# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:00.03 | Berlin | 22 October 2011 |
| Championship record | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:00.91 | Manchester | 11 April 2008 |
No new records were set during this competition.

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Daryna Zevina (UKR) | 2:03.41 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 7 | Bonnie Brando (USA) | 2:04.45 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Anja Čarman (SLO) | 2:04.95 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Marie Kamimura (JPN) | 2:04.96 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Duane Da Rocha (ESP) | 2:05.18 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Melissa Ingram (NZL) | 2:05.20 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Simona Baumrtová (CZE) | 2:05.38 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Elizabeth Simmonds (GBR) | 2:05.65 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Evelyn Verrasztó (HUN) | 2:05.83 | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Bai Anqi (CHN) | 2:06.63 | |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Fernanda González (MEX) | 2:07.23 | |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Yao Yige (CHN) | 2:07.41 | |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Jenny Mensing (GER) | 2:07.59 | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Ellen Fullerton (AUS) | 2:08.37 | |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) | 2:08.51 | |
| 16 | 5 | 6 | Polina Lapshina (RUS) | 2:09.11 | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Carolina Colorado Henao (COL) | 2:09.82 | NR |
| 18 | 5 | 9 | Martina van Berkel (SUI) | 2:10.46 | |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Jessica Ashley-Cooper (RSA) | 2:10.52 | |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Georgia Hohmann (GBR) | 2:10.64 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Ranohon Amanova (UZB) | 2:11.14 | |
| 22 | 4 | 9 | Jördis Steinegger (AUT) | 2:11.16 | |
| 23 | 5 | 1 | Sandra Hafström (SWE) | 2:11.35 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (VIE) | 2:12.92 | |
| 25 | 3 | 9 | Sarah Rolko (LUX) | 2:13.04 | |
| 26 | 2 | 5 | Hazal Sarıkaya (TUR) | 2:13.17 | |
| 27 | 4 | 7 | Ida Lindborg (SWE) | 2:13.83 | |
| 28 | 1 | 2 | Yekaterina Rudenko (KAZ) | 2:13.87 | |
| 29 | 4 | 0 | Halime Zulal Zeren (TUR) | 2:14.48 | |
| 30 | 2 | 3 | Tatiana Perstniova (MDA) | 2:15.67 | NR |
| 31 | 3 | 0 | Agata Magner (POL) | 2:16.53 | |
| 32 | 2 | 6 | Inés Remersaro (URU) | 2:17.67 | NR |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Yessy Yosaputra (INA) | 2:17.87 | |
| 34 | 2 | 1 | Araya Wongvat (THA) | 2:20.06 | |
| 35 | 2 | 8 | Vong Erica Man Wai (MAC) | 2:20.45 | |
| 36 | 2 | 9 | Lanoe Talisa Erwan (KEN) | 2:22.36 | NR |
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Mónica Ramírez (AND) | 2:24.28 | |
| 38 | 1 | 4 | Kuan Weng I (MAC) | 2:27.18 | |
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Kimiko Shihara Raheem (SRI) | 2:27.51 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara (MAD) | 2:32.27 | |
| 41 | 1 | 5 | Field Anita Zahra (KEN) | 2:36.27 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Andreina Pinto (VEN) | DNS | |
| | 1 | 7 | Erika Torrellas (VEN) | DNS | |
| | 3 | 7 | Megan Romano (USA) | DNS | |
| | 4 | 1 | Alicja Tchórz (POL) | DNS | |
| | 5 | 8 | Karin Prinsloo (RSA) | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:23.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:02.24 |
| | 5 | Bonnie Brandon | United States | 2:03.19 |
| | 2 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 2:04.15 |
| 4 | 6 | Marie Kamimura | Japan | 2:04.22 |
| 5 | 8 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 2:04.55 |
| 6 | 7 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:05.45 |
| 7 | 1 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:05.49 |
| 8 | 3 | Anja Čarman | Slovenia | 2:05.62 |