# Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2019.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Missy Franklin (USA) | 2:04.06 | London, United Kingdom | 3 August 2012 |
| Competition record | Missy Franklin (USA) | 2:04.76 | Barcelona, Spain | 3 August 2013 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 26 July | Semifinal | Regan Smith | United States | 2:03.35 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 26 July at 10:23.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:06.01 | Q, WJ |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:08.34 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:08.51 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:09.17 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:09.18 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Minna Atherton | Australia | 2:09.32 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:09.70 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Ali Galyer | New Zealand | 2:09.98 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 2:10.08 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Tatiana Salcuțan | Moldova | 2:10.29 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Anastasia Avdeeva | Russia | 2:10.34 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Natsumi Sakai | Japan | 2:10.40 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:10.50 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 2:10.67 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Liu Yaxin | China | 2:10.72 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Jessica Fullalove | Great Britain | 2:11.08 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:11.16 | |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 2:11.16 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 2:11.29 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Im Da-sol | South Korea | 2:11.33 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Zuzanna Herasimowicz | Poland | 2:11.57 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Peng Xuwei | China | 2:12.41 | |
| 23 | 3 | 3 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:12.64 | |
| 24 | 5 | 9 | Ingeborg Løyning | Norway | 2:13.25 | NR |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:13.26 | NR |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Nathania van Niekerk | South Africa | 2:13.37 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Kristina Steina | Latvia | 2:14.00 | NR |
| 28 | 5 | 0 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 2:14.15 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | Lithuania | 2:14.46 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Felicity Passon | Seychelles | 2:14.60 | |
| 31 | 5 | 2 | Rio Shirai | Japan | 2:14.98 | |
| 32 | 3 | 0 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:15.24 | |
| 33 | 3 | 9 | Ana Herceg | Croatia | 2:16.29 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Signhild Joensen | Faroe Islands | 2:17.30 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Toto Wong | Hong Kong | 2:17.57 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Elizaveta Rogozhnikova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:20.55 | |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Mia Krstevska | North Macedonia | 2:23.13 | |
| 38 | 2 | 8 | Danielle Titus | Barbados | 2:25.13 | |
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Eda Zeqiri | Kosovo | 2:27.11 | |
| 40 | 1 | 5 | Claudia Verdino | Monaco | 2:27.35 | |
| 41 | 2 | 1 | Camille Koenig | Mauritius | 2:28.32 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Idealy Tendrinavalona | Madagascar | 2:29.80 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 26 July at 20:20.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Minna Atherton | Australia | 2:07.38 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.48 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:08.19 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 2:08.42 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Natsumi Sakai | Japan | 2:10.11 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ali Galyer | New Zealand | 2:10.19 | |
| 7 | 2 | Tatiana Salcuțan | Moldova | 2:10.82 | |
| 8 | 8 | Jessica Fullalove | Great Britain | 2:11.12 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:03.35 | Q, WR, WJ |
| 2 | 3 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:06.57 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:06.62 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:09.40 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 2:09.68 | |
| 6 | 7 | Anastasia Avdeeva | Russia | 2:09.78 | |
| 7 | 1 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:10.54 | |
| 8 | 8 | Liu Yaxin | China | 2:12.93 | |

### Final

The final was started on 27 July at 20:58.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:03.69 |
| | 7 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:06.26 |
| | 5 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:06.62 |
| 4 | 3 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:06.67 |
| 5 | 1 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 2:07.50 |
| 6 | 6 | Minna Atherton | Australia | 2:08.26 |
| 7 | 8 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:08.65 |
| 8 | 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.08 |