Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	37
Nations:	35
Win Value:	2:20.80
Gold:	Tatjana Schoenmaker
Gold Nation:	RSA
Silver:	Kate Douglass
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Tes Schouten
Bronze Nation:	NED
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2023.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 27 July at 11:11.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:22.43	Q
2	4	5	2:22.92	Q
3	2	5	2:23.41	Q
4	4	4	2:23.68	Q
5	4	6	2:24.87	Q
6	2	6	2:25.11	Q
7	2	7	2:25.18	Q, NR
8	4	3	2:25.27	Q
9	3	4	2:25.50	Q
10	3	6	2:25.60	Q
11	3	5	2:25.93	Q
12	4	2	2:26.01	Q
13	2	3	2:26.10	Q
14	2	8	2:26.18	Q
15	3	3	2:26.55	Q
16	3	7	2:26.59	Q
17	2	1	2:26.60
18	3	1	2:26.88
19	2	2	2:27.16
20	4	7	2:27.47
21	4	8	2:27.60
22	4	9	2:27.73	NR
23	3	8	2:27.93
24	2	0	2:30.46
25	3	0	2:30.57
26	3	9	2:35.12
27	4	0	2:35.16
28	1	7	2:37.01	NR
29	2	9	2:38.12
30	1	4	2:38.88
31	1	2	2:41.75	NR
32	1	5	2:43.42
33	1	1	2:44.88	NR
34	1	3	2:45.61
35	1	6	2:46.09
	3	2	Did not start
	4	1

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 27 July at 21:19.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	2:21.31	Q
2	2	4	2:21.71	Q, =NR
3	2	2	2:21.99	Q
4	1	5	2:22.68	Q
5	2	5	2:23.19	Q
6	1	3	2:23.65	Q
7	2	3	2:24.12	Q
8	1	2	2:24.16	Q
9	1	6	2:24.68
10	2	7	2:24.76
11	2	8	2:24.84
12	2	6	2:25.56
13	1	7	2:25.63
14	2	1	2:25.76
15	1	8	2:26.27
16	1	1	2:26.68

Final

The final was started on 28 July at 20:49.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	4	2:20.80
	3	2:21.23
	5	2:21.63	NR
4	6	2:22.25
5	2	2:22.42
6	1	2:24.22
7	7	2:24.55
8	8	2:25.21

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152450/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010203EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002155217/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010203EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 2 October 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230727123444/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010203EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 27 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 28 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230728115752/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 28 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.