Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2017.[1][2]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Dates28 July (heats and semifinals)
29 July (final)
Competitors33 from 28 nations
Winning time2:05.68
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    United States
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Records

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

World record   Missy Franklin (USA) 2:04.06 London, Great Britain 3 August 2012
Competition record   Missy Franklin (USA) 2:04.76 Barcelona, Spain 3 August 2013

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 28 July at 10:31.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Kathleen Baker   United States 2:06.82 Q
2 4 4 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:07.30 Q
3 2 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 2:07.94 Q
4 3 6 Regan Smith   United States 2:08.13 Q
5 2 5 Kylie Masse   Canada 2:08.30 Q
6 3 5 Hilary Caldwell   Canada 2:08.32 Q
7 4 3 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 2:09.16 Q
8 4 2 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 2:09.42 Q
9 4 7 Margherita Panziera   Italy 2:09.43 Q
10 3 7 África Zamorano   Spain 2:09.70 Q
11 4 6 Katalin Burián   Hungary 2:09.86 Q
12 4 5 Daria Ustinova   Russia 2:09.99 Q
13 2 3 Lisa Graf   Germany 2:10.10 Q
14 3 3 Liu Yaxin   China 2:10.59 Q
15 2 7 Tatiana Salcutan   Moldova 2:11.17 Q
16 3 2 Claudia Lau   Hong Kong 2:11.67 Q
17 4 1 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 2:11.80
18 2 6 Chen Jie   China 2:11.88
19 2 1 Klaudia Naziębło   Poland 2:12.25
20 3 1 Kim Seo-yeong   South Korea 2:13.26
21 2 2 Rosie Rudin   Great Britain 2:13.27
22 2 8 Ugnė Mažutaitytė   Lithuania 2:14.07
23 4 0 Martina van Berkel    Switzerland 2:14.34
24 3 8 Bobbi Gichard   New Zealand 2:15.97
25 3 0 Karolina Hájková   Slovakia 2:16.42
26 2 9 Fernanda González   Mexico 2:17.03
27 3 9 Samantha Randle   South Africa 2:17.14
28 4 9 Gabriela Georgieva   Bulgaria 2:18.69
29 2 0 Signhild Joensen   Faroe Islands 2:19.11
30 1 4 Celina Marquez   El Salvador 2:22.73
31 1 5 Claudia Verdino   Monaco 2:29.27
32 1 3 Osisang Chilton   Palau 2:46.60
4 8 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 28 July at 17:49.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Daria Ustinova   Russia 2:07.08 Q
2 5 Regan Smith   United States 2:07.19 Q, WJ
3 6 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 2:07.40 Q
4 4 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:07.51 Q
5 3 Hilary Caldwell   Canada 2:07.64 Q
6 1 Liu Yaxin   China 2:09.02
7 2 África Zamorano   Spain 2:09.73
8 8 Claudia Lau   Hong Kong 2:14.82

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Emily Seebohm   Australia 2:05.81 Q, OC
2 3 Kylie Masse   Canada 2:05.97 Q, NR
3 4 Kathleen Baker   United States 2:06.66 Q
4 6 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 2:08.30
5 7 Katalin Burián   Hungary 2:08.65
6 1 Lisa Graf   Germany 2:09.00
7 2 Margherita Panziera   Italy 2:10.95
8 8 Tatiana Salcutan   Moldova 2:11.27

Final

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The final was held on 29 July at 17:47.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 2:05.68 OC
  1 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:05.85 NR
  3 Kathleen Baker   United States 2:06.48
4 7 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 2:06.76 WJ
5 5 Kylie Masse   Canada 2:07.04
6 8 Hilary Caldwell   Canada 2:07.15
7 6 Daria Ustinova   Russia 2:07.35
8 2 Regan Smith   United States 2:07.42

References

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