2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	16 December
Competitors:	30
Win Value:	2:18.32
Gold:	Annie Lazor
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Bethany Galat
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Fanny Lecluyse
Bronzenoc:	BEL
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Rebecca Soni		2:14.57	Manchester	18 December 2009
Championship record	Rikke Møller Pedersen		2:16.08	Istanbul	16 December 2012

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 16 December at 9:52.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	7			2:18.99	Q
2	2	5			2:20.31	Q
3	2	4			2:20.38	Q
4	2	2			2:20.58	Q
5	4	3			2:20.66	Q
6	4	4			2:20.73	Q
7	3	4			2:21.12	Q
8	2	3			2:21.22	Q
9	4	5			2:21.37
10	3	3			2:21.85
11	3	6			2:22.12
12	3	5			2:22.38
13	4	2			2:23.36
14	2	6			2:24.08
15	3	1			2:24.12
16	4	1			2:24.30
17	4	8			2:25.07
18	4	7			2:25.28
19	3	0			2:25.83
20	2	0			2:26.17
21	3	9			2:26.64
22	4	0			2:26.82
23	3	7			2:26.84
24	3	8			2:28.12
25	1	3			2:29.49
26	3	2			2:31.30
27	2	1			2:31.32
28	1	4			2:32.83
29	4	9			2:33.08
30	1	5			2:38.43
	2	8
	4	6

Final

The final was held on 16 December at 18:41.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:18.32
	6			2:18.62
	5			2:18.85
4	2			2:19.20
5	1			2:19.37
6	7			2:19.52
7	3			2:19.58
8	8			2:20.33

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 9 December 2018. 10 December 2018.
2. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000112010C0203EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
3. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000112010C0203EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results