Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 200 metre backstroke - 200 metre backstroke World Champions, men

1973 Roland Matthes
1975 Zoltán Verrasztó
1978 Jesse Vassallo
1982 Rick Carey
1986 Igor Polyansky
1991 Martin López-Zubero
1994 Vladimir Selkov
1998 Lenny Krayzelburg
2001 Aaron Peirsol
2003 Aaron Peirsol
2005 Aaron Peirsol
2007 Ryan Lochte
2009 Aaron Peirsol
2011 Ryan Lochte