200 m Backstroke, Women
| Competition | 2025 World Aquatics Championships |
|---|---|
| Venue |
Singapore
 SGP
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| Held | 1 – 2 August 2025 |
| Status | Medal |
| Competitors | 42 |
| Countries | 31 |
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Preliminary Round | Semi-Finals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Kaylee McKeown |  AUS |
2:08.01 (1 h5) |
2:08.36 (2 h2) |
2:03.33 (1 F) |
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| 🥈 | Regan Smith |  USA |
2:08.65 (2 h4) |
2:08.67 (3 h2) |
2:04.29 (2 F) |
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| 🥉 | Claire Curzan | USA |
2:08.58 (1 h3) |
2:08.13 (1 h2) |
2:06.04 (3 F) |
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| 4 | Peng Xuwei |  CHN |
2:08.59 (1 h4) |
2:07.76 (1 h1) |
2:07.22 (4 F) |
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| 5 | Anastasiya Shkurdai Team: NAA |
 NEU |
2:08.96 (3 h5) |
2:07.85 (2 h1) |
2:08.09 (5 F) |
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| 6 | Liu Yaxin | CHN |
2:09.67 (4 h5) |
2:09.04 (3 h1) |
2:09.71 (6 F) |
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| 7 | Dóra Molnár |  HUN |
2:08.53 (2 h5) |
2:09.09 (4 h1) |
2:09.74 (7 F) |
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| 8 | Lise Seidel |  GER |
2:10.00 (4 h4) |
2:08.75 (4 h2) |
2:10.01 (8 F) |
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| 9 | Camila Rebelo |  POR |
2:09.79 (3 h4) |
2:09.40 (5 h2) |
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| 10 | Holly McGill |  GBR |
2:10.07 (6 h5) |
2:09.51 (5 h1) |
— | ||
| 11 | Milana Stepanova Team: NAB |
NEU |
2:10.60 (6 h4) |
2:09.57 (6 h1) |
— | ||
| 12 | Estella Tonrath |  ESP |
2:09.29 (2 h3) |
2:09.84 (6 h2) |
— | ||
| 13 | Ingrid Wilm |  CAN |
2:10.11 (7 h5) |
2:10.28 (7 h1) |
— | ||
| 14 | Carmen Weiler | ESP |
2:10.08 (3 h3) |
2:10.40 (7 h2) |
— | ||
| 15 | Hannah Fredericks | AUS |
2:10.23 (5 h4) |
2:10.83 (8 h2) |
— | ||
| 16 | Darya Zarubenkova Team: NAB |
NEU |
2:10.35 (8 h5) |
2:10.92 (8 h1) |
— | ||
| 17 | Katie Shanahan | GBR |
2:09.96 (5 h5) |
— | — | ||
| 18 | Gabriela Georgieva |  BUL |
2:10.71 (7 h4) |
— | — | ||
| 19 | Madison Kryger | CAN |
2:11.40 (9 h5) |
— | — | ||
| 20 | Mio Narita |  JPN |
2:11.58 (8 h4) |
— | — | ||
| 21 | Aleksandra Knop |  POL |
2:11.63 (4 h3) |
— | — | ||
| 22 | Aviv Barzelay |  ISR |
2:11.85 (9 h4) |
— | — | ||
| 23 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | HUN |
2:12.08 (5 h3) |
— | — | ||
| 24 | Pauline Mahieu |  FRA |
2:12.33 (6 h3) |
— | — | ||
| 25 | Chiaki Yamamoto | JPN |
2:12.63 (7 h3) |
— | — | ||
| 26 | Miranda Grana |  MEX |
2:12.70 (10 h5) |
— | — | ||
| 27 | Laura Bernat | POL |
2:12.86 (8 h3) |
— | — | ||
| 28 | Kseniya Ignatova |  KAZ |
2:14.09 (1 h2) |
— | — | ||
| 29 | Justine Murdock |  LTU |
2:14.14 (9 h3) |
— | — | ||
| 30 | Alexia Sotomayor |  PER |
2:14.56 (2 h2) |
— | — | ||
| 31 | Cindy Cheung |  HKG |
2:14.73 (10 h3) |
— | — | ||
| 32 | Chang Ya-Jia |  TPE |
2:17.34 (3 h2) |
— | — | ||
| 33 | Mia Millar |  THA |
2:18.50 (4 h2) |
— | — | ||
| 34 | Anishta Teeluck |  MRI |
2:18.88 (5 h2) |
— | — | ||
| 35 | Zuri Ferguson |  TTO |
2:18.89 (6 h2) |
— | — | ||
| 36 | Elizabeth Jiménez |  DOM |
2:19.03 (7 h2) |
— | — | ||
| 37 | Natalia Zaițeva |  MDA |
2:19.38 (8 h2) |
— | — | ||
| 38 | Taline Mourad |  LBN |
2:22.74 (9 h2) |
— | — | ||
| 39 | Carolina Cermelli |  PAN |
2:23.30 (1 h1) |
— | — | ||
| 40 | Minagi Rupesinghe |  SRI |
2:23.70 (2 h1) |
— | — | ||
