2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	21 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	30
Win Value:	2:17.85
Gold:	Emily Escobedo
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Evgeniia Chikunova
Bronze:	Molly Renshaw
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 21 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

The heats were started at 09:52.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	2:19.56	Q
2	3	6	2:20.31	Q
3	2	4	2:20.33	Q
4	2	5	2:20.53	Q
5	4	4	2:21.30	Q
6	4	2	2:21.35	Q
7	3	9	2:21.59	Q, NR
7	4	3	2:21.59	Q
9	4	5	2:21.88
10	3	2	2:22.02
11	2	3	2:22.11
12	2	0	2:22.15
13	4	9	2:22.57
14	2	7	2:23.03
15	2	8	2:23.06
16	2	6	2:23.38
17	3	5	2:23.44
18	3	0	2:24.70
19	2	9	2:25.06
20	3	8	2:25.22
21	4	0	2:25.30
22	2	2	2:25.32
23	4	7	2:25.98
24	4	6	2:26.02
25	1	4	2:26.22
26	1	5	2:26.41	NR
27	2	1	2:26.46
28	4	8	2:27.89
29	1	3	2:28.19
30	3	7	2:28.20
31	1	2	2:30.40
32	1	6	2:31.43
33	1	7	2:36.40	NR
34	1	8	2:43.81
	1	1	DNS
	3	1
	3	3
	4	1

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