Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly explained

The women's 200 m butterfly at the 2009 World Championships took place on 29 July (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 30 July (finals) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record		2:04.18	Beijing, China	align=right	14 August 2008
Championship record		2:05.61	Montreal, Canada	align=right	28 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
29 July	Heat 4			2:04.14	WR
30 July	Final		Australia	2:03.41	WR

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	2:04.14	4	3	WR
2	2:05.50	4	4
3	2:06.21	6	6	NR
4	2:06.32	4	6
5	2:06.45	5	1	NR
6	2:06.66	5	5
7	2:06.67	5	2	NR
8	2:07.01	5	4
9	2:07.13	5	6
10	2:07.33	6	4
11	2:07.34	6	3
12	2:07.55	5	3
13	2:07.84	6	5
14	2:08.54	6	2
15	2:08.57	6	7
16	2:08.63	1	8
17	2:08.72	6	0
18	2:09.42	4	8
19	2:09.54	4	7
20	2:09.55	4	1	SA
21	2:09.80	4	0
22	2:09.87	5	7
23	2:10.29	5	9	NR
24	2:10.32	4	2
25	2:11.41	5	0
26	2:11.55	4	5
27	2:11.65	6	8
28	2:11.75	6	1
29	2:12.90	3	4
30	2:13.66	3	3
31	2:13.77	4	9
32	2:13.98	6	9
33	2:14.00	3	7	NR
34	2:14.09	3	5
35	2:14.83	3	8
36	2:15.82	2	2
37	2:15.95	5	8
38	2:16.13	3	9
39	2:16.24	3	2
40	2:17.56	3	1
41	2:18.09	3	6
42	2:18.14	3	0
43	2:19.84	2	4
44	2:21.05	1	4
45	2:21.31	2	5
46	2:21.37	2	3
47	2:21.47	2	9
48	2:22.48	2	0
49	2:23.32	2	8
50	2:24.39	1	6
51	2:25.07	1	2
52	2:25.08	1	3
53	2:25.51	1	5
54	2:26.69	2	1
55	2:27.49	2	7
56	2:39.21	1	7
57	2:45.20	1	1

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	2:04.27	2	5	ER
2	2:04.33	2	4
3	2:04.87	1	4	OC
4	2:04.96	1	6
5	2:05.09	1	3	NR
6	2:05.29	1	7
7	2:05.99	1	5
8	2:06.85	2	6
9	2:06.89	2	7
10	2:07.43	2	3
11	2:07.44	1	1	NR
12	2:07.59	2	1
13	2:08.13	2	2
14	2:08.34	1	8
15	2:08.55	1	2
16	2:08.94	2	8

Worlds 2009 results: Women's 200m Butterfly Prelims, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-29.
Worlds 2009 results: Women's 200m Butterfly Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-29.
Finals Results