Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August with the heats and the semifinals and 6 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 10:14.
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
1 | 4 | 2 | Zhang Yufei | | 2:06.92 | Q, WJR |
2 | 4 | 3 | Katie McLaughlin | | 2:07.32 | Q |
3 | 2 | 4 | Liliána Szilágyi | | 2:07.46 | Q |
4 | 4 | 5 | Cammile Adams | | 2:07.96 | Q |
5 | 3 | 5 | Natsumi Hoshi | | 2:07.97 | Q |
6 | 3 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | | 2:08.07 | Q |
7 | 4 | 4 | Franziska Hentke | | 2:08.31 | Q |
8 | 3 | 7 | Lara Grangeon | | 2:08.54 | Q |
9 | 3 | 4 | Madeline Groves | | 2:08.65 | Q |
10 | 2 | 6 | Zhou Yilin | | 2:08.76 | Q |
11 | 4 | 6 | Audrey Lacroix | | 2:08.79 | Q |
12 | 2 | 3 | Brianna Throssell | | 2:09.16 | Q |
13 | 4 | 7 | Hannah Miley | | 2:09.44 | Q |
14 | 3 | 6 | Park Jin-young | | 2:09.62 | Q |
15 | 3 | 8 | Anja Klinar | | 2:09.70 | Q |
16 | 2 | 7 | Joanna Maranhão | | 2:09.77 | Q |
17 | 3 | 2 | Martina van Berkel | | 2:09.88 | |
18 | 2 | 5 | | | 2:09.93 | |
19 | 3 | 1 | Aimee Willmott | | 2:10.07 | |
20 | 2 | 1 | Park Soo-jin | | 2:11.07 | |
21 | 4 | 1 | Andreina Pinto | | 2:11.14 | |
22 | 2 | 2 | Alessia Polieri | | 2:11.30 | |
23 | 1 | 5 | Valerie Gruest | | 2:12.82 | |
24 | 4 | 8 | Ana Monteiro | | 2:12.87 | |
25 | 3 | 0 | Barbora Závadová | | 2:12.89 | |
26 | 3 | 9 | Anna Ntountounaki | | 2:13.69 | |
27 | 2 | 0 | Virginia Bardach | | 2:13.76 | |
28 | 2 | 9 | Ida Marko-Varga | | 2:14.89 | |
29 | 1 | 4 | Quah Ting Wen | | 2:14.93 | |
30 | 4 | 9 | Claudia Hufnagl | | 2:15.16 | |
31 | 1 | 2 | Monalisa Lorenza | | 2:15.76 | |
32 | 1 | 3 | Jessica Camposano | | 2:16.40 | |
33 | 1 | 1 | Estefania Urzúa | | 2:19.12 | |
34 | 1 | 6 | Sutasinee Pankaew | | 2:19.54 | |
35 | 4 | 0 | Sharo Rodríguez | | 2:19.60 | |
36 | 1 | 7 | María Far Núñez | | 2:19.65 | |
37 | 2 | 8 | Laura Arroyo | | 2:20.04 | |
38 | 1 | 8 | Noel Borshi | | 2:20.28 | |
39 | 1 | 0 | Alsu Bayramova | | 2:26.27 | |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:25.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
1 | 3 | Natsumi Hoshi | | 2:06.36 | Q |
2 | 6 | Franziska Hentke | | 2:06.64 | Q |
3 | 5 | Liliána Szilágyi | | 2:07.05 | Q |
4 | 4 | Zhang Yufei | | 2:07.08 | Q |
5 | 2 | Madeline Groves | | 2:08.00 | |
6 | 8 | Anja Klinar | | 2:08.52 | |
7 | 7 | Audrey Lacroix | | 2:08.86 | |
8 | 1 | Hannah Miley | | 2:09.21 | |
Final
The final was held at 18.20.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Natsumi Hoshi | | 2:05.56 | |
| 7 | Cammile Adams | | 2:06.40 | |
| 6 | Zhang Yufei | | 2:06.51 | WJR |
4 | 1 | Brianna Throssell | | 2:06.78 | |
4 | 5 | Franziska Hentke | | 2:06.78 | |
6 | 2 | Katie McLaughlin | | 2:06.95 | |
7 | 3 | Liliána Szilágyi | | 2:07.76 | |
8 | 8 | Zhou Yilin | | 2:10.20 | |