Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre butterfly
Championship:	2017 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	26 July (heats and semifinals) 27 July (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	35
Nations:	27
Win Value:	2:05.26
Gold:	Mireia Belmonte
Gold Nation:	ESP
Silver:	Franziska Hentke
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	Katinka Hosszú
Bronze Nation:	HUN
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2017.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held on 26 July at 10:17.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	6	2:07.25	Q
2	4	3	2:07.50	Q
3	4	4	2:07.59	Q
4	4	5	2:07.72	Q
5	3	3	2:07.73	Q
6	2	2	2:08.06	Q
6	3	4	2:08.06	Q
8	3	7	2:08.84	Q
8	2	5	2:08.84	Q
10	4	1	2:08.86	Q
11	3	5	2:08.98	Q
12	2	4	2:09.10	Q
13	2	1	2:09.12	Q,
14	4	2	2:09.13	Q
15	3	6	2:09.14	Q
16	4	7	2:09.21	Q
17	3	2	2:09.34	Q
18	2	7	2:09.44
19	3	1	2:09.77
20	2	6	2:09.86
21	2	3	2:10.68
22	3	0	2:11.34
23	4	9	2:12.09	NR
24	2	0	2:12.82
25	2	9	2:12.90
26	4	8	2:13.65
27	3	8	2:13.71
28	3	9	2:13.88
29	2	8	2:14.98
30	1	4	2:15.09
31	4	0	2:15.15
32	1	5	2:20.58
33	1	3	2:28.95
34	1	2	2:32.35
35	1	6	2:35.11

The semifinals were held on 26 July at 18:25.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	2:06.63	Q
2	7	2:07.01	Q
3	4	2:07.11	Q
4	3	2:07.82	Q
5	6	2:07.89
6	1	2:07.95
7	8	2:08.71
8	2	2:09.55

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	2:06.29	Q
2	5	2:06.71	Q
3	4	2:07.37	Q
4	3	2:07.67	Q
5	2	2:08.62
6	1	2:08.72
7	8	2:09.31
8	7	2:10.58

The final was held on 27 July at 18:34.^[5]