| Event: | Women's 200m Backstroke |
| Competition: | 2012 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 14 December (heats and final) |
| Win Value: | 2:02.24 |
| Gold: | Daryna Zevina |
| Goldnoc: | UKR |
| Silver: | Bonnie Brandon |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Duane Da Rocha |
| Bronzenoc: | ESP |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2014 |
See main article: article and 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Missy Franklin | align=left | 2:00.03 | 22 October 2011 | |||
| Championship record | align=left | 2:00.91 | 11 April 2008 |
No new records were set during this competition.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 2:03.41 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 7 | 2:04.45 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 2:04.95 | Q | ||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 2:04.96 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2:05.18 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 2:05.20 | Q | ||
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 2:05.38 | Q | ||
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 2:05.65 | Q | ||
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 2:05.83 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 2:06.63 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 2:07.23 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 8 | 2:07.41 | |||
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 2:07.59 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 2:08.37 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 4 | 2:08.51 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 6 | 2:09.11 | |||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 2:09.82 | NR | ||
| 18 | 5 | 9 | 2:10.46 | |||
| 19 | 5 | 0 | 2:10.52 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 3 | 2:10.64 | |||
| 21 | 2 | 2 | 2:11.14 | |||
| 22 | 4 | 9 | 2:11.16 | |||
| 23 | 5 | 1 | 2:11.35 | |||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | 2:12.92 | |||
| 25 | 3 | 9 | 2:13.04 | |||
| 26 | 2 | 5 | 2:13.17 | |||
| 27 | 4 | 7 | 2:13.83 | |||
| 28 | 1 | 2 | 2:13.87 | |||
| 29 | 4 | 0 | 2:14.48 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 3 | 2:15.67 | NR | ||
| 31 | 3 | 0 | 2:16.53 | |||
| 32 | 2 | 6 | 2:17.67 | NR | ||
| 33 | 2 | 4 | 2:17.87 | |||
| 34 | 2 | 1 | 2:20.06 | |||
| 35 | 2 | 8 | 2:20.45 | |||
| 36 | 2 | 9 | 2:22.36 | NR | ||
| 37 | 2 | 7 | 2:24.28 | |||
| 38 | 1 | 4 | 2:27.18 | |||
| 39 | 2 | 0 | 2:27.51 | |||
| 40 | 1 | 3 | 2:32.27 | |||
| 41 | 1 | 5 | 2:36.27 | |||
| 1 | 6 | |||||
| 1 | 7 | |||||
| 3 | 7 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | 8 |
The final was held at 19:23.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  | 2:02.24 | ||||
| 5 |  | 2:03.19 | ||||
| 2 |  | 2:04.15 | ||||
| 4 | 6 |  | 2:04.22 | |||
| 5 | 8 |  | 2:04.55 | |||
| 6 | 7 |  | 2:05.45 | |||
| 7 | 1 |  | 2:05.49 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 2:05.62 |