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.

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 29, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 30, 2011 (final)
Competitors41 from 34 nations
Winning time2:05.10
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Netherlands
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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 (2:04.81) and Russian Anastasia Zuyeva (2:04.94).

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
Championship record
Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:04.81 Rome August 1, 2009

Results

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Heats

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39 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 3 Missy Franklin   United States 2:07.71 Q
2 4 7 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 2:08.35 Q
3 4 5 Elizabeth Beisel   United States 2:08.40 Q
4 4 4 Belinda Hocking   Australia 2:08.50 Q
5 6 5 Meagen Nay   Australia 2:08.50 Q
6 4 6 Sinead Russell   Canada 2:08.92 Q
7 4 3 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:09.03 Q
8 5 5 Shiho Sakai   Japan 2:09.25 Q
9 4 1 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 2:09.65 Q
10 5 4 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 2:10.02 Q
11 5 6 Alexianne Castel   France 2:10.38 Q
12 6 4 Zhao Jing   China 2:10.40 Q
13 6 1 Duane da Rocha   Spain 2:10.41 Q
14 4 2 Melissa Ingram   New Zealand 2:10.59 Q
15 6 2 Stephanie Proud   Great Britain 2:10.65 Q
16 5 7 Genevieve Cantin   Canada 2:11.09 Q
17 6 3 Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 2:11.23
18 6 6 Zhu Jiani   China 2:11.84
19 3 1 Fernanda González   Mexico 2:12.29 NR
20 6 7 Jenny Mensing   Germany 2:12.38
21 3 7 Anja Čarman   Slovenia 2:12.73
22 4 8 Kimberly Buys   Belgium 2:13.01
23 3 4 Melanie Nocher   Ireland 2:13.39
24 6 8 Simona Baumrtova   Czech Republic 2:13.48
25 2 3 Anna Volchkov   Israel 2:13.99 NR
26 5 1 Alicja Tchorz   Poland 2:14.27
27 3 5 Ekaterina Avramova   Bulgaria 2:14.85
28 3 6 Ham Chan-Mi   South Korea 2:14.88
29 3 8 Lau Yin Yan   Hong Kong 2:15.09
30 2 5 Eyglo Gustafsdottir   Iceland 2:15.16
31 2 4 Leone Vorster   South Africa 2:16.45
3 2 5 8 Sophia Batachelor   New Zealand 2:17.06
33 3 3 Therese Svendsen   Sweden 2:18.12
34 2 6 Yulduz Kuchkarova   Uzbekistan 2:18.62
35 2 7 Ines Remarsaro   Uruguay 2:21.07
36 2 2 Tatiana Perstineva   Moldova 2:21.25
37 1 4 Karen Vilorio   Honduras 2:24.43
38 1 5 Estellah Fils Rabetsara   Madagascar 2:33.83
39 1 3 Aure Fanchette   Seychelles 2:52.04
3 2 Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary DNS
5 2 Aya Terakawa   Japan DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held at 19:12.[2]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Belinda Hocking   Australia 2:07.76 Q
2 4 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 2:08.22 Q
3 2 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 2:08.79 Q
4 3 Sinead Russell   Canada 2:08.80 NR
5 7 Zhao Jing   China 2:08.86
6 6 Shiho Sakai   Japan 2:08.93
7 1 Melissa Ingram   New Zealand 2:10.77
8 8 Genevieve Cantin   Canada 2:12.12

Semifinal 2

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

Final

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The final was held at 18:33.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Missy Franklin   United States 2:05.10 AM
  5 Belinda Hocking   Australia 2:06.06 OC
  7 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 2:07.78 NR
4 6 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 2:07.82 NR
5 3 Elizabeth Beisel   United States 2:08.16
6 1 Meagen Nay   Australia 2:08.69
7 8 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 2:08.76
8 2 Alexianne Castel   France 2:09.07

References

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  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
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