Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 5 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.^[1]

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Location	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Dates	5 July
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:57.62
Medalists
Lorenzo Mora    Italy   Matteo Restivo    Italy   Christophe Brun    France
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009
Mediterranean Games record	Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP)	1:54.96	Pescara, Italy	28 June 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:31.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	6	Christophe Brun	France	1:59.78	Q
2	1	7	Anže Ferš Eržen	Slovenia	2:00.35	Q
3	2	5	Lorenzo Mora	Italy	2:00.66	Q
3	1	5	Matteo Restivo	Italy	2:00.66	Q
5	1	2	Diego Mira	Spain	2:00.96	Q
6	1	6	Primož Šenica Pavletič	Slovenia	2:01.32	Q
7	2	2	Mathys Chouchaoui	France	2:01.47	Q
8	2	7	Javier Arauz	Spain	2:01.64	Q
9	2	3	Evangelos Makrygiannis	Greece	2:01.75
10	2	4	Francisco Santos	Portugal	2:02.13
11	1	4	Berke Saka	Turkey	2:02.74
12	1	3	João Costa	Portugal	2:03.23
13	2	1	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	2:04.18
14	1	1	Ognjen Marić	Croatia	2:04.29
15	2	8	Frenkli Vogli	Albania	2:14.20

Final

The final was held at 19:18.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Lorenzo Mora	Italy	1:57.62
	6	Matteo Restivo	Italy	1:57.77
	4	Christophe Brun	France	1:58.40
4	1	Mathys Chouchaoui	France	2:00.11
5	7	Primož Šenica Pavletič	Slovenia	2:00.51
6	2	Diego Mira	Spain	2:00.63
7	8	Javier Arauz	Spain	2:00.83
8	5	Anže Ferš Eržen	Slovenia	2:00.85

References

1. "Swimming – 200m Backstroke Men – Preliminary – Start List" (PDF). Oran 2022. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
2. "Swimming – 200m Backstroke Men – Preliminary – Results" (PDF). Oran 2022. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
3. "Swimming – 200m Backstroke Men – Final – Results" (PDF). Oran 2022. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.