# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:59.23 | Doha | 5 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:08.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:02.87 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:03.39 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:03.74 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Hellen Moffitt | United States | 2:03.83 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:03.91 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 2:04.63 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Miki Takahashi | Japan | 2:04.76 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 2:05.12 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Kennedy Goss | Canada | 2:05.41 | |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:05.73 | |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Minna Atherton | Australia | 2:05.74 | |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:06.25 | |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Chen Jie | China | 2:06.38 | |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Clara Smiddy | United States | 2:06.60 | |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 2:07.06 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Liu Yaxin | China | 2:07.19 | |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 2:07.36 | |
| 18 | 3 | 0 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 2:07.67 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Matea Samardžić | Croatia | 2:07.70 | NR |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | Lithuania | 2:07.79 | NR |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Sarah Bro | Denmark | 2:09.11 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:09.21 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Mariella Venter | South Africa | 2:09.55 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:09.67 | |
| 25 | 5 | 9 | Tatiana Salcutan | Moldova | 2:09.77 | |
| 26 | 3 | 1 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 2:11.55 | |
| 27 | 4 | 0 | Wong Toto Kwan To | Hong Kong | 2:11.93 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:13.11 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 2:14.91 | NR |
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 2:16.59 | NR |
| 31 | 4 | 9 | Alexus Laird | Seychelles | 2:17.71 | NR |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Celina Marquez | El Salvador | 2:18.89 | NR |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Rosalee Mira Santa Ana | Philippines | 2:21.33 | |
| 34 | 2 | 2 | Danielle Titus | Barbados | 2:22.76 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Maria Arrua | Paraguay | 2:23.71 | NR |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Britheny Joassaint | Haiti | 2:26.10 | |
| 37 | 2 | 4 | Maana Patel | India | 2:26.11 | NR |
| 38 | 2 | 0 | Rahaf Baqleh | Jordan | 2:30.44 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Tiareth Cijntje | Curaçao | 2:31.46 | NR |
| 40 | 2 | 1 | Gabby Gittens | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:33.89 | NR |
| 41 | 2 | 9 | Osisang Chilton | Palau | 2:39.50 | NR |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Ruthie Long | Marshall Islands | 2:42.62 | NR |
| | 1 | 4 | Kaya Forson | Ghana | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 18:53.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:00.79 |
| | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:02.24 |
| | 2 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:02.65 |
| 4 | 3 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:03.98 |
| 5 | 8 | Kathleen Dawson | United Kingdom | 2:04.09 |
| 6 | 6 | Hellen Moffitt | United States | 2:04.56 |
| 7 | 7 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 2:05.02 |
| 8 | 1 | Miki Takahashi | Japan | 2:06.29 |