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. Franklin's time was the third-fastest ever in the event, only behind Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry (2:04.81) and Russian Anastasia Zuyeva (2:04.94).

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld record Championship recordKirsty Coventry 2:04.81 RomeAugust 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 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Belinda Hocking 2:07.76 Q 2 4 Daryna Zevina 2:08.22 Q 3 2 Elizabeth Simmonds 2:08.79 Q 4 3 Sinead Russell 2:08.80 NR 5 7 Zhao Jing 2:08.86 6 6 Shiho Sakai 2:08.93 7 1 Melissa Ingram 2:10.77 8 8 Genevieve Cantin 2:12.12

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Missy Franklin 2:05.90 Q, AM 2 5 Elizabeth Beisel 2:07.82 Q 3 7 Alexianne Castel 2:08.41 Q 4 2 Sharon van Rouwendaal 2:08.42 Q 5 3 Meagen Nay 2:08.53 Q 6 6 Kirsty Coventry 2:09.33 7 8 Stephanie Proud 2:10.57 8 1 Duane da Rocha 2:10.74

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 OC 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

References

External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre backstroke start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23. FINA World Championships, Swimming: Missy Franklin Unstoppable in 200 Back Win; Crushes Textile Best, American Record, Swimming World Magazine (2011-07-30); retrieved 2011-08-10.