Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly explained

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 June 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 21 June at 10:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	3			2:07.26	Q
2	1	4			2:07.31	Q
3	3	5			2:08.63	Q
4	2	3			2:08.98	Q
5	2	4			2:09.02	Q
6	3	4			2:09.21	Q
7	2	5			2:09.24	Q
7	3	2			2:09.24	Q
9	1	2			2:09.32	Q, NR
10	1	5			2:10.07	Q
11	1	6			2:10.10	Q
12	3	7			2:10.20	Q
13	3	3			2:11.20	Q
14	3	6			2:11.22	Q
15	3	1			2:11.40	Q
16	2	6			2:11.65	Q
17	2	2			2:11.79
18	2	7			2:12.39
19	2	1			2:13.12
20	3	8			2:14.20
21	2	8			2:15.89
22	1	8			2:17.40
23	1	1			2:18.65
24	3	0			2:19.01
25	2	0			2:35.48
	1	7			Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 21 June at 19:18.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			2:05.79	Q, WJR, NR
2	1	4			2:05.90	Q
3	2	3			2:07.13	Q
4	1	7			2:07.58	Q, NR
5	1	3			2:07.76	Q
6	1	5			2:07.77	Q
7	1	6			2:07.82	Q
8	2	6			2:07.89	Q
9	2	5			2:08.32
10	1	2			2:08.47
11	2	2			2:09.78
12	2	7			2:09.88
13	1	1			2:10.64
14	2	1			2:11.19
15	2	8			2:11.31
16	1	8			2:12.54

Final

The final was held on 22 June at 18:02.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:05.20	WJR, NR
	5			2:06.08
	2			2:06.32
4	3			2:06.79
5	7			2:07.01
6	6			2:07.85
7	8			2:08.12
7	1			2:08.12

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. fina.org. 15 June 2022.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
3. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 21 June 2022.
4. Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 21 June 2022.
5. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 22 June 2022.