The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2023.

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

Results Heats The heats were started on 27 July at 10:56.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 5 Bradley Woodward 1:57.14 Q 2 4 3 Roman Mityukov 1:57.24 Q 3 2 4 Hubert Kós 1:57.27 Q 4 4 4 Ryan Murphy 1:57.37 Q 5 4 6 Apostolos Siskos 1:57.40 Q 6 2 2 Oliver Morgan 1:57.61 Q 7 3 1 Hugh McNeill 1:57.73 Q 8 3 4 Destin Lasco 1:57.84 Q 9 2 5 Brodie Williams 1:57.92 Q 10 4 1 Hugo González 1:57.99 Q 10 4 2 Lee Ju-ho 1:57.99 Q 12 3 3 Mewen Tomac 1:58.09 Q 13 3 7 Daiki Yanagawa 1:58.14 Q 14 3 5 Benedek Kovács 1:58.17 Q 15 3 2 Antoine Herlem 1:58.20 Q 16 3 6 Hidekazu Takehara 1:58.46 Q 17 2 6 Matteo Restivo 1:58.57 18 4 7 Andrew Jeffcoat 1:59.01 19 2 1 João Costa 1:59.30 20 3 9 Berke Saka 1:59.48 21 4 8 Tao Guannan 1:59.74 22 3 8 John Shortt 1:59.79 23 2 7 Lorenzo Mora 1:59.99 24 2 0 Ziyad Ahmed 2:00.52 25 2 8 Yeziel Morales 2:00.76 26 4 0 Erikas Grigaitis 2:00.98 27 1 2 Denilson Cyprianos 2:02.12 NR 28 1 5 Mohamed Mohamady 2:02.23 29 1 4 Khiew Hoe Yean 2:03.14 30 4 9 Tonnam Kanteemool 2:03.46 31 3 0 Srihari Nataraj 2:04.42 32 1 6 Jack Harvey 2:04.52 33 1 3 Armin Lelle 2:05.20 34 2 9 Trần Hưng Nguyên 2:07.40 35 1 8 Merdan Atayev 2:07.48 36 1 7 Matthieu Seye 2:08.44 NR 37 1 1 Thomas Wareing 2:12.57 38 1 0 Joel Ling 2:13.07 39 1 9 Ali Imaan 2:23.46 2 3 Ksawery Masiuk Did not start

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 27 July at 21:33.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Roman Mityukov 1:55.85 Q, NR 2 1 1 Benedek Kovács 1:55.89 Q 3 2 5 Hubert Kós 1:55.99 Q 4 1 5 Ryan Murphy 1:56.02 Q 5 1 7 Mewen Tomac 1:56.05 Q 6 2 4 Bradley Woodward 1:56.16 Q 7 2 1 Daiki Yanagawa 1:57.23 Q 8 1 2 Hugo González 1:57.28 Q 9 1 3 Oliver Morgan 1:57.50 10 2 8 Antoine Herlem 1:57.55 11 2 2 Brodie Williams 1:57.93 12 2 3 Apostolos Siskos 1:58.04 13 2 7 Lee Ju-ho 1:58.05 14 1 8 Hidekazu Takehara 1:58.10 15 2 6 Hugh McNeill 1:58.86 16 1 6 Destin Lasco 1:59.18

Final The final was started on 28 July at 20:59.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Hubert Kós 1:54.14 NR 6 Ryan Murphy 1:54.83 4 Roman Mityukov 1:55.34 NR 4 2 Mewen Tomac 1:55.79 5 5 Benedek Kovács 1:55.85 6 7 Bradley Woodward 1:56.29 7 8 Hugo González 1:56.33 8 1 Daiki Yanagawa 1:58.75

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