2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 200 metre backstroke ; at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Dates	5 December
Competitors	48 from 37 nations
Winning time	1:59.23
Medalists
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The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 5 December.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Melissa Franklin	United States	2:00.03	Berlin	22 October 2011
Championship record	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:00.91	Manchester	11 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
5 December	Final	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	1:59.23	WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:01.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:02.69	Q
2	6	4	Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	2:03.18	Q
3	4	4	Madison Wilson	Australia	2:03.39	Q
4	5	5	Sayaka Akase	Japan	2:03.40	Q
5	5	2	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	2:03.44	Q
6	6	5	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2:03.49	Q
7	5	6	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	2:03.66	Q
8	4	5	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	2:03.95	Q
9	6	2	Daria Ustinova	Russia	2:04.38
10	6	6	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	Iceland	2:04.97
11	5	3	Kathleen Baker	United States	2:04.99
12	4	9	Yao Yige	China	2:05.00
13	4	8	Andrea Berrino	Argentina	2:05.06	SA
14	4	3	Jenny Mensing	Germany	2:05.47
15	6	7	Genevieve Cantin	Canada	2:05.61
16	6	3	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	2:05.76
17	6	1	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	2:05.82
18	4	6	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	2:05.94
19	6	8	Rena Nishiwaki	Japan	2:06.89
20	6	0	Jördis Steinegger	Austria	2:07.54
21	5	7	Anastasiia Osipenko	Russia	2:07.58
22	5	8	Sarah Bro	Denmark	2:07.98
23	4	7	Carolina Colorado Henao	Colombia	2:08.44
24	4	0	Alicja Tchórz	Poland	2:08.63
25	3	5	Chen Jie	China	2:08.89
26	6	9	Martina van Berkel	Switzerland	2:09.26
37	3	6	Stephanie Au	Hong Kong	2:09.36
38	3	1	Ekaterina Avramova	Turkey	2:09.39
29	5	0	Ida Lindborg	Sweden	2:10.36
30	2	7	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	2:10.52
31	3	7	Zanre Oberholzer	Namibia	2:10.95
32	3	2	Ranohon Amanova	Uzbekistan	2:11.32
33	5	9	Tereza Grusová	Czech Republic	2:13.27
34	3	4	Karolina Hájková	Slovakia	2:13.51
35	5	1	Ambra Esposito	Italy	2:14.07
36	3	0	Inés Remersaro	Uruguay	2:14.22
37	3	3	Florencia Perotti	Argentina	2:14.34
38	2	5	Roxanne Yu	Philippines	2:14.72
39	3	8	Tatiana Perstniova	Moldova	2:16.48
40	3	9	Alexus Laird	Seychelles	2:18.20
41	2	4	Talisa Tanoe	Kenya	2:19.55
42	2	3	Ariana Herranz	Philippines	2:23.94
43	2	2	Deandre Small	Barbados	2:24.22
44	2	6	Lauren Hew	Cayman Islands	2:24.38
45	2	1	Yuliya Stisyuk	Azerbaijan	2:27.49
46	2	8	Diana Basho	Albania	2:38.82
47	1	5	Roylin Akiwo	Palau	2:52.55
—	1	4	Shanice Paraka	Papua New Guinea		DNS
—	4	1	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary		DNS
—	4	2	Dorte Baumert	Germany		DNS
—	1	3	Tanja Kylliainen	Finland		DSQ

Final

The final were held at 18:32.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	1:59.23	WR
	7	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2:00.13	OC
	6	Sayaka Akase	Japan	2:02.30
4	5	Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	2:02.44
5	3	Madison Wilson	Australia	2:02.67
6	2	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	2:03.06
7	1	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	2:04.22
8	8	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	2:04.24

References

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