Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Last updated

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 29, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 30, 2011 (final)
Competitors41 from 34 nations
Winning time2:05.10
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  2009
2013  

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.

Contents

The final was won by sixteen-year-old American Missy Franklin in a time of 2:05.10. Frankin's time was the third-fastest ever in the event, only behind Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry (2:04.81) and Russian Anastasia Zuyeva (2:04.94).

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
Championship record
Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:04.81 Rome August 1, 2009

Results

Heats

39 swimmers participated in 6 heats. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
153 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.71Q
247 Daryna Zevina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:08.35Q
345 Elizabeth Beisel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.40Q
444 Belinda Hocking Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:08.50Q
565 Meagen Nay Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:08.50Q
646 Sinead Russell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:08.92Q
743 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:09.03Q
855 Shiho Sakai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.25Q
941 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:09.65Q
1054 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:10.02Q
1156 Alexianne Castel Flag of France.svg  France 2:10.38Q
1264 Zhao Jing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:10.40Q
1361 Duane da Rocha Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:10.41Q
1442 Melissa Ingram Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:10.59Q
1562 Stephanie Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:10.65Q
1657 Genevieve Cantin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11.09Q
1763 Anastasia Zuyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:11.23
1866 Zhu Jiani Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:11.84
1931 Fernanda González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:12.29 NR
2067 Jenny Mensing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:12.38
2137 Anja Čarman Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:12.73
2248 Kimberly Buys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:13.01
2334 Melanie Nocher Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:13.39
2468 Simona Baumrtova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:13.48
2523 Anna Volchkov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:13.99 NR
2651 Alicja Tchorz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:14.27
2735 Ekaterina Avramova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:14.85
2836 Ham Chan-Mi Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:14.88
2938 Lau Yin Yan Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:15.09
3025 Eyglo Gustafsdottir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:15.16
3124 Leone Vorster Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:16.45
3 258 Sophia Batachelor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:17.06
3333 Therese Svendsen Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:18.12
3426 Yulduz Kuchkarova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:18.62
3527 Ines Remarsaro Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:21.07
3622 Tatiana Perstineva Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2:21.25
3714 Karen Vilorio Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 2:24.43
3815 Estellah Fils Rabetsara Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 2:33.83
3913 Aure Fanchette Flag of the Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2:52.04
32 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS
52 Aya Terakawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:12. [2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Belinda Hocking Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:07.76Q
24 Daryna Zevina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:08.22Q
32 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:08.79Q
43 Sinead Russell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:08.80 NR
57 Zhao Jing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:08.86
66 Shiho Sakai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:08.93
71 Melissa Ingram Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:10.77
88 Genevieve Cantin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.12

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.90Q, AM
25 Elizabeth Beisel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.82Q
37 Alexianne Castel Flag of France.svg  France 2:08.41Q
42 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:08.42Q
53 Meagen Nay Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:08.53Q
66 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:09.33
78 Stephanie Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:10.57
81 Duane da Rocha Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:10.74

Final

The final was held at 18:33. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.10 AM
Silver medal icon.svg5 Belinda Hocking Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:06.06
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:07.78 NR
46 Daryna Zevina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:07.82 NR
53 Elizabeth Beisel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.16
61 Meagen Nay Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:08.69
78 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:08.76
82 Alexianne Castel Flag of France.svg  France 2:09.07

Related Research Articles

Missy Franklin American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist

Melissa Franklin Johnson is an American former competition swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She formerly held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke. As a member of the U.S. national swim team, she also held the world records in the 4×100-meter medley relay.

The swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.

United States at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships Sporting event delegation

The American team competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China from July 16 to July 31. The United States topped the gold medal count in the competition with 17 golds and finished the competition with 32 total medals, behind China's 36. 16 of the 17 gold medals came from the swimming competition and one came from the open water swimming competition. Individually, Michael Phelps won the most overall medals in the competition with seven. Ryan Lochte won the most gold medals among the male competitors with five and finished the competition with six medals total.

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships were held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 26 with the heats and the semifinals and July 27 with the final.

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 26 with the heats and the semifinals and July 27 with the final.

The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held in July 2011; the heats and the semifinals were held on 28 July and the final on 29 July.

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.

The women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 28. The heats and final were held on July 28.

The women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.

The women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.

The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.

The women's 4 x 100 metre medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the final.

References

  1. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-30.