2016 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Men's 200m Backstroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 - Final | |||
 |  USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:53.62 |
 |  AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:53.96 |
 |  RUSRussia | Evgeny Rylov | 1:53.97 |
| 4 |  CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 1:55.16 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Jacob Pebley | 1:55.52 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Li Guangyuan | 1:55.89 |
| 7 |  GERGermany | Christian Diener | 1:56.27 |
| 8 |  JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.36 |
| 9 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:56.53 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Josh Beaver | 1:56.57 |
| 11 | JPNJapan | Masaki Kaneko | 1:56.78 |
| 12 | RUSRussia | Andrei Shabasov | 1:56.84 |
| 13 |  BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:57.67 |
| 14 |  NZLNew Zealand | Corey Main | 1:58.08 |
| 15 |  ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:58.63 |
| 16 |  ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 1:59.08 |
| 17 |  POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:57.61 |
| 18 |  ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 1:57.91 |
| 19 |  HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 1:59.09 |
| 20 |  ISVU.S. Virgin Islands | Rexford Tullius | 1:59.14 |
| 21 |  LTULithuania | Danas Rapsys | 1:59.58 |
| 22 |  COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 1:59.69 |
| 22 | HUNHungary | David Földházi | 1:59.69 |
| 24 |  GREGreece | Apostolos Christou | 1:59.78 |
| 25 |  BLRBelarus | Mikita Tsmyh | 2:00.96 |
| 26 |  AZEAzerbaijan | Boris Kirillov | 2:05.01 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 - Final | |||
| 1 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Rylov | 1:55.02 Q |
| 2 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 1:55.51 Q |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:56.01 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:56.29 Q |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Jacob Pebley | 1:56.44 Q |
| 6 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:56.50 Q |
| 6 | RUSRussia | Andrei Shabasov | 1:56.50 Q |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.61 Q |
| 9 | GERGermany | Christian Diener | 1:56.62 Q |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Josh Beaver | 1:56.65 Q |
| 11 | CHNChina | Li Guangyuan | 1:56.85 Q |
| 12 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:57.00 Q |
| 13 | JPNJapan | Masaki Kaneko | 1:57.19 Q |
| 14 | ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 1:57.50 Q |
| 15 | NZLNew Zealand | Corey Main | 1:57.51 Q |
| 16 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:57.58 Q |
| 17 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:57.61 |
| 18 | ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 1:57.91 |
| 19 | HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 1:59.09 |
| 20 | ISVU.S. Virgin Islands | Rexford Tullius | 1:59.14 |
| 21 | LTULithuania | Danas Rapsys | 1:59.58 |
| 22 | COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 1:59.69 |
| 22 | HUNHungary | David Földházi | 1:59.69 |
| 24 | GREGreece | Apostolos Christou | 1:59.78 |
| 25 | BLRBelarus | Mikita Tsmyh | 2:00.96 |
| 26 | AZEAzerbaijan | Boris Kirillov | 2:05.01 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:53.62 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:53.96 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Rylov | 1:53.97 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 1:55.16 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Jacob Pebley | 1:55.52 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Li Guangyuan | 1:55.89 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Christian Diener | 1:56.27 |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.36 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Rylov | 1:54.45 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:54.73 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Jacob Pebley | 1:54.92 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Li Guangyuan | 1:55.92 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Christian Diener | 1:56.37 |
| 6 | JPNJapan | Masaki Kaneko | 1:56.78 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Andrei Shabasov | 1:56.84 |
| 8 | NZLNew Zealand | Corey Main | 1:58.08 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:55.15 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 1:55.66 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.31 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:56.53 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Josh Beaver | 1:56.57 |
| 6 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:57.67 |
| 7 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:58.63 |
| 8 | ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 1:59.08 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Rylov | 1:54.45 Q |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:54.73 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Jacob Pebley | 1:54.92 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:55.15 Q |
| 5 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 1:55.66 Q |
| 6 | CHNChina | Li Guangyuan | 1:55.92 Q |
| 7 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.31 Q |
| 8 | GERGermany | Christian Diener | 1:56.37 Q |
| 9 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:56.53 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Josh Beaver | 1:56.57 |
| 11 | JPNJapan | Masaki Kaneko | 1:56.78 |
| 12 | RUSRussia | Andrei Shabasov | 1:56.84 |
| 13 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:57.67 |
| 14 | NZLNew Zealand | Corey Main | 1:58.08 |
| 15 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:58.63 |
| 16 | ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 1:59.08 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 1:56.01 |
| 2 | RUSRussia | Andrei Shabasov | 1:56.50 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.61 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Josh Beaver | 1:56.65 |
| 5 | BRABrazil | Leonardo De Deus | 1:57.00 |
| 6 | NZLNew Zealand | Corey Main | 1:57.51 |
| 7 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:57.61 |
| 8 | LTULithuania | Danas Rapsys | 1:59.58 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:56.29 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Jacob Pebley | 1:56.44 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Li Guangyuan | 1:56.85 |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 1:57.50 |
| 5 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:57.58 |
| 6 | COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 1:59.69 |
| 6 | HUNHungary | David Földházi | 1:59.69 |
| 8 | GREGreece | Apostolos Christou | 1:59.78 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 - Final | |||
| 1 | RUSRussia | Evgeny Rylov | 1:55.02 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 1:55.51 |
| 3 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 1:56.50 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Christian Diener | 1:56.62 |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Masaki Kaneko | 1:57.19 |
| 6 | HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 1:59.09 |
| 7 | BLRBelarus | Mikita Tsmyh | 2:00.96 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 1:57.91 |
| 2 | ISVU.S. Virgin Islands | Rexford Tullius | 1:59.14 |
| 3 | AZEAzerbaijan | Boris Kirillov | 2:05.01 |
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