| Men 200m Backstroke XXI Swimming World Championship 2024 Doha, Qatar - Friday, 16th February - Gold Medal: Hugo Gonzalez, Spain | 
| Final 20:02 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | 100, | 150m | pts | L | ag |  | 1. Hugo Gonzalez |   Spain | 1:55.30 |   |   | 27.20s | 56.22s | 1:26.32 | 914 | 5 | 24 |  | 2. Roman Mityukov |   Switzerland | 1:55.40 |   | +0.10s | 26.73s | 56.02s | 1:25.67 | 912 | 2 | 23 |  | 3. Pieter Coetze |   South Africa | 1:55.99 |   | +0.69s | 27.08s | 57.38s | 1:27.32 | 898 | 8 | 19 |  | 4. Jack Aikins |   United States | 1:56.21 |   | +0.91s | 26.98s | 56.22s | 1:26.00 | 893 | 4 | 21 |  | 5. Juho Lee |   South Korea | 1:56.38 |   | +1.08s | 26.76s | 56.51s | 1:26.56 | 889 | 3 | 29 |  | 6. Apostolos Siskos |   Greece | 1:56.64 |   | +1.34s | 27.32s | 57.22s | 1:27.27 | 883 | 7 | 18 |  | 7. Adam Telegdy |   Hungary | 1:56.66 |   | +1.36s | 27.61s | 57.17s | 1:27.08 | 882 | 6 | 28 |  | 8. Kai Van Westering |   Netherlands | 1:57.19 |   | +1.89s | 27.05s | 56.27s | 1:26.38 | 871 | 1 | 20 |   
| World and Championship Record: Aaron Peirsol, Unitrd States 1:51.92 Rome, Italy, 31st July 2009 |  | Olympic Qualification Time (14th Tokyo 2020): 1:57.50 |  | Olympic Consideration Time (+5% OQT): 1:58.09 |   
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 Semi-Finals - Thursday, 15th February 20:33 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Semi 1 20:33 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | 100m | 150m | pts | L | ag |  | 2. Hugo Gonzalez |   Spain | 1:56.38 |   | +0.06s | 27.66s | 57.06s | 1:26.88 | 889 | 1 | 24 |  | 5. Roman Mityukov |   Switzerland | 1:56.72 |   | +0.40s | 27.15s | 56.60s | 1:26.88 | 881 | 5 | 23 |  | 7. Kai Van Westering |   Netherlands | 1:56.91 |   | +0.59s | 27.31s | 57.05s | 1:27.23 | 877 | 4 | 20 |  | 10.Ksawery Masiuk |   Poland | 1:57.48 |   | +1.16s | 27.21s | 57.08s | 1:27.84 | 864 | 3 | 19 |  | 11.Bradley Woodward |   Australia | 1:57.58 |   | +1.26s | 27.41s | 57.18s | 1:27.43 | 862 | 6 | 25 |  | 12.Brodie Paul Williams |   Great Britain | 1:58.23 |   | +1.91s | 27.78s | 57.62s | 1:27.88 | 848 | 7 | 24 |  | 13.Lukas Maertens |   Germany | 1:58.24 |   | +1.92s | 26.78s | 56.96s | 1:27.73 | 848 | 2 | 22 |   
| Semi 2 20:39 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | 100m | 150m | pts | L | ag |  | 1. Jack Aikins |   United States | 1:56.32 |   |   | 27.05s | 56.18s | 1:25.85 | 890 | 7 | 21 |  | 3. Juho Lee |   South Korea | 1:56.40 |   | +0.08s | 26.90s | 56.58s | 1:26.52 | 888 | 2 | 29 |  | 4. Adam Telegdy |   Hungary | 1:56.65 |   | +0.33s | 27.49s | 57.47s | 1:27.38 | 883 | 3 | 28 |  | 6. Apostolos Siskos |   Greece | 1:56.82 |   | +0.50s | 27.34s | 57.15s | 1:27.08 | 879 | 4 | 18 |  | 8. Pieter Coetze |   South Africa | 1:57.07 |   | +0.75s | 26.91s | 56.43s | 1:27.07 | 873 | 5 | 19 |  | 9. Luke Greenbank |   Great Britain | 1:57.29 |   | +0.97s | 27.58s | 57.13s | 1:27.64 | 868 | 6 | 26 |  | 14.John Shortt |   Ireland | 1:58.47 |   | +2.15s | 27.83s | 57.58s | 1:28.09 | 843 | 8 | 17 |  | 15.Osamu Kato |   Japan | 1:58.97 |   | +2.65s | 28.02s | 58.38s | 1:29.55 | 832 | 1 | 28 |  | 16.Raben Severin Dommann |   Canada | 2:00.75 |   | +4.43s | 28.13s | 58.62s | 1:30.21 | 796 | 8 | 23 |   
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Heats - Thursday, 15th February 09:56 | 
| Best 16 times advanced to Semi-Finals. OQT - First 2. OCT - First 4. | 
