Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.
The final was won by sixteen-year-old American Missy Franklin in a time of 2:05.10. Frankin's time was the third-fastest ever in the event, only behind Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry and Russian Anastasia Zuyeva.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | Kirsty Coventry | 2:04.81 | Rome | August 1, 2009 |
Results
Heats
39 swimmers participated in 6 heats.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 3 | Missy Franklin | 2:07.71 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | Daryna Zevina | 2:08.35 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:08.40 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Belinda Hocking | 2:08.50 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Meagen Nay | 2:08.50 | Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Sinead Russell | 2:08.92 | Q | |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Kirsty Coventry | 2:09.03 | Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Shiho Sakai | 2:09.25 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 2:09.65 | Q | |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:10.02 | Q | |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Alexianne Castel | 2:10.38 | Q | |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Zhao Jing | 2:10.40 | Q | |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Duane da Rocha | 2:10.41 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Melissa Ingram | 2:10.59 | Q | |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Stephanie Proud | 2:10.65 | Q | |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Genevieve Cantin | 2:11.09 | Q | |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Anastasia Zuyeva | 2:11.23 | ||
| 18 | 6 | 6 | Zhu Jiani | 2:11.84 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Fernanda González | 2:12.29 | NR | |
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Jenny Mensing | 2:12.38 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Anja Čarman | 2:12.73 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Kimberly Buys | 2:13.01 | ||
| 23 | 3 | 4 | Melanie Nocher | 2:13.39 | ||
| 24 | 6 | 8 | Simona Baumrtova | 2:13.48 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Anna Volchkov | 2:13.99 | NR | |
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Alicja Tchorz | 2:14.27 | ||
| 27 | 3 | 5 | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:14.85 | ||
| 28 | 3 | 6 | Ham Chan-Mi | 2:14.88 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 8 | Lau Yin Yan | 2:15.09 | ||
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Eyglo Gustafsdottir | 2:15.16 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 4 | Leone Vorster | 2:16.45 | ||
| 3 2 | 5 | 8 | Sophia Batachelor | 2:17.06 | ||
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Therese Svendsen | 2:18.12 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 6 | Yulduz Kuchkarova | 2:18.62 | ||
| 35 | 2 | 7 | Ines Remarsaro | 2:21.07 | ||
| 36 | 2 | 2 | Tatiana Perstineva | 2:21.25 | ||
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Karen Vilorio | 2:24.43 | ||
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara | 2:33.83 | ||
| 39 | 1 | 3 | Aure Fanchette | 2:52.04 | ||
| – | 3 | 2 | Evelyn Verrasztó | DNS | ||
| – | 5 | 2 | Aya Terakawa | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:12.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held at 18:33.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Missy Franklin | 2:05.10 | AM | ||
| 5 | Belinda Hocking | 2:06.06 | |||
| 7 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 2:07.78 | NR | ||
| 4 | 6 | Daryna Zevina | 2:07.82 | NR | |
| 5 | 3 | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:08.16 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Meagen Nay | 2:08.69 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:08.76 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Alexianne Castel | 2:09.07 |