2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke at the 2010 Short Course Worlds
Date	17 December 2010
Winning time	2:01.67
Medalists
Alexianne Castel    France   Missy Franklin    United States   Zhou Yanxin    China

2010 FINA Short Course Worlds Dubai, UAE
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual Medley
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle Relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley Relay
4×100 m	men	women

The Women's 200 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 36 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats,^[1] with the top-8 advancing to a final that evening.^[2]

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:

• WR: Shiho Sakai, (Berlin, Germany, 14 November 2009)
• CR: Kirsty Coventry, (Manchester 2008)

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	3	3	Missy Franklin (USA)	2:03.26	Q
2	5	4	Alexianne Castel (FRA)	2:03.51	Q
3	1	6	Zhou Yanxin (CHN)	2:04.37	Q
4	5	5	Daryna Zevina (UKR)	2:04.62	Q
5	3	4	Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)	2:04.63	Q
6	5	2	Madison White (USA)	2:05.93	Q
7	3	5	Simona Baumrtova (CZE)	2:06.13	Q
8	3	6	Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN)	2:06.50	Q
9	4	2	Fernanda González (MEX)	2:06.76
10	5	6	Sinead Russell (CAN)	2:06.99
11	4	5	Maria Gromova (RUS)	2:07.27
11	5	3	Sophia Batchelor (NZL)	2:07.27
13	4	3	Miyuki Takemura (JPN)	2:08.43
14	4	6	Ekaterina Avramova (BUL)	2:09.00
15	1	3	Xu Tianlongzi (CHN)	2:09.13
16	4	4	Pernille Jessing Larsen (DEN)	2:09.48
17	4	1	Jessica Pengelly (RSA)	2:11.25
18	5	1	Martina van Berkel (SUI)	2:12.27
19	3	7	Chen Ting (TPE)	2:13.04
20	4	7	Isabella Arcila (COL)	2:13.18
21	5	7	Sarah Rolko (LUX)	2:13.43
22	4	8	Yulduz Kuchkarova (UZB)	2:15.25
23	2	4	Jeserik Pinto (VEN)	2:16.95
24	5	8	Carolina Alejandra Aguilar (PER)	2:17.43
25	3	2	Hazal Sarikaya (TUR)	2:18.45
26	3	8	Elimar Barrios (VEN)	2:18.90
27	2	5	Monica Ramirez (AND)	2:19.32
28	3	1	Iulia Olari (MDA)	2:20.20
29	2	6	Nicola Muscat (MLT)	2:22.45
30	2	3	Karen Vilorio (HON)	2:24.15
31	2	1	Talisa Lanoe (KEN)	2:24.30
32	2	2	Sara Hyajna (JOR)	2:27.43
33	1	4	Vong Erica Man Wai (MAC)	2:33.00
34	2	8	Chayenne Rova (FIJ)	2:45.41
35	1	5	Keanna Villagomez (NMI)	2:58.74
-	2	7	Kirsten Ann Lapham (ZIM)	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	5	Alexianne Castel (FRA)	2:01.67
	4	Missy Franklin (USA)	2:02.01
	3	Zhou Yanxin (CHN)	2:03.22
4	6	Daryna Zevina (UKR)	2:03.61
5	2	Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)	2:04.10
6	1	Simona Baumrtova (CZE)	2:06.05
7	7	Madison White (USA)	2:06.23
8	8	Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN)	2:06.74

References

1. "2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Women's 200 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
2. "2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Women's 200 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2010-12-17.