The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and 8 August with the final.Start list

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

Results

Heats The heats were held on 7 August at 10:30Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:07.17 Q 2 5 3 Missy Franklin 2:07.84 Q 3 3 3 Dominique Bouchard 2:08.66Q 4 3 4 Daria Ustinova 2:09.16 Q, WJ 4 3 6 2:09.16 Q, NR 6 4 3 Jenny Mensing 2:09.43Q 7 5 4 Emily Seebohm 2:09.44 Q 8 3 5 Elizabeth Beisel 2:09.54 Q 9 5 1 Lisa Graf 2:09.68Q 10 3 1 Alicja Tchórz 2:10.04 Q 11 5 7 Kirsty Coventry 2:10.38 Q 12 5 2 Margherita Panziera 2:10.39 Q 13 4 5 Elizabeth Simmonds 2:10.48 Q 14 4 1 Irina Prikhodko 2:10.81 Q 15 5 6 Hilary Caldwell 2:10.92 Q 16 4 6 Duane Da Rocha 2:11.53 Q 17 5 5 Hayley Baker 2:11.63 18 3 2 Liu Yaxin 2:11.75 19 4 7 Simona Baumrtová 2:11.78 20 5 8 Daryna Zevina 2:12.14 21 4 0 Joanna Maranhão 2:12.26 22 4 2 Chen Jie 2:12.30 23 5 9 Gisela Morales 2:12.92 24 4 8 Katalin Burián 2:12.96 25 2 5 Bobbie Gichard 2:13.45 26 3 8 Matea Samardžić 2:14.05 27 2 3 Claudia Lau 2:14.51 28 2 4 Andrea Berrino 2:14.96 29 2 2 Martina van Berkel 2:14.99 30 4 9 Jördis Steinegger 2:15.37 31 3 9 Carolina Colorado Henao 2:15.55 32 2 7 Halime Zülal Zeren 2:15.87 33 2 6 Karin Tomečková 2:16.63 34 2 0 Zanrè Oberholzer 2:18.13 35 1 5 Karen Vilorio 2:18.70 36 3 0 Lourdes Villaseñor 2:19.07 37 2 1 Tatiana Perstniova 2:19.37 38 2 9 Roxanne Yu 2:19.45 39 2 8 Yessy Yosaputra 2:20.47 40 1 4 Inés Remersaro 2:20.55 41 1 3 Kimiko Raheem FINA Independent Athletes 2:21.18 42 1 6 Talisa Lanoe 2:24.45 43 1 2 Lauren Hew 2:29.52 44 1 7 Kaya Forson 2:43.94 3 7 Melani Costa DNS 5 0 Andrea García DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 17:49.Semifinal results

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Missy Franklin 2:07.79 Q 2 5 Daria Ustinova 2:08.74 Q, WJ 3 3 Jenny Mensing 2:09.16 Q 4 7 Margherita Panziera 2:09.54 5 1 Irina Prikhodko 2:10.36 6 6 Elizabeth Beisel 2:10.68 7 8 Duane Da Rocha 2:12.90 8 2 Alicja Tchórz 2:14.49

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:06.18 Q, NR 2 6 Emily Seebohm 2:06.56 Q 3 5 Dominique Bouchard 2:08.16 Q 4 8 Hilary Caldwell 2:08.99 Q 5 3 2:09.04 Q, NR 6 2 Lisa Graf 2:09.40 7 1 Elizabeth Simmonds 2:10.57 8 7 Kirsty Coventry 2:10.74

Final The final was held on 8 August at 17:47.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Emily Seebohm 2:05.81 OC 3 Missy Franklin 2:06.34 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:06.84 4 2 Daria Ustinova 2:07.64 WJ 5 8 Jenny Mensing 2:08.49 6 6 Dominique Bouchard 2:08.51 7 7 Hilary Caldwell 2:08.66 8 1 2:09.53

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