# Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 Metre Backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2019.

## 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 held on 25 July at 10:28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:56.61 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:56.76 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:56.83 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:56.99 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Xu Jiayu | China | 1:57.15 | Q, WD |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:57.20 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:57.60 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Christian Diener | Germany | 1:57.61 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 8 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 1:57.61 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:57.67 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | Daniel Cristian Martin | Romania | 1:57.76 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea | 1:57.80 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 1:57.99 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:58.04 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 9 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:58.04 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Jacob Pebley | United States | 1:58.07 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Markus Thormeyer | Canada | 1:58.16 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Bradley Woodward | Australia | 1:58.31 | |
| 19 | 4 | 5 | Keita Sunama | Japan | 1:58.40 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Christopher Reid | South Africa | 1:58.44 | |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Li Guangyuan | China | 1:58.57 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:58.74 | |
| 23 | 3 | 0 | Anton Loncar | Croatia | 1:59.07 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 1:59.42 | |
| 25 | 5 | 0 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 1:59.79 | |
| 26 | 4 | 8 | Cole Pratt | Canada | 2:00.45 | |
| 27 | 2 | 4 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 2:00.52 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 2:01.13 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Ivan Štšeglov | Estonia | 2:01.19 | NR |
| 30 | 3 | 9 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 2:01.44 | |
| 31 | 4 | 0 | Hugo González | Spain | 2:01.84 | |
| 32 | 2 | 8 | Srihari Nataraj | India | 2:02.08 | NR |
| 33 | 4 | 9 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 2:02.37 | |
| 34 | 2 | 5 | Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 2:03.33 | |
| 35 | 2 | 3 | Chuang Mu-lun | Chinese Taipei | 2:03.73 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 2:04.76 | |
| 37 | 2 | 6 | Armando Barrera | Cuba | 2:05.23 | |
| 38 | 2 | 0 | Erick Gordillo | Guatemala | 2:05.53 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Ng Cheuk Yin | Hong Kong | 2:06.64 | |
| 40 | 1 | 5 | Matthew Mays | Virgin Islands | 2:07.03 | |
| 41 | 2 | 9 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:10.25 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Ali Imaan | Maldives | 2:33.23 | |
| | 3 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 25 July at 21:35.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:55.48 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Markus Thormeyer | Canada | 1:56.96 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:57.24 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:57.26 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Daniel Cristian Martin | Romania | 1:57.66 | |
| 6 | 7 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 1:57.72 | |
| 7 | 1 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:57.93 | NR |
| | 6 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | DSQ | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:56.25 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:56.60 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Jacob Pebley | United States | 1:56.65 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:57.07 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Christian Diener | Germany | 1:57.33 | |
| 6 | 7 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea | 1:57.68 | |
| 7 | 2 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:58.12 | |
| 8 | 1 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:58.29 | |

### Final

The final was held on 26 July at 21:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:53.40 |
| | 5 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:54.12 |
| | 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:55.85 |
| 4 | 1 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:56.37 |
| 5 | 8 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:56.52 |
| 6 | 6 | Jacob Pebley | United States | 1:56.72 |
| 7 | 7 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:56.86 |
| 8 | 2 | Markus Thormeyer | Canada | 1:58.50 |