2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.^[1][2]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Duna Arena
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	13 December
Competitors	40 from 35 nations
Winning time	2:12.50 WR
Medalists
Kate Douglass    United States   Evgeniia Chikunova   Alex Walsh    United States
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Records

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

World record	Kate Douglass (USA)	2:12.72	Singapore	31 October 2024
Competition record	Kate Douglass (USA)	2:15.77	Melbourne, Australia	16 December 2022

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
13 December	Final	Kate Douglass	United States	2:12.50	WR

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 9:19.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Kate Douglass	United States	2:16.64	Q
2	4	4	Evgeniia Chikunova	Neutral Athletes B	2:17.04	Q
3	3	7	Alex Walsh	United States	2:18.74	Q
4	3	3	Rebecca Meder	South Africa	2:18.79	Q
5	5	3	Kristýna Horská	Czech Republic	2:19.00	Q, NR
6	5	5	Alina Zmushka	Neutral Athletes A	2:19.19	Q
7	3	9	Angharad Evans	Great Britain	2:19.51	Q
8	4	3	Clara Rybak-Andersen	Denmark	2:19.59	Q
9	4	6	Zhu Leiju	China	2:19.97	R
10	3	5	Park Si-eun	South Korea	2:20.41	R
11	3	8	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania	2:20.48	NR
12	4	5	Kotomi Kato	Japan	2:20.55
13	4	7	Yuliya Yefimova	Neutral Athletes B	2:21.79
13	5	9	Alexanne Lepage	Canada	2:21.79
15	3	6	Liu Mengyang	China	2:21.85
16	3	4	Tara Kinder	Australia	2:21.91
17	4	9	Ellie McCartney	Ireland	2:23.36
18	5	2	Kinga Paradowska	Poland	2:24.01
19	5	6	Andrea Podmaníková	Slovakia	2:24.49
20	3	0	Olivia Klint Ipsa	Sweden	2:24.60
21	4	2	Nikoleta Trníková	Slovakia	2:25.16
22	2	6	Emily Santos	Panama	2:25.26
23	5	8	Maria Romanjuk	Estonia	2:25.30
24	5	0	Eszter Békési	Hungary	2:25.60
25	4	8	Ko Ha-ru	South Korea	2:25.61
26	4	0	Zyleika Pratt-Smith	New Zealand	2:25.63
27	5	7	Ana Blažević	Croatia	2:25.98
28	4	1	Brigitta Vass	Romania	2:26.05
29	2	4	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:26.27
30	2	3	Phiangkhwan Pawapotako	Thailand	2:26.45	NR
31	2	2	Nàdia Tudó	Andorra	2:29.62
32	2	5	Man Wui Kiu	Hong Kong	2:30.82
33	1	3	Maria Erokhina	Cyprus	2:31.31	NR
34	2	1	Anastasia Basisto	Moldova	2:31.37
35	1	4	Angelina Messina	Laos	2:32.55
36	2	7	Lea Højsted	Faroe Islands	2:33.31
37	2	8	Tara Al-Oul	Jordan	2:39.05
38	2	0	Nicole Mack	Guatemala	2:40.34
39	2	9	Maria Batallones	Northern Mariana Islands	2:45.42
40	1	5	Adaya Sian Bourne	Sint Maarten	3:04.58
	3	1	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	Did not start
	3	2	Eneli Jefimova	Estonia
	5	1	Emma Carrasco	Spain

Final

The final was held at 18:06.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kate Douglass	United States	2:12.50	WR
	5	Evgeniia Chikunova	Neutral Athletes B	2:15.14
	3	Alex Walsh	United States	2:16.83
4	7	Alina Zmushka	Neutral Athletes A	2:17.30	NR
5	6	Rebecca Meder	South Africa	2:18.26
6	2	Kristýna Horská	Czech Republic	2:18.31	NR
7	8	Clara Rybak-Andersen	Denmark	2:18.73
8	1	Angharad Evans	Great Britain	2:18.77