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.
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 and Russian Anastasia Zuyeva.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows.
NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
Championship record
Kirsty Coventry2:04.81RomeAugust 1, 2009

Results

Heats

39 swimmers participated in 6 heats.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
153Missy Franklin2:07.71Q
247Daryna Zevina2:08.35Q
345Elizabeth Beisel2:08.40Q
444Belinda Hocking2:08.50Q
565Meagen Nay2:08.50Q
646Sinead Russell2:08.92Q
743Kirsty Coventry2:09.03Q
855Shiho Sakai2:09.25Q
941Sharon van Rouwendaal2:09.65Q
1054Elizabeth Simmonds2:10.02Q
1156Alexianne Castel2:10.38Q
1264Zhao Jing2:10.40Q
1361Duane da Rocha2:10.41Q
1442Melissa Ingram2:10.59Q
1562Stephanie Proud2:10.65Q
1657Genevieve Cantin2:11.09Q
1763Anastasia Zuyeva2:11.23
1866Zhu Jiani2:11.84
1931Fernanda González2:12.29NR
2067Jenny Mensing2:12.38
2137Anja Čarman2:12.73
2248Kimberly Buys2:13.01
2334Melanie Nocher2:13.39
2468Simona Baumrtova2:13.48
2523Anna Volchkov2:13.99NR
2651Alicja Tchorz2:14.27
2735Ekaterina Avramova2:14.85
2836Ham Chan-Mi2:14.88
2938Lau Yin Yan2:15.09
3025Eyglo Gustafsdottir2:15.16
3124Leone Vorster2:16.45
3 258Sophia Batachelor2:17.06
3333Therese Svendsen2:18.12
3426Yulduz Kuchkarova2:18.62
3527Ines Remarsaro2:21.07
3622Tatiana Perstineva2:21.25
3714Karen Vilorio2:24.43
3815Estellah Fils Rabetsara2:33.83
3913Aure Fanchette2:52.04
32Evelyn VerrasztóDNS
52Aya TerakawaDNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:12.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

The final was held at 18:33.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Missy Franklin2:05.10AM
5Belinda Hocking2:06.06
7Sharon van Rouwendaal2:07.78NR
46Daryna Zevina2:07.82NR
53Elizabeth Beisel2:08.16
61Meagen Nay2:08.69
78Elizabeth Simmonds2:08.76
82Alexianne Castel2:09.07