Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 25 July. The heats and semifinals took place 24 July, with the final being held on 25 July.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: World record 2:22.99 Hangzhou, China 13 April 2001Championship record 2:25.45 Perth, Australia 15 January 1998 The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 24 July Semifinal 1 Beatrice Câșlaru 2:25.00 CR 25 July Final Ágnes Kovács 2:24.90 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kristy Kowal 2:27.40 Q 2 Mirna Jukić 2:28.53 Q 3 Yuko Sakaguchi 2:28.85 Q 4 Ágnes Kovács 2:29.04 Q 5 Olga Bakaldina 2:29.72 Q 6 Sarah Poewe 2:29.85 Q 7 Leisel Jones 2:30.26 Q 8 Elvira Fischer 2:30.31 Q 9 Simone Weiler 2:30.35 Q 10 Beatrice Câșlaru 2:30.48 Q 11 Christin Petelski 2:31.01 Q 11 Qi Hui 2:31.01 Q 13 Luo Xuejuan 2:31.14 Q 13 Jaime King 2:31.14 Q 15 Brooke Hanson 2:31.25 Q 16 Megan Quann 2:31.38 Q 17 Junko Isoda 2:31.39 18 İlkay Dikmen 2:33.29 19 Natalia Hissamutdinova 2:34.66 20 Ku Hyo-Jin 2:35.12 21 Rhiannon Leier 2:35.18 22 Anne-Mari Gulbrandsen 2:36.23 23 Yi Ting Siow 2:38.07 24 Agata Czaplicki 2:40.37 25 Chen Yi-Fan 2:44.97 26 Shun Kwan Andrea Chum 2:46.38 27 Anastasiya Korolyova 2:46.62 28 Beatriz Cordon Towsend 2:47.50 29 Rebecca Heng 2:48.20 30 Katerine Moreno 2:51.52 31 Weng Lam Cheong 2:51.55 32 Yang Chin-Kuei 2:54.61 – Nicolette Teo DSQ

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Beatrice Câșlaru 2:25.00 Q, CR 2 Ágnes Kovács 2:25.83 Q 3 Luo Xuejuan 2:26.03 Q 4 Kristy Kowal 2:26.25 Q 5 Olga Bakaldina 2:26.63 Q 6 Qi Hui 2:27.24 Q 7 Leisel Jones 2:28.11 Q 8 Mirna Jukić 2:28.41 Q 9 Yuko Sakaguchi 2:28.50 10 Elvira Fischer 2:28.71 11 Sarah Poewe 2:28.76 12 Megan Quann 2:29.25 13 Brooke Hanson 2:29.40 14 Simone Weiler 2:31.13 15 Christin Petelski 2:31.73 16 Jaime King 2:34.67

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ágnes Kovács 2:24.90 CR Qi Hui 2:25.09 Luo Xuejuan 2:25.29 4 Leisel Jones 2:25.46 5 Kristy Kowal 2:25.84 6 Beatrice Câșlaru 2:25.92 7 Olga Bakaldina 2:26.83 8 Mirna Jukić 2:27.96

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