2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 8 December 2016.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | 1:59.23 | Doha | 5 December 2014 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 11:08.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | 2:02.87 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:03.39 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Hilary Caldwell | 2:03.74 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Hellen Moffitt | 2:03.83 | Q | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | 2:03.91 | Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Sayaka Akase | 2:04.63 | Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Miki Takahashi | 2:04.76 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Kathleen Dawson | 2:05.12 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Kennedy Goss | 2:05.41 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 4 | Daria Ustinova | 2:05.73 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Minna Atherton | 2:05.74 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | 2:06.25 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Chen Jie | 2:06.38 | ||
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Clara Smiddy | 2:06.60 | ||
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Andrea Berrino | 2:07.06 | ||
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Liu Yaxin | 2:07.19 | ||
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:07.36 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 0 | Kira Toussaint | 2:07.67 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Matea Samardžić | 2:07.70 | NR | |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | 2:07.79 | NR | |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Sarah Bro | 2:09.11 | ||
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Barbora Závadová | 2:09.21 | ||
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Mariella Venter | 2:09.55 | ||
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Martina van Berkel | 2:09.67 | ||
| 25 | 5 | 9 | Tatiana Salcutan | 2:09.77 | ||
| 26 | 3 | 1 | Hanna Rosvall | 2:11.55 | ||
| 27 | 4 | 0 | Wong Toto Kwan To | 2:11.93 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Florencia Perotti | 2:13.11 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Kimiko Raheem | 2:14.91 | NR | |
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Lauren Hew | 2:16.59 | NR | |
| 31 | 4 | 9 | Alexus Laird | 2:17.71 | NR | |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Celina Marquez | 2:18.89 | NR | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Rosalee Mira Santa Ana | 2:21.33 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 2 | Danielle Titus | 2:22.76 | ||
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Maria Arrua | 2:23.71 | NR | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Britheny Joassaint | 2:26.10 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 4 | Maana Patel | 2:26.11 | NR | |
| 38 | 2 | 0 | Rahaf Baqleh | 2:30.44 | ||
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Tiareth Cijntje | 2:31.46 | NR | |
| 40 | 2 | 1 | Gabby Gittens | 2:33.89 | NR | |
| 41 | 2 | 9 | Osisang Chilton | 2:39.50 | NR | |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Ruthie Long | 2:42.62 | NR | |
| 1 | 4 | Kaya Forson |
Final
The final was held at 18:53.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:00.79 | |||
| 4 | Daryna Zevina | 2:02.24 | |||
| 2 | Emily Seebohm | 2:02.65 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Hilary Caldwell | 2:03.98 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Kathleen Dawson | 2:04.09 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Hellen Moffitt | 2:04.56 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Sayaka Akase | 2:05.02 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Miki Takahashi | 2:06.29 |