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

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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    United States
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Netherlands
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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.

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.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
Championship record
Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:04.81 Rome August 1, 2009

Results[]

Heats[]

39 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 3 Missy Franklin  United States 2:07.71 Q
2 4 7 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 2:08.35 Q
3 4 5 Elizabeth Beisel  United States 2:08.40 Q
4 4 4 Belinda Hocking  Australia 2:08.50 Q
5 6 5 Meagen Nay  Australia 2:08.50 Q
6 4 6 Sinead Russell  Canada 2:08.92 Q
7 4 3 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:09.03 Q
8 5 5 Shiho Sakai  Japan 2:09.25 Q
9 4 1 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands 2:09.65 Q
10 5 4 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 2:10.02 Q
11 5 6 Alexianne Castel  France 2:10.38 Q
12 6 4 Zhao Jing  China 2:10.40 Q
13 6 1 Duane da Rocha  Spain 2:10.41 Q
14 4 2 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:10.59 Q
15 6 2 Stephanie Proud  Great Britain 2:10.65 Q
16 5 7  Canada 2:11.09 Q
17 6 3 Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 2:11.23
18 6 6  China 2:11.84
19 3 1 Fernanda González  Mexico 2:12.29 NR
20 6 7 Jenny Mensing  Germany 2:12.38
21 3 7 Anja Čarman  Slovenia 2:12.73
22 4 8 Kimberly Buys  Belgium 2:13.01
23 3 4 Melanie Nocher  Ireland 2:13.39
24 6 8 Simona Baumrtova  Czech Republic 2:13.48
25 2 3  Israel 2:13.99 NR
26 5 1 Alicja Tchorz  Poland 2:14.27
27 3 5 Ekaterina Avramova  Bulgaria 2:14.85
28 3 6 Ham Chan-Mi  South Korea 2:14.88
29 3 8  Hong Kong 2:15.09
30 2 5  Iceland 2:15.16
31 2 4  South Africa 2:16.45
3 2 5 8  New Zealand 2:17.06
33 3 3 Therese Svendsen  Sweden 2:18.12
34 2 6 Yulduz Kuchkarova  Uzbekistan 2:18.62
35 2 7 Ines Remarsaro  Uruguay 2:21.07
36 2 2  Moldova 2:21.25
37 1 4 Karen Vilorio  Honduras 2:24.43
38 1 5 Estellah Fils Rabetsara  Madagascar 2:33.83
39 1 3  Seychelles 2:52.04
3 2 Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary DNS
5 2 Aya Terakawa  Japan DNS

Semifinals[]

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

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Belinda Hocking  Australia 2:07.76 Q
2 4 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 2:08.22 Q
3 2 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 2:08.79 Q
4 3 Sinead Russell  Canada 2:08.80 NR
5 7 Zhao Jing  China 2:08.86
6 6 Shiho Sakai  Japan 2:08.93
7 1 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:10.77
8 8  Canada 2:12.12

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Missy Franklin  United States 2:05.90 Q, AM
2 5 Elizabeth Beisel  United States 2:07.82 Q
3 7 Alexianne Castel  France 2:08.41 Q
4 2 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands 2:08.42 Q
5 3 Meagen Nay  Australia 2:08.53 Q
6 6 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:09.33
7 8 Stephanie Proud  Great Britain 2:10.57
8 1 Duane da Rocha  Spain 2:10.74

Final[]

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Missy Franklin  United States 2:05.10 AM
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Belinda Hocking  Australia 2:06.06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands 2:07.78 NR
4 6 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 2:07.82 NR
5 3 Elizabeth Beisel  United States 2:08.16
6 1 Meagen Nay  Australia 2:08.69
7 8 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 2:08.76
8 2 Alexianne Castel  France 2:09.07

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.

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