Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
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.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:11.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Kanako Watanabe | 2:23.29 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Micah Lawrence | 2:23.32 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | 2:23.54 | Q, NR | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Fanny Lecluyse | 2:23.77 | Q, NR | |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 2:23.81 | Q | ||
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 2:23.90 | Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Jessica Vall | 2:23.97 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Vitalina Simonova | 2:23.99 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Taylor McKeown | 2:24.02 | Q | |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Shi Jinglin | 2:24.09 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Kierra Smith | 2:24.12 | Q | |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Tessa Wallace | 2:24.88 | Q | |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Marina García Urzainqui | 2:25.32 | Q | |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | Vanessa Grimberg | 2:25.74 | Q | |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | Rie Kaneto | 2:25.75 | Q | |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Jenna Laukkanen | 2:25.91 | Q, NR | |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Yuliya Yefimova | 2:26.11 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Molly Renshaw | 2:26.32 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Breeja Larson | 2:26.38 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Ilaria Scarcella | 2:26.40 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Martha McCabe | 2:26.51 | ||
| 22 | 5 | 0 | Martina Moravčíková | 2:28.41 | ||
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Zhang Xinyu | 2:28.57 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 9 | Tanja Šmid | 2:28.64 | ||
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Yang Ji-won | 2:29.24 | ||
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Julia Sebastian | 2:29.28 | ||
| 26 | 5 | 9 | Anna Sztankovics | 2:29.28 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Ana Radić | 2:29.71 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 0 | Fiona Doyle | 2:29.77 | NR | |
| 30 | 1 | 6 | Daniela Carrillo | 2:30.65 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 8 | Maria Romanjuk | 2:31.37 | NR | |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Raminta Dvariškytė | 2:31.74 | ||
| 33 | 4 | 0 | Jung Seul-ki | 2:31.85 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 0 | Mercedes Toledo | 2:32.69 | NR | |
| 35 | 2 | 3 | Victoria Kaminskaya | 2:33.73 | ||
| 36 | 1 | 3 | Samantha Yeo | 2:33.85 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 2 | Aļona Ribakova | 2:34.69 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 6 | Phiangkhwan Pawapotako | 2:34.77 | ||
| 39 | 1 | 5 | Daniela Lindemeier | 2:35.17 | ||
| 40 | 2 | 1 | Jovana Bogdanović | 2:35.88 | ||
| 41 | 4 | 8 | Anastasiya Malyavina | 2:36.49 | ||
| 42 | 2 | 4 | Dariya Talanova | 2:37.04 | ||
| 43 | 1 | 4 | Lin Pei-wun | 2:39.19 | ||
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Mihaela Bat | 2:40.57 | ||
| 45 | 2 | 9 | Sin Jin-hui | 2:41.41 | ||
| 46 | 1 | 0 | Tilka Paljk | 2:55.98 | ||
| 47 | 1 | 1 | Pilar Shimizu | 2:56.47 | ||
| 48 | 1 | 8 | Anum Bandey | 2:58.10 | ||
| 49 | 1 | 7 | Nooran Ba Matraf | 3:07.78 | ||
| 50 | 1 | 9 | Sajina Aishath | 3:16.50 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 17:51.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Swim-off
The swim-off was held at 19:43.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Shi Jinglin | 2:23.75 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | 2:25.11 |
Final
The final was held at 18:25.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Kanako Watanabe | 2:21.15 | |||
| 5 | Micah Lawrence | 2:22.44 | |||
| 1 | Jessica Vall | 2:22.76 | |||
| 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 2:22.76 | |||
| 8 | Shi Jinglin | 2:22.76 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Rie Kaneto | 2:23.19 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Vitalina Simonova | 2:23.59 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Kierra Smith | 2:23.61 |