2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	18 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	27
Win Value:	1:59.26
Gold:	Kaylee McKeown
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Claire Curzan
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Kylie Masse
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:44.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	1			2:02.05	Q
2	5	4			2:02.32	Q
3	5	5			2:02.54	Q
4	4	5			2:02.88	Q
5	5	6	Pauline Mahieu		2:02.96	Q
6	4	3			2:03.27	Q
7	4	4			2:03.40	Q
8	5	3			2:03.57	Q
9	3	5			2:03.78
10	5	1			2:04.37
11	4	7			2:04.85
12	3	2	Adela Piskorska		2:05.05
12	3	4			2:05.05
14	4	6			2:05.10
15	5	2			2:05.13
16	4	2			2:05.54
17	3	7			2:05.94
18	3	6	Chiaki Yamamoto		2:06.10
19	5	8			2:06.19
20	5	7	Tessa Vermeulen		2:06.58
21	2	4			2:07.25
22	3	3			2:07.67
23	4	1			2:07.91
24	2	3			2:08.10
25	4	8			2:08.61
26	2	5	Hannah Pearse		2:08.84
27	3	8	Chloe Isleta		2:09.17
28	2	8	Cindy Cheung		2:09.55
29	2	7	Alexia Sotomayor		2:12.36
30	1	4			2:12.40	NR
31	2	1	Elizabeth Jiménez		2:12.63
32	2	6			2:13.61
33	1	5	Anishta Teeluck		2:13.71
34	1	3	Jennifer Harding-Marlin		2:31.55
35	1	6	Hamna Ahmed		2:59.77
	2	2

Final

The final was held at 20:08.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:59.26
	4			2:00.53
	3			2:01.26	NR
4	8			2:01.78
5	6			2:02.18
6	7			2:02.39	NR
7	2	Pauline Mahieu		2:03.21
8	1			2:05.20

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. 17 December 2022.
2. Web site: Women's 200m Backstroke – Heats – Start List. Omega Timing. 11 December 2022. 17 December 2022.
3. Web site: Women's 200m Backstroke – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. 18 December 2022.
4. Web site: Women's 200m Backstroke – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. 18 December 2022.