| 41 | Marseleima Moss |  FIJ |
2:30.72 (3 h1) |
— | — | ||
| 42 | Piper Raho |  NMI |
2:38.43 (4 h1) |
— | — | ||
| DNS | Kristen RomanoDNS |  PUR |
— (DNS h2) |
— | — | ||
| DNS | Anastasia GorbenkoDNS | ISR |
— (DNS h4) |
— | — |
Preliminary Round
Heat 1
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Cermelli | PAN |
2:23.30 | |
| 2 | Minagi Rupesinghe | SRI |
2:23.70 | |
| 3 | Marseleima Moss | FIJ |
2:30.72 | |
| 4 | Piper Raho | NMI |
2:38.43 |
Heat 2
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kseniya Ignatova | KAZ |
2:14.09 | |
| 2 | Alexia Sotomayor | PER |
2:14.56 | |
| 3 | Chang Ya-Jia | TPE |
2:17.34 | |
| 4 | Mia Millar | THA |
2:18.50 | |
| 5 | Anishta Teeluck | MRI |
2:18.88 | |
| 6 | Zuri Ferguson | TTO |
2:18.89 | |
| 7 | Elizabeth Jiménez | DOM |
2:19.03 | |
| 8 | Natalia Zaițeva | MDA |
2:19.38 | |
| 9 | Taline Mourad | LBN |
2:22.74 | |
| DNS | Kristen RomanoDNS | PUR |
— |
Heat 3
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claire Curzan | USA |
2:08.58 | |
| 2 | Estella Tonrath | ESP |
2:09.29 | |
| 3 | Carmen Weiler | ESP |
2:10.08 | |
| 4 | Aleksandra Knop | POL |
2:11.63 | |
| 5 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | HUN |
2:12.08 | |
| 6 | Pauline Mahieu | FRA |
2:12.33 | |
| 7 | Chiaki Yamamoto | JPN |
2:12.63 | |
| 8 | Laura Bernat | POL |
2:12.86 | |
| 9 | Justine Murdock | LTU |
2:14.14 | |
| 10 | Cindy Cheung | HKG |
2:14.73 |
Heat 4
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peng Xuwei | CHN |
2:08.59 | |
| 2 | Regan Smith | USA |
2:08.65 | |
| 3 | Camila Rebelo | POR |
2:09.79 | |
| 4 | Lise Seidel | GER |
2:10.00 | |
| 5 | Hannah Fredericks | AUS |
2:10.23 | |
| 6 | Milana Stepanova Team: NAB |
NEU |
2:10.60 | |
| 7 | Gabriela Georgieva | BUL |
2:10.71 | |
| 8 | Mio Narita | JPN |
2:11.58 | |
| 9 | Aviv Barzelay | ISR |
2:11.85 | |
| DNS | Anastasia GorbenkoDNS | ISR |
— |
Heat 5
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaylee McKeown | AUS |
2:08.01 | |
| 2 | Dóra Molnár | HUN |
2:08.53 | |
| 3 | Anastasiya Shkurdai Team: NAA |
NEU |
2:08.96 | |
| 4 | Liu Yaxin | CHN |
2:09.67 | |
| 5 | Katie Shanahan | GBR |
2:09.96 | |
| 6 | Holly McGill | GBR |
2:10.07 | |
| 7 | Ingrid Wilm | CAN |
2:10.11 | |
| 8 | Darya Zarubenkova Team: NAB |
NEU |
2:10.35 | |
| 9 | Madison Kryger | CAN |
2:11.40 | |
| 10 | Miranda Grana | MEX |
2:12.70 |
Semi-Finals
Heat 1
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peng Xuwei | CHN |
2:07.76 | |
| 2 | Anastasiya Shkurdai Team: NAA |
NEU |
2:07.85 | |
| 3 | Liu Yaxin | CHN |
2:09.04 | |
| 4 | Dóra Molnár | HUN |
2:09.09 | |
| 5 | Holly McGill | GBR |
2:09.51 | |
| 6 | Milana Stepanova Team: NAB |
NEU |
2:09.57 | |
| 7 | Ingrid Wilm | CAN |
2:10.28 | |
| 8 | Darya Zarubenkova Team: NAB |
NEU |
2:10.92 |
Heat 2
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claire Curzan | USA |
2:08.13 | |
| 2 | Kaylee McKeown | AUS |
2:08.36 | |
| 3 | Regan Smith | USA |
2:08.67 | |
| 4 | Lise Seidel | GER |
2:08.75 | |
| 5 | Camila Rebelo | POR |
2:09.40 | |
| 6 | Estella Tonrath | ESP |
2:09.84 | |
| 7 | Carmen Weiler | ESP |
2:10.40 | |
| 8 | Hannah Fredericks | AUS |
2:10.83 |
Final
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaylee McKeown | AUS |
2:03.33 | |
| 2 | Regan Smith | USA |
2:04.29 | |
| 3 | Claire Curzan | USA |
2:06.04 | |
| 4 | Peng Xuwei | CHN |
2:07.22 | |
| 5 | Anastasiya Shkurdai Team: NAA |
NEU |
2:08.09 | |
| 6 | Liu Yaxin | CHN |
2:09.71 | |
| 7 | Dóra Molnár | HUN |
2:09.74 | |
| 8 | Lise Seidel | GER |
2:10.01 |