Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	22 June (heats and semifinals) 23 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	28
Nations:	24
Win Value:	2:22.41
Gold:	Lilly King
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Jenna Strauch
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Kate Douglass
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 22 June at 09:36.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	6	2:24.37	Q
2	3	4	2:24.46	Q
3	3	3	2:24.79	Q
4	1	4	2:25.54	Q
4	2	4	2:25.54	Q
6	1	3	2:25.56	Q
7	2	3	2:25.70	Q
8	3	2	2:25.74	Q
9	3	5	2:25.95	Q
10	1	5	2:26.07	Q
11	1	1	2:26.85	Q
12	2	5	2:27.28	Q
13	1	6	2:27.44	Q
14	3	7	2:27.84	Q
15	3	8	2:27.91	Q
16	2	1	2:27.95	Q
17	3	6	2:28.08
18	1	7	2:28.19
19	3	1	2:28.51
20	2	7	2:28.58
21	2	2	2:29.35
22	2	8	2:29.45
23	1	2	2:30.08
24	3	0	2:31.31
25	1	0	2:32.53
26	2	9	2:38.72
27	3	9	2:39.05
	1	8	Disqualified
	2	0	Did not start

The Semifinals were started on 22 June at 19:22.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	3	2:22.22	Q
2	1	4	2:22.58	Q
3	2	5	2:23.66	Q
4	1	5	2:23.79	Q
5	2	4	2:23.82	Q
6	2	3	2:24.06	Q
7	2	2	2:24.46	Q
8	2	6	2:25.09	Q
9	1	6	2:25.12
10	1	7	2:25.56
11	1	2	2:26.10
12	2	7	2:26.25
13	2	1	2:26.28
14	2	8	2:26.64
15	1	1	2:27.87
16	1	8	2:28.17

The final was held on 23 June at 18:52.^[5]