World’s Fastest 200m Backstroke – Men’s Long Course
- Aaron Peirsol (26.52, 28.38, 28.40, 28.62) 1:51.92
- Ryosuke Irie (26.79, 28.82, 29.02, 27.88) 1:52.51
- Ryan Lochte ( 26.66, 28.84, 28.53, 28.93) 1:52.96
- Mitchell Larkin ( 26.39, 28.77, 29.50, 28.51) 1:53.17
- Evgeny Rylov (27.12., 28.26, 28.72, 29.13) 1:53.23
- Tyler Clary (27.37, 28.64, 28.92, 28.48) 1:53.41
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The chart below compares the World’s fastest 200m Backstroke swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible. Here is Aaron Peirsol’s 200m Backstroke World Record swim to view.
Swimmers above those that make the Top 6 list for the Men’s 100m Backstroke Long Course are Aaron Peirsol, and Mitchell Larkin.
Ryan Lochte also appears in the Men’s 200m IM Long Course and 400m IM Long Course lists.
| Men's 200m Backstroke - Long Course | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Peirsol | Ryosuke Irie | Ryan Lochte | Mitchell Larkin | Evgeny Rylov | Tyler Clary | |||||||
| Height: | 6ft 3in 1.91m | 5ft 10in 1.78m | 6 ft 2 in 188cm | 6 ft 2 in 188cm | 6 ft 1 in 185cm | 6 ft 1 in 185cm | ||||||
| Weight: | 201lb 91kg | 137lb 62kg | 195Ib 88kg | 165Ib 75kg | 172Ib 78kg | 185Ib 84kg | ||||||
| Country: | USA | Japan | USA | AUS | RUS | USA | ||||||
| DOB: | 1983-07-23 | 1990-01-24 | 1984-08-03 | 1993-07-09 | 1996-09-23 | 1989-03-12 | ||||||
| Meet: | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 | 14th FINA World Championships 2011 | FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2015 | 2021 Russian National Championships | Olympic Games London 2012 | ||||||
| 1st 50m Split | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | 30 | 26 | 28 | 29 | ||||||||
| Split Time: | 26.52 | 26.79 | 26.66 | 26.39 | 27.12 | 27.37 | ||||||
| 50m PB: | 25.35 | 24.79 | 25.68 | 24.64 | 24.49 | 27.00 | ||||||
| Time off 50m PB: | 1.17 | 2.00 | 0.98 | 1.75 | 2.40 | 0.37 | ||||||
| Percentage of 50m PB: | 104.615% | 108.068% | 103.816% | 107.102% | 109.800% | 101.370% | ||||||
| 2nd 50m Split | 28.38 | 28.82 | 28.84 | 28.77 | 28.26 | 28.64 | ||||||
| Strokes | 31 | 28 | 28 | 30 | ||||||||
| Split Time: | 54.90 | 55.61 | 55.50 | 55.16 | 55.38 | 56.01 | ||||||
| 3rd 50m Split | 28.40 | 29.02 | 28.53 | 29.50 | 28.72 | 28.92 | ||||||
| Strokes | 32 | 30 | 29 | 31 | ||||||||
| Split Time: | 1.23.30 | 1.24.63 | 1.24.03 | 1.24.66 | 1.24.10 | 1.24.93 | ||||||
| 4th 50m Split | 28.62 | 27.88 | 28.93 | 28.51 | 29.13 | 28.48 | ||||||
| Strokes | 36 | 33 | 31 | 34 | ||||||||
| Total Time: | 1.51.92 | 1.52.51 | 1.52.96 | 1.53.17 | 1.53.23 | 1.53.41 | ||||||