Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.[1]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Medallists
Dates6 August (heats and semifinals)
7 August (final)
Competitors50 from 42 nations
Winning time2:21.15
Medalists
    Japan
    United States
    Spain
    Denmark
    China

Records

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

World record  Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)2:19.11Barcelona, Spain1 August 2013
Competition record  Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)2:19.11Barcelona, Spain1 August 2013

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:11.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Kanako Watanabe Japan2:23.29Q
243Micah Lawrence United States2:23.32Q
347Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Iceland2:23.54Q, NR
431Fanny Lecluyse Belgium2:23.77Q, NR
553Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes Turkey2:23.81Q
654Rikke Møller Pedersen Denmark2:23.90Q
752Jessica Vall Spain2:23.97Q
846Vitalina Simonova Russia2:23.99Q
945Taylor McKeown Australia2:24.02Q
1055Shi Jinglin China2:24.09Q
1133Kierra Smith Canada2:24.12Q
1256Tessa Wallace Australia2:24.88Q
1357Marina García Urzainqui Spain2:25.32Q
1458Vanessa Grimberg Germany2:25.74Q
1534Rie Kaneto Japan2:25.75Q
1651Jenna Laukkanen Finland2:25.91Q, NR
1735Yuliya Yefimova Russia2:26.11
1836Molly Renshaw Great Britain2:26.32
1942Breeja Larson United States2:26.38
2037Ilaria Scarcella Italy2:26.40
2132Martha McCabe Canada2:26.51
2250Martina Moravčíková Czech Republic2:28.41
2341Zhang Xinyu China2:28.57
2439Tanja Šmid Slovenia2:28.64
2538Yang Ji-won South Korea2:29.24
2649Julia Sebastian Argentina2:29.28
2659Anna Sztankovics Hungary2:29.28
2827Ana Radić Croatia2:29.71
2930Fiona Doyle Ireland2:29.77NR
3016Daniela Carrillo Mexico2:30.65
3128Maria Romanjuk Estonia2:31.37NR
3225Raminta Dvariškytė Lithuania2:31.74
3340Jung Seul-ki South Korea2:31.85
3420Mercedes Toledo Venezuela2:32.69NR
3523Victoria Kaminskaya Portugal2:33.73
3613Samantha Yeo Singapore2:33.85
3722Aļona Ribakova Latvia2:34.69
3826Phiangkhwan Pawapotako Thailand2:34.77
3915Daniela Lindemeier Namibia2:35.17
4021Jovana Bogdanović Serbia2:35.88
4148Anastasiya Malyavina Ukraine2:36.49
4224Dariya Talanova Kyrgyzstan2:37.04
4314Lin Pei-wun Chinese Taipei2:39.19
4412Mihaela Bat Moldova2:40.57
4529Sin Jin-hui North Korea2:41.41
4610Tilka Paljk Zambia2:55.98
4711Pilar Shimizu Guam2:56.47
4818Anum Bandey Pakistan2:58.10
4917Nooran Ba Matraf Yemen3:07.78
5019Sajina Aishath Maldives3:16.50

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 17:51.[3]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Rikke Møller Pedersen Denmark2:21.99Q
24Micah Lawrence United States2:22.04Q
36Vitalina Simonova Russia2:22.72Q
42Shi Jinglin China2:23.06QSO
55Fanny Lecluyse Belgium2:23.83
67Tessa Wallace Australia2:24.68
71Vanessa Grimberg Germany2:25.36
88Jenna Laukkanen Finland2:25.45NR

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Kanako Watanabe Japan2:22.15Q
27Kierra Smith Canada2:22.82Q
38Rie Kaneto Japan2:22.88Q
46Jessica Vall Spain2:22.90Q
55Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Iceland2:23.06QSO, NR
63Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes Turkey2:24.01
72Taylor McKeown Australia2:24.41
81Marina García Urzainqui Spain2:25.52

Swim-off

Swim-off

The swim-off was held at 19:43.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Shi Jinglin China2:23.75Q
25Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Iceland2:25.11

Final

The final was held at 18:25.[5]

Watanabe before her final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Kanako Watanabe Japan2:21.15
5Micah Lawrence United States2:22.44
1Jessica Vall Spain2:22.76
4Rikke Møller Pedersen Denmark2:22.76
8Shi Jinglin China2:22.76
67Rie Kaneto Japan2:23.19
76Vitalina Simonova Russia2:23.59
82Kierra Smith Canada2:23.61

References

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