2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	18 December (heats and final)
Competitors	35 from 27 nations
Winning time	1:59.26
Medalists
Kaylee McKeown    Australia   Claire Curzan    United States   Kylie Masse    Canada
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The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2022. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Kaylee McKeown  (AUS)	1:58.94	Brisbane, Australia	28 November 2020
Competition record	Katinka Hosszú  (HUN)	1:59.23	Doha, Qatar	5 December 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:44. ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	1	Claire Curzan	United States	2:02.05	Q
2	5	4	Kaylee McKeown	Australia	2:02.32	Q
3	5	5	Kylie Masse	Canada	2:02.54	Q
4	4	5	Margherita Panziera	Italy	2:02.88	Q
5	5	6	Pauline Mahieu	France	2:02.96	Q
6	4	3	Peng Xuwei	China	2:03.27	Q
7	4	4	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	2:03.40	Q
8	5	3	Ingrid Wilm	Canada	2:03.57	Q
9	3	5	Isabelle Stadden	United States	2:03.78
10	5	1	Hanna Rosvall	Sweden	2:04.37
11	4	7	África Zamorano	Spain	2:04.85
12	3	2	Adela Piskorska	Poland	2:05.05
12	3	4	Minna Atherton	Australia	2:05.05
14	4	6	Liu Yaxin	China	2:05.10
15	5	2	Sayaka Akase	Japan	2:05.13
16	4	2	Laura Bernat	Poland	2:05.54
17	3	7	Emma Terebo	France	2:05.94
18	3	6	Chiaki Yamamoto	Japan	2:06.10
19	5	8	Simona Kubová	Czech Republic	2:06.19
20	5	7	Tessa Vermeulen	Netherlands	2:06.58
21	2	4	Gabriela Georgieva	Bulgaria	2:07.25
22	3	3	Ingeborg Løyning	Norway	2:07.67
23	4	1	Emma Godwin	New Zealand	2:07.91
24	2	3	Andrea Berrino	Argentina	2:08.10
25	4	8	Tamara Potocká	Slovakia	2:08.61
26	2	5	Hannah Pearse	South Africa	2:08.84
27	3	8	Chloe Isleta	Philippines	2:09.17
28	2	8	Cindy Cheung	Hong Kong	2:09.55
29	2	7	Alexia Sotomayor	Peru	2:12.36
30	1	4	Carolina Cermelli	Panama	2:12.40	NR
31	2	1	Elizabeth Jiménez	Dominican Republic	2:12.63
32	2	6	Celina Márquez	El Salvador	2:13.61
33	1	5	Anishta Teeluck	Mauritius	2:13.71	NR
34	1	3	Jennifer Harding-Marlin	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2:31.55
35	1	6	Hamna Ahmed	Maldives	2:59.77
	2	2	Tatiana Salcuțan	Moldova	Did not start

Final

The final was held at 20:08. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Kaylee McKeown	Australia	1:59.26
	4	Claire Curzan	United States	2:00.53
	3	Kylie Masse	Canada	2:01.26	NR
4	8	Ingrid Wilm	Canada	2:01.78
5	6	Margherita Panziera	Italy	2:02.18
6	7	Peng Xuwei	China	2:02.39	NR
7	2	Pauline Mahieu	France	2:03.21
8	1	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	2:05.20

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
2. "Women's 200m Backstroke – Heats – Start List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
3. "Women's 200m Backstroke – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
4. "Women's 200m Backstroke – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.