# Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 June 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Regan Smith (USA) | 2:03.35 | Gwangju, South Korea | 26 July 2019 |
| Competition record | Regan Smith (USA) | 2:03.35 | Gwangju, South Korea | 26 July 2019 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 23 June at 09:19.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Phoebe Bacon | United States | 2:07.89 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Peng Xuwei | China | 2:08.53 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:08.64 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Rhyan White | United States | 2:09.12 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:09.26 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:09.37 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | 2:10.88 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Emma Terebo | France | 2:11.17 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Katalin Burian | Hungary | 2:11.47 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 2:11.48 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 2:11.62 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 2:12.69 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Lee Eun-ji | South Korea | 2:13.30 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Tatiana Salcuțan | Moldova | 2:13.45 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:14.02 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Jimena Leguizamón | Colombia | 2:16.38 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | Alexia Sotomayor | Peru | 2:16.65 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Xenia Ignatova | Kazakhstan | 2:17.04 | |
| 19 | 1 | 8 | Carolina Cermelli | Panama | 2:20.93 | |
| 20 | 3 | 0 | Danielle Titus | Barbados | 2:21.34 | |
| 21 | 3 | 9 | Samantha van Vuure | Curaçao | 2:29.87 | |
| 22 | 2 | 0 | Ridima Veerendrakumar | India | 2:35.78 | |
| 23 | 2 | 9 | Aishath Sausan | Maldives | 2:53.55 | NR |
| | 2 | 8 | Andrea Becali | Cuba | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 3 | 1 | Kristen Romano | Puerto Rico | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 1 | 0 | Yarinda Sunthornrangsri | Thailand | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 1 | 2 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 1 | 3 | Liu Yaxin | China | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 3 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 23 June at 18:21.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Phoebe Bacon | United States | 2:05.93 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:06.41 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Rhyan White | United States | 2:07.04 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:08.28 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Peng Xuwei | China | 2:09.19 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:09.23 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | 2:09.94 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Katalin Burian | Hungary | 2:10.07 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 2:10.42 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lee Eun-ji | South Korea | 2:10.48 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 2:10.87 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Emma Terebo | France | 2:11.77 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 2:13.15 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Tatiana Salcuțan | Moldova | 2:14.10 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:14.14 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Jimena Leguizamón | Colombia | 2:15.11 | |

### Final

The final was held on 24 June at 18:53.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:05.08 |
| | 4 | Phoebe Bacon | United States | 2:05.12 |
| | 3 | Rhyan White | United States | 2:06.96 |
| 4 | 6 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:07.27 |
| 5 | 7 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:08.00 |
| 6 | 2 | Peng Xuwei | China | 2:09.13 |
| 7 | 1 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | 2:10.08 |
| 8 | 8 | Katalin Burian | Hungary | 2:10.37 |