The women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2023.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results Heats The heats were started on 26 July at 11:40.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 3 Helena Rosendahl Bach 2:07.57 Q 2 3 4 Elizabeth Dekkers 2:07.71 Q 3 4 4 Summer McIntosh 2:07.91 Q 4 3 5 Laura Stephens 2:08.07 Q 5 4 3 Lana Pudar 2:08.16 Q 6 2 5 Airi Mitsui 2:08.54 Q 7 4 6 Emily Large 2:08.93 Q 8 3 6 Hiroko Makino 2:09.03 Q 9 3 3 Lindsay Looney 2:09.27 Q 10 3 2 Yu Liyan 2:09.29 Q 11 4 7 María José Mata 2:09.50 Q 12 2 6 Abbey Connor 2:10.04 Q 13 4 2 Boglárka Kapás 2:10.18 Q 14 2 2 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:10.73 Q 15 2 4 Regan Smith 2:10.80 Q 16 3 1 Anja Crevar 2:10.98 Q, NR 17 2 7 Georgia Damasioti 2:11.03 18 4 1 Park Su-jin 2:11.20 19 3 7 Quah Jing Wen 2:11.50 20 3 8 Kamonchanok Kwanmuang 2:12.46 21 2 8 Amina Kajtaz 2:12.57 22 2 1 Lea Polonsky 2:12.62 23 4 0 Karen Durango 2:12.86 24 3 0 Maria Fernanda Costa 2:13.30 25 4 8 Laura Lahtinen 2:13.65 26 4 9 Trinity Hearne 2:14.78 27 2 0 Alondra Ortiz 2:16.95 28 1 4 Lia Ana Lima 2:26.95 29 1 5 Amaya Bollinger 2:38.22 30 1 3 Meral Latheef 3:05.69 4 5 Zhang Yufei

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 26 July 21:16.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 3 Lana Pudar 2:06.60 Q 2 2 8 Regan Smith 2:06.83 Q 3 2 5 Summer McIntosh 2:06.85 Q 4 1 4 Elizabeth Dekkers 2:07.11 Q 5 2 4 Helena Rosendahl Bach 2:07.15 Q, NR 6 1 5 Laura Stephens 2:07.47 Q 7 1 3 Airi Mitsui 2:07.51 Q 8 2 2 Lindsay Looney 2:07.72 Q 9 1 6 Hiroko Makino 2:08.40 10 2 6 Emily Large 2:08.66 11 1 2 Yu Liyan 2:08.78 12 2 7 María José Mata 2:09.33 13 2 1 Boglárka Kapás 2:09.56 14 1 7 Abbey Connor 2:10.35 15 1 1 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:11.23 16 1 8 Anja Crevar 2:11.65

Final The final was held on 27 July at 20:02.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Summer McIntosh 2:04.06 AM, WJ 6 Elizabeth Dekkers 2:05.46 5 Regan Smith 2:06.58 4 4 Lana Pudar 2:07.05 5 1 Airi Mitsui 2:07.15 5 2 Helena Rosendahl Bach 2:07.15 NR 7 7 Laura Stephens 2:07.27 8 8 Lindsay Looney 2:07.90

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