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

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 23 July. The heats and semifinals took place 22 July, with the final being held on 23 July.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: World record 2:05.81 Sydney, Australia 17 May 2000Championship record 2:07.25 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 23 July Final Petria Thomas 2:06.73 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Petria Thomas 2:07.91 Q 2 Annika Mehlhorn 2:08.37 Q 3 Jessica Deglau 2:10.75 Q 4 Kaitlin Sandeno 2:10.87 Q 5 Éva Risztov 2:11.07 Q 6 Mireia García 2:11.15 Q 7 Mette Jacobsen 2:11.27 Q 8 Yuko Nakanishi 2:11.45 Q 9 Georgina Lee 2:11.61 Q 10 Shelly Ripple 2:11.76 Q 11 Elizabeth Van Welie 2:11.87 Q 12 Asako Kitada 2:12.03 Q 13 Petra Zahrl 2:12.25 Q 14 Sophia Skou 2:12.35 Q 15 Audrey Lacroix 2:12.94 Q 16 Irina Bespalova 2:13.65 Q 17 Vered Borochovski 2:14.24 18 Nicole Hunter 2:14.69 19 Ruan Yi 2:15.73 20 Miriana Bosevska 2:18.24 21 Christel Bouvron 2:19.27 22 Anna Kopatchenia 2:19.33 23 Mariela Solange Yepez Pallo 2:19.81 24 Natalia Roubina 2:19.90 25 Yang Chin-Kuei 2:24.77 26 Xenavee Pangelinan 2:25.48 27 Sung Yi-Chien 2:29.41 – Raquel Felgueiras DSQ – Otylia Yedrzejczak DSQ – Natallia Baranouskaya DSQ

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Annika Mehlhorn 2:08.95 Q 2 Petria Thomas 2:09.20 Q 3 Yuko Nakanishi 2:09.79 Q 4 Éva Risztov 2:09.91 Q 5 Mireia García 2:09.97 Q 6 Mette Jacobsen 2:10.43 Q 7 Shelly Ripple 2:10.62 Q 8 Kaitlin Sandeno 2:10.65 Q 9 Jessica Deglau 2:11.03 10 Georgina Lee 2:11.07 11 Sophia Skou 2:11.68 12 Petra Zahrl 2:12.09 13 Irina Bespalova 2:12.58 14 Asako Kitada 2:13.05 15 Audrey Lacroix 2:13.10 16 Elizabeth Van Welie 2:13.29

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Petria Thomas 2:06.73 CR Annika Mehlhorn 2:06.97 Kaitlin Sandeno 2:08.52 4 Yuko Nakanishi 2:09.08 5 Mette Jacobsen 2:09.57 6 Éva Risztov 2:10.11 7 Mireia García 2:10.42 8 Shelly Ripple 2:11.09

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