Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Gary Dilley United States 2:13.8
2 Shigeo Fukushima Japan 2:14.1
3 Ralph Hutton Canada 2:15.8
4 Bob Bennett United States 2:16.3
5 Isagi Osumi Japan 2:17.0
6 József Csikány Hungary 2:17.5
7 Keisuke Ito Japan 2:17.6
8 Henri van Osch Netherlands 2:19.7
Results -- Semifinals
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.