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

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August with the heats and the semifinals and 6 August with the final.[1]

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates5 August (heats and semifinals)
6 August (final)
Competitors39 from 32 nations
Winning time2:05.56
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    China
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Records

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

World record  Liu Zige (CHN)2:01.81Jinan, China21 October 2009
Competition record  Jessicah Schipper (AUS)2:03.41Rome, Italy30 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:14.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
142Zhang Yufei  China2:06.92Q, WJR
243Katie McLaughlin  United States2:07.32Q
324Liliána Szilágyi  Hungary2:07.46Q
445Cammile Adams  United States2:07.96Q
535Natsumi Hoshi  Japan2:07.97Q
633Katinka Hosszú  Hungary2:08.07Q
744Franziska Hentke  Germany2:08.31Q
837Lara Grangeon  France2:08.54Q
934Madeline Groves  Australia2:08.65Q
1026Zhou Yilin  China2:08.76Q
1146Audrey Lacroix  Canada2:08.79Q
1223Brianna Throssell  Australia2:09.16Q
1347Hannah Miley  Great Britain2:09.44Q
1436Park Jin-young  South Korea2:09.62Q
1538Anja Klinar  Slovenia2:09.70Q
1627Joanna Maranhão  Brazil2:09.77Q
1732Martina van Berkel   Switzerland2:09.88
1825Judit Ignacio Sorribes  Spain2:09.93
1931Aimee Willmott  Great Britain2:10.07
2021Park Soo-jin  South Korea2:11.07
2141Andreina Pinto  Venezuela2:11.14
2222Alessia Polieri  Italy2:11.30
2315Valerie Gruest  Guatemala2:12.82
2448Ana Monteiro  Portugal2:12.87
2530Barbora Závadová  Czech Republic2:12.89
2639Anna Ntountounaki  Greece2:13.69
2720Virginia Bardach  Argentina2:13.76
2829Ida Marko-Varga  Sweden2:14.89
2914Quah Ting Wen  Singapore2:14.93
3049Claudia Hufnagl  Austria2:15.16
3112Monalisa Lorenza  Indonesia2:15.76
3213Jessica Camposano  Colombia2:16.40
3311Estefania Urzúa  Chile2:19.12
3416Sutasinee Pankaew  Thailand2:19.54
3540Sharo Rodríguez  Mexico2:19.60
3617María Far Núñez  Panama2:19.65
3728Laura Arroyo  Mexico2:20.04
3818Noel Borshi  Albania2:20.28
3910Alsu Bayramova  Azerbaijan2:26.27

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:25.[3]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Katie McLaughlin  United States2:07.52Q
25Cammile Adams  United States2:07.57Q
27Brianna Throssell  Australia2:07.57Q
42Zhou Yilin  China2:07.69Q
56Lara Grangeon  France2:08.67
63Katinka Hosszú  Hungary2:08.91
71Park Jin-young  South Korea2:09.21
88Joanna Maranhão  Brazil2:09.69

Semifinal 2

Hoshi wins 2nd semi
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Natsumi Hoshi  Japan2:06.36Q
26Franziska Hentke  Germany2:06.64Q
35Liliána Szilágyi  Hungary2:07.05Q
44Zhang Yufei  China2:07.08Q
52Madeline Groves  Australia2:08.00
68Anja Klinar  Slovenia2:08.52
77Audrey Lacroix  Canada2:08.86
81Hannah Miley  Great Britain2:09.21

Final

Hoshi swims for gold

The final was held at 18.20.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Natsumi Hoshi  Japan2:05.56
7Cammile Adams  United States2:06.40
6Zhang Yufei  China2:06.51WJR
41Brianna Throssell  Australia2:06.78
45Franziska Hentke  Germany2:06.78
62Katie McLaughlin  United States2:06.95
73Liliána Szilágyi  Hungary2:07.76
88Zhou Yilin  China2:10.20

References