| Event: | Women's 200 metre butterfly |
| Championship: | 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 5 August (heats and semifinals) 6 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 39 |
| Nations: | 32 |
| Win Value: | 2:05.56 |
| Gold: | Natsumi Hoshi |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Cammile Adams |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Zhang Yufei |
| Bronzenoc: | CHN |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August with the heats and the semifinals and 6 August with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were held at 10:14.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2:06.92 | Q, WJR | |||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 2:07.32 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 2:07.46 | Q | |||
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 2:07.96 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 2:07.97 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 2:08.07 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 2:08.31 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 2:08.54 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 2:08.65 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 2:08.76 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 2:08.79 | Q | |||
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 2:09.16 | Q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 7 | 2:09.44 | Q | |||
| 14 | 3 | 6 | 2:09.62 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 8 | 2:09.70 | Q | |||
| 16 | 2 | 7 | 2:09.77 | Q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 2 | 2:09.88 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 5 | 2:09.93 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | 2:10.07 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | 2:11.07 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 1 | 2:11.14 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 2 | 2:11.30 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 5 | 2:12.82 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 8 | 2:12.87 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 0 | 2:12.89 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 9 | 2:13.69 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 0 | 2:13.76 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 9 | 2:14.89 | ||||
| 29 | 1 | 4 | 2:14.93 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 9 | 2:15.16 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | 2 | 2:15.76 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 3 | 2:16.40 | ||||
| 33 | 1 | 1 | 2:19.12 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | 6 | 2:19.54 | ||||
| 35 | 4 | 0 | 2:19.60 | ||||
| 36 | 1 | 7 | 2:19.65 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 8 | 2:20.04 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 8 | 2:20.28 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 0 | 2:26.27 |
The semifinals were held at 18:25.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:07.52 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2:07.57 | Q | |||
| 2 | 7 | 2:07.57 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2:07.69 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 2:08.67 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 2:08.91 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:09.21 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:09.69 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2:06.36 | Q | |||
| 2 | 6 | 2:06.64 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 2:07.05 | Q | |||
| 4 | 4 | 2:07.08 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 2:08.00 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 2:08.52 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 2:08.86 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:09.21 |
The final was held at 18.20.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2:05.56 | |||||
| 7 | 2:06.40 | |||||
| 6 | 2:06.51 | WJR | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 2:06.78 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 2:06.78 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2:06.95 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 2:07.76 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:10.20 |