Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
| 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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| ← 20132022 → | ||||||||||
| 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 | men | 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.
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 |
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| 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.
| 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
| Mediterranean Games champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke | |
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