Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 February 2024.[1][2]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
VenueAspire Dome
LocationDoha, Qatar
Dates16 February (heats and semifinals)
17 February (final)
Competitors32 from 29 nations
Winning time2:05.77
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal 
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[3]

World record   Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2:03.14 Sydney, Australia 10 March 2023
Competition record   Regan Smith (USA) 2:03.35 Gwangju, South Korea 26 July 2019

Results edit

Heats edit

The Heats were held on 16 February at 09:52.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Claire Curzan   United States 2:10.50 Q
2 2 4 Jaclyn Barclay   Australia 2:10.82 Q
3 2 2 Gabriela Georgieva   Bulgaria 2:10.86 Q
4 4 5 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy   Hungary 2:10.95 Q
5 4 3 Anastasiya Shkurdai 2:11.34 Q
6 3 6 Dóra Molnár   Hungary 2:11.35 Q
7 3 5 Laura Bernat   Poland 2:11.51 Q
8 2 5 Adela Piskorska   Poland 2:11.65 Q
9 3 2 Anastasia Gorbenko   Kazakhstan 2:11.78 Q
10 4 7 Sun Mingxia   China 2:11.79 Q
11 3 4 Freya Colbert   Great Britain 2:12.08 Q
12 4 6 África Zamorano   Spain 2:12.55 Q
13 2 3 Lilla Bognar   United States 2:12.56 Q
14 2 6 Ingrid Wilm   Canada 2:12.67 Q
15 4 2 Cindy Cheung   Hong Kong 2:13.11 Q
16 3 7 Hannah Pearse   South Africa 2:13.26 Q
17 2 7 Maria Godden   Ireland 2:13.30
18 3 3 Camila Rebelo   Portugal 2:13.33
19 3 1 Xeniya Ignatova   Kazakhstan 2:14.22
20 4 1 Kristen Romano   Puerto Rico 2:14.46
21 4 8 Chua Xiandi   Philippines 2:15.01
22 2 1 Kim Seung-won   South Korea 2:17.16
23 2 8 Janja Šegel   Slovenia 2:17.31
24 2 0 Celina Márquez   El Salvador 2:18.69
25 3 8 Alexia Sotomayor   Peru 2:20.05
26 4 0 Natalia Zaiteva   Moldova 2:20.07
27 3 0 Carolina Cermelli   Panama 2:20.33
28 4 9 Andrea Becali   Cuba 2:21.54
29 1 4 Ariana Dirkzwager   Laos 2:24.69
30 1 5 Jessica Humphrey   Namibia 2:26.07
31 3 9 Ganga Senavirathne   Sri Lanka 2:29.23
32 1 3 Aynura Primova   Turkmenistan 2:33.02

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held on 16 February at 19:20.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Claire Curzan   United States 2:07.01 Q
2 1 4 Jaclyn Barclay   Australia 2:08.85 Q
3 1 5 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy   Hungary 2:09.42 Q
4 2 3 Anastasiya Shkurdai 2:09.76 Q
5 2 5 Gabriela Georgieva   Bulgaria 2:09.95 Q, NR
6 2 6 Laura Bernat   Poland 2:10.00 Q
7 1 3 Dóra Molnár   Hungary 2:10.31 Q
8 2 7 Freya Colbert   Great Britain 2:10.67 Q
9 2 2 Anastasia Gorbenko   Kazakhstan 2:10.94
10 2 1 Lilla Bognar   United States 2:11.26
11 1 7 África Zamorano   Spain 2:11.44
12 1 6 Adela Piskorska   Poland 2:11.57
13 1 1 Ingrid Wilm   Canada 2:11.88
14 1 2 Sun Mingxia   China 2:12.07
15 1 8 Hannah Pearse   South Africa 2:13.29
16 2 8 Cindy Cheung   Hong Kong 2:13.85

Final edit

The final was held on 17 February at 19:16.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Claire Curzan   United States 2:05.77
  5 Jaclyn Barclay   Australia 2:07.03
  6 Anastasiya Shkurdai 2:09.08
4 3 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy   Hungary 2:09.76
5 7 Laura Bernat   Poland 2:09.92
6 2 Gabriela Georgieva   Bulgaria 2:10.11
7 1 Dóra Molnár   Hungary 2:11.01
8 8 Freya Colbert   Great Britain 2:11.22

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.