| Event: | Women's 200 metre backstroke |
| Championship: | 2019 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 26 July 2019 (heats and semifinals) 27 July 2019 (final) |
| Venue: | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center |
| Location: | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Competitors: | 42 |
| Nations: | 35 |
| Win Value: | 2:03.69 |
| Gold: | Regan Smith |
| Gold Nation: | USA |
| Silver: | Kaylee McKeown |
| Silver Nation: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Kylie Masse |
| Bronze Nation: | CAN |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2019.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were held on 26 July at 10:23.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 2:06.01 | Q, WJ | |||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 2:08.34 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 2:08.51 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 2:09.17 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 2:09.18 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 2:09.32 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 2:09.70 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 2:09.98 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 2:10.08 | Q | |||
| 10 | 4 | 1 | 2:10.29 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 2:10.34 | Q | |||
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 2:10.40 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 7 | 2:10.50 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 5 | 2:10.67 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 6 | 2:10.72 | Q | |||
| 16 | 3 | 7 | 2:11.08 | Q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 2:11.16 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 0 | 2:11.16 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 8 | 2:11.29 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 2 | 2:11.33 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 8 | 2:11.57 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 7 | 2:12.41 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 3 | 2:12.64 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | 9 | 2:13.25 | NR | |||
| 25 | 2 | 5 | 2:13.26 | NR | |||
| 26 | 5 | 8 | 2:13.37 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 6 | 2:14.00 | NR | |||
| 28 | 5 | 0 | 2:14.15 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 9 | 2:14.46 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 2 | 2:14.60 | ||||
| 31 | 5 | 2 | 2:14.98 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 0 | 2:15.24 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 9 | 2:16.29 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 3 | 2:17.30 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 4 | 2:17.57 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 7 | 2:20.55 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 4 | 2:23.13 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 8 | 2:25.13 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 0 | 2:27.11 | ||||
| 40 | 1 | 5 | 2:27.35 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 1 | 2:28.32 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 3 | 2:29.80 |
The semifinals were held on 26 July at 20:20.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2:07.38 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 2:07.48 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 2:08.19 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 2:08.42 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 2:10.11 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 2:10.19 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 2:10.82 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:11.12 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:03.35 | Q,, WJ | |||
| 2 | 3 | 2:06.57 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 2:06.62 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 2:09.40 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 2:09.68 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 2:09.78 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:10.54 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:12.93 |
The final was started on 27 July at 20:58.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2:03.69 | |||||
| 7 | 2:06.26 | |||||
| 5 | 2:06.62 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2:06.67 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 2:07.50 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 2:08.26 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:08.65 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 2:10.08 |