Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	15 February (heats and semifinals) 16 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	31
Nations:	30
Win Value:	2:19.81
Gold:	Tes Schouten
Gold Nation:	NED
Silver:	Kate Douglass
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Sydney Pickrem
Bronze Nation:	CAN
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 February 2024.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

The heats were started on 15 February at 10:11.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	2:24.15	Q
2	2	6	2:24.82	Q
3	2	4	2:25.09	Q
4	4	5	2:25.18	Q
5	3	4	2:25.90	Q
6	4	3	2:26.01	Q
7	4	6	2:26.28	Q
8	1	3	2:26.31	Q
9	3	3	2:26.71	Q
10	2	5	2:27.08	Q
11	2	3	2:27.42	Q
12	2	7	2:27.45	Q
13	2	2	2:27.51	Q
14	3	7	2:27.53	Q
15	4	1	2:28.53	Q
16	2	1	2:28.90	Q
17	4	7	2:28.94
18	4	2	2:29.03
19	3	2	2:30.01
20	2	8	2:31.36
21	3	1	2:31.52
22	3	5	2:31.93
23	3	8	2:33.27
24	1	5	2:33.77
25	4	0	2:36.19
26	3	0	2:37.70
27	4	9	2:43.10
28	2	0	2:46.29
29	1	4	2:54.73
–	3	6	Did not start
–	4	8

The semifinals were held on 15 February at 20:19.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	3	2:21.50	Q, NR
2	2	4	2:23.17	Q
3	1	5	2:23.77	Q
4	1	6	2:24.14	Q, NR
5	2	7	2:24.62	Q
6	2	5	2:24.69	Q-->WD
7	1	4	2:25.13	Q
8	2	2	2:25.34	Q
9	2	6	2:25.62	Q
10	1	3	2:26.39
11	1	1	2:26.76
12	1	2	2:27.04
13	2	8	2:28.14
14	2	1	2:28.48
15	1	8	2:29.18
16	1	7	2:29.74

The final was held on 16 February at 19:49.^[6]

Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213070555/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000203EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215073847/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000203EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215173415/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000203EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240216165844/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.