Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | |||||||||
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Venue | Etihad Arena | ||||||||
Location | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ||||||||
Dates | 21 December (heats and final) | ||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 30 nations | ||||||||
Winning time | 2:17.85 | ||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||
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2021 FINA World Swimming Championships | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×50 m | men | women |
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×50 m | men | women |
4×100 m | men | women |
Mixed relay | ||
4×50 m | freestyle | medley |
The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 21 December 2021. [1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2:14.57 | Manchester, Great Britain | 18 December 2009 |
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Competition record | Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) | 2:16.08 | Istanbul, Turkey | 16 December 2012 |
The heats were started at 09:52. [2]
The final was held at 18:41. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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2 | Emily Escobedo | United States | 2:17.85 | ||
4 | Evgeniia Chikunova | Russian Swimming Federation | 2:17.88 | ||
3 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:17.96 | ||
4 | 5 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 2:18.13 | NR |
5 | 6 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:19.77 | |
6 | 7 | Tessa Cieplucha | Canada | 2:19.99 | |
7 | 1 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:20.19 | NR |
8 | 8 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:20.70 |
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