| Event: | Women's 200 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Dates: | 5 December |
| Competitors: | 48 |
| Nations: | 37 |
| Win Value: | 1:59.23 |
| Gold: | Katinka Hosszú |
| Goldnoc: | HUN |
| Silver: | Emily Seebohm |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Sayaka Akase |
| Bronzenoc: | JPN |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2016 |
The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 5 December.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Melissa Franklin | 2:00.03 | Berlin | 22 October 2011 | ||
| Championship record | Kirsty Coventry | 2:00.91 | Manchester | 11 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
The heats were held at 10:01.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2:02.69 | Q | |||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2:03.18 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 2:03.39 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 2:03.40 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 2:03.44 | Q | |||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 2:03.49 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 2:03.66 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 2:03.95 | Q | |||
| 9 | 6 | 2 | 2:04.38 | ||||
| 10 | 6 | 6 | 2:04.97 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 2:04.99 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | 9 | 2:05.00 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 2:05.06 | SA | |||
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 2:05.47 | ||||
| 15 | 6 | 7 | 2:05.61 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | 3 | 2:05.76 | ||||
| 17 | 6 | 1 | 2:05.82 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 2:05.94 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 8 | 2:06.89 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | 0 | 2:07.54 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 7 | 2:07.58 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 8 | 2:07.98 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 7 | 2:08.44 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 0 | 2:08.63 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 5 | 2:08.89 | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 9 | 2:09.26 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 6 | 2:09.36 | ||||
| 38 | 3 | 1 | 2:09.39 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 0 | 2:10.36 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 7 | 2:10.52 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 7 | 2:10.95 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 2 | 2:11.32 | ||||
| 33 | 5 | 9 | 2:13.27 | ||||
| 34 | 3 | 4 | 2:13.51 | ||||
| 35 | 5 | 1 | 2:14.07 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 0 | 2:14.22 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 3 | 2:14.34 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 5 | 2:14.72 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 8 | 2:16.48 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 9 | 2:18.20 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 4 | 2:19.55 | ||||
| 42 | 2 | 3 | 2:23.94 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 2 | 2:24.22 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 6 | 2:24.38 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 1 | 2:27.49 | ||||
| 46 | 2 | 8 | 2:38.82 | ||||
| 47 | 1 | 5 | 2:52.55 | ||||
| — | 1 | 4 | DNS | ||||
| — | 4 | 1 | DNS | ||||
| — | 4 | 2 | DNS | ||||
| — | 1 | 3 | DSQ |
The final were held at 18:32.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:59.23 | WR | ||||
| 7 | 2:00.13 | OC | ||||
| 6 | 2:02.30 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 2:02.44 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 2:02.67 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2:03.06 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:04.22 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:04.24 |