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

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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates27 July (heats and semifinals)
28 July (final)
Competitors37 from 35 nations
Winning time2:20.80
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Netherlands
← 2022
2024 →

Records edit

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

World record   Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS) 2:17.55 Kazan, Russia 21 April 2023
Competition record   Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) 2:19.11 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2013

Results edit

Heats edit

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Tes Schouten   Netherlands 2:22.43 Q
2 4 5 Tatjana Schoenmaker   South Africa 2:22.92 Q
3 2 5 Thea Blomsterberg   Denmark 2:23.41 Q
4 4 4 Lilly King   United States 2:23.68 Q
5 4 6 Kotryna Teterevkova   Lithuania 2:24.87 Q
6 2 6 Abbey Harkin   Australia 2:25.11 Q
7 2 7 Gabrielle Assis   Brazil 2:25.18 Q, NR
8 4 3 Runa Imai   Japan 2:25.27 Q
9 3 4 Kate Douglass   United States 2:25.50 Q
10 3 6 Kelsey Wog   Canada 2:25.60 Q
11 3 5 Ye Shiwen   China 2:25.93 Q
12 4 2 Sophie Hansson   Sweden 2:26.01 Q
13 2 3 Martina Carraro   Italy 2:26.10 Q
14 2 8 Macarena Ceballos   Argentina 2:26.18 Q
15 3 3 Lisa Mamié    Switzerland 2:26.55 Q
16 3 7 Mona McSharry   Ireland 2:26.59 Q
17 2 1 Ana Blažević   Croatia 2:26.60
18 3 1 Jessica Vall   Spain 2:26.88
19 2 2 Kara Hanlon   Great Britain 2:27.16
20 4 7 Charlotte Bonnet   France 2:27.47
21 4 8 Eneli Jefimova   Estonia 2:27.60
22 4 9 Letitia Sim   Singapore 2:27.73 NR
23 3 8 Kwon Se-hyun   South Korea 2:27.93
24 2 0 Eleni Kontogeorgou   Greece 2:30.46
25 3 0 Melissa Rodríguez   Mexico 2:30.57
26 3 9 Phiangkhwan Pawapotako   Thailand 2:35.12
27 4 0 Laura Lahtinen   Finland 2:35.16
28 1 7 Aminata Barrow   Gambia 2:37.01 NR
29 2 9 Nadia Tudo Cubells   Andorra 2:38.12
30 1 4 Valerie Tarazi   Palestine 2:38.88
31 1 2 Jayla Pina   Cape Verde 2:41.75 NR
32 1 5 Malak Meqdar   Morocco 2:43.42
33 1 1 Tara Aloul   Jordan 2:44.88 NR
34 1 3 Ramudi Samarakoon   Sri Lanka 2:45.61
35 1 6 Kelera Madunasoko   Fiji 2:46.09
3 2 Anna Elendt   Germany Did not start
4 1 Lisa Angiolini   Italy

Semifinals edit

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Tatjana Schoenmaker   South Africa 2:21.31 Q
2 2 4 Tes Schouten   Netherlands 2:21.71 Q, =NR
3 2 2 Kate Douglass   United States 2:21.99 Q
4 1 5 Lilly King   United States 2:22.68 Q
5 2 5 Thea Blomsterberg   Denmark 2:23.19 Q
6 1 3 Abbey Harkin   Australia 2:23.65 Q
7 2 3 Kotryna Teterevkova   Lithuania 2:24.12 Q
8 1 2 Kelsey Wog   Canada 2:24.16 Q
9 1 6 Runa Imai   Japan 2:24.68
10 2 7 Ye Shiwen   China 2:24.76
11 2 8 Lisa Mamié    Switzerland 2:24.84
12 2 6 Gabrielle Assis   Brazil 2:25.56
13 1 7 Sophie Hansson   Sweden 2:25.63
14 2 1 Martina Carraro   Italy 2:25.76
15 1 8 Mona McSharry   Ireland 2:26.27
16 1 1 Macarena Ceballos   Argentina 2:26.68

Final edit

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Tatjana Schoenmaker   South Africa 2:20.80
  3 Kate Douglass   United States 2:21.23
  5 Tes Schouten   Netherlands 2:21.63 NR
4 6 Lilly King   United States 2:22.25
5 2 Thea Blomsterberg   Denmark 2:22.42
6 1 Kotryna Teterevkova   Lithuania 2:24.22
7 7 Abbey Harkin   Australia 2:24.55
8 8 Kelsey Wog   Canada 2:25.21

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.