| Heat 4 10:07 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | 100m | 150m | pts | L | ag | OC |  | 2. Kai Van Westering |   Netherlands | 1:57.29 | Q | +0.65s | 27.49s | 56.92s | 1:27.24 | 868 | 7 | 20 | QT |  | 4. Roman Mityukov |   Switzerland | 1:58.03 | Q | +1.39s | 26.81s | 56.65s | 1:27.54 | 852 | 4 | 23 | CT |  | 7. Luke Greenbank |   Great Britain | 1:58.23 | q | +1.59s | 27.87s | 57.44s | 1:27.97 | 848 | 6 | 26 |   |  | 11.Jack Aikins |   United States | 1:58.50 | Q | +1.86s | 27.32s | 56.83s | 1:27.27 | 842 | 5 | 21 |   |  | 14.Hugo Gonzalez |   Spain | 1:59.00 | Q | +2.36s | 27.73s | 58.32s | 1:29.20 | 831 | 3 | 24 |   |  | 16.John Shortt |   Ireland | 1:59.27 | q | +2.63s | 27.79s | 57.88s | 1:28.69 | 826 | 1 | 17 |   |  | 18.Kaloyan Levterov |   Bulgaria | 1:59.42 |   | +2.78s | 28.53s | 58.47s | 1:28.73 | 823 | 8 | 21 |   |  | 26.Denilson Cyprianos |   Zimbabwe | 2:04.70 |   | +8.06s | 29.47s | 1:00.57 | 1:32.67 | 722 | 9 | 21 |   |  | 28.Patrick Groters |   Aruba | 2:06.10 |   | +9.46s | 28.28s | 59.65s | 1:32.80 | 699 | 0 | 25 |   |  | -. Andrew Jeffcoat |   New Zealand | DNS |   |   | - |   |   |   | 2 | 24 |   |   
| Heat 3 10:03 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | 100m | 150m | pts | L | ag |  | 6. Ksawery Masiuk |   Poland | 1:58.20 | q | +1.56s | 27.43s | 57.31s | 1:27.87 | 848 | 3 | 19 |  | 8. Bradley Woodward |   Australia | 1:58.26 | q | +1.62s | 27.50s | 57.73s | 1:28.13 | 847 | 4 | 25 |  | 9. Juho Lee |   South Korea | 1:58.29 | Q | +1.65s | 27.12s | 57.20s | 1:27.93 | 846 | 5 | 29 |  | 12.Brodie Paul Williams |   Great Britain | 1:58.72 | q | +2.08s | 28.25s | 58.31s | 1:28.55 | 837 | 6 | 24 |  | 13.Osamu Kato |   Japan | 1:58.82 | q | +2.18s | 28.67s | 59.51s | 1:30.12 | 835 | 7 | 28 |  | 15.Raben Severin Dommann |   Canada | 1:59.10 | q | +2.46s | 28.18s | 58.34s | 1:29.01 | 829 | 1 | 23 |  | 20.Ziyad Saleem |   Sudan | 2:00.53 |   | +3.89s | 27.95s | 58.37s | 1:29.35 | 800 | 0 | 20 |  | 25.Primoz Senica Pavletic |   Slovenia | 2:04.11 |   | +7.47s | 29.26s | 1:00.28 | 1:32.19 | 733 | 8 | 23 |  | 29.Diego Camacho Salgado |   Mexico | 2:07.00 |   | +10.36s | 29.87s | 1:01.98 | 1:34.64 | 684 | 9 | 21 |  | -. Apostolos Christou |   Greece | DNS |   |   | - |   |   |   | 2 | 27 |   
| Heat 2 10:00 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | 100m | 150m | pts | L | ag | OC |  | 1. Apostolos Siskos |   Greece | 1:56.64 | Q |   | 27.68s | 57.34s | 1:27.07 | 883 | 3 | 18 | QT |  | 3. Pieter Coetze |   South Africa | 1:57.90 | Q | +1.26s | 27.38s | 58.36s | 1:28.32 | 855 | 5 | 19 | CT |  | 5. Adam Telegdy |   Hungary | 1:58.07 | Q | +1.43s | 27.58s | 57.44s | 1:27.86 | 851 | 2 | 28 |   |  | 10.Lukas Maertens |   Germany | 1:58.45 | q | +1.81s | 27.30s | 57.36s | 1:28.13 | 843 | 7 | 22 |   |  | 17.Yeziel Morales |   Puerto Rico | 1:59.38 |   | +2.74s | 28.16s | 57.85s | 1:27.99 | 824 | 1 | 28 |   |  | 19.Lorenzo Mora |   Italy | 1:59.80 |   | +3.16s | 28.19s | 58.54s | 1:29.23 | 815 | 6 | 25 |   |  | 21.Erikas Grigaitis |   Lithuania | 2:01.32 |   | +4.68s | 28.31s | 58.32s | 1:29.59 | 785 | 8 | 21 |   |  | 23.Oleksandr Zheltiakov |   Ukraine | 2:01.81 |   | +5.17s | 28.34s | 59.33s | 1:31.05 | 775 | 4 | 18 |   |  | 27.Farrel Tangkas |   Indonesia | 2:05.49 |   | +8.85s | 29.09s | 1:00.12 | 1:32.41 | 709 | 9 | 22 |  | 32.Hung Nguyen Tran |   Vietnam | 2:08.71 |   | +12.07s | 29.66s | 1:02.01 | 1:35.18 | 657 | 0 | 21 |   |   
| Heat 1 09:56 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | 100m | 150m | pts | L | ag |  | 22.Yegor Popov |   Kazakhstan | 2:01.61 |   | +4.97s | 28.21s | 58.77s | 1:30.21 | 779 | 5 | 16 |  | 24.Denis-Laurean Popescu |   Romania | 2:02.05 |   | +5.41s | 27.36s | 57.73s | 1:29.97 | 771 | 4 | 20 |  | 30.Alexis Michel Roger Kpade |   Benin | 2:07.25 |   | +10.61s | 29.75s | 1:01.59 | 1:34.26 | 680 | 3 | 18 |  | 31.Ahmad Safie |   Lebanon | 2:08.37 |   | +11.73s | 29.20s | 1:01.39 | 1:34.51 | 662 | 6 | 17 |  | 33.Zeke Chan |   Brunei | 2:12.94 |   | +16.30s | 30.84s | 1:04.47 | 1:38.86 | 596 | 2 | 16 |   
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