# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 2–3 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Missy Franklin (USA) | 2:04.06 | London, Great Britain | 3 August 2012 |
| Competition record | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | 2:04.81 | Rome, Italy | 1 August 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 3 August | Final | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:04.76 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:54.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:07.57 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 2:07.64 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:07.81 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:08.69 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:08.93 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 2:09.24 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:09.31 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Elizabeth Pelton | United States | 2:09.56 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Meagen Nay | Australia | 2:10.62 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 2:10.65 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Karin Prinsloo | South Africa | 2:10.71 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:10.86 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 2:10.87 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Miyu Otsuka | Japan | 2:11.69 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:11.86 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Bai Anqi | China | 2:12.14 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 2:12.32 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Fernanda González | Mexico | 2:12.53 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Nguyen Thi Anh Vien | Vietnam | 2:12.75 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Sophia Batchelor | New Zealand | 2:12.89 | |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 2:14.01 | |
| 22 | 3 | 0 | Carolina Colorado Henao | Colombia | 2:14.02 | |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | Im Da-Sol | South Korea | 2:14.07 | |
| 24 | 2 | 7 | Selina Hocke | Germany | 2:14.10 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Lauren Quigley | Great Britain | 2:14.27 | |
| 26 | 2 | 9 | Ugne Mazutaityte | Lithuania | 2:14.41 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Zanre Oberholzer | Namibia | 2:14.52 | |
| 28 | 2 | 0 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 2:14.76 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Halime Zeren | Turkey | 2:15.48 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Gisela Morales | Guatemala | 2:15.63 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Tatiana Perstniova | Moldova | 2:17.19 | |
| 32 | 1 | 2 | Karen Vilorio | Honduras | 2:18.04 | |
| 33 | 1 | 6 | Inés Remersaro | Uruguay | 2:24.15 | |
| 34 | 1 | 7 | Kimiko Shihara Raheem | Sri Lanka | 2:26.61 | |
| | 3 | 9 | Ekaterina Avramova | Bulgaria | | DNS |
| | 4 | 0 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:18.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Elizabeth Pelton | United States | 2:08.20 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 2:08.49 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:09.08 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 2:09.84 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 2:09.97 | |
| 6 | 8 | Bai Anqi | China | 2:11.18 | |
| 7 | 1 | Miyu Otsuka | Japan | 2:11.68 | |
| 8 | 7 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:11.83 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:06.46 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:07.15 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:08.74 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:08.97 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Karin Prinsloo | South Africa | 2:10.04 | |
| 6 | 8 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:10.46 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 2:11.48 | |
| 8 | 2 | Meagen Nay | Australia | 2:11.72 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:17.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:04.76 | CR |
| | 6 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 2:06.66 | |
| | 5 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:06.80 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:08.72 | |
| 5 | 3 | Elizabeth Pelton | United States | 2:08.98 | |
| 6 | 7 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:09.08 | |
| 7 | 8 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 2:10.46 | |
| 8 | 1 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:11.30 | |