Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | Eduardo Germán Otero | Argentina | 2:05.51 |
| 2 | 7 | Torwai Sethsothorn | Thailand | 2:05.52 |
| 2 | 3 | Ahmed Hussein | Egypt | 2:06.10 |
| 2 | 8 | Gary Tan | Singapore | 2:06.32 |
| 1 | 4 | Andrei Mihailov | Moldova | 2:06.67 |
| 2 | 1 | Lee Jong-Min | South Korea | 2:07.14 |
| 1 | 5 | Ivan Angelov | Bulgaria | 2:07.30 |
| 1 | 7 | Guillermo Cabrera | Dominican Republic | 2:08.22 |
| 3 | 1 | Alex Lim Keng Liat | Malaysia | 2:08.23 |
| 1 | 6 | Miloš Cerović | Yugoslavia | 2:09.07 |
| 1 | 2 | Aleksandr Yegorov | Kyrgyzstan | 2:13.85 |
| 4 | 2 | Viktor Bodrogi | Hungary | DSQ |
| 2 | 5 | Simon Thirsk | South Africa | DNS |