Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

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The heats for the women's 200 m backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 31 July, with the final in the evening session of 1 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record		2:05.24		align=right	16 August 2008
Championship record		2:07.16		align=right	31 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Time	Record
31 July	Heat 6	2:06.72	CR
31 July	Semifinal 2	2:05.86	CR
1 August	Final	2:04.81	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	2:06.72	6	4	CR
2	2:07.69	7	5
3	2:07.98	7	4
4	2:08.07	6	3
5	2:08.11	5	5
6	2:08.96	5	4
7	2:09.12	7	6
8	2:09.74	7	7	NR
9	2:10.03	7	8	NR
10	2:10.15	5	6
11	2:10.27	5	2	NR
12	2:10.31	5	3
13	2:10.41	6	0
14	2:10.90	6	6
15	2:11.08	5	7
16	2:11.53	6	7
17	2:11.75	6	9
18	2:12.26	6	2
19	2:12.40	5	9
20	2:12.68	5	8	NR
21	2:13.02	7	1
22	2:13.04	4	3
23	2:13.42	5	1
24	2:14.21	6	8
25	2:14.76	6	1
26	2:15.36	7	2
27	2:15.52	4	2
28	2:15.61	3	4
29	2:15.67	6	5
30	2:15.68	4	9
31	2:15.79	4	4
32	2:16.06	5	0
33	2:16.59	4	5
34	2:17.05	7	9
35	2:17.49	4	0
36	2:17.61	4	1
37	2:17.82	4	7
38	2:18.03	3	6
39	2:18.47	1	0
40	2:18.51	3	8
41	2:19.04	3	3
41	2:19.04	3	0
43	2:19.08	4	8
44	2:19.40	2	5
45	2:19.48	3	9
46	2:19.65	3	1
47	2:19.71	4	6
48	2:20.39	2	7
49	2:20.41	2	2
50	2:20.70	3	2
51	2:21.67	3	5
52	2:22.45	2	3
53	2:22.65	3	7
54	2:23.60	2	6
55	2:28.90	2	4
56	2:29.28	1	5
57	2:29.80	2	9
58	2:32.06	2	8
59	2:33.66	1	6
60	2:35.49	1	3
61	2:35.69	2	1
62	2:36.66	2	0
63	2:36.89	1	2
64	2:42.73	1	1
65	2:44.91	1	7
66	3:01.14	1	8
–	DNS	7	0
–	DNS	7	3
–	DSQ	1	4

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	2:05.86	2	4	CR
2	2:07.00	2	3	NR
3	2:07.21	1	7	NR
4	2:07.48	2	5
5	2:07.64	1	4
6	2:08.49	1	1
7	2:08.77	1	3
8	2:09.57	2	6
9	2:09.77	1	5
10	2:10.09	1	2
11	2:10.35	2	7
12	2:10.54	2	2
13	2:10.57	1	8
14	2:10.58	2	1
15	2:10.79	2	8	NR
16	2:11.06	1	6

Final

Rank	Time	Lane	Notes
	2:04.81	4	WR
	2:04.94	5	ER
	2:06.39	6
4	2:06.66	2	NR
5	2:07.98	3
6	2:08.04	8
7	2:08.13	1
8	2:08.89	7