Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Final
Table:
Rank
Lane
Name
Nationality
Time
Notes

5

Ryan Lochte
United States

1:53.94

WR

4

Aaron Peirsol
United States

1:54.33

8

Arkady Vyatchanin
Russia

1:54.93

EU

4

3

Markus Rogan
Austria

1:55.49

NR

5

6

Ryosuke Irie
Japan

1:55.72

6

1

Hayden Stoeckel
Australia

1:56.39

OC

7

2

Răzvan Florea
Romania

1:56.52

8

7

Gregor Tait
Great Britain

1:57.00

Based on the following table labelled section "Final" within Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke, answer the following question with a short sentence: Which athletes rounded out of the finale round of swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke ? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Romania's Răzvan Florea (1:56.52) and Great Britain's Gregor Tait (1:57.00) rounded out the finale.