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200 metres Backstroke, Men

Date	10 – 11 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	26 from 19 countries

The favorite was Australian Mitch Larkin, who had won the 2015 World Championships and led the 2016 world list with 1:53.90. American Ryan Murphy had signaled his strength at the US Olympic Trials when he became the sixth swimmer ever under 1:54 by winning in 1:53.95, and he had already won the 100 back in Rio.

In the final Larkin led at 50 metres, but Murphy caught him on the second lap, and then pulled ahead to win gold by 0.34 seconds. Larkin took silver, outtouching Russian youngster Yevgeny Rylov by only 1/100th of a second. Murphy’s win gave him the 100-200 backstroke double, and was the sixth consecutive victory in the event for the United States. For Larkin, the silver medal was some redemption for missing the podium in the 100 back, where he finished fourth.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Ryan Murphy	USA	1:56.29 (1 h3)	1:55.15 (1 h1)	1:53.62 (1)	Gold
2	Mitch Larkin	AUS	1:56.01 (1 h4)	1:54.73 (2 h2)	1:53.96 (2)	Silver
3	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	1:55.02 (1 h2)	1:54.45 (1 h2)	1:53.97 (3)	Bronze
4	Xu Jiayu	CHN	1:55.51 (2 h2)	1:55.66 (2 h1)	1:55.16 (4)
5	Jacob Pebley	USA	1:56.44 (2 h3)	1:54.92 (3 h2)	1:55.52 (5)
6	Li Guangyuan	CHN	1:56.85 (3 h3)	1:55.92 (4 h2)	1:55.89 (6)
7	Christian Diener	GER	1:56.62 (4 h2)	1:56.37 (5 h2)	1:56.27 (7)
8	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	1:56.61 (3 h4)	1:56.31 (3 h1)	1:56.36 (8)
9	Jan-Philip Glania	GER	1:56.50 (3 h2)	1:56.53 (4 h1)	–
10	Josh Beaver	AUS	1:56.65 (4 h4)	1:56.57 (5 h1)	–
11	Masaki Kaneko	JPN	1:57.19 (5 h2)	1:56.78 (6 h2)	–
12	Andrey Shabasov	RUS	1:56.50 (2 h4)	1:56.84 (7 h2)	–
13	Leonardo de Deus	BRA	1:57.00 (5 h4)	1:57.67 (6 h1)	–
14	Corey Main	NZL	1:57.51 (6 h4)	1:58.08 (8 h2)	–
15	Yakov Toumarkin	ISR	1:57.58 (5 h3)	1:58.63 (7 h1)	–
16	Hugo González	ESP	1:57.50 (4 h3)	1:59.08 (8 h1)	–
17	Radosław Kawęcki	POL	1:57.61 (7 h4)	–	–
18	Robert Glință	ROU	1:57.91 (1 h1)	–	–
19	Ádám Telegdy	HUN	1:59.09 (6 h2)	–	–
20	Rex Tullius	ISV	1:59.14 (2 h1)	–	–
21	Danas Rapšys	LTU	1:59.58 (8 h4)	–	–
=22	Dávid Földházi	HUN	1:59.69 (=6 h3)	–	–
=22	Omar Pinzón	COL	1:59.69 (=6 h3)	–	–
24	Apostolos Christou	GRE	1:59.78 (8 h3)	–	–
25	Mikita Tsmyh	BLR	2:00.96 (7 h2)	–	–
26	Boris Kirillov	AZE	2:05.01 (3 h1)	–	–

Round One (10 August 2016 — 13:25)

Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Heat One (13:25)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Robert Glință	ROU	27.69 (2) 30.02 (2)	57.71 (2) 30.63 (2)	1:28.34 (2) 29.57 (1)	1:57.91	0.63
2	5	Rex Tullius	ISV	27.52 (1) 29.58 (1)	57.10 (1) 30.54 (1)	1:27.64 (1) 31.50 (2)	1:59.14	0.74
3	3	Boris Kirillov	AZE	28.46 (3) 31.46 (3)	59.92 (3) 32.12 (3)	1:32.04 (3) 32.97 (3)	2:05.01	0.71

