2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke
# 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2018.

## Records

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

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:59.23 | Doha | 5 December 2014 |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started on 13 December at 10:44.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | 7 | Lisa Bratton | United States | 2:01.00 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:02.68 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 2:03.44 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:03.85 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 2:03.87 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Emi Moronuki | Japan | 2:03.93 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:03.96 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:03.96 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Minna Atherton | Australia | 2:03.98 | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Peng Xuwei | China | 2:04.14 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Liu Yaxin | China | 2:05.25 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:06.03 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:06.44 | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 2:08.02 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Emma Godwin | New Zealand | 2:08.31 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 2:09.18 | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:09.40 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Aela Janvier | Canada | 2:09.97 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 2:10.42 | |
| 20 | 4 | 0 | Krystal Lara | Dominican Republic | 2:10.92 | NR |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Wong Toto Kwan To | Hong Kong | 2:11.72 | |
| 22 | 3 | 0 | Karolína Hájková | Slovakia | 2:12.35 | |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Signhild Joensen | Faroe Islands | 2:12.40 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Tatiana Salcuțan | Moldova | 2:13.87 | |
| 25 | 3 | 9 | Hiba Fahsi | Morocco | 2:15.95 | NR |
| 26 | 2 | 0 | Trinidad Ardiles | Chile | 2:17.44 | NR |
| 27 | 1 | 6 | Camille Koenig | Mauritius | 2:17.76 | NR |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Elizaveta Rogozhnikova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:18.82 | NR |
| 29 | 2 | 9 | Andrea Becali | Cuba | 2:19.79 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Danielle Treasure | Barbados | 2:23.99 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Eleonora Singsombath | Laos | 2:37.27 | |
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Roylin Akiwo | Palau | 2:43.44 | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Hamna Ahmed | Maldives | 3:07.55 | |
| | 3 | 2 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | DNS | |
| | 4 | 6 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held on 13 December at 19:24.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Lisa Bratton | United States | 2:00.71 |
| | 3 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 2:00.79 |
| | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:01.37 |
| 4 | 1 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:01.99 |
| 5 | 6 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:02.50 |
| 6 | 8 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:02.96 |
| 7 | 2 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 2:03.92 |
| 8 | 7 | Emi Moronuki | Japan | 2:05.80 |
