Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women’s 200 metre backstroke
at the 2005 FINA World Championships
Dates 29 July 2005 (heats and semifinals)
30 July 2005 (final)
Competitors 47
Winning time 2 minutes 8.52 seconds
Medalists
  Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe
  Margaret Hoelzer   United States
  Reiko Nakamura   Japan
«2003 2007»
2005 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo women
Duet women
Team women
Combination women
Water polo
Team men women
Main article: Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 29 July – 30 July. The heats and semifinals were held on 29 July. The final was held on 30 July.

Contents

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary 2:06.62 Athens 25 August 1991
Championship record Cihong He China 2:07.40 Rome 11 September 1994

No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:09.88
2 1 3 Reiko Nakamura  Japan 2:11.17
3 2 5 Margaret Hoelzer  United States 2:11.32
4 1 5 Stanislava Komarova  Russia 2:11.58
5 2 3 Louise Ørnstedt  Denmark 2:11.59
6 2 3 Hanae Ito  Japan 2:12.05
7 2 7 Alessia Filippi  Italy 2:12.16
8 1 1 Zhao Jing  China 2:12.55
9 2 2 Hannah McLean  New Zealand 2:12.57
10 1 2 Iryna Amshennikova  Ukraine 2:12.64
11 2 1 Annika Liebs  Germany 2:13.35
12 1 6 Katy Sexton  United Kingdom 2:13.41
13 1 7 Jeri Moss  United States 2:13.64
14 2 6 Tayliah Zimmer  Australia 2:14.68
15 2 8 Yanyan Chen  China 2:14.92
16 1 8 Duane Rocha  Spain 2:16.50

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:08.52
Margaret Hoelzer  United States 2:09.94
Reiko Nakamura  Japan 2:10.41
4 Hanae Ito  Japan 2:10.98
5 Alessia Filippi  Italy 2:11.44
6 Stanislava Komarova  Russia 2:12.03
7 Louise Ørnstedt  Denmark 2:12.93
8 Zhao Jing  China 2:13.10

References