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
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Hungary
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Records

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

World record   Missy Franklin (USA) 2:04.06 London, Great Britain 3 August 2012
Competition record   Missy Franklin (USA) 2:04.76 Barcelona, Spain 3 August 2013

Results

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Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:07.17 Q
2 5 3 Missy Franklin   United States 2:07.84 Q
3 3 3 Dominique Bouchard   Canada 2:08.66 Q
4 3 4 Daria Ustinova   Russia 2:09.16 Q, WJ
4 3 6 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir   Iceland 2:09.16 Q, NR
6 4 3 Jenny Mensing   Germany 2:09.43 Q
7 5 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 2:09.44 Q
8 3 5 Elizabeth Beisel   United States 2:09.54 Q
9 5 1 Lisa Graf   Germany 2:09.68 Q
10 3 1 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 2:10.04 Q
11 5 7 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:10.38 Q
12 5 2 Margherita Panziera   Italy 2:10.39 Q
13 4 5 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 2:10.48 Q
14 4 1 Irina Prikhodko   Russia 2:10.81 Q
15 5 6 Hilary Caldwell   Canada 2:10.92 Q
16 4 6 Duane Da Rocha   Spain 2:11.53 Q
17 5 5 Hayley Baker   Australia 2:11.63
18 3 2 Liu Yaxin   China 2:11.75
19 4 7 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 2:11.78
20 5 8 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 2:12.14
21 4 0 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 2:12.26
22 4 2 Chen Jie   China 2:12.30
23 5 9 Gisela Morales   Guatemala 2:12.92
24 4 8 Katalin Burián   Hungary 2:12.96
25 2 5 Bobbie Gichard   New Zealand 2:13.45
26 3 8 Matea Samardžić   Croatia 2:14.05
27 2 3 Claudia Lau   Hong Kong 2:14.51
28 2 4 Andrea Berrino   Argentina 2:14.96
29 2 2 Martina van Berkel    Switzerland 2:14.99
30 4 9 Jördis Steinegger   Austria 2:15.37
31 3 9 Carolina Colorado Henao   Colombia 2:15.55
32 2 7 Halime Zülal Zeren   Turkey 2:15.87
33 2 6 Karin Tomečková   Slovakia 2:16.63
34 2 0 Zanrè Oberholzer   Namibia 2:18.13
35 1 5 Karen Vilorio   Honduras 2:18.70
36 3 0 Lourdes Villaseñor   Mexico 2:19.07
37 2 1 Tatiana Perstniova   Moldova 2:19.37
38 2 9 Roxanne Yu   Philippines 2:19.45
39 2 8 Yessy Yosaputra   Indonesia 2:20.47
40 1 4 Inés Remersaro   Uruguay 2:20.55
41 1 3 Kimiko Raheem FINA Independent Athletes 2:21.18
42 1 6 Talisa Lanoe   Kenya 2:24.45
43 1 2 Lauren Hew   Cayman Islands 2:29.52
44 1 7 Kaya Forson   Ghana 2:43.94
3 7 Melani Costa   Spain DNS
5 0 Andrea García   Mexico DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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Ustinova and Franklin before first semifinal
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Missy Franklin   United States 2:07.79 Q
2 5 Daria Ustinova   Russia 2:08.74 Q, WJ
3 3 Jenny Mensing   Germany 2:09.16 Q
4 7 Margherita Panziera   Italy 2:09.54
5 1 Irina Prikhodko   Russia 2:10.36
6 6 Elizabeth Beisel   United States 2:10.68
7 8 Duane Da Rocha   Spain 2:12.90
8 2 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 2:14.49

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:06.18 Q, NR
2 6 Emily Seebohm   Australia 2:06.56 Q
3 5 Dominique Bouchard   Canada 2:08.16 Q
4 8 Hilary Caldwell   Canada 2:08.99 Q
5 3 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir   Iceland 2:09.04 Q, NR
6 2 Lisa Graf   Germany 2:09.40
7 1 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 2:10.57
8 7 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:10.74

Final

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

 
Seebohm and Hosszu before the final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Emily Seebohm   Australia 2:05.81 OC
  3 Missy Franklin   United States 2:06.34
  4 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:06.84
4 2 Daria Ustinova   Russia 2:07.64 WJ
5 8 Jenny Mensing   Germany 2:08.49
6 6 Dominique Bouchard   Canada 2:08.51
7 7 Hilary Caldwell   Canada 2:08.66
8 1 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir   Iceland 2:09.53

References

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