The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordRebecca Soni 2:14.57 Manchester 18 December 2009 Championship record Rebecca Soni 2:16.39 Dubai 19 December 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nation Time Record 16 December Final Rikke Møller Pedersen 2:16.08 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 3 7 2:17.85 Q 2 5 4 2:18.65 Q 3 3 3 2:20.96 Q 4 5 1 2:21.23Q 5 3 1 2:21.69 Q 6 5 6 2:21.84 Q 7 5 3 2:21.91 Q 8 3 6 2:21.99 Q 9 3 5 2:22.79 10 4 4 2:23.01 11 5 5 2:23.22 12 3 4 2:23.79 13 4 6 2:23.81 14 1 1 2:24.26 15 5 2 2:24.35 16 4 7 2:24.46 17 4 3 2:24.58 18 1 7 2:24.59 19 4 8 2:24.66 20 4 1 2:25.81 21 4 5 2:25.92 22 1 2 2:26.03 23 4 2 2:27.19 24 3 8 2:28.08 25 3 2 2:28.36 26 5 7 2:28.71 27 5 0 2:28.74 28 1 5 2:28.77 29 5 8 2:28.92 30 4 0 2:29.40 31 3 0 2:35.11 32 2 3 2:35.12 33 3 9 2:35.20 34 2 5 2:37.25 35 2 4 2:39.85 NR 36 2 1 2:43.75 37 2 7 2:48.24 38 2 9 2:50.44 39 2 8 2:50.69 40 2 6 2:51.00 41 1 6 2:53.92 42 2 0 2:54.23 43 1 3 3:03.15 44 1 4 3:05.63 4 9 5 9 1 8 2 2

Final

The final was held at 19:24.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Rikke Møller Pedersen 2:16.08 CR, ER 4 Laura Sogar 2:16.93 8 Kanako Watanabe 2:19.39 4 3 Maria Temnikova 2:19.76 5 6 Andrea Kropp 2:20.08 6 1 Martha McCabe 2:20.70 7 7 Tera van Beilen 2:21.11 8 2 Alia Atkinson 2:21.64

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