2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke
# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2022.

## 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 12:03.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Shaine Casas | United States | 1:49.46 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:49.61 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:49.71 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:49.79 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | 1:50.12 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:50.34 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Ryota Naito | Japan | 1:50.78 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:50.97 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Bradley Woodward | Australia | 1:51.46 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 1:51.51 | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Ty Hartwell | Australia | 1:51.95 | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:52.02 | |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 1:53.03 | |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Kane Follows | New Zealand | 1:53.11 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Tao Guannan | China | 1:53.14 | |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | João Costa | Portugal | 1:53.54 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 1:53.88 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Hayden Kwan | Hong Kong | 1:53.95 | NR |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 1:53.99 | |
| 20 | 4 | 2 | Armin Evert Lelle | Estonia | 1:54.16 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Kaloyan Levterov | Bulgaria | 1:55.98 | |
| 22 | 1 | 6 | Merdan Ataýew | Turkmenistan | 1:59.49 | NR |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Abdellah Ardjoune | Algeria | 1:59.78 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Ratthawit Thammananthachote | Thailand | 2:00.85 | |
| | 3 | 5 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 1 | 2 | Bede Aitu | Cook Islands | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 1 | 3 | Chuang Mu-lun | Chinese Taipei | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 1 | 5 | Ziyad Saleem | Sudan | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 6 | Daiki Yanagawa | Japan | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was held at 20:22.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:47.41 | |
| | 4 | Shaine Casas | United States | 1:48.01 | |
| | 6 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:48.45 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | 1:49.23 | NR |
| 5 | 7 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:49.79 | |
| 6 | 5 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:49.93 | |
| 7 | 8 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:50.33 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ryota Naito | Japan | 1:51.67 | |
