| Event: | Women's 200m Breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2010 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 19 December 2010 |
| Competitors: | 41 |
| Win Value: | 2:16.39 |
| Gold: | Rebecca Soni |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Sun Ye |
| Silvernoc: | CHN |
| Bronze: | Rikke Pedersen |
| Bronzenoc: | DEN |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2012 |
See main article: article and 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).
The Women's 200 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 41 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats,[1] with the top-8 advancing to finals that evening.[2]
At the start of the event, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Rebecca Soni | align=left | 2:14.57 | Manchester | 18 December 2009 | ||
| Championship record | align=left | 2:18.73 | 13 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 December 2010 | Heats | 2:18.66 | CR | ||||
| 19 December 2010 | Final | 2:16.39 | CR |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2:18.66 | Q, CR | ||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 2:19.77 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2:20.89 | Q | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 2:21.36 | Q | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 2:21.45 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 2:21.65 | Q | ||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 2:22.12 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 5 | 2:22.96 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 2:22.98 | |||
| 10 | 6 | 6 | 2:23.60 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 2:23.92 | |||
| 12 | 6 | 7 | 2:24.15 | |||
| 13 | 5 | 3 | 2:24.17 | |||
| 14 | 6 | 5 | 2:24.70 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 2:25.23 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 5 | 2:25.34 | |||
| 17 | 6 | 2 | 2:26.07 | |||
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 2:26.22 | |||
| 19 | 5 | 2 | 2:26.53 | |||
| 20 | 5 | 8 | 2:28.20 | |||
| 21 | 6 | 8 | 2:28.71 | |||
| 22 | 4 | 1 | 2:28.93 | |||
| 23 | 5 | 1 | 2:31.05 | |||
| 24 | 4 | 7 | 2:31.88 | |||
| 25 | 3 | 2 | 2:31.98 | |||
| 26 | 3 | 3 | 2:32.19 | |||
| 27 | 3 | 7 | 2:37.87 | |||
| 28 | 3 | 1 | 2:38.36 | |||
| 29 | 3 | 8 | 2:38.77 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 4 | 2:40.04 | |||
| 31 | 1 | 3 | 2:41.24 | |||
| 32 | 2 | 5 | 2:45.03 | |||
| 33 | 2 | 3 | 2:47.61 | |||
| 34 | 2 | 7 | 2:49.54 | |||
| 35 | 2 | 6 | 2:51.66 | |||
| 36 | 2 | 2 | 2:53.52 | |||
| 37 | 1 | 4 | 3:09.53 | |||
| – | 3 | 4 | DNS | |||
| – | 5 | 7 | DNS | |||
| – | 3 | 6 | DSQ | |||
| – | 6 | 1 | DSQ |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2:16.39 | CR | |||
| 5 | 2:18.09 | ||||
| 3 | 2:18.82 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 2:19.69 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 2:20.61 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 2:21.05 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 2:22.11 | |||
| 8 | 7 | 2:25.49 |