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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates July 28, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 29, 2011 (final)
Competitors 32 from 26 nations
Winning time 1:52.96
Medalists
gold medal     United States
silver medal     Japan
bronze medal     United States
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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.

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

32 swimmers participated in 5 heats.

The semifinals were held at 19:23.

The final was held at 18:10.


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