The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2023.

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

Results Heats The heats were started on 28 July at 10:52.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Regan Smith 2:07.24 Q 2 5 5 Peng Xuwei 2:08.68 Q 3 5 2 Laura Bernat 2:09.08 Q, NR 4 4 3 Katie Shanahan 2:09.18 Q 5 5 4 Kaylee McKeown 2:09.30 Q 6 4 5 Kylie Masse 2:09.31 Q 7 3 4 Rhyan White 2:09.68 Q 8 4 2 Africa Zamorano 2:09.99 Q 9 3 3 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy 2:10.38 Q 10 4 7 Jenna Forrester 2:10.46 Q 11 3 5 Margherita Panziera 2:10.90 Q 12 3 8 Gabriela Georgieva 2:11.22 Q 13 3 2 Rio Shirai 2:11.24 Q 14 5 8 Lee Eun-ji 2:11.78 Q 15 3 1 Camila Rebelo 2:11.80 Q 16 5 6 Katalin Burián 2:11.94 Q 17 4 1 Hanane Hironaka 2:12.57 18 4 8 Tatiana Salcutan 2:12.65 19 5 7 Ingrid Wilm 2:12.67 20 5 1 Lena Grabowski 2:12.79 21 5 3 Liu Yaxin 2:13.42 22 3 6 Adela Piskorska 2:13.74 23 4 0 Chua Xiandi Suspended Member Federation 2:13.80 24 4 6 Emma Terebo 2:13.95 25 2 4 Ingeborg Løyning 2:13.97 26 5 0 Athena Meneses 2:15.14 27 4 9 Xeniya Ignatova 2:16.06 28 3 9 Janja Šegel 2:17.20 29 2 6 Carolina Cermelli 2:18.50 NR 30 2 2 Anishta Teeluck 2:18.63 NR 31 2 1 Andrea Becali 2:18.65 32 3 0 Aleksa Gold 2:19.47 33 2 8 Elizabeth Jimenez 2:19.84 34 5 9 Alexia Sotomayor 2:20.78 35 2 7 Danielle Titus 2:21.36 36 2 3 Elisabeth Erlendsdóttir 2:22.28 37 2 0 Ganga Senavirathne 2:23.36 38 1 3 Vivian Xhemollari 2:24.30 39 2 9 Samantha van Vuure 2:31.60 40 1 4 Aynura Primova 2:32.68 41 1 5 Jennifer Harding-Marlin 2:37.83 2 5 Hanna Rosvall 3 7 Aviv Barzelay

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 28 July at 20:20.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Peng Xuwei 2:07.40 Q 2 2 4 Regan Smith 2:07.52 Q 3 2 3 Kaylee McKeown 2:07.89 Q 4 1 5 Katie Shanahan 2:08.32 Q 5 1 3 Kylie Masse 2:08.51 Q 6 2 5 Laura Bernat 2:08.96 Q, NR 7 2 6 Rhyan White 2:09.13 Q 8 1 2 Jenna Forrester 2:09.74 Q 9 2 2 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy 2:09.90 10 2 7 Margherita Panziera 2:10.65 11 1 6 Africa Zamorano 2:10.76 12 1 8 Katalin Burián 2:11.47 13 1 7 Gabriela Georgieva 2:11.99 14 2 1 Rio Shirai 2:12.45 15 2 8 Camila Rebelo 2:12.47 16 1 1 Lee Eun-ji 2:13.65

Final The final was started on 29 July at 20:57.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Kaylee McKeown 2:03.85 5 Regan Smith 2:04.94 4 Peng Xuwei 2:06.74 4 6 Katie Shanahan 2:07.45 5 2 Kylie Masse 2:07.52 6 1 Rhyan White 2:08.43 7 7 Laura Bernat 2:10.68 8 8 Jenna Forrester 2:11.44

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