Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 26 July. The heats and semifinals took place on 25 July, with the final being held on 26 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 2:06.62 Athens, Greece 25 August 1991Championship record 2:07.40 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Diana Mocanu 2:11.04 Q 2 Joanna Fargus 2:11.16 Q 3 Stanislava Komarova 2:11.54 Q 4 Clementine Stoney 2:12.31 Q 5 Jennifer Fratesi 2:12.67 Q 6 Antje Buschschulte 2:12.88 Q 7 Nicole Hetzer 2:13.19 Q 8 Reiko Nakamura 2:13.31 Q 9 Aya Terakawa 2:13.84 Q 10 Elizabeth Wycliffe 2:14.97 Q 11 Anu Koivisto 2:15.01 Q 12 Katy Sexton 2:15.04 Q 13 Zhan Shu 2:15.08 Q 14 Jessica Aveyard 2:15.22 Q 15 Valentina Brat 2:15.32 Q 16 Jamie Reid 2:15.38 Q 17 Kelly Tucker 2:15.55 18 Helen Nolfolk 2:15.56 19 Alenka Kejžar 2:16.31 20 Louise Ørnstedt 2:17.48 21 Nina Zhivanevskaya 2:17.63 22 Ania Gustomelski 2:18.36 23 Elena Efimenko 2:23.90 24 Saida Iskandarova 2:25.31 25 Wai Yen Sia 2:26.16 26 Kuan Chia-Hsien 2:26.89 27 Yang Chin-Kuei 2:29.57 28 Khadisa Ciss 2:30.57 29 María Costanzo 2:33.35 30 Shun Kwan Andrea Chum 2:36.02 31 Denyse Tan 2:43.89 32 Yelena Rojkova 2:48.73 – Perla Martinez DSQ – Ivana Gabrilo DNS

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Diana Mocanu 2:10.59 Q 2 Joanna Fargus 2:11.61 Q 3 Jennifer Fratesi 2:11.65 Q 4 Nicole Hetzer 2:11.69 Q 5 Clementine Stoney 2:12.05 Q 6 Stanislava Komarova 2:12.11 Q 7 Aya Terakawa 2:12.47 Q 8 Antje Buschschulte 2:12.78 Q 9 Reiko Nakamura 2:13.42 10 Katy Sexton 2:14.37 11 Jamie Reid 2:14.57 12 Jessica Aveyard 2:14.67 13 Zhan Shu 2:15.31 14 Elizabeth Wycliffe 2:15.38 15 Anu Koivisto 2:15.64 16 Valentina Brat 2:17.02

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Diana Mocanu 2:09.94 Stanislava Komarova 2:10.43 Joanna Fargus 2:11.05 4 Jennifer Fratesi 2:11.16 5 Antje Buschschulte 2:11.47 6 Clementine Stoney 2:11.58 7 Nicole Hetzer 2:11.68 8 Aya Terakawa 2:14.12

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