Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Campclar Aquatic Center | |||||||||
| Location | Tarragona, Spain | |||||||||
| Dates | 25 June | |||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:58.79 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | women | |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| Paralympic events | ||
| 100 m free S10 | men | women |
The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 25 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
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1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
| Mediterranean Games record |  Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP)
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1:54.96 | Pescara, Italy | 27 June 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 09:57.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Hugo González | Spain |
2:00.42 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Anton Lončar |  Croatia |
2:00.98 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Christopher Ciccarese |  Italy |
2:01.28 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Geoffroy Mathieu |  France |
2:01.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Nikolaos Sofianidis |  Greece |
2:02.15 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Jan Giralt | Spain |
2:02.80 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Matteo Restivo | Italy |
2:03.13 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
2:03.74 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Anže Ferš Eržen |  Slovenia |
2:04.60 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Berk Özkul |  Turkey |
2:05.09 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Youssef Said |  Egypt |
2:05.61 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Driss Lahrichi |  Morocco |
2:05.96 | |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Francisco Santos |  Portugal |
2:05.97 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Ege Başer | Turkey |
2:06.12 | |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | João Vital | Portugal |
2:06.25 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Ryad Bouhamidi |  Algeria |
2:07.98 | |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Sebastian Konnaris |  Cyprus |
2:10.60 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Omar Eltonbary | Egypt |
2:11.17 |
Final
The final was held at 18:12.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy |
1:58.79 | |
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4 | Hugo González | Spain |
1:58.94 | |
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8 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
2:00.37 | |
| 4 | 5 | Anton Lončar | Croatia |
2:01.39 | |
| 5 | 2 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece |
2:01.66 | |
| 6 | 6 | Geoffroy Mathieu | France |
2:01.93 | |
| 7 | 1 | Matteo Restivo | Italy |
2:02.86 | |
| 8 | 7 | Jan Giralt | Spain |
2:03.03 |
References
- ^ "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ Final results