The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordLiu Zige 2:01.81 JinanOctober 21, 2009Championship recordJessicah Schipper 2:03.41 RomeJuly 30, 2009

Results

Heats 33 swimmers participated in 5 heats.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 5 Natsumi Hoshi 2:07.34 Q 2 4 6 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:07.60 Q 3 5 6 Kathleen Hersey 2:07.91 Q 4 5 5 Ellen Gandy 2:08.14 Q 5 5 4 Liu Zige 2:08.28 Q 6 3 5 Mireia Belmonte García 2:08.34 Q 7 4 2 Stephanie Rice 2:08.43 Q 8 4 4 Jiao Liuyang 2:08.47 Q 9 4 3 Jessicah Schipper 2:08.62 Q 10 3 3 Teresa Crippen 2:08.63 Q 11 3 4 Jemma Lowe 2:08.67 Q 12 3 6 Audrey Lacroix 2:08.88 Q 13 3 7 Otylia Jędrzejczak 2:09.01 Q 14 3 2 Martina Granström 2:09.12 Q 15 5 7 Choi Hye-Ra 2:09.33 Q 16 5 1 Ida Marko-Varga 2:09.38 Q 17 4 1 Katerine Savard 2:09.41 18 3 8 Martina van Berkel 2:09.68 NR 19 5 3 Katinka Hosszú 2:10.48 19 5 2 Judit Ignacio Sorribes 2:10.48 21 4 8 Mirela Olczak 2:10.69 22 4 7 Anja Klinar 2:10.83 23 2 6 Rita Medrano 2:10.84 24 2 4 Sara Oliveira 2:11.37 25 5 8 Yana Martynova 2:11.82 26 2 3 Emilia Pikkarainen 2:12.44 27 3 1 Alessia Polieri 2:13.65 28 2 2 Sara Nordenstam 2:16.09 29 2 5 Cheng Wan-Jung 2:16.63 30 2 7 Katarina Listopadova 2:17.72 31 1 4 Simona Muccioli 2:22.03 32 1 3 Marie Laura Meza 2:23.68 33 1 5 Noel Borshi 2:29.16

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 19:03.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Ellen Gandy 2:06.73 Q 2 4 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:06.77 Q 3 6 Jiao Liuyang 2:06.99 Q 4 3 Mireia Belmonte Garcia 2:07.94 5 1 Martina Granström 2:08.01 NR 6 7 Audrey Lacroix 2:08.70 7 2 Teresa Crippen 2:09.27 8 8 Ida Marko-Varga 2:09.56

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Jemma Lowe 2:06.30 Q 2 4 Natsumi Hoshi 2:06.65 Q 3 3 Liu Zige 2:06.69 Q 4 2 Jessicah Schipper 2:06.93 Q 5 6 Stephanie Rice 2:07.32 Q 6 5 Kathleen Hersey 2:07.94 7 8 Choi Hye-Ra 2:08.81 8 1 Otylia Jędrzejczak 2:09.27

Final The final was held at 18:48.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jiao Liuyang 2:05.55 6 Ellen Gandy 2:05.59 3 Liu Zige 2:05.90 4 5 Natsumi Hoshi 2:05.91 NR 5 8 Stephanie Rice 2:06.08 6 2 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:06.35 7 4 Jemma Lowe 2:06.64 7 7 Jessicah Schipper 2:06.64

References

External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre butterfly start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.