Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and 8 August with the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.Results
Heats
The heats were held on 7 August at 10:30| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:07.17 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Missy Franklin | 2:07.84 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Dominique Bouchard | 2:08.66 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Daria Ustinova | 2:09.16 | Q, WJ | |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 2:09.16 | Q, NR | ||
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Jenny Mensing | 2:09.43 | Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | 2:09.44 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:09.54 | Q | |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lisa Graf | 2:09.68 | Q | |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Alicja Tchórz | 2:10.04 | Q | |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Kirsty Coventry | 2:10.38 | Q | |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Margherita Panziera | 2:10.39 | Q | |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:10.48 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Irina Prikhodko | 2:10.81 | Q | |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | Hilary Caldwell | 2:10.92 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Duane Da Rocha | 2:11.53 | Q | |
| 17 | 5 | 5 | Hayley Baker | 2:11.63 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Liu Yaxin | 2:11.75 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Simona Baumrtová | 2:11.78 | ||
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Daryna Zevina | 2:12.14 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 0 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:12.26 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Chen Jie | 2:12.30 | ||
| 23 | 5 | 9 | Gisela Morales | 2:12.92 | ||
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Katalin Burián | 2:12.96 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Bobbie Gichard | 2:13.45 | ||
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Matea Samardžić | 2:14.05 | ||
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Claudia Lau | 2:14.51 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Andrea Berrino | 2:14.96 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Martina van Berkel | 2:14.99 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Jördis Steinegger | 2:15.37 | ||
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Carolina Colorado Henao | 2:15.55 | ||
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Halime Zülal Zeren | 2:15.87 | ||
| 33 | 2 | 6 | Karin Tomečková | 2:16.63 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 0 | Zanrè Oberholzer | 2:18.13 | ||
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Karen Vilorio | 2:18.70 | ||
| 36 | 3 | 0 | Lourdes Villaseñor | 2:19.07 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Tatiana Perstniova | 2:19.37 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 9 | Roxanne Yu | 2:19.45 | ||
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Yessy Yosaputra | 2:20.47 | ||
| 40 | 1 | 4 | Inés Remersaro | 2:20.55 | ||
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Kimiko Raheem | FINA Independent Athletes | 2:21.18 | |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Talisa Lanoe | 2:24.45 | ||
| 43 | 1 | 2 | Lauren Hew | 2:29.52 | ||
| 44 | 1 | 7 | Kaya Forson | 2:43.94 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Melani Costa | DNS | |||
| 5 | 0 | Andrea García | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 17:49.Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Missy Franklin | 2:07.79 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Daria Ustinova | 2:08.74 | Q, WJ | |
| 3 | 3 | Jenny Mensing | 2:09.16 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | Margherita Panziera | 2:09.54 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Irina Prikhodko | 2:10.36 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:10.68 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Duane Da Rocha | 2:12.90 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Alicja Tchórz | 2:14.49 |
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held on 8 August at 17:47.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Emily Seebohm | 2:05.81 | OC | ||
| 3 | Missy Franklin | 2:06.34 | |||
| 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:06.84 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Daria Ustinova | 2:07.64 | WJ | |
| 5 | 8 | Jenny Mensing | 2:08.49 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Dominique Bouchard | 2:08.51 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Hilary Caldwell | 2:08.66 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 2:09.53 |