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

Event:	Women's 200 metre butterfly
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	17 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	29
Win Value:	2:03.01
Gold:	Zhang Yufei
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Charlotte Hook
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Lana Pudar
Bronzenoc:	BIH
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 17 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

The heats were started at 10:44.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:05.12	Q
2	4	4	2:05.73	Q
3	2	5	2:05.97	Q
4	3	5	2:06.07	Q
5	2	3	2:06.26	Q, NR
6	4	5	2:06.41	Q
7	4	3	2:06.55	Q
8	3	7	2:06.60	Q
9	2	2	2:06.92
10	3	4	2:07.20
11	4	1	2:07.28
12	3	8	2:07.34
13	3	3	2:07.38
14	2	8	2:08.16
14	4	8	2:08.16
16	2	6	2:08.85
17	3	6	2:09.23
18	4	6	2:09.30
19	1	4	2:09.33	NR
20	3	0	2:09.41
21	2	0	2:10.05	NR
22	4	2	2:10.30
23	3	1	2:10.52
24	3	2	2:11.06
25	1	3	2:11.41
26	2	1	2:11.49
27	2	7	2:11.78
28	4	0	2:12.00
29	3	9	2:12.35
30	1	2	2:12.90
31	1	5	3:12.96
32	1	7	2:14.66
33	2	9	2:18.01
34	1	6	2:24.40
	4	7	DNS
	4	9	DNS

The final was held at 18:13.^[3]