Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Date	July 31, 2013 (heats & semifinals) August 1, 2013 (final)
Competitors	26 from 21 nations
Winning time	2:04.59
Medalists
Liu Zige    China   Mireia Belmonte    Spain   Katinka Hosszú    Hungary
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Barcelona Palau San Jordi

The women's 200 metre butterfly event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record	Liu Zige  (CHN)	2:01.81	Jinan, China	21 October 2009	[3] [4]
Competition record	Jessicah Schipper  (AUS)	2:03.41	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009	[5]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:38. ^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2:07.21	Q
2	2	3	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:07.51	Q
3	1	4	Natsumi Hoshi	Japan	2:07.59	Q
4	3	3	Liu Zige	China	2:07.63	Q
5	3	4	Jiao Liuyang	China	2:07.79	Q
6	3	5	Cammile Adams	United States	2:07.83	Q
7	1	5	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	Hungary	2:07.87	Q
8	1	6	Stefania Pirozzi	Italy	2:08.50	Q
9	3	2	Franziska Hentke	Germany	2:08.51	Q
10	1	3	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:09.13	Q
11	3	6	Judit Ignacio Sorribes	Spain	2:09.48	Q
12	2	5	Jemma Lowe	Great Britain	2:10.21	Q
13	2	2	Madeline Dirado	United States	2:10.25	Q
14	2	6	Katerine Savard	Canada	2:10.72	Q
15	1	7	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	2:10.74	Q
16	3	7	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2:11.14	Q
17	1	1	Samantha Lee	New Zealand	2:11.95
18	2	1	Rita Medrano	Mexico	2:12.41
19	1	2	An Se-Hyeon	South Korea	2:13.26
20	3	1	Yana Martynova	Russia	2:13.99
21	3	8	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	2:14.10
22	2	8	Monalisa Lorenza	Indonesia	2:18.24
23	1	8	Julimar Avila	Honduras	2:19.56
24	3	0	Maria Far Nunez	Panama	2:22.37
25	1	0	Pooja Alva	India	2:31.76
26	2	0	Amboratiana Domoinannava	Madagascar	2:40.51
	2	7	Ingvild Snildal	Norway		DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:55. ^[7]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Cammile Adams	United States	2:06.75	Q
2	4	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:06.85	Q
3	5	Liu Zige	China	2:07.18	Q
4	2	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:07.91
5	6	Stefania Pirozzi	Italy	2:08.09
6	7	Jemma Lowe	Great Britain	2:08.53
7	1	Katerine Savard	Canada	2:10.42
8	8	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2:14.07

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2:06.53	Q
2	5	Natsumi Hoshi	Japan	2:07.18	Q
3	6	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	Hungary	2:07.31	Q
4	3	Jiao Liuyang	China	2:07.70	Q
5	7	Judit Ignacio Sorribes	Spain	2:07.86	Q
6	2	Franziska Hentke	Germany	2:07.87
7	1	Madeline Dirado	United States	2:08.28
8	8	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	2:10.11	NR

Final

The final was held at 18:46. ^[8]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Liu Zige	China	2:04.59
	4	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2:04.78	NR
	3	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:05.59
4	2	Natsumi Hoshi	Japan	2:06.09
5	7	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	Hungary	2:06.58
6	1	Jiao Liuyang	China	2:06.65
7	5	Cammile Adams	United States	2:07.73
8	8	Judit Ignacio Sorribes	Spain	2:08.40

References

1. "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. Start list
3. "Chinese National Games: Liu Zige Shocks World With Astounding 200 Fly World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
4. "Chinese Olympic champion Liu Zige breaks women's 200m butterfly world record". People's Daily. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
5. Balym, Todd (31 July 2009). "Jess Schipper and Christian Sprenger claim world records in Rome". Reuters . Retrieved 21 July 2013.
6. Heats Results
7. Semifinals Results
8. Final Results

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage ^[usurped]