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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates10 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
11 August 2016 (final)
Competitors26 from 19 nations
Winning time1:53.62
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryan Murphy  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mitch Larkin  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Evgeny Rylov  Russia
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Swimming at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The men's 200 metre backstroke was one of the swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] It took place on 10–11 August 2016 and featuring 26 men from 19 countries. It was the fifteenth appearance of an Olympic men's 200 metre backstroke event since the first at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The event, which took place at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, consisted of three rounds with those been the heats, semi-finals and final. The race was won by Ryan Murphy of the United Sates with Australian Mitch Larkin finishing second and Evgeny Rylov (Russia) finishing third.

The heat round was conducted on 10 August in the morning session. The 26 swimmers were split into four heats. The first heat had three athletes in it, the second heat had seven athletes in it, the third heat had eight athletes in it and the fourth heat had eight athletes in it. Athletes had to be in the top 16 fastest athletes to progress to the semi-finals. The quickest athlete in the heat round was Rylov with a time of one minute and 55.02 seconds. Xu Jiayu (China) was second fastest and Larkin was third fastest. The slowest athlete to progress from the heats was Yakov Toumarkin (Israel) whose time was one minute and 57.58 seconds.

The semi-final round was held in the evening session on 10 August. There were two semi-finals of eight athletes each. The top eight fastest athletes qualified for the final. The first semi-final was won by Murphy and the second semi-final was won by Rylov. The top eight athletes consisted of three from the first semi-final and five from the second. Rylov recorded the quickest time overall with his time of one minute and 54.45 seconds slightly quicker than Larkin's, who was second quickest overall.

The final was held in the night session on 11 August 2016.

Records[edit]

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

World record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009 [1][2]
Olympic record  Tyler Clary (USA) 1:53.41 London, United Kingdom 2 August 2012 [3]

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 1:55.02 Q
2 2 5 Xu Jiayu  China 1:55.51 Q
3 4 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:56.01 Q
4 3 4 Ryan Murphy  United States 1:56.29 Q
5 3 5 Jacob Pebley  United States 1:56.44 Q
6 2 3 Jan-Philip Glania  Germany 1:56.50 Q
4 7 Andrey Shabasov  Russia Q
8 4 3 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 1:56.61 Q
9 2 2 Christian Diener  Germany 1:56.62 Q
10 4 6 Josh Beaver  Australia 1:56.65 Q
11 3 6 Li Guangyuan  China 1:56.85 Q
12 4 1 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 1:57.00 Q, NR
13 2 6 Masaki Kaneko  Japan 1:57.19 Q
14 3 2 Hugo González  Spain 1:57.50 Q
15 4 8 Corey Main  New Zealand 1:57.51 Q
16 3 3 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 1:57.58 Q
17 4 5 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:57.61
18 1 4 Robert Glință  Romania 1:57.91
19 2 7 Ádám Telegdy  Hungary 1:59.09
20 1 5 Rexford Tullius  Virgin Islands 1:59.14
21 4 2 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:59.58
22 3 1 Dávid Földházi  Hungary 1:59.69
3 8 Omar Pinzón  Colombia
24 3 7 Apostolos Christou  Greece 1:59.78
25 2 1 Mikita Tsmyh  Belarus 2:00.96
26 1 3 Boris Kirillov  Azerbaijan 2:05.01

Semifinals[edit]

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Ryan Murphy  United States 1:55.15 Q
2 4 Xu Jiayu  China 1:55.66 Q
3 6 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 1:56.31 Q
4 3 Jan-Philip Glania  Germany 1:56.53
5 2 Josh Beaver  Australia 1:56.57
6 7 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 1:57.67
7 8 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 1:58.63
8 1 Hugo González  Spain 1:59.08

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 1:54.45 Q
2 5 Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:54.73 Q
3 3 Jacob Pebley  United States 1:54.92 Q
4 7 Li Guangyuan  China 1:55.92 Q
5 2 Christian Diener  Germany 1:56.37 Q
6 1 Masaki Kaneko  Japan 1:56.78
7 6 Andrey Shabasov  Russia 1:56.84
8 8 Corey Main  New Zealand 1:58.08

Final[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Ryan Murphy  United States 1:53.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:53.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 1:53.97 EU
4 2 Xu Jiayu  China 1:55.16
5 3 Jacob Pebley  United States 1:55.52
6 7 Li Guangyuan  China 1:55.89
7 8 Christian Diener  Germany 1:56.27
8 1 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 1:56.36

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cavic supplants Phelps' 100 fly time". ESPN. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ Michaelis, Vicky (31 July 2009). "Phelps earns relay gold medal, Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark". USA Today. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. ^ Auerbach, Nicole (2 August 2012). "Clary tops Lochte, wins gold in 200-meter backstroke". USA Today. Retrieved 8 July 2013.


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