Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.
| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | July 29, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 30, 2011 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 34 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:05.10 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2011 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | ||
| 5 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 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 |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
The final was won by sixteen-year-old American Missy Franklin in a time of 2:05.10. Frankin's time was the third-fastest ever in the event, only behind Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry (2:04.81) and Russian Anastasia Zuyeva (2:04.94).
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record Championship record | Kirsty Coventry |  | 2:04.81 | Rome | August 1, 2009 |
Results
Heats
39 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | Missy Franklin |  | 2:07.71 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | Daryna Zevina |  | 2:08.35 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | | 2:08.40 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Belinda Hocking | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2:08.50 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Meagen Nay | | 2:08.50 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Sinead Russell | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2:08.92 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Kirsty Coventry | | 2:09.03 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Shiho Sakai |  | 2:09.25 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Sharon van Rouwendaal |  | 2:09.65 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Elizabeth Simmonds |  | 2:10.02 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Alexianne Castel |  | 2:10.38 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Zhao Jing |  | 2:10.40 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Duane da Rocha |  | 2:10.41 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Melissa Ingram |  | 2:10.59 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Stephanie Proud | | 2:10.65 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Genevieve Cantin | | 2:11.09 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Anastasia Zuyeva |  | 2:11.23 | |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | Zhu Jiani | | 2:11.84 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Fernanda González |  | 2:12.29 | NR |
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Jenny Mensing |  | 2:12.38 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Anja Čarman |  | 2:12.73 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Kimberly Buys | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2:13.01 | |
| 23 | 3 | 4 | Melanie Nocher |  | 2:13.39 | |
| 24 | 6 | 8 | Simona Baumrtova |  | 2:13.48 | |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Anna Volchkov |  | 2:13.99 | NR |
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Alicja Tchorz |  | 2:14.27 | |
| 27 | 3 | 5 | Ekaterina Avramova |  | 2:14.85 | |
| 28 | 3 | 6 | Ham Chan-Mi |  | 2:14.88 | |
| 29 | 3 | 8 | Lau Yin Yan |  | 2:15.09 | |
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Eyglo Gustafsdottir |  | 2:15.16 | |
| 31 | 2 | 4 | Leone Vorster |  | 2:16.45 | |
| 3 2 | 5 | 8 | Sophia Batachelor | | 2:17.06 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Therese Svendsen |  | 2:18.12 | |
| 34 | 2 | 6 | Yulduz Kuchkarova |  | 2:18.62 | |
| 35 | 2 | 7 | Ines Remarsaro |  | 2:21.07 | |
| 36 | 2 | 2 | Tatiana Perstineva |  | 2:21.25 | |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Karen Vilorio | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2:24.43 | |
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara |  | 2:33.83 | |
| 39 | 1 | 3 | Aure Fanchette |  | 2:52.04 | |
| – | 3 | 2 | Evelyn Verrasztó |  | DNS | |
| – | 5 | 2 | Aya Terakawa | | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:12.[2]
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Belinda Hocking | | 2:07.76 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | | 2:08.22 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Elizabeth Simmonds | | 2:08.79 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Sinead Russell | | 2:08.80 | NR |
| 5 | 7 | Zhao Jing | | 2:08.86 | |
| 6 | 6 | Shiho Sakai | | 2:08.93 | |
| 7 | 1 | Melissa Ingram | | 2:10.77 | |
| 8 | 8 | Genevieve Cantin | | 2:12.12 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Missy Franklin | | 2:05.90 | Q, AM |
| 2 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | | 2:07.82 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Alexianne Castel | | 2:08.41 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | | 2:08.42 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Meagen Nay | | 2:08.53 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Kirsty Coventry | | 2:09.33 | |
| 7 | 8 | Stephanie Proud | | 2:10.57 | |
| 8 | 1 | Duane da Rocha | | 2:10.74 |
Final
The final was held at 18:33.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Missy Franklin | | 2:05.10 | AM |
 | 5 | Belinda Hocking | | 2:06.06 | |
 | 7 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | | 2:07.78 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Daryna Zevina | | 2:07.82 | NR |
| 5 | 3 | Elizabeth Beisel | | 2:08.16 | |
| 6 | 1 | Meagen Nay | | 2:08.69 | |
| 7 | 8 | Elizabeth Simmonds | | 2:08.76 | |
| 8 | 2 | Alexianne Castel | | 2:09.07 |
References
- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
External links
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre backstroke start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.
- FINA World Championships, Swimming: Missy Franklin Unstoppable in 200 Back Win; Crushes Textile Best, American Record, Swimming World Magazine (2011-07-30); retrieved 2011-08-10.
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