2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke

(Main article: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)) The Women's 200 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 36 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 advancing to a final that evening. At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were: * WR: 23x Shiho Sakai, (Berlin, Germany, 14 November 2009) * CR: 23x Kirsty Coventry, (Manchester 2008)

2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke

(Main article: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)) The Women's 200 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 36 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 advancing to a final that evening. At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were: * WR: 23x Shiho Sakai, (Berlin, Germany, 14 November 2009) * CR: 23x Kirsty Coventry, (Manchester 2008)