The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2026 Asian Games took place on 22 September 2026 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. China's Peng Xuwei, the reigning champion, successfully defended her title in an Asian record time of 2:05.77, finishing almost three seconds ahead of compatriot Sun Mingxia, who won the silver medal in 2:08.65. Peng's time broke the previous Asian record of 2:06.46, set by China's Zhao Jing at the 2010 Asian Games, and made her the first Asian woman to swim the event in under 2:06.
Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00) DateTimeEventTuesday, 22 September 2026 10:30 Heats 17:20 Final
Records
Results Heats RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes 1 3 2:09.38 Q 2 3 2:10.66 Q 3 1 2:11.61 Q 4 2 2:11.69 Q 5 1 2:12.54 Q 6 2 2:12.78 Q 7 3 2:14.29 Q 8 2 2:14.87 Q 9 1 2:15.55 Q 10 2 2:16.69 Q 11 3 2:17.06 Reserve 12 3 2:17.14 Reserve 13 2 2:19.51 14 3 2:20.19 15 2 2:20.58 16 1 2:20.89 17 1 2:22.41 18 1 2:24.62 19 3 2:29.05 20 1 2:36.78 21 2 2:55.31
Final RankAthleteTimeNotes 2:05.77 2:08.65 2:08.70 4 2:10.47 5 2:12.06 6 2:12.86 7 2:13.43 8 2:14.20 9 2:16.11 10 2:16.37
References
External links Heats Results Final Results