2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Etihad Arena
Location	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates	21 December (heats and final)
Competitors	35 from 27 nations
Winning time	1:48.68
Medalists
Radosław Kawęcki   Poland   Shaine Casas   United States   Christian Diener   Germany

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 21 December 2021.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Mitch Larkin (AUS)	1:45.63	Sydney, Australia	27 November 2015
Competition record	Ryan Lochte (USA)	1:46.68	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	19 December 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 09:37.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	1	Shaine Casas	United States	1:49.82	Q
2	3	3	Jan Čejka	Czech Republic	1:50.50	Q, NR
3	4	2	Yohann Ndoye Brouard	France	1:50.71	Q
4	3	4	Christian Diener	Germany	1:51.06	Q
5	2	4	Lorenzo Mora	Italy	1:51.58	Q
6	4	0	Antoine Herlem	France	1:51.93	Q
7	4	6	Armin Evert Lelle	Estonia	1:52.30	Q
8	4	4	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	1:52.35	Q
9	4	5	Hugo González	Spain	1:52.47
10	3	0	Hunter Tapp	United States	1:52.48
11	3	5	Michele Lamberti	Italy	1:52.52
12	4	3	Ádám Telegdy	Hungary	1:52.61
13	2	3	Yakov Toumarkin	Israel	1:52.66
14	4	7	Egor Dolomanov	Russian Swimming Federation	1:52.83
15	2	8	Nicolás García	Spain	1:53.66
16	2	5	Aleksei Tkachev	Russian Swimming Federation	1:54.02
17	2	7	Berke Saka	Turkey	1:54.14
18	3	8	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	1:54.23
19	3	7	Ole Braunschweig	Germany	1:54.37
20	2	2	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	1:54.46
21	4	9	Francisco Santos	Portugal	1:54.54
22	2	9	Wang Gukailai	China	1:55.02
23	4	8	Kaloyan Levterov	Bulgaria	1:55.26
24	2	6	Gabriel Fantoni	Brazil	1:55.44
25	1	4	Vadym Naumenko	Ukraine	1:56.02
26	3	6	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:56.41
27	1	7	Trần Hưng Nguyên	Vietnam	1:56.44	NR
28	1	6	Ng Cheuk Yin	Hong Kong	1:56.93	NR
29	3	9	Ziyad Saleem	Sudan	1:57.73
30	3	2	Tomáš Franta	Czech Republic	1:59.64
31	2	1	Charles Hockin	Paraguay	2:00.03
32	1	3	Julio Pérez	Costa Rica	2:01.08
33	1	5	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	2:05.86
34	1	1	Abdul Al-Kulaibi	Oman	2:08.20
35	1	2	Faisal Al-Tannak	Kuwait	2:10.23
	2	0	Lee Ju-ho	South Korea	DNS
	4	1	Max Litchfield	Great Britain

Final

The final was held at 18:56.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	1:48.68
	4	Shaine Casas	United States	1:48.81
	6	Christian Diener	Germany	1:48.97	NR
4	2	Lorenzo Mora	Italy	1:49.27	NR
5	5	Jan Čejka	Czech Republic	1:49.93	NR
6	3	Yohann Ndoye Brouard	France	1:50.53
7	1	Armin Evert Lelle	Estonia	1:51.20	NR
8	7	Antoine Herlem	France	1:52.92