Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre butterfly
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	26 July (heats and semifinals) 27 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	31
Nations:	25
Win Value:	2:04.06
Gold:	Summer McIntosh
Gold Nation:	CAN
Silver:	Elizabeth Dekkers
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Regan Smith
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2023.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 26 July at 11:40.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	3	2:07.57	Q
2	3	4	2:07.71	Q
3	4	4	2:07.91	Q
4	3	5	2:08.07	Q
5	4	3	2:08.16	Q
6	2	5	2:08.54	Q
7	4	6	2:08.93	Q
8	3	6	2:09.03	Q
9	3	3	2:09.27	Q
10	3	2	2:09.29	Q
11	4	7	2:09.50	Q
12	2	6	2:10.04	Q
13	4	2	2:10.18	Q
14	2	2	2:10.73	Q
15	2	4	2:10.80	Q
16	3	1	2:10.98	Q, NR
17	2	7	2:11.03
18	4	1	2:11.20
19	3	7	2:11.50
20	3	8	2:12.46
21	2	8	2:12.57
22	2	1	2:12.62
23	4	0	2:12.86
24	3	0	2:13.30
25	4	8	2:13.65
26	4	9	2:14.78
27	2	0	2:16.95
28	1	4	2:26.95
29	1	5	2:38.22
30	1	3	3:05.69
	4	5

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 26 July 21:16.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	3	2:06.60	Q
2	2	8	2:06.83	Q
3	2	5	2:06.85	Q
4	1	4	2:07.11	Q
5	2	4	2:07.15	Q, NR
6	1	5	2:07.47	Q
7	1	3	2:07.51	Q
8	2	2	2:07.72	Q
9	1	6	2:08.40
10	2	6	2:08.66
11	1	2	2:08.78
12	2	7	2:09.33
13	2	1	2:09.56
14	1	7	2:10.35
15	1	1	2:11.23
16	1	8	2:11.65

Final

The final was held on 27 July at 20:02.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	3	2:04.06	AM, WJ
	6	2:05.46
	5	2:06.58
4	4	2:07.05
5	1	2:07.15
5	2	2:07.15	NR
7	7	2:07.27
8	8	2:07.90

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152500/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 26 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240112102245/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 12 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 26 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231212053421/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 12 December 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231114080801/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 14 November 2023 . omegatiming.com.