Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2019.Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 26 July | [|Semifinal] | Regan Smith | | 2:03.35 | , CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 26 July at 10:23.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Regan Smith | | 2:06.01 | Q, WJ |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | | 2:08.34 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Margherita Panziera | | 2:08.51 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Kaylee McKeown | | 2:09.17 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Kylie Masse | | 2:09.18 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Minna Atherton | | 2:09.32 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Katalin Burián | | 2:09.70 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Ali Galyer | | 2:09.98 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Kathleen Baker | | 2:10.08 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Tatiana Salcuțan | | 2:10.29 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Anastasia Avdeeva | | 2:10.34 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Natsumi Sakai | | 2:10.40 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | África Zamorano | | 2:10.50 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Taylor Ruck | | 2:10.67 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Liu Yaxin | | 2:10.72 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Jessica Fullalove | | 2:11.08 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Lena Grabowski | | 2:11.16 | |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Gabriela Georgieva | | 2:11.16 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Simona Kubová | | 2:11.29 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Im Da-sol | | 2:11.33 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Zuzanna Herasimowicz | | 2:11.57 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Peng Xuwei | | 2:12.41 | |
| 23 | 3 | 3 | Daria Ustinova | | 2:12.64 | |
| 24 | 5 | 9 | Ingeborg Løyning | | 2:13.25 | NR |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Maria Ugolkova | | 2:13.26 | NR |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Nathania van Niekerk | | 2:13.37 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Kristina Steina | | 2:14.00 | NR |
| 28 | 5 | 0 | Ekaterina Avramova | | 2:14.15 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | | 2:14.46 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Felicity Passon | | 2:14.60 | |
| 31 | 5 | 2 | Rio Shirai | | 2:14.98 | |
| 32 | 3 | 0 | Aleksa Gold | | 2:15.24 | |
| 33 | 3 | 9 | Ana Herceg | | 2:16.29 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Signhild Joensen | | 2:17.30 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Toto Wong | | 2:17.57 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Elizaveta Rogozhnikova | | 2:20.55 | |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Mia Krstevska | | 2:23.13 | |
| 38 | 2 | 8 | Danielle Titus | | 2:25.13 | |
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Eda Zeqiri | | 2:27.11 | |
| 40 | 1 | 5 | Claudia Verdino | | 2:27.35 | |
| 41 | 2 | 1 | Camille Koenig | | 2:28.32 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Idealy Tendrinavalona | | 2:29.80 | |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 26 July at 20:20.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was started on 27 July at 20:58.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Regan Smith | | 2:03.69 | |
| 7 | Kaylee McKeown | | 2:06.26 | |
| 5 | Kylie Masse | | 2:06.62 | |
| 4 | 3 | Margherita Panziera | | 2:06.67 | |
| 5 | 1 | Taylor Ruck | | 2:07.50 | |
| 6 | 6 | Minna Atherton | | 2:08.26 | |
| 7 | 8 | Katalin Burián | | 2:08.65 | |
| 8 | 2 | Katinka Hosszú | | 2:10.08 | |
