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

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 1:54.74 Long Beach 12 July 2004 Championship record Aaron Peirsol United States 1:55.82 Barcelona 24 July 2003

The following records were established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationalityTimeWRCR July 29 Final Aaron Peirsol United States 1:54.66 WR CR

Results

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

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

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Aaron Peirsol USA 1:54.66 WR Markus Rogan Austria 1:56.63 Ryan Lochte USA 1:57.00 4 Răzvan Florea Romania 1:57.03 5 Takashi Nakano Japan 1:58.03 6 Gordan Kožulj Croatia 1:58.28 7 Arkady Vyatchanin Russia 1:59.02 8 Tomomi Morita Japan 1:59.34

Key: WR = World record

References Worlds 2005 results: Men's 200 m backstroke Heats, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-23. Worlds 2005 results: Men's 200 m backstroke Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-23. Worlds 2005 results: Men's 200 m backstroke Finals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-23.