2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Men's 200m Backstroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
 |  ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 1:53.27 OR |
 |  USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:54.15 |
 |  GBRGreat Britain | Luke Greenbank | 1:54.72 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Bryce Mefford | 1:55.49 |
| 5 |  HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 1:56.15 |
| 6 |  POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:56.39 |
| 7 |  JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:57.32 |
| 8 |  ESPSpain | Nicolás García | 1:59.06 |
| 9 |  FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | 1:56.83 |
| 10 |  AUSAustralia | Tristan Hollard | 1:56.92 |
| 11 |  KORSouth Korea | Lee Ju-Ho | 1:56.93 |
| 12 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Grigory Tarasevich | 1:57.06 |
| 13 |  SUISwitzerland | Roman Mityukov | 1:57.07 |
| 14 | JPNJapan | Keita Sunama | 1:57.16 |
| 15 | GBRGreat Britain | Brodie Williams | 1:57.73 |
| 16 |  CANCanada | Markus Thormeyer | 1:59.36 |
| 17 |  CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 1:57.76 |
| 18 |  CZECzechia | Jan Cejka | 1:58.02 |
| 19 |  GERGermany | Christian Diener | 1:58.27 |
| 20 |  ITAItaly | Matteo Restivo | 1:58.36 |
| 21 |  RSASouth Africa | Martin Binedell | 1:58.47 |
| 22 |  PORPortugal | Francisco Santos | 1:58.58 |
| 23 |  TURTürkiye | Berke Saka | 1:58.66 |
| 24 |  BULBulgaria | Kaloyan Levterov | 1:58.96 |
| 25 | FRAFrance | Mewen Tomac | 1:59.02 |
| 26 |  ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 1:59.18 |
| 27 | POLPoland | Jakub Skierka | 1:59.30 |
| 28 |  ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:59.65 |
| 29 |  TKMTurkmenistan | Merdan Atayev | 2:03.68 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Grigory Tarasevich | 1:56.82 |
| 2 | RSASouth Africa | Martin Binedell | 1:58.47 |
| 3 | ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 1:59.18 |
| 4 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:59.65 |
| 5 | TKMTurkmenistan | Merdan Atayev | 2:03.68 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 30 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 1:53.27 OR |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:54.15 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Luke Greenbank | 1:54.72 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Bryce Mefford | 1:55.49 |
| 5 | HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 1:56.15 |
| 6 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:56.39 |
| 7 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:57.32 |
| 8 | ESPSpain | Nicolás García | 1:59.06 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Luke Greenbank | 1:54.98 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:55.38 |
| 3 | ESPSpain | Nicolás García | 1:56.35 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Bryce Mefford | 1:56.37 |
| 5 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Grigory Tarasevich | 1:57.06 |
| 6 | SUISwitzerland | Roman Mityukov | 1:57.07 |
| 7 | JPNJapan | Keita Sunama | 1:57.16 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Markus Thormeyer | 1:59.36 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 1:54.45 |
| 2 | HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 1:56.19 |
| 3 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:56.68 |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.69 |
| 5 | FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | 1:56.83 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Tristan Hollard | 1:56.92 |
| 7 | KORSouth Korea | Lee Ju-Ho | 1:56.93 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Brodie Williams | 1:57.73 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 1:54.45 Q |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Luke Greenbank | 1:54.98 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:55.38 Q |
| 4 | HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 1:56.19 Q |
| 5 | ESPSpain | Nicolás García | 1:56.35 Q |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Bryce Mefford | 1:56.37 Q |
| 7 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:56.68 Q |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.69 Q |
| 9 | FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | 1:56.83 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Tristan Hollard | 1:56.92 |
| 11 | KORSouth Korea | Lee Ju-Ho | 1:56.93 |
| 12 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Grigory Tarasevich | 1:57.06 |
| 13 | SUISwitzerland | Roman Mityukov | 1:57.07 |
| 14 | JPNJapan | Keita Sunama | 1:57.16 |
| 15 | GBRGreat Britain | Brodie Williams | 1:57.73 |
| 16 | CANCanada | Markus Thormeyer | 1:59.36 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 1:56.02 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Bryce Mefford | 1:56.37 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Keita Sunama | 1:57.07 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Tristan Hollard | 1:57.24 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Brodie Williams | 1:57.48 |
| 6 | ESPSpain | Nicolás García | 1:57.62 |
| 7 | CZECzechia | Jan Cejka | 1:58.02 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Christian Diener | 1:58.27 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:56.92 |
| 2 | SUISwitzerland | Roman Mityukov | 1:57.45 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 1:57.76 |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | 1:57.96 |
| 5 | ITAItaly | Matteo Restivo | 1:58.36 |
| 6 | PORPortugal | Francisco Santos | 1:58.58 |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Mewen Tomac | 1:59.02 |
| 8 | POLPoland | Jakub Skierka | 1:59.30 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Luke Greenbank | 1:54.63 |
| 2 | KORSouth Korea | Lee Ju-Ho | 1:56.77 |
| 3 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:56.83 |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.97 |
| 5 | HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 1:57.70 |
| 6 | CANCanada | Markus Thormeyer | 1:57.85 |
| 7 | TURTürkiye | Berke Saka | 1:58.66 |
| 8 | BULBulgaria | Kaloyan Levterov | 1:58.96 |
| Men's 200m Backstroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Luke Greenbank | 1:54.63 Q |
| 2 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 1:56.02 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Bryce Mefford | 1:56.37 Q |
| 4 | KORSouth Korea | Lee Ju-Ho | 1:56.77 Q |
| 5 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Grigory Tarasevich | 1:56.82 Q |
| 6 | POLPoland | Radoslaw Kawecki | 1:56.83 Q |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 1:56.92 Q |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 1:56.97 Q |
| 9 | JPNJapan | Keita Sunama | 1:57.07 Q |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Tristan Hollard | 1:57.24 Q |
| 11 | SUISwitzerland | Roman Mityukov | 1:57.45 Q |
| 12 | GBRGreat Britain | Brodie Williams | 1:57.48 Q |
| 13 | ESPSpain | Nicolás García | 1:57.62 Q |
| 14 | HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 1:57.70 Q |
| 15 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 1:57.76 Q |
| 16 | CANCanada | Markus Thormeyer | 1:57.85 Q |
| 17 | FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | 1:57.96 |
| 18 | CZECzechia | Jan Cejka | 1:58.02 |
| 19 | GERGermany | Christian Diener | 1:58.27 |
| 20 | ITAItaly | Matteo Restivo | 1:58.36 |
| 21 | RSASouth Africa | Martin Binedell | 1:58.47 |
| 22 | PORPortugal | Francisco Santos | 1:58.58 |
| 23 | TURTürkiye | Berke Saka | 1:58.66 |
| 24 | BULBulgaria | Kaloyan Levterov | 1:58.96 |
| 25 | FRAFrance | Mewen Tomac | 1:59.02 |
| 26 | ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 1:59.18 |
| 27 | POLPoland | Jakub Skierka | 1:59.30 |
| 28 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:59.65 |
| 29 | TKMTurkmenistan | Merdan Atayev | 2:03.68 |
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