Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Championship:	2017 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	28 July (heats and semifinals) 29 July (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	33
Nations:	28
Win Value:	2:05.68
Gold:	Emily Seebohm
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Katinka Hosszú
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Kathleen Baker
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2017.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held on 28 July at 10:31.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	3	4		2:06.82	Q
2	4	4		2:07.30	Q
3	2	4		2:07.94	Q
4	3	6		2:08.13	Q
5	2	5		2:08.30	Q
6	3	5		2:08.32	Q
7	4	3		2:09.16	Q
8	4	2		2:09.42	Q
9	4	7		2:09.43	Q
10	3	7		2:09.70	Q
11	4	6		2:09.86	Q
12	4	5		2:09.99	Q
13	2	3		2:10.10	Q
14	3	3	Liu Yaxin	2:10.59	Q
15	2	7		2:11.17	Q
16	3	2		2:11.67	Q
17	4	1		2:11.80
18	2	6		2:11.88
19	2	1		2:12.25
20	3	1		2:13.26
21	2	2		2:13.27
22	2	8		2:14.07
23	4	0		2:14.34
24	3	8		2:15.97
25	3	0		2:16.42
26	2	9		2:17.03
27	3	9		2:17.14
28	4	9		2:18.69
29	2	0		2:19.11
30	1	4		2:22.73
31	1	5		2:29.27
32	1	3		2:46.60
	4	8

The semifinals were held on 28 July at 17:49.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	2:07.08	Q
2	5	2:07.19	Q, WJ
3	6	2:07.40	Q
4	4	2:07.51	Q
5	3	2:07.64	Q
6	1	2:09.02
7	2	2:09.73
8	8	2:14.82

The final was held on 29 July at 17:47.^[5]