Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates31 July 2024
(Heats and Semis)
1 August 2024
(Final)
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning time1:54.26
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hubert Kos  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Apostolos Christou  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roman Mityukov  Switzerland
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]


Records

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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 [2][3]
Olympic record  Evgeny Rylov (ROC) 1:53.27 Tokyo, Japan 30 July 2021

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[4][5]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[4]

Time standards

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The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[6]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Men's events
Event OQT* OCT^
200 m backstroke 1:57.50 1:58.06

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

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The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
31 July 2024 10:00 Heats
19:37 Semifinals
1 August 2024 17:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 3 5 Roman Mityukov  Switzerland 1:56.62 Q
2 4 2 Lukas Märtens  Germany 1:56.89 Q
3 2 6 Pieter Coetze  South Africa 1:56.92 Q
4 4 4 Hubert Kós  Hungary 1:57.01 Q
5 3 4 Ryan Murphy  United States 1:57.03 Q
6 2 4 Hugo González  Spain 1:57.08 Q
7 2 7 Apostolos Christou  Greece 1:57.18 Q
8 3 7 Hidekazu Takehara  Japan 1:57.23 Q
9 4 3 Apostolos Siskos  Greece 1:57.26 Q
10 3 2 Lee Ju-ho  South Korea 1:57.39 Q
11 4 5 Keaton Jones  United States 1:57.54 Q
12 4 7 Oliver Morgan  Great Britain 1:57.56 Q
13 3 3 Mewen Tomac  France 1:57.62 Q
14 2 1 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 1:57.69 Q
15 2 2 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard  France 1:57.92 Q
16 4 6 Ádám Telegdy  Hungary 1:57.98 Q
17 3 1 Ksawery Masiuk  Poland 1:58.01
18 1 4 Se-Bom Lee  Australia 1:58.30
19 4 8 Blake Tierney  Canada 1:58.39
20 3 6 Oleksandr Zheltyakov  Ukraine 1:58.41
21 1 5 Kane Follows  New Zealand 1:58.63
22 1 3 David Gerchik  Israel 1:58.79
23 2 8 Kai van Westering [nl]  Netherlands 1:58.99
24 3 8 Matteo Restivo  Italy 1:59.05
25 2 3 Bradley Woodward  Australia 2:00.50
26 1 6 Yeziel Morales  Puerto Rico 2:00.60
27 1 2 Ziyad Saleem  Sudan 2:01.44
28 1 7 Denilson Cyprianos  Zimbabwe 2:01.91 NR
2 5 Xu Jiayu  China DNS
4 1 Luke Greenbank  Great Britain DSQ

Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1 5 Hubert Kós  Hungary 1:55.96 Q
2 2 4 Roman Mityukov  Switzerland 1:56.05 Q
3 2 5 Pieter Coetze  South Africa 1:56.09 Q
4 1 4 Lukas Märtens  Germany 1:56.33 Q
4 2 6 Apostolos Christou  Greece 1:56.33 Q
6 2 7 Keaton Jones  United States 1:56.39 Q
7 2 1 Mewen Tomac  France 1:56.43 Q
8 1 3 Hugo González  Spain 1:56.52 Q
9 1 1 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 1:56.59
10 2 3 Ryan Murphy  United States 1:56.62
11 1 2 Lee Ju-ho  South Korea 1:56.76
12 1 7 Oliver Morgan  Great Britain 1:57.28
13 1 8 Ádám Telegdy  Hungary 1:57.58
14 2 2 Apostolos Siskos  Greece 1:57.77
15 1 6 Hidekazu Takehara  Japan 1:58.03
16 2 8 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard  France 1:58.65

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Hubert Kos  Hungary 1:54.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Apostolos Christou  Greece 1:54.82 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Roman Mityukov  Switzerland 1:54.85 NR
4 1 Mewen Tomac  France 1:55.38 NR
5 7 Keaton Jones  United States 1:55.39
6 8 Hugo González  Spain 1:55.47
7 3 Pieter Coetze  South Africa 1:55.60 AF
8 6 Lukas Märtens  Germany 1:55.97

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Cavic supplants Phelps' 100 fly time". ESPN. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ^ Michaelis, Vicky (31 July 2009). "Phelps earns relay gold medal, Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark". USA Today. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.