Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 11 and 13. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.Medalists
Results
Heats
Five heats were held; the fastest sixteen swimmers advanced to the Semifinals. The swimmers that advanced are highlighted.Heat One
Heat Two
Heat Three
Heat Four
Heat Five
Semifinals
Two heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. The swimmers that advanced are highlighted.Semifinal One
Semifinal Two
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| Jed Graef | | 2:10.3 | WR |
| Gary Dilley | | 2:10.5 | |
| Bob Bennett | | 2:13.1 | |
| 4 | Shigeo Fukushima | | 2:13.2 | |
| 5 | Ernst-Joachim Küppers | | 2:15.7 | |
| 6 | Viktor Mazanov | | 2:15.9 | |
| 7 | Ralph Hutton | | 2:15.9 | |
| 8 | Peter Reynolds | | 2:16.6 | |
Key: WR = World record
