The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 27 July. The heats and semifinals took place 26 July, with the final being held on 27 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 1:55.87 Sydney, Australia 27 August 1999Championship record 1:57.42 Rome, Italy 7 September 1994 The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 27 July Final Aaron Peirsol 1:57.13 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aaron Peirsol 1:59.79 Q 2 Marc Lindsay 2:00.12 Q 3 Viktor Bodrogi 2:00.27 Q 4 Matt Welsh 2:00.63 Q 5 Örn Arnarson 2:00.66 Q 6 Yoav Gath 2:00.72 Q 7 Emanuele Merisi 2:00.82 Q 8 Marko Strahija 2:00.97 Q 9 Gordan Kožulj 2:01.19 Q 10 Rogerio Romero 2:01.30 Q 11 Markus Rogan 2:01.35 Q 12 Klaas-Erik Zwering 2:01.36 Q, WD 13 Pierre Roger 2:01.41 Q 14 Raymond Hass 2:01.42 Q 15 Tobias Oriwol 2:01.57 Q 16 Kozan Hashimoto 2:01.61 Q 17 Steffen Driesen 2:02.40 Q 18 Haruki Takeuchi 2:02.43 19 Miroslav Machovič 2:02.48 20 Péter Horváth 2:02.74 21 Keng Liat Lim 2:03.17 22 Blaž Medvešek 2:03.45 23 Eduardo Germán Otero 2:03.81 24 Ioannis Kokkodis 2:04.82 25 Zheng Shibin 2:04.94 26 Martin Viilep 2:05.19 27 George Gleason 2:05.21 28 Philipp Gilgen 2:05.23 29 Diego Urreta 2:06.04 30 Gary Tan 2:06.45 31 Juan Carlos Rodela 2:07.90 32 Gerald Koh 2:08.30 33 Sergio Cabrera 2:09.43 34 Ignacio Bengoechea 2:11.27 35 Christophee Backisavs 2:14.50 36 Eduardo Gil 2:14.63 37 Wu Nien-Pin 2:14.71 38 Hsu Kuo-Tung 2:18.03 39 Chi Lon Lei 2:19.12 40 Mohammad Nazeri 2:19.91 41 Rony Bakale 2:26.44 – Hojamammed Hojamammedou DSQ – George Bovell DNS

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aaron Peirsol 1:58.12 Q 2 Markus Rogan 1:58.91 Q 3 Viktor Bodrogi 1:59.24 Q 4 Matt Welsh 1:59.34 Q 5 Yoav Gath 1:59.39 Q 6 Örn Arnarson 1:59.75 Q 7 Gordan Kožulj 1:59.80 Q 8 Emanuele Merisi 1:59.98 Q 9 Raymond Hass 1:59.99 10 Marc Lindsay 2:00.72 11 Marko Strahija 2:00.98 12 Rogerio Romero 2:01.05 13 Tobias Oriwol 2:01.33 14 Kozan Hashimoto 2:01.34 15 Steffen Driesen 2:01.54 16 Pierre Roger 2:02.98

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Aaron Peirsol 1:57.13 CR Markus Rogan 1:58.07 Örn Arnarson 1:58.37 4 Matt Welsh 1:58.80 5 Gordan Kožulj 1:59.23 6 Viktor Bodrogi 1:59.74 7 Emanuele Merisi 1:59.83 8 Yoav Gath 2:00.09

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