| Event: | Women's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Championship: | 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 50 |
| Nations: | 42 |
| Win Value: | 2:21.15 |
| Gold: | Kanako Watanabe |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Micah Lawrence |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Jessica Vall |
| Bronzenoc: | ESP |
| Bronze2: | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| Bronzenoc2: | DEN |
| Bronze3: | Shi Jinglin |
| Bronzenoc3: | CHN |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were held at 10:11.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 2:23.29 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 2:23.32 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 2:23.54 | Q, NR | |||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2:23.77 | Q, NR | |||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 2:23.81 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 2:23.90 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 2:23.97 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 6 | 2:23.99 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 2:24.02 | Q | |||
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 2:24.09 | Q | |||
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 2:24.12 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 6 | 2:24.88 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 7 | 2:25.32 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 8 | 2:25.74 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 4 | 2:25.75 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 1 | 2:25.91 | Q, NR | |||
| 17 | 3 | 5 | 2:26.11 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 6 | 2:26.32 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 2 | 2:26.38 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 7 | 2:26.40 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 2 | 2:26.51 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 0 | 2:28.41 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 1 | 2:28.57 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 9 | 2:28.64 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 8 | 2:29.24 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 9 | 2:29.28 | ||||
| 26 | 5 | 9 | 2:29.28 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 7 | 2:29.71 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 0 | 2:29.77 | NR | |||
| 30 | 1 | 6 | 2:30.65 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 8 | 2:31.37 | NR | |||
| 32 | 2 | 5 | 2:31.74 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 0 | 2:31.85 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 0 | 2:32.69 | NR | |||
| 35 | 2 | 3 | 2:33.73 | ||||
| 36 | 1 | 3 | 2:33.85 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 2 | 2:34.69 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 6 | 2:34.77 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 5 | 2:35.17 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 1 | 2:35.88 | ||||
| 41 | 4 | 8 | 2:36.49 | ||||
| 42 | 2 | 4 | 2:37.04 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 4 | 2:39.19 | ||||
| 44 | 1 | 2 | 2:40.57 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 9 | 2:41.41 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 0 | 2:55.98 | ||||
| 47 | 1 | 1 | 2:56.47 | ||||
| 48 | 1 | 8 | 2:58.10 | ||||
| 49 | 1 | 7 | 3:07.78 | ||||
| 50 | 1 | 9 | 3:16.50 |
The semifinals were held at 17:51.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2:21.99 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 2:22.04 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2:22.72 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2:23.06 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 2:23.83 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 2:24.68 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:25.36 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:25.45 | NR |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:22.15 | Q | |||
| 2 | 7 | 2:22.82 | Q | |||
| 3 | 8 | 2:22.88 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 2:22.90 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2:23.06 | , NR | |||
| 6 | 3 | 2:24.01 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 2:24.41 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:25.52 |
The swim-off was held at 19:43.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:23.75 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2:25.11 |
The final was held at 18:25.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2:21.15 | |||||
| 5 | 2:22.44 | |||||
| 1 | 2:22.76 | |||||
| 4 | 2:22.76 | |||||
| 8 | 2:22.76 | |||||
| 6 | 7 | 2:23.19 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 2:23.59 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 2:23.61 |