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

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	28 July (heats and semifinals) 29 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	42
Nations:	35
Win Value:	2:03.85
Gold:	Kaylee McKeown
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Regan Smith
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Peng Xuwei
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

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

Records

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

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	2:07.24	Q
2	5	5	2:08.68	Q
3	5	2	2:09.08	Q, NR
4	4	3	2:09.18	Q
5	5	4	2:09.30	Q
6	4	5	2:09.31	Q
7	3	4	2:09.68	Q
8	4	2	2:09.99	Q
9	3	3	2:10.38	Q
10	4	7	2:10.46	Q
11	3	5	2:10.90	Q
12	3	8	2:11.22	Q
13	3	2	2:11.24	Q
14	5	8	2:11.78	Q
15	3	1	2:11.80	Q
16	5	6	2:11.94	Q
17	4	1	2:12.57
18	4	8	2:12.65
19	5	7	2:12.67
20	5	1	2:12.79
21	5	3	2:13.42
22	3	6	2:13.74
23	4	0	2:13.80
24	4	6	2:13.95
25	2	4	2:13.97
26	5	0	2:15.14
27	4	9	2:16.06
28	3	9	2:17.20
29	2	6	2:18.50	NR
30	2	2	2:18.63	NR
31	2	1	2:18.65
32	3	0	2:19.47
33	2	8	2:19.84
34	5	9	2:20.78
35	2	7	2:21.36
36	2	3	2:22.28
37	2	0	2:23.36
38	1	3	2:24.30
39	2	9	2:31.60
40	1	4	2:32.68
41	1	5	2:37.83
	2	5
	3	7

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	2:07.40	Q
2	2	4	2:07.52	Q
3	2	3	2:07.89	Q
4	1	5	2:08.32	Q
5	1	3	2:08.51	Q
6	2	5	2:08.96	Q, NR
7	2	6	2:09.13	Q
8	1	2	2:09.74	Q
9	2	2	2:09.90
10	2	7	2:10.65
11	1	6	2:10.76
12	1	8	2:11.47
13	1	7	2:11.99
14	2	1	2:12.45
15	2	8	2:12.47
16	1	1	2:13.65

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	3	2:03.85
	5	2:04.94
	4	2:06.74
4	6	2:07.45
5	2	2:07.52
6	1	2:08.43
7	7	2:10.68
8	8	2:11.44

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152448/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 28 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230728045811/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 28 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 28 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230728113458/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 28 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 29 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231224002809/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 24 December 2023 . omegatiming.com.