The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.

[1] Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were held at 09:56.

[2] The semifinals were held at 18:57.

[3] The final was held on 7 August at 17:40.