Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad |
| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium |
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| Dates | 10 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
11 August 2016 (final) |
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| Competitors | 26 from 19 nations |
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| Winning time | 1:53.62 |
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| Medalists |
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 10–11 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]
The American tradition of excellence continued in the distance dorsal, as Ryan Murphy made a historic milestone to claim the country's sixth straight title, and strike a backstroke double for the first time, since Aaron Peirsol did so in 2004. He held off a stiff competition from Australia's reigning world champion Mitch Larkin down the home stretch to earn his second individual gold at the Games with a time of 1:53.62.[2][3] Leading the race early on the initial length, Larkin pulled closer to Murphy about the midway through the final lap, but could not catch him near the wall to finish with a silver-medal time in 1:53.96.[4] Meanwhile, Russia's Evgeny Rylov finished with the bronze in 1:53.97, a hundredth of a second behind Larkin.[5][6]
Trailing the top three by over a second, China's Xu Jiayu, runner-up to Murphy in the 100 m backstroke on night three, took the fourth spot in 1:55.16, while his teenage teammate Li Guangyuan posted a sixth-place time in 1:55.89. U.S. swimmer Jacob Pebley, who had upset the defending champion Tyler Clary at the Olympic trials one month earlier, split the Chinese duo to finish fifth with a 1:55.52.[7] Germany's Christian Diener (1:56.27), along with double London 2012 medalist Ryosuke Irie of Japan (1:56.36), rounded out the field.[6]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Evgeny Rylov |  Russia | 1:55.02 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Jiayu, XuXu Jiayu |  China | 1:55.51 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin |  Australia | 1:56.01 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Murphy, RyanRyan Murphy |  United States | 1:56.29 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Pebley, JacobJacob Pebley | United States | 1:56.44 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Glania, Jan-PhilipJan-Philip Glania |  Germany | 1:56.50 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Shabasov, AndreyAndrey Shabasov | Russia | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Irie, RyosukeRyosuke Irie |  Japan | 1:56.61 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Diener, ChristianChristian Diener | Germany | 1:56.62 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver | Australia | 1:56.65 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Guangyuan, LiLi Guangyuan | China | 1:56.85 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | de Deus, LeonardoLeonardo de Deus |  Brazil | 1:57.00 | Q, NR |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Kaneko, MasakiMasaki Kaneko | Japan | 1:57.19 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | González, HugoHugo González |  Spain | 1:57.50 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Main, CoreyCorey Main |  New Zealand | 1:57.51 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Toumarkin, YakovYakov Toumarkin |  Israel | 1:57.58 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | Kawęcki, RadosławRadosław Kawęcki |  Poland | 1:57.61 | |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Glință, RobertRobert Glință |  Romania | 1:57.91 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Telegdy, ÁdámÁdám Telegdy |  Hungary | 1:59.09 | |
| 20 | 1 | 5 | Tullius, RexfordRexford Tullius |  Virgin Islands | 1:59.14 | |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Rapšys, DanasDanas Rapšys |  Lithuania | 1:59.58 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Földházi, DávidDávid Földházi | Hungary | 1:59.69 | |
| 3 | 8 | Pinzón, OmarOmar Pinzón |  Colombia | |
| 24 | 3 | 7 | Christou, ApostolosApostolos Christou |  Greece | 1:59.78 | |
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Tsmyh, MikitaMikita Tsmyh |  Belarus | 2:00.96 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Kirillov, BorisBoris Kirillov |  Azerbaijan | 2:05.01 | |
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Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
References
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