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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location	Fukuoka, Japan
Dates	27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final)
Competitors	37 from 35 nations
Winning time	2:20.80
Medalists
Tatjana Schoenmaker    South Africa   Kate Douglass    United States   Tes Schouten    Netherlands
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2023. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

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

World record	Evgeniia Chikunova  (RUS)	2:17.55	Kazan, Russia	21 April 2023
Competition record	Rikke Møller Pedersen  (DEN)	2:19.11	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2013

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 27 July at 11:11. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	2:22.43	Q
2	4	5	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	2:22.92	Q
3	2	5	Thea Blomsterberg	Denmark	2:23.41	Q
4	4	4	Lilly King	United States	2:23.68	Q
5	4	6	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania	2:24.87	Q
6	2	6	Abbey Harkin	Australia	2:25.11	Q
7	2	7	Gabrielle Assis	Brazil	2:25.18	Q, NR
8	4	3	Runa Imai	Japan	2:25.27	Q
9	3	4	Kate Douglass	United States	2:25.50	Q
10	3	6	Kelsey Wog	Canada	2:25.60	Q
11	3	5	Ye Shiwen	China	2:25.93	Q
12	4	2	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	2:26.01	Q
13	2	3	Martina Carraro	Italy	2:26.10	Q
14	2	8	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:26.18	Q
15	3	3	Lisa Mamié	Switzerland	2:26.55	Q
16	3	7	Mona McSharry	Ireland	2:26.59	Q
17	2	1	Ana Blažević	Croatia	2:26.60
18	3	1	Jessica Vall	Spain	2:26.88
19	2	2	Kara Hanlon	Great Britain	2:27.16
20	4	7	Charlotte Bonnet	France	2:27.47
21	4	8	Eneli Jefimova	Estonia	2:27.60
22	4	9	Letitia Sim	Singapore	2:27.73	NR
23	3	8	Kwon Se-hyun	South Korea	2:27.93
24	2	0	Eleni Kontogeorgou	Greece	2:30.46
25	3	0	Melissa Rodríguez	Mexico	2:30.57
26	3	9	Phiangkhwan Pawapotako	Thailand	2:35.12
27	4	0	Laura Lahtinen	Finland	2:35.16
28	1	7	Aminata Barrow	Gambia	2:37.01	NR
29	2	9	Nadia Tudo Cubells	Andorra	2:38.12
30	1	4	Valerie Tarazi	Palestine	2:38.88
31	1	2	Jayla Pina	Cape Verde	2:41.75
32	1	5	Malak Meqdar	Morocco	2:43.42
33	1	1	Tara Aloul	Jordan	2:44.88
34	1	3	Ramudi Samarakoon	Sri Lanka	2:45.61
35	1	6	Kelera Madunasoko	Fiji	2:46.09
	3	2	Anna Elendt	Germany	Did not start
	4	1	Lisa Angiolini	Italy

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 27 July at 21:19. ^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	2:21.31	Q
2	2	4	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	2:21.71	Q, = NR
3	2	2	Kate Douglass	United States	2:21.99	Q
4	1	5	Lilly King	United States	2:22.68	Q
5	2	5	Thea Blomsterberg	Denmark	2:23.19	Q
6	1	3	Abbey Harkin	Australia	2:23.65	Q
7	2	3	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania	2:24.12	Q
8	1	2	Kelsey Wog	Canada	2:24.16	Q
9	1	6	Runa Imai	Japan	2:24.68
10	2	7	Ye Shiwen	China	2:24.76
11	2	8	Lisa Mamié	Switzerland	2:24.84
12	2	6	Gabrielle Assis	Brazil	2:25.56
13	1	7	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	2:25.63
14	2	1	Martina Carraro	Italy	2:25.76
15	1	8	Mona McSharry	Ireland	2:26.27
16	1	1	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:26.68

Final

The final was started on 28 July at 20:49. ^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	2:20.80
	3	Kate Douglass	United States	2:21.23
	5	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	2:21.63	NR
4	6	Lilly King	United States	2:22.25
5	2	Thea Blomsterberg	Denmark	2:22.42
6	1	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania	2:24.22
7	7	Abbey Harkin	Australia	2:24.55
8	8	Kelsey Wog	Canada	2:25.21

References

1. "Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
2. "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". swimswam.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
3. "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023.
4. "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023.
5. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023.
6. "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023.
7. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023.