Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates28 July (heats and semifinals)
29 July (final)
Competitors42 from 35 nations
Winning time2:03.85
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    China
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Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record   Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2:03.14 Sydney, Australia 10 March 2023
Competition record   Regan Smith (USA) 2:03.35 Gwangju, South Korea 26 July 2019

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 28 July at 10:52.[5]

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

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 28 July at 20:20.[6]

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

Final

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The final was started on 29 July at 20:57.[7]

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

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2023.