Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and 8 August with the final.[1]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates7 August (heats)
8 August (final)
Competitors44 from 37 nations
Winning time2:05.81
Medalists
 Emily Seebohm   Australia
 Missy Franklin   United States
 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary
2015 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
3 m & 10 m mixed team
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
3 m mixed
10 mmenwomen
10 m mixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
Single
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Team
5 km mixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×100 m mixed
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×100 m mixed
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Duet
Technicalwomen
Technical mixed
Freewomen
Free mixed
Team
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen

Records

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

World record  Missy Franklin (USA)2:04.06London, Great Britain3 August 2012
Competition record  Missy Franklin (USA)2:04.76Barcelona, Spain3 August 2013

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 7 August at 10:30[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:07.17Q
253Missy Franklin United States2:07.84Q
333Dominique Bouchard Canada2:08.66Q
434Daria Ustinova Russia2:09.16Q, WJ
436Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland2:09.16Q, NR
643Jenny Mensing Germany2:09.43Q
754Emily Seebohm Australia2:09.44Q
835Elizabeth Beisel United States2:09.54Q
951Lisa Graf Germany2:09.68Q
1031Alicja Tchórz Poland2:10.04Q
1157Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe2:10.38Q
1252Margherita Panziera Italy2:10.39Q
1345Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain2:10.48Q
1441Irina Prikhodko Russia2:10.81Q
1556Hilary Caldwell Canada2:10.92Q
1646Duane Da Rocha Spain2:11.53Q
1755Hayley Baker Australia2:11.63
1832Liu Yaxin China2:11.75
1947Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic2:11.78
2058Daryna Zevina Ukraine2:12.14
2140Joanna Maranhão Brazil2:12.26
2242Chen Jie China2:12.30
2359Gisela Morales Guatemala2:12.92
2448Katalin Burián Hungary2:12.96
2525Bobbie Gichard New Zealand2:13.45
2638Matea Samardžić Croatia2:14.05
2723Claudia Lau Hong Kong2:14.51
2824Andrea Berrino Argentina2:14.96
2922Martina van Berkel  Switzerland2:14.99
3049Jördis Steinegger Austria2:15.37
3139Carolina Colorado Henao Colombia2:15.55
3227Halime Zülal Zeren Turkey2:15.87
3326Karin Tomečková Slovakia2:16.63
3420Zanrè Oberholzer Namibia2:18.13
3515Karen Vilorio Honduras2:18.70
3630Lourdes Villaseñor Mexico2:19.07
3721Tatiana Perstniova Moldova2:19.37
3829Roxanne Yu Philippines2:19.45
3928Yessy Yosaputra Indonesia2:20.47
4014Inés Remersaro Uruguay2:20.55
4113Kimiko RaheemFINA Independent Athletes2:21.18
4216Talisa Lanoe Kenya2:24.45
4312Lauren Hew Cayman Islands2:29.52
4417Kaya Forson Ghana2:43.94
37Melani Costa SpainDNS
50Andrea García MexicoDNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 17:49.[3]

Semifinal 1
Ustinova and Franklin before first semifinal
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Missy Franklin United States2:07.79Q
25Daria Ustinova Russia2:08.74Q, WJ
33Jenny Mensing Germany2:09.16Q
47Margherita Panziera Italy2:09.54
51Irina Prikhodko Russia2:10.36
66Elizabeth Beisel United States2:10.68
78Duane Da Rocha Spain2:12.90
82Alicja Tchórz Poland2:14.49

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:06.18Q, NR
26Emily Seebohm Australia2:06.56Q
35Dominique Bouchard Canada2:08.16Q
48Hilary Caldwell Canada2:08.99Q
53Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland2:09.04Q, NR
62Lisa Graf Germany2:09.40
71Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain2:10.57
87Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe2:10.74

Final

The final was held on 8 August at 17:47.[4]

Seebohm and Hosszu before the final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Emily Seebohm Australia2:05.81OC
3Missy Franklin United States2:06.34
4Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:06.84
42Daria Ustinova Russia2:07.64WJ
58Jenny Mensing Germany2:08.49
66Dominique Bouchard Canada2:08.51
77Hilary Caldwell Canada2:08.66
81Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland2:09.53

References
  1. Start list
  2. Heats results
  3. Semifinal results
  4. Final results
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