The Women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 8 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.
Three heats were held, with each initially drawn to be of six swimmers. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.
Heats
Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Meagen Nay 2:09.53 Q, CG 2 5 Stephanie Proud 2:11.02 Q 3 3 Sinead Russell 2:13.23 4 2 Chelsey Wilson 2:20.48 5 7 Ananya Panigrahi 2:34.27 – 6 Georgia Davies DNS
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Belinda Hocking 2:11.79 Q 2 3 Genevieve Cantin 2:12.87 Q 3 5 Gemma Spofforth 2:12.93 Q 4 6 Melanie Nocher 2:14.23 5 2 Kiera Aitken 2:25.74 6 7 Arti Ghorpade 2:33.95
Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Melissa Ingram 2:09.43 Q, CG 2 5 Emily Seebohm 2:10.01 Q 3 4 Elizabeth Simmonds 2:10.07 Q 4 6 Lauren Lavigna 2:13.71 5 7 Talisa Lanoe 2:35.78 – 2 Penelope Marshall DNS
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Meagen Nay 2:07.56 CG 6 Elizabeth Simmonds 2:07.90 3 Emily Seebohm 2:08.28 4 7 Belinda Hocking 2:09.01 5 8 Gemma Spofforth 2:09.08 6 2 Stephanie Proud 2:09.12 7 4 Melissa Ingram 2:09.53 8 1 Genevieve Cantin 2:12.04
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