| Event: | Women's 200 metre backstroke |
| Championship: | 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 7 August (heats) 8 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 44 |
| Nations: | 37 |
| Win Value: | 2:05.81 |
| Gold: | Emily Seebohm |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Missy Franklin |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Katinka Hosszú |
| Bronzenoc: | HUN |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and 8 August with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were held on 7 August at 10:30[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 2:07.17 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 2:07.84 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2:08.66 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 2:09.16 | Q, WJ | |||
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 2:09.16 | Q, NR | |||
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 2:09.43 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 2:09.44 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 2:09.54 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 2:09.68 | Q | |||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 2:10.04 | Q | |||
| 11 | 5 | 7 | 2:10.38 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 2:10.39 | Q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 5 | 2:10.48 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 2:10.81 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 2:10.92 | Q | |||
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 2:11.53 | Q | |||
| 17 | 5 | 5 | 2:11.63 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 2 | 2:11.75 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | 2:11.78 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 8 | 2:12.14 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 0 | 2:12.26 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 2 | 2:12.30 | ||||
| 23 | 5 | 9 | 2:12.92 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 8 | 2:12.96 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 5 | 2:13.45 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 8 | 2:14.05 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 3 | 2:14.51 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 4 | 2:14.96 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 2 | 2:14.99 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 9 | 2:15.37 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 9 | 2:15.55 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 7 | 2:15.87 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 6 | 2:16.63 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 0 | 2:18.13 | ||||
| 35 | 1 | 5 | 2:18.70 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 0 | 2:19.07 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 1 | 2:19.37 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 9 | 2:19.45 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 8 | 2:20.47 | ||||
| 40 | 1 | 4 | 2:20.55 | ||||
| 41 | 1 | 3 | < | 2:21.18 | |||
| 42 | 1 | 6 | 2:24.45 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 2 | 2:29.52 | ||||
| 44 | 1 | 7 | 2:43.94 | ||||
| 3 | 7 | DNS | |||||
| 5 | 0 | DNS |
The semifinals were held at 17:49.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:07.79 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2:08.74 | Q, WJ | |||
| 3 | 3 | 2:09.16 | Q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 2:09.54 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 2:10.36 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 2:10.68 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:12.90 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 2:14.49 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:06.18 | Q, NR | |||
| 2 | 6 | 2:06.56 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 2:08.16 | Q | |||
| 4 | 8 | 2:08.99 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2:09.04 | Q, NR | |||
| 6 | 2 | 2:09.40 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:10.57 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 2:10.74 |
The final was held on 8 August at 17:47.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2:05.81 | OC | ||||
| 3 | 2:06.34 | |||||
| 4 | 2:06.84 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 2:07.64 | WJ | |||
| 5 | 8 | 2:08.49 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 2:08.51 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 2:08.66 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:09.53 |