| Event: | Women's 200 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Venue: | Etihad Arena |
| Location: | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Dates: | 18 December (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 25 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Win Value: | 2:01.58 |
| Gold: | Rhyan White |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Kylie Masse |
| Silvernoc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Isabelle Stadden |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2021.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were started at 10:49.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 2:03.26 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 2:04.08 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 2:04.58 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 2:04.79 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 2:04.98 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 2:05.12 | Q | ||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 2:05.27 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 2:05.36 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 2:06.00 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 2:06.13 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 3 | 2:06.24 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 2 | 2:06.29 | |||
| 13 | 1 | 5 | 2:06.32 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 3 | 2:08.39 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 7 | 2:08.52 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 2:12.01 | NR | ||
| 17 | 2 | 8 | 2:14.23 | |||
| 18 | 1 | 7 | 2:14.36 | |||
| 19 | 2 | 1 | 2:14.55 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 8 | 2:15.71 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | 2:16.59 | |||
| 22 | 1 | 8 | 2:22.82 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 0 | 2:23.48 | |||
| 24 | 1 | 0 | 2:26.27 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 0 | 2:43.61 | |||
| 1 | 6 | DNS | ||||
| 3 | 1 |
The final was held at 18:23.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2:01.58 | |||||
| 6 | 2:02.07 | |||||
| 4 | 2:02.20 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 2:03.00 | NR | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2:03.20 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2:03.26 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:04.74 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:06.57 |