| Event: | Women's 200 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2011 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | July 29, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 30, 2011 (final) |
| Competitors: | 41 |
| Nations: | 34 |
| Win Value: | 2:05.10 |
| Gold: | Missy Franklin |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Belinda Hocking |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Sharon van Rouwendaal |
| Bronzenoc: | NED |
| Prev: | 2009 |
| Next: | 2013 |
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.
The final was won by sixteen-year-old American Missy Franklin in a time of 2:05.10. Frankin's time was the third-fastest ever in the event, only behind Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry (2:04.81) and Russian Anastasia Zuyeva (2:04.94).
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows.
39 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 2:07.71 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 2:08.35 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 2:08.40 | Q | |||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 2:08.50 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 2:08.50 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 2:08.92 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 2:09.03 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 2:09.25 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 2:09.65 | Q | |||
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 2:10.02 | Q | |||
| 11 | 5 | 6 | 2:10.38 | Q | |||
| 12 | 6 | 4 | 2:10.40 | Q | |||
| 13 | 6 | 1 | 2:10.41 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 2:10.59 | Q | |||
| 15 | 6 | 2 | 2:10.65 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 7 | 2:11.09 | Q | |||
| 17 | 6 | 3 | 2:11.23 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 6 | 2:11.84 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | 2:12.29 | NR | |||
| 20 | 6 | 7 | 2:12.38 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | 2:12.73 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 8 | 2:13.01 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 4 | 2:13.39 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 8 | 2:13.48 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 3 | 2:13.99 | NR | |||
| 26 | 5 | 1 | 2:14.27 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 5 | 2:14.85 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 6 | 2:14.88 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 8 | 2:15.09 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 5 | 2:15.16 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 4 | 2:16.45 | ||||
| 3 2 | 5 | 8 | 2:17.06 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 3 | 2:18.12 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 6 | 2:18.62 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 7 | 2:21.07 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 2 | 2:21.25 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 4 | 2:24.43 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 5 | 2:33.83 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 3 | 2:52.04 | ||||
| – | 3 | 2 | DNS | ||||
| – | 5 | 2 | DNS |
The semifinals were held at 19:12.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 2:07.76 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 2:08.22 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 2:08.79 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 2:08.80 | NR | |||
| 5 | 7 | 2:08.86 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 2:08.93 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:10.77 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:12.12 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:05.90 | Q, AM | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2:07.82 | Q | |||
| 3 | 7 | 2:08.41 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2:08.42 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2:08.53 | Q | |||
| 6 | 6 | 2:09.33 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:10.57 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:10.74 |
The final was held at 18:33.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2:05.10 | AM | ||||
| 5 | 2:06.06 | OC | ||||
| 7 | 2:07.78 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 2:07.82 | NR | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2:08.16 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 2:08.69 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:08.76 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 2:09.07 |