# Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

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.

## Records

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
### Heats

The heats were held on 7 August at 10:30
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.17 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:07.84 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Dominique Bouchard | Canada | 2:08.66 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:09.16 | Q, WJ |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 2:09.16 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:09.43 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:09.44 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 2:09.54 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 2:09.68 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 2:10.04 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:10.38 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:10.39 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 2:10.48 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Irina Prikhodko | Russia | 2:10.81 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:10.92 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 2:11.53 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 5 | Hayley Baker | Australia | 2:11.63 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Liu Yaxin | China | 2:11.75 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:11.78 | |
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:12.14 | |
| 21 | 4 | 0 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:12.26 | |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Chen Jie | China | 2:12.30 | |
| 23 | 5 | 9 | Gisela Morales | Guatemala | 2:12.92 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:12.96 | |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Bobbie Gichard | New Zealand | 2:13.45 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Matea Samardžić | Croatia | 2:14.05 | |
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Claudia Lau | Hong Kong | 2:14.51 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 2:14.96 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:14.99 | |
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Jördis Steinegger | Austria | 2:15.37 | |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Carolina Colorado Henao | Colombia | 2:15.55 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Halime Zülal Zeren | Turkey | 2:15.87 | |
| 33 | 2 | 6 | Karin Tomečková | Slovakia | 2:16.63 | |
| 34 | 2 | 0 | Zanrè Oberholzer | Namibia | 2:18.13 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Karen Vilorio | Honduras | 2:18.70 | |
| 36 | 3 | 0 | Lourdes Villaseñor | Mexico | 2:19.07 | |
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Tatiana Perstniova | Moldova | 2:19.37 | |
| 38 | 2 | 9 | Roxanne Yu | Philippines | 2:19.45 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Yessy Yosaputra | Indonesia | 2:20.47 | |
| 40 | 1 | 4 | Inés Remersaro | Uruguay | 2:20.55 | |
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Kimiko Raheem | FINA Independent Athletes | 2:21.18 | |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Talisa Lanoe | Kenya | 2:24.45 | |
| 43 | 1 | 2 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 2:29.52 | |
| 44 | 1 | 7 | Kaya Forson | Ghana | 2:43.94 | |
| | 3 | 7 | Melani Costa | Spain | | DNS |
| | 5 | 0 | Andrea García | Mexico | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 17:49.

#### Semifinal 1

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

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.18 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 6 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:06.56 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Dominique Bouchard | Canada | 2:08.16 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:08.99 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 2:09.04 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 2:09.40 | |
| 7 | 1 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 2:10.57 | |
| 8 | 7 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:10.74 | |

### Final

The final was held on 8 August at 17:47.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:05.81 | OC |
| | 3 | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:06.34 | |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.84 | |
| 4 | 2 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:07.64 | WJ |
| 5 | 8 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:08.49 | |
| 6 | 6 | Dominique Bouchard | Canada | 2:08.51 | |
| 7 | 7 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:08.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 2:09.53 | |