Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

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
2015 FINA
World Championships
Kazan, Russia
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Mixed 3 m 10 m
Team
High diving
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Team team
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
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
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
Mixed relay
4×100 m freestyle medley
Synchronised swimming
Solo technical free
Duet technical free
Team technical free
combination
Mixed duet technical free
Water polo

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.[1]

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
Championship record  Missy Franklin (USA) 2:04.76 Barcelona, Spain 3 August 2013

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 7 August at 10:30[2]

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 2:08.66Q
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 2:09.43Q
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 2:09.68Q
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
45 3 7 Melani Costa  Spain DNS
45 5 0 Andrea García  Mexico DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 17:49.[3]

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.[4]

Seebohm and Hosszu before the final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Emily Seebohm  Australia 2:05.81 OC
2nd, silver medalist(s) 3 Missy Franklin  United States 2:06.34
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. ↑ Start list
  2. ↑ Heats results
  3. ↑ Semifinal results
  4. ↑ Final results
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