Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 June (heats and semifinals) 24 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	25
Nations:	23
Win Value:	2:05.08
Gold:	Kaylee McKeown
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Phoebe Bacon
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Rhyan White
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 23 June at 09:19.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:07.89	Q
2	2	3	2:08.53	Q
3	2	5	2:08.64	Q
4	1	4	2:09.12	Q
5	3	4	2:09.26	Q
6	3	5	2:09.37	Q
7	3	6	2:10.88	Q
8	3	7	2:11.17	Q
9	1	5	2:11.47	Q
10	2	6	2:11.48	Q
11	2	2	2:11.62	Q
12	1	7	2:12.69	Q
13	1	6	2:13.30	Q
14	3	2	2:13.45	Q
15	2	7	2:14.02	Q
16	2	1	2:16.38	Q
17	1	1	2:16.65
18	3	8	2:17.04
19	1	8	2:20.93
20	3	0	2:21.34
21	3	9	2:29.87
22	2	0	2:35.78
23	2	9	2:53.55	NR
	2	8
	3	1
	1	0
	1	2
	1	3
	3	3

The semifinals were started on 23 June at 18:21.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:05.93	Q
2	2	3	2:06.41	Q
3	1	5	2:07.04	Q
4	2	5	2:08.28	Q
5	1	4	2:09.19	Q
6	1	3	2:09.23	Q
7	2	6	2:09.94	Q
8	2	2	2:10.07	Q
9	2	7	2:10.42	NR
10	2	1	2:10.48
11	1	2	2:10.87
12	1	6	2:11.77
13	1	7	2:13.15
14	1	1	2:14.10
15	2	8	2:14.14
16	1	8	2:15.11

The final was held on 24 June at 18:53.^[5]