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

Women's 200m Backstroke
at the 2005 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates 29 July (heats and semifinals)
30 July (final)
Competitors 47
Winning time 2 minutes 8.52 seconds
Medalists
gold medal     Zimbabwe
silver medal     United States
bronze medal     Japan
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The Women's 200 Backstroke at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum 29 – 30 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada. It was the longest of the 3 backstroke events for women at the 2005 Worlds. Preliminary and Semifinals heats were swum 29 July, with the Final heat on 30 July. The top 16 finishers from Prelims advanced to swim again in Semifinals; the top 8 swimmers in Semifinals advanced to swim a third time in the Final.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championships (CR) records were:


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