2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	13 December
Competitors:	33
Nations:	30
Win Value:	2:00.71
Gold:	Lisa Bratton
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Kathleen Baker
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Emily Seebohm
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were started on 13 December at 10:44.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	7	2:01.00	Q
2	4	4	2:02.68	Q
3	3	4	2:03.44	Q
4	2	5	2:03.85	Q
5	4	3	2:03.87	Q
6	3	3	2:03.93	Q
7	2	4	2:03.96	Q
7	3	5	2:03.96	Q
9	4	5	2:03.98
10	3	6	2:04.14
11	2	3	2:05.25
12	2	6	2:06.03
13	2	7	2:06.44
14	4	2	2:08.02
15	2	2	2:08.31
16	2	8	2:09.18
17	3	1	2:09.40
18	3	8	2:09.97
19	4	8	2:10.42
20	4	0	2:10.92	NR
21	3	7	2:11.72
22	3	0	2:12.35
23	4	1	2:12.40
24	2	1	2:13.87
25	3	9	2:15.95	NR
26	2	0	2:17.44	NR
27	1	6	2:17.76	NR
28	4	9	2:18.82	NR
29	2	9	2:19.79
30	1	4	2:23.99
31	1	5	2:37.27
32	1	3	2:43.44
33	1	2	3:07.55
	3	2
	4	6

The final was held on 13 December at 19:24.^[3]