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

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

Results Heats The heats were started on 27 July at 11:11.

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

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 27 July at 21:19.

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

Final The final was started on 28 July at 20:49.

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

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