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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
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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.
Quick Facts Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Dates ...
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 29, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 30, 2011 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 34 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:05.10 | |||||||||
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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).
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows.
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Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record Championship record | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:04.81 | Rome | August 1, 2009 |
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Heats
39 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[1]
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Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:12.[2]
Semifinal 1
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 | Genevieve Cantin | Canada | 2:12.12 |
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Semifinal 2
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |
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Final
The final was held at 18:33.[3]
More information Rank, Lane ...
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:05.10 | AM | |
5 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 2:06.06 | OC | |
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 |
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- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- "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.
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre backstroke start list[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.
- FINA World Championships, Swimming: Missy Franklin Unstoppable in 200 Back Win; Crushes Textile Best, American Record, Swimming World Magazine (2011-07-30); retrieved 2011-08-10.