Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 26 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place on 25 July, with the final[3] being held on 26 July.

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates25 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
26 July 2001 (final)
Competitors33
Winning time2 minutes 9.94 seconds
Medalists
gold medal Diana Mocanu   Romania
silver medal Stanislava Komarova   Russia
bronze medal Joanna Fargus   Great Britain
2001 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Open water swimming
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordKrisztina Egerszegi Hungary2:06.62Athens25 Ago 1991
Championship recordHe Cihong China2:07.40Rome11 Sep 1994

Results

Heats
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Diana Mocanu Romania2:11.04Q
2Joanna Fargus United Kingdom2:11.16Q
3Stanislava Komarova Russia2:11.54Q
4Clementine Stoney Australia2:12.31Q
5Jennifer Fratesi Canada2:12.67Q
6Antje Buschschulte Germany2:12.88Q
7Nicole Hetzer Germany2:13.19Q
8Reiko Nakamura Japan2:13.31Q
9Aya Terakawa Japan2:13.84Q
10Elizabeth Wycliffe Canada2:14.97Q
11Anu Koivisto Finland2:15.01Q
12Katy Sexton United Kingdom2:15.04Q
13Zhan Shu China2:15.08Q
14Jessica Aveyard United States2:15.22Q
15Valentina Brat Romania2:15.32Q
16Jamie Reid United States2:15.38Q
17Kelly Tucker Australia2:15.55
18Helen Nolfolk New Zealand2:15.56
19Alenka Kejžar Slovenia2:16.31
20Louise Ørnstedt Denmark2:17.48
21Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain2:17.63
22Ania Gustomelski Israel2:18.36
23Elena Efimenko Uzbekistan2:23.90
24Saida Iskandarova Uzbekistan2:25.31
25Wai Yen Sia Malaysia2:26.16
26Kuan Chia-Hsien Chinese Taipei2:26.89
27Yang Chin-Kuei Chinese Taipei2:29.57
28Khadisa Ciss Senegal2:30.57
29María Costanzo Paraguay2:33.35
30Shun Kwan Andrea Chum Macau2:36.02
31Denyse Tan Singapore2:43.89
32Yelena Rojkova Turkmenistan2:48.73
–Perla Martinez HondurasDSQ
–Ivana Gabrilo  SwitzerlandDNS

Semifinals
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Diana Mocanu Romania2:10.59Q
2Joanna Fargus United Kingdom2:11.61Q
3Jennifer Fratesi Canada2:11.65Q
4Nicole Hetzer Germany2:11.69Q
5Clementine Stoney Australia2:12.05Q
6Stanislava Komarova Russia2:12.11Q
7Aya Terakawa Japan2:12.47Q
8Antje Buschschulte Germany2:12.78Q
9Reiko Nakamura Japan2:13.42
10Katy Sexton United Kingdom2:14.37
11Jamie Reid United States2:14.57
12Jessica Aveyard United States2:14.67
13Zhan Shu China2:15.31
14Elizabeth Wycliffe Canada2:15.38
15Anu Koivisto Finland2:15.64
16Valentina Brat Romania2:17.02

Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Diana Mocanu Romania2:09.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Stanislava Komarova Russia2:10.43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Joanna Fargus United Kingdom2:11.05
4Jennifer Fratesi Canada2:11.16
5Antje Buschschulte Germany2:11.47
6Clementine Stoney Australia2:11.58
7Nicole Hetzer Germany2:11.68
8Aya Terakawa Japan2:14.12

References
  1. "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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