Guðmundur Leo Rafnsson | Iceland | 1:55.27 | |
| 26 | 4 | 5 | Oleksandr Zheltiakov | Ukraine | 1:55.39 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Martin Perečinský | Slovakia | 1:55.81 | |
| 28 | 2 | 0 | Evaldas Babakinas | Lithuania | 1:56.52 | |
| 29 | 4 | 0 | Yegor Popov | Kazakhstan | 1:56.57 | |
| 30 | 4 | 8 | Samuel Brown | New Zealand | 1:57.04 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Jiang Chenglin | China | 1:57.05 | |
| 32 | 2 | 9 | Nikolass Deičmans | Latvia | 1:57.68 | |
| 33 | 1 | 4 | Khiew Hoe Yean | Malaysia | 1:57.72 | |
| 34 | 1 | 1 | Denilson Cyprianos | Zimbabwe | 1:58.02 | NR |
| 35 | 1 | 0 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 1:58.27 | NR |
| 36 | 1 | 8 | Farrel Tangkas | Indonesia | 2:02.13 | |
| 37 | 1 | 9 | Eid Al-Mujaini | United Arab Emirates | 2:18.07 | |
| | 2 | 7 | Christian Bacico | Italy | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 9 | Oliver Morgan | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 6 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was held at 18:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:45.65 | CR, ER |
| | 2 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:48.96 | |
| | 5 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:49.93 | |
| 4 | 6 | Daiki Yanagawa | Japan | 1:50.28 | |
| 5 | 8 | Jack Aikins | United States | 1:50.60 | |
| 6 | 7 | Tao Guannan | China | 1:51.04 | |
| 7 | 1 | Dmitrii Savenko | Neutral Athletes B | 1:51.27 | |
| 8 | 3 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 1:51.81 | |