Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2005 FINA World Championships
Dates28 July 2005 (heats, semifinals)
29 July 2005 (final)
Competitors47 from 39 nations
Winning time1:54.66 WR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Austria
bronze medal    United States
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 28 July – 29 July. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 28 July, with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals in the evening session. The final was held on 29 July.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Aaron Peirsol United States United States 1:54.74 Long Beach 12 July 2004
Championship record Aaron Peirsol United States United States 1:55.82 Barcelona 24 July 2003

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time WR CR
July 29 Final Aaron Peirsol United States United States 1:54.66 WR CR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat/Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 H6 L4 Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:58.04 qualified
2 H6 L2 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 1:59.03 qualified
3 H4 L4 Markus Rogan  Austria 1:59.33 qualified
4 H6 L6 Tomomi Morita  Japan 1:59.78 qualified
5 H5 L5 Răzvan Florea  Romania 1:59.88 qualified
6 H4 L3 Takashi Nakano  Japan 1:59.97 qualified
7 H5 L6 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia 2:00.11 qualified
8 H6 L5 Ryan Lochte  United States 2:00.27 qualified
9 H6 L3 Gregor Tait  Great Britain 2:00.57 qualified
10 H4 L5 Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia 2:01.03 qualified
11 H5 L3 Simon Dufour  France 2:01.60 qualified
12 H4 L2 Steffen Driesen  Germany 2:01.69 qualified
13 H4 L1 Derya Büyükuncu  Turkey 2:01.93 qualified
14 H5 L4 James Goddard  Great Britain 2:02.00 qualified
15 H5 L1 Yoav Gath  Israel 2:02.12 qualified
16 H5 L7 Patrick Murphy  Australia 2:02.27 qualified
17 H5 L8 Pavel Suskov  Lithuania 2:02.36
18 H4 L6 Matt Welsh  Australia 2:02.64
19 H5 L2 Keith Beavers  Canada 2:02.88
20 H4 L7 Cameron Gibson  New Zealand 2:02.89
21 H6 L7 Luca Marin  Italy 2:03.41
22 H6 L1 Nick Neckles  Barbados 2:04.00
23 H6 L8 Alex Lim  Malaysia 2:04.09
24 H3 L4 Tomasz Rumianowski  Poland 2:04.15
25 H4 L8 Sebastian Stoss  Austria 2:04.30
26 H3 L5 Adriano Niz  Portugal 2:04.61
27 H3 L6 Seung-Hyeon Lee  South Korea 2:06.92
28 H3 L1 Alessio Domenack  Peru 2:09.63
29 H3 L8 Sergey Pankov  Uzbekistan 2:10.28
30 H2 L5 Marcus Cheah  Singapore 2:11.04
31 H2 L3 Zhi Cong Lim  Singapore 2:11.35
32 H2 L7 Kieran Locke  Virgin Islands 2:11.96
33 H2 L2 Andy Wibowo  Indonesia 2:12.42
34 H2 L1 David Dunford  Kenya 2:12.84
35 H3 L2 Yury Zaharov  Kyrgyzstan 2:12.91
36 H2 L8 Francisco Montenegro  Guatemala 2:13.46
37 H2 L4 Gael Adam  Mauritius 2:13.75
38 H1 L4 Shahin Baradaran  Iran 2:15.04
39 H1 L3 Antonio Tong  Macau 2:15.79
40 H3 L7 Suriya Suksuphak  Thailand 2:17.29
41 H2 L6 LIN Yu-An  Chinese Taipei 2:17.30
42 H1 L8 Francois Ghattas  Lebanon 2:19.15
43 H1 L5 Scott Hensley  Virgin Islands 2:22.11
44 H1 L6 Diego Foianini  Bolivia 2:22.28
45 H1 L1 Horacio Carcamo  Honduras 2:23.19
46 H1 L2 Reginaldo Panting  Honduras 2:23.29
47 H1 L7 Imdad Ali  Pakistan 2:23.46

Semifinals

Rank Heat/Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 S2 L4 Aaron Peirsol United States USA 1:56.60 q
2 S2 L5 Markus Rogan Austria Austria 1:57.16 q
3 S2 L3 Răzvan Florea Romania Romania 1:58.03 q
4 S1 L6 Ryan Lochte United States USA 1:58.17 q
5 S1 L2 Arkady Vyatchanin Russia Russia 1:58.60 q
6 S1 L5 Tomomi Morita Japan Japan 1:58.70 q
7 S1 L4 Gordan Kožulj Croatia Croatia 1:58.74 q
8 S1 L3 Takashi Nakano Japan Japan 1:58.91 q
9 S2 L2 Gregor Tait United Kingdom Great Britain 1:58.97
10 S2 L6 Blaž Medvešek Slovenia Slovenia 1:59.10
11 S1 L1 James Goddard United Kingdom Great Britain 1:59.16
12 S2 L7 Simon Dufour France France 2:00.08
13 S1 L7 Steffen Driesen Germany Germany 2:00.88
14 S2 L8 Yoav Gath Israel Israel 2:01.58
14 S2 L1 Derya Büyükuncu Turkey Turkey 2:01.58
16 S1 L8 Patrick Murphy Australia Australia 2:03.15

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aaron Peirsol United States USA 1:54.66 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Markus Rogan Austria Austria 1:56.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ryan Lochte United States USA 1:57.00
4 Răzvan Florea Romania Romania 1:57.03
5 Takashi Nakano Japan Japan 1:58.03
6 Gordan Kožulj Croatia Croatia 1:58.28
7 Arkady Vyatchanin Russia Russia 1:59.02
8 Tomomi Morita Japan Japan 1:59.34

Key: WR = World record

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