Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Date:	August 2, 2013 (heats &<br />semifinals) August 3, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	29
Win Value:	2:04.76 CR
Gold:	Missy Franklin
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Belinda Hocking
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Hilary Caldwell
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The women's 200 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 2–3 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition.

The heats were held at 10:54.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	2:07.57	Q
2	2	4	2:07.64	Q
3	2	3	2:07.81	Q, NR
4	2	5	2:08.69	Q
5	2	6	2:08.93	Q
6	4	3	2:09.24	Q
7	3	3	2:09.31	Q
8	3	4	2:09.56	Q
9	4	5	2:10.62	Q
10	3	5	2:10.65	Q
11	2	2	2:10.71	Q
12	4	1	2:10.86	Q
13	4	6	2:10.87	Q
14	3	7	2:11.69	Q
15	4	2	2:11.86	Q
16	3	1	2:12.14	Q
17	4	7	2:12.32
18	3	8	2:12.53
19	2	8	2:12.75
20	4	8	2:12.89
21	3	6	2:14.01
22	3	0	2:14.02
23	2	1	2:14.07
24	2	7	2:14.10
25	3	2	2:14.27
26	2	9	2:14.41
27	1	3	2:14.52
28	2	0	2:14.76
29	4	9	2:15.48
30	1	4	2:15.63
31	1	5	2:17.19
32	1	2	2:18.04
33	1	6	2:24.15
34	1	7	2:26.61
	3	9
	4	0

The semifinals were held at 18:18.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	2:08.20	Q
2	4	2:08.49	Q
3	5	2:09.08	Q
4	3	2:09.84	Q
5	2	2:09.97
6	8	2:11.18
7	1	2:11.68
8	7	2:11.83

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	2:06.46	Q
2	5	2:07.15	Q, NR
3	6	2:08.74	Q
4	3	2:08.97	Q
5	7	2:10.04
6	8	2:10.46
7	1	2:11.48
8	2	2:11.72

The final was held at 18:17.^[5]