The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 December 2016.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordChampionship recordKatinka Hosszú1:59.23Doha5 December 2014
Results Heats The heats were held at 11:08.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Daryna Zevina 2:02.87 Q 2 4 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:03.39 Q 3 3 3 Hilary Caldwell 2:03.74 Q 4 3 8 Hellen Moffitt 2:03.83 Q 5 5 5 Emily Seebohm 2:03.91 Q 6 4 5 Sayaka Akase 2:04.63 Q 7 5 6 Miki Takahashi 2:04.76 Q 8 4 6 Kathleen Dawson 2:05.12 Q 9 4 1 Kennedy Goss 2:05.41 10 3 4 Daria Ustinova 2:05.73 11 4 3 Minna Atherton 2:05.74 12 5 3 Simona Baumrtová 2:06.25 13 3 7 Chen Jie 2:06.38 14 5 7 Clara Smiddy 2:06.60 15 5 2 Andrea Berrino 2:07.06 16 3 2 Liu Yaxin 2:07.19 17 3 5 Eygló Gústafsdóttir 2:07.36 18 3 0 Kira Toussaint 2:07.67 19 5 1 Matea Samardžić 2:07.70 NR 20 5 0 Ugnė Mažutaitytė 2:07.79 NR 21 3 6 Sarah Bro 2:09.11 22 5 8 Barbora Závadová 2:09.21 23 4 2 Mariella Venter 2:09.55 24 4 7 Martina van Berkel 2:09.67 25 5 9 Tatiana Salcutan 2:09.77 26 3 1 Hanna Rosvall 2:11.55 27 4 0 Wong Toto Kwan To 2:11.93 28 4 8 Florencia Perotti 2:13.11 29 3 9 Kimiko Raheem 2:14.91 NR 30 2 5 Lauren Hew 2:16.59 NR 31 4 9 Alexus Laird 2:17.71 NR 32 2 3 Celina Marquez 2:18.89 NR 33 1 3 Rosalee Mira Santa Ana 2:21.33 34 2 2 Danielle Titus 2:22.76 35 2 6 Maria Arrua 2:23.71 NR 36 2 7 Britheny Joassaint 2:26.10 37 2 4 Maana Patel 2:26.11 NR 38 2 0 Rahaf Baqleh 2:30.44 39 2 8 Tiareth Cijntje 2:31.46 NR 40 2 1 Gabby Gittens 2:33.89 NR 41 2 9 Osisang Chilton 2:39.50 NR 42 1 5 Ruthie Long 2:42.62 NR 1 4 Kaya Forson
Final The final was held at 18:53.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Katinka Hosszú 2:00.79 4 Daryna Zevina 2:02.24 2 Emily Seebohm 2:02.65 4 3 Hilary Caldwell 2:03.98 5 8 Kathleen Dawson 2:04.09 6 6 Hellen Moffitt 2:04.56 7 7 Sayaka Akase 2:05.02 8 1 Miki Takahashi 2:06.29
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