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.

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates	7 August (heats) 8 August (final)
Competitors	44 from 37 nations
Winning time	2:05.81
Medalists
Emily Seebohm   Australia   Missy Franklin   United States   Katinka Hosszú   Hungary

Records

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

Heats

The heats were held on 7 August at 10:30

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

The semifinals were held at 17:49.

Semifinal 1

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

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

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

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