Heat Two (13:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	27.41 (3) 29.67 (4)	57.08 (4) 29.12 (1)	1:26.20 (2) 28.82 (1)	1:55.02	0.56	Q
2	5	Xu Jiayu	CHN	27.54 (6) 29.16 (1)	56.70 (2) 29.46 (2)	1:26.16 (1) 29.35 (2)	1:55.51	0.63	Q
3	3	Jan-Philip Glania	GER	27.29 (2) 29.86 (7)	57.15 (5) 29.90 (4)	1:27.05 (4) 29.45 (3)	1:56.50	0.70	Q
4	2	Christian Diener	GER	26.88 (1) 29.76 (=5)	56.64 (1) 29.68 (3)	1:26.32 (3) 30.30 (5)	1:56.62	0.65	Q
5	6	Masaki Kaneko	JPN	27.53 (5) 29.45 (2)	56.98 (3) 30.17 (5)	1:27.15 (5) 30.04 (4)	1:57.19	0.62	Q
6	7	Ádám Telegdy	HUN	27.88 (7) 29.54 (3)	57.42 (7) 30.71 (6)	1:28.13 (6) 30.96 (6)	1:59.09	0.67
7	1	Mikita Tsmyh	BLR	27.49 (4) 29.76 (=5)	57.25 (6) 31.20 (7)	1:28.45 (7) 32.51 (7)	2:00.96	0.74

Heat Three (13:35)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Ryan Murphy	USA	27.33 (2) 29.40 (2)	56.73 (2) 29.63 (1)	1:26.36 (1) 29.93 (2)	1:56.29	0.67	Q
2	5	Jacob Pebley	USA	27.54 (6) 29.73 (5)	57.27 (6) 29.90 (2)	1:27.17 (4) 29.27 (1)	1:56.44	0.74	Q
3	6	Li Guangyuan	CHN	27.52 (5) 29.18 (1)	56.70 (1) 29.98 (4)	1:26.68 (2) 30.17 (4)	1:56.85	0.61	Q
4	2	Hugo González	ESP	27.13 (1) 30.12 (8)	57.25 (5) 30.16 (5)	1:27.41 (5) 30.09 (3)	1:57.50	0.60	Q
5	3	Yakov Toumarkin	ISR	27.47 (3) 29.66 (4)	57.13 (3) 29.93 (3)	1:27.06 (3) 30.52 (5)	1:57.58	0.66	Q
=6	1	Dávid Földházi	HUN	27.50 (4) 30.10 (7)	57.60 (8) 30.80 (7)	1:28.40 (7) 31.29 (6)	1:59.69	0.73
=6	8	Omar Pinzón	COL	27.72 (8) 29.47 (3)	57.19 (4) 30.74 (6)	1:27.93 (6) 31.76 (8)	1:59.69	0.65
8	7	Apostolos Christou	GRE	27.60 (7) 29.77 (6)	57.37 (7) 31.08 (8)	1:28.45 (8) 31.33 (7)	1:59.78	0.63

Heat Four (13:40)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Mitch Larkin	AUS	27.03 (1) 29.66 (4)	56.69 (2) 29.80 (2)	1:26.49 (1) 29.52 (2)	1:56.01	0.67	Q
2	7	Andrey Shabasov	RUS	27.38 (4) 28.95 (1)	56.33 (1) 30.49 (8)	1:26.82 (4) 29.68 (3)	1:56.50	0.64	Q
3	3	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	27.41 (5) 29.89 (6)	57.30 (5) 29.9 (=3)	1:27.20 (5) 29.41 (1)	1:56.61	0.55	Q
4	6	Josh Beaver	AUS	27.12 (2) 29.85 (5)	56.97 (4) 29.78 (1)	1:26.75 (3) 29.90 (5)	1:56.65	0.55	Q
5	1	Leonardo de Deus	BRA	27.31 (3) 29.44 (3)	56.75 (3) 29.9 (=3)	1:26.65 (2) 30.35 (7)	1:57.00	0.71	Q
6	8	Corey Main	NZL	28.00 (8) 29.38 (2)	57.38 (6) 30.08 (6)	1:27.46 (6) 30.05 (6)	1:57.51	0.63	Q
7	5	Radosław Kawęcki	POL	27.71 (6) 30.14 (7)	57.85 (7) 30.02 (5)	1:27.87 (7) 29.74 (4)	1:57.61	0.66
8	2	Danas Rapšys	LTU	27.86 (7) 30.85 (8)	58.71 (8) 30.36 (7)	1:29.07 (8) 30.51 (8)	1:59.58	0.65

Semi-Finals (10 August 2016 — 22:28)

Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Heat One (22:28)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Ryan Murphy	USA	26.89 (2) 29.39 (2)	56.28 (2) 29.93 (2)	1:26.21 (1) 28.94 (1)	1:55.15	0.65	Q
2	4	Xu Jiayu	CHN	27.30 (5) 29.26 (1)	56.56 (3) 29.71 (1)	1:26.27 (3) 29.39 (3)	1:55.66	0.59	Q
3	6	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	27.18 (3) 29.53 (4)	56.71 (4) 30.18 (4)	1:26.89 (4) 29.42 (4)	1:56.31	0.58	Q
4	3	Jan-Philip Glania	GER	27.28 (4) 29.66 (5)	56.94 (6) 30.36 (5)	1:27.30 (5) 29.23 (2)	1:56.53	0.78
5	2	Josh Beaver	AUS	26.40 (1) 29.80 (7)	56.20 (1) 30.04 (3)	1:26.24 (2) 30.33 (7)	1:56.57	0.56
6	7	Leonardo de Deus	BRA	27.53 (7) 29.40 (3)	56.93 (5) 30.48 (=6)	1:27.41 (6) 30.26 (6)	1:57.67	0.62
7	8	Yakov Toumarkin	ISR	27.48 (6) 29.79 (6)	57.27 (7) 30.48 (=6)	1:27.75 (7) 30.88 (8)	1:58.63	0.69
8	1	Hugo González	ESP	28.06 (8) 30.35 (8)	58.41 (8) 30.70 (8)	1:29.11 (8) 29.97 (5)	1:59.08	0.63

Heat Two (22:37)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	27.06 (3) 29.07 (4)	56.13 (3) 29.17 (1)	1:25.30 (2) 29.15 (1)	1:54.45	0.58	Q
2	5	Mitch Larkin	AUS	26.69 (1) 29.02 (2)	55.71 (1) 29.46 (2)	1:25.17 (1) 29.56 (4)	1:54.73	0.74	Q
3	3	Jacob Pebley	USA	26.97 (2) 28.76 (1)	55.73 (2) 29.64 (4)	1:25.37 (3) 29.55 (3)	1:54.92	0.68	Q
4	7	Li Guangyuan	CHN	27.52 (6) 29.32 (5)	56.84 (7) 29.62 (3)	1:26.46 (5) 29.46 (2)	1:55.92	0.60	Q
5	2	Christian Diener	GER	27.11 (5) 29.45 (6)	56.56 (4) 29.82 (5)	1:26.38 (4) 29.99 (6)	1:56.37	0.66	Q
6	1	Masaki Kaneko	JPN	27.09 (4) 29.62 (=7)	56.71 (6) 29.88 (6)	1:26.59 (6) 30.19 (7)	1:56.78	0.67
7	6	Andrey Shabasov	RUS	27.60 (7) 29.03 (3)	56.63 (5) 30.45 (8)	1:27.08 (7) 29.76 (5)	1:56.84	0.66
8	8	Corey Main	NZL	27.93 (8) 29.62 (=7)	57.55 (8) 30.18 (7)	1:27.73 (8) 30.35 (8)	1:58.08	0.60

Final (11 August 2016 — 22:26)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Ryan Murphy	USA	27.10 (4) 28.46 (1)	55.56 (1) 28.97 (1)	1:24.53 (1) 29.09 (2)	1:53.62	0.58
2	5	Mitch Larkin	AUS	26.61 (1) 28.96 (5)	55.57 (2) 29.18 (2)	1:24.75 (2) 29.21 (4)	1:53.96	0.69
3	4	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	27.01 (3) 28.84 (2)	55.85 (4) 29.4 (=4)	1:25.25 (3) 28.72 (1)	1:53.97	0.58
4	2	Xu Jiayu	CHN	27.31 (7) 29.46 (7)	56.77 (7) 29.25 (3)	1:26.02 (6) 29.14 (3)	1:55.16	0.58
5	3	Jacob Pebley	USA	27.12 (5) 28.87 (3)	55.99 (5) 29.4 (=4)	1:25.39 (4) 30.13 (7)	1:55.52	0.66
6	7	Li Guangyuan	CHN	27.50 (8) 29.01 (6)	56.51 (6) 29.71 (7)	1:26.22 (7) 29.67 (5)	1:55.89	0.59
7	8	Christian Diener	GER	26.87 (2) 28.93 (4)	55.80 (3) 30.20 (8)	1:26.00 (5) 30.27 (8)	1:56.27	0.63
8	1	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	27.16 (6) 29.63 (8)	56.79 (8) 29.68 (6)	1:26.47 (8) 29.89 (6)	1:56.36	0.57