Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Introduction The heats for the '''men's 200 m backstroke''' race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:'''World record'''    '''1:53.08'''  Indianapolis, United States  11 July 2009'''Championship record'''    '''1:54.32'''  Melbourne, Australia  30 March 2007The following records were established during the competition:DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 30 July  Semifinal 1  Aaron Peirsol   United States  1:54.06  '''CR''' 31 July  Final  Aaron Peirsol   United States  1:51.92  '''WR'''
Results ===Heats=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Heat  Lane  Notes 1  Ryosuke Irie     1:55.20  9  4   2  Aaron Peirsol     1:55.88  8  4   3  Ryan Lochte     1:55.97  7  4   4  Stanislav Donets     1:56.03  9  3   5  George Du Rand     1:56.06  8  1  '''AF''' 6  Yannick Lebherz     1:56.69  9  1   7  Radosław Kawęcki     1:56.74  9  8   8  Arkady Vyatchanin     1:56.97  9  5   9  Omar Pinzón     1:57.01  7  8  '''SA''' 10  Aschwin Wildeboer     1:57.15  8  5   11  Chris Walker-Hebborn     1:57.52  8  2   12  Takashi Nakano     1:57.58  7  3   13  Damiano Lestingi     1:57.73  9  6   14  Sebastiano Ranfagni     1:57.75  9  7   15  Nick Driebergen     1:57.86  7  7  '''NR''' 16  Sebastian Stoss     1:57.97  9  0  17  Ashley Delaney     1:58.02  8  3    18  Benjamin Stasiulis     1:58.17  7  6  19  Felix Wolf     1:58.41  7  2    20  Kurt Bassett     1:58.46  8  8  '''NR''' 21  Matt Hawes     1:58.89  8  6  22  Marco Loughran     1:59.19  8  7  23  Derya Büyükuncu     1:59.49  9  9    24  Péter Bernek     1:59.65  7  1  25  Darren Murray     1:59.84  5  5  26  Rufino Regueira     2:00.35  9  2  27  Markus Rogan     2:00.39  7  5  28  Dimitrios Chasiotis     2:00.42  8  0    29  Miguel Robles     2:00.99  6  7  '''NR''' 30  Zhang Yu     2:01.05  5  4  31  Leonardo Guedes     2:01.20  7  0  32  Pedro Oliveira     2:01.49  6  4  33  Pedro Medel     2:01.70  6  6    34  Itai Chammah     2:01.86  7  9  35  Jakub Jasinski     2:01.95  8  9  36  Květoslav Svoboda     2:02.00  6  0  37  Cheng Feiyi     2:02.29  6  3  38  Anders McIntyre     2:02.64  5  0    39  Andres Olvik     2:02.97  6  8  '''NR''' 40  Andriy Kovbasa     2:03.56  4  4  41  Oleg Rabota     2:03.71  6  2  42  Robi Zbogar     2:03.99  6  9  43  Karl Burdis     2:04.34  5  6   '''NR''' 44  David Rodriguez     2:04.42  5  2  45  Konstantins Bohins     2:04.61  4  2  46  Naoufel Benabid     2:05.06  5  1  47  Jean-Francois Schneiders     2:05.22  4  5  48  Stanislav Osinsky     2:06.12  5  3    49  Ehud Segal     2:06.91  6  1  50  Rehan Poncha     2:06.92  4  1  '''NR''' 51  Yury Zaharov     2:07.07  5  7 '''NR''' 52  Achelhi Bilal     2:07.59  3  3 '''NR''' 53  Cheah Geoffrey Robin     2:08.25  4  3    54  Ng Kai Wee Rainer     2:08.57  4  7  55  Do Huy Long     2:08.83  4  8  56  Jean Luis Gomez     2:10.22  3  6  57  Tsung Chao-Lin     2:10.44  4  6  58  Nicholas James     2:10.76  3  1    59  Boris Kirillov     2:10.96  3  7  60  Kaspar Raigla     2:11.61  1  4  61  Doğa Çelik     2:12.26  5  9  62  Alberto Tasini     2:12.80  3  0  63  Yousuf Essa Al Yousuf     2:12.81  3  4    64  Antonio Tong     2:13.22  4  9  65  Khachik Plavchyan     2:14.19  4  0  66  Byron Briedenhann     2:14.47  2  5  67  Ngou Pok Man     2:14.87  2  7  68  Abbas Raad     2:15.63  2  6  '''NR''' 69  Javier Hernandez Maradiaga     2:16.09  3  8  70  Nicholas Coard     2:16.65  2  2  71  Praveen Tokas     2:16.90  3  5  72  Mohammed Al Ghaferi     2:17.30  2  3  '''NR''' 73  Armando Zayas Claure    2:18.09  2  1    74  Mark Sammut     2:19.46  3  9  75  Benjamin Gabbard     2:20.25  1  5  76  Marcelino Richaards     2:21.05  2  8  77  Heimanu Sichan     2:21.63  2  4  78  Paul Elaisa     2:28.97  1  6    79  Mathieu Marquet     2:29.91  2  9  80  Timur Atahanov     2:34.13  1  2  81  Elaijie Erasito     2:36.75  1  1  82  Ahmet Halliyev     2:39.58  1  7  –  Hocine Haciane    DNS  1  3    –  Ronny Vencatachellum     DNS  2  0  –  Andrejs Dūda     DNS  3  2  –  Saša Imprić     DNS  5  8  –  Brett Fraser     DNS  6  5 ===Semifinals=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Heat  Lane  Notes 1  Aaron Peirsol     1:54.06  1  4  '''CR''' 2  Ryosuke Irie     1:54.14  2  4   3  Arkady Vyatchanin     1:54.90  1  6  '''ER''' 4  Stanislav Donets     1:55.25  1  5   5  Ryan Lochte     1:55.39  2  5   6  Radosław Kawęcki     1:55.62  2  6   7  George Du Rand     1:55.75  2  3  '''AF''' 8  Aschwin Wildeboer     1:55.78  1  2   9  Chris Walker-Hebborn     1:56.05  2  7  '''NR''' 10  Omar Pinzón     1:56.40  2  2  '''SA''' 11  Nick Driebergen     1:56.85  2  8 '''NR''' 12  Takashi Nakano     1:57.02  1  7   13  Sebastian Stoss     1:57.15  1  8  14  Damiano Lestingi     1:57.37  2  1   15  Yannick Lebherz     1:58.01  1  3   16  Sebastiano Ranfagni     1:58.84  1  1
Final  Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes  4  Aaron Peirsol     1:51.92    5  Ryosuke Irie     1:52.51  '''AS'''  2  Ryan Lochte     1:53.82   4 3  Arkady Vyatchanin     1:54.75  '''ER''' 5 8  Aschwin Wildeboer     1:54.92  '''NR''' 6 6  Stanislav Donets     1:55.36   7 7  Radosław Kawęcki     1:55.60  '''NR''' 8  1  George Du Rand     1:56.63
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