Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships | |||||||||||
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Venue | World Aquatics Championships Arena | ||||||||||
Location | Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang, Singapore | ||||||||||
Dates | 31 July (heats and semifinals) 1 August (final) | ||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 26 nations | ||||||||||
Winning time | 2:18.50 | ||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||
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2025 World Aquatics Championships | |||
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Artistic swimming | |||
Solo | |||
Technical | men | women | |
Free | men | women | |
Duet | |||
Technical | women | mixed | |
Free | women | mixed | |
Team | |||
Technical | mixed | ||
Free | mixed | ||
Acrobatic | mixed | ||
Diving | |||
Individual | |||
1 m | men | women | |
3 m | men | women | |
10 m | men | women | |
Synchronised | |||
3 m | men | women | mixed |
10 m | men | women | mixed |
Individual & Synchronised | |||
Team | mixed | ||
High diving | |||
20 m | women | ||
27 m | men | ||
Open water swimming | |||
Individual | |||
3 km knockout sprints | men | women | |
5 km | men | women | |
10 km | men | women | |
Relay | |||
4 × 1.5 km | mixed | ||
Swimming | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
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 | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
4 × 200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
Water polo | |||
Tournament | men | women | |
Rosters | men | women | |
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 31 July to 1 August 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]
The event is expected to be one of the closest races of the meet, with Olympic champion Kate Douglass and world record holder Evgeniia Chikunova racing each other in the long course version of the event for the first time. Chikunova leads the world this year with a 2:20.36 and holds the world record at 2:17.55. Douglass is ranked second this season with a 2:20.78 and won Olympic gold last year in 2:19.24. [3]
Great Britain’s Angharad Evans (2:21.86) and American Alex Walsh (2:22.45) are the next fastest this season. Behind them, over a dozen swimmers are packed tightly between 2:23 and 2:24, including returning Olympic finalists and national record holders, making the remaining finals spots highly competitive. [3]
Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 2:25.91 minutes. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 2:31.02 minutes. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. [4] [5]
Swimmer | Country | Time | Competition |
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Tatjana Smith | ![]() | 2:19.01 | 2024 South African Championships |
Kate Douglass | ![]() | 2:19.24 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Evgeniia Chikunova | ![]() | 2:20.36 | 2025 Russian Championships |
Tes Schouten | ![]() | 2:21.05 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Angharad Evans | ![]() | 2:21.86 | 2025 Great British Championships |
Lilly King | ![]() | 2:21.93 | 2024 United States Olympic Trials |
Alex Walsh | ![]() | 2:22.38 | 2024 United States Olympic Trials |
Mona McSharry | ![]() | 2:22.49 | 2024 Mel Zajac Jr. International |
Satomi Suzuki | ![]() | 2:22.54 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Ye Shiwen | ![]() | 2:22.55 | 2024 Chinese Championships |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]
World record | ![]() | 2:17.55 | Kazan, Russia | 21 April 2023 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 2:19.11 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2013 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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1 August | Final | Kate Douglass | ![]() | 2:18.50 | CR |
The heats took place on 31 July at 10:53. [8] [9]
The semifinals took place on 31 July at 19:45. [8] [11]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Evgeniia Chikunova | ![]() | 2:20.65 | Q |
2 | 1 | 4 | Kate Douglass | ![]() | 2:20.96 | Q |
3 | 2 | 7 | Kotryna Teterevkova | ![]() | 2:22.98 | Q |
4 | 1 | 5 | Angharad Evans | ![]() | 2:23.32 | Q |
5 | 2 | 5 | Alina Zmushka | ![]() | 2:23.33 | Q |
6 | 1 | 6 | Ellie McCartney | ![]() | 2:23.79 | Q |
7 | 2 | 6 | Kaylene Corbett | ![]() | 2:23.81 | Q |
8 | 1 | 3 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | ![]() | 2:24.10 | Q |
9 | 1 | 7 | Ella Ramsay | ![]() | 2:24.24 | |
10 | 2 | 3 | Lyu Qinyao | ![]() | 2:24.33 | |
11 | 1 | 2 | Anna Elendt | ![]() | 2:24.39 | |
12 | 1 | 1 | Alex Walsh | ![]() | 2:25.16 | |
13 | 2 | 1 | Kristýna Horská | ![]() | 2:25.95 | |
14 | 2 | 2 | Satomi Suzuki | ![]() | 2:26.44 | |
15 | 1 | 8 | Macarena Ceballos | ![]() | 2:28.30 | |
16 | 2 | 8 | Park Si-eun | ![]() | 2:29.67 |
The final took place on 1 August at 20:08. [8] [12]
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 5 | Kate Douglass | ![]() | 2:18.50 | CR , AM |
![]() | 4 | Evgeniia Chikunova | ![]() | 2:19.96 | |
![]() | 1 | Kaylene Corbett | ![]() | 2:23.52 | |
![]() | 2 | Alina Zmushka | ![]() | 2:23.52 | |
5 | 6 | Angharad Evans | ![]() | 2:24.21 | |
6 | 3 | Kotryna Teterevkova | ![]() | 2:24.25 | |
7 | 7 | Ellie McCartney | ![]() | 2:25.22 | |
8 | 8 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | ![]() | 2:25.36 |