The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2021.

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

Results Heats The heats were started at 10:49.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 2 Isabelle Stadden 2:03.26 Q 2 3 6 Rhyan White 2:04.08 Q 3 1 4 Margherita Panziera 2:04.58 Q 4 2 4 Kylie Masse 2:04.79 Q 5 2 5 Anastasiya Shkurdai 2:04.98 Q 6 1 2 Peng Xuwei 2:05.12 Q 7 3 4 Kira Toussaint 2:05.27 Q 8 3 5 Daryna Zevina 2:05.36 Q 9 1 3 Ekaterina Avramova 2:06.00 10 2 6 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy 2:06.13 11 2 3 Katie Shanahan 2:06.24 12 2 2 Liu Yaxin 2:06.29 13 1 5 Daria Ustinova Russian Swimming Federation 2:06.32 14 3 3 Lena Grabowski 2:08.39 15 2 7 Gabriela Georgieva 2:08.52 16 1 1 Andrea Becali 2:12.01 NR 17 2 8 Elizabeth Jiménez 2:14.23 18 1 7 Florencia Perotti 2:14.36 19 2 1 Elisabeth Erlendsdóttir 2:14.55 20 3 8 Nicole Frank 2:15.71 21 3 7 Tamara Potocká 2:16.59 22 1 8 Samantha van Vuure 2:22.82 23 3 0 Chrysoula Karamanou 2:23.48 24 1 0 Leilaa Al-Khatib 2:26.27 25 2 0 Aishath Sausan 2:43.61 NR 1 6 Hanna Rosvall DNS 3 1 Nina Kost

Final The final was held at 18:23.Final results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Rhyan White 2:01.58 6 Kylie Masse 2:02.07 4 Isabelle Stadden 2:02.20 4 7 Peng Xuwei 2:03.00 NR 5 3 Margherita Panziera 2:03.20 6 2 Anastasiya Shkurdai 2:03.26 7 1 Kira Toussaint 2:04.74 8 8 Daryna Zevina 2:06.57

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