# Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships will be held on 15 and 16 February 2024.

## 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 15 February at 09:56.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Apostolos Siskos | Greece | 1:56.64 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | Kai van Westering | Netherlands | 1:57.29 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 1:57.90 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:58.03 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:58.07 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 1:58.20 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:58.23 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Bradley Woodward | Australia | 1:58.26 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea | 1:58.29 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 1:58.45 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 5 | Jack Aikins | United States | 1:58.50 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:58.72 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Osamu Kato | Japan | 1:58.82 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:59.00 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Raben Dommann | Canada | 1:59.10 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | John Shortt | Ireland | 1:59.27 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 1:59.38 | |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Kaloyan Levterov | Bulgaria | 1:59.42 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:59.80 | |
| 20 | 3 | 0 | Ziyad Ahmed | Sudan | 2:00.53 | |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Erikas Grigaitis | Lithuania | 2:01.32 | |
| 22 | 1 | 5 | Yegor Popov | Kazakhstan | 2:01.61 | |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | Oleksandr Zheltyakov | Ukraine | 2:01.81 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Denis-Laurean Popescu | Romania | 2:02.05 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Primož Šenica | Slovenia | 2:04.11 | |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Denilson Cyprianos | Zimbabwe | 2:04.70 | |
| 27 | 2 | 9 | Farrel Tangkas | Indonesia | 2:05.49 | |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:06.10 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Diego Camacho Salgado | Mexico | 2:07.00 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Alexis Kpade | Benin | 2:07.25 | |
| 31 | 1 | 6 | Ahmad Safie | Lebanon | 2:08.37 | |
| 32 | 2 | 0 | Trần Hưng Nguyên | Vietnam | 2:08.71 | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Zeke Chan | Brunei | 2:12.94 | |
| | 3 | 2 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 2 | Andrew Jeffcoat | New Zealand | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 15 February at 20:33.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Jack Aikins | United States | 1:56.32 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:56.38 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea | 1:56.40 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:56.65 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:56.72 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Apostolos Siskos | Greece | 1:56.82 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Kai van Westering | Netherlands | 1:56.91 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 1:57.07 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:57.29 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 1:57.48 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Bradley Woodward | Australia | 1:57.58 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:58.23 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 1:58.24 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | John Shortt | Ireland | 1:58.47 | NR |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Osamu Kato | Japan | 1:58.97 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Raben Dommann | Canada | 2:00.75 | |

### Final

The final was held on 16 February at 19:59.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:55.30 | |
| | 2 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:55.40 | |
| | 8 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 1:55.99 | |
| 4 | 4 | Jack Aikins | United States | 1:56.21 | |
| 5 | 3 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea | 1:56.38 | |
| 6 | 7 | Apostolos Siskos | Greece | 1:56.64 | =NR |
| 7 | 6 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:56.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kai van Westering | Netherlands | 1:57.19 | |