The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld record Championship recordAnnamay Pierse 2:20.12 RomeJuly 30, 2009
Results
Heats 38 swimmers participated in 5 heats.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Rebecca Soni 2:23.30 Q 2 3 6 Rikke Pedersen 2:25.86 Q 3 5 5 Yuliya Yefimova 2:25.98 Q 4 5 3 Amanda Beard 2:26.73 Q 5 5 7 Marina García Urzainqui 2:26.96 Q 6 5 6 Sally Foster 2:27.07 Q 7 4 4 Annamay Pierse 2:27.14 Q 8 3 3 Martha McCabe 2:27.16 Q 9 4 5 Sun Ye 2:27.17 Q10 4 6 Rie Kaneto 2:27.17 Q11 5 1 Nađa Higl 2:27.39 Q12 4 8 Back Su-Yeon 2:27.43 Q13 3 2 Sara El Bekri 2:27.48 Q14 4 1 Fanny Lecluyse 2:27.67 Q15 3 7 Chiara Boggiatto 2:27.84 Q16 3 1 Stacey Tadd 2:27.88 Q17 3 5 Ji Liping 2:27.91 18 3 4 Satomi Suzuki 2:27.98 19 5 2 Jeong Darae 2:28.14 20 5 8 Molly Renshaw 2:28.35 21 4 3 Sara Nordenstam 2:28.88 21 4 2 Joline Höstman 2:28.88 23 4 7 Rebecca Kemp 2:29.82 24 2 4 Jenna Laukkanen 2:30.51 25 2 3 Martina Moravčíková 2:31.46 26 3 8 Tanja Smid 2:32.26 27 2 6 Raminta Dvariskyte 2:33.79 28 2 2 Evghenia Tanasienco 2:34.00 NR 29 2 5 Tessa Brouwer 2:34.93 30 2 7 Talanova Daria 2:38.07 31 1 5 Lei On Kei 2:41.62 32 1 6 Matelita Buadromo 2:44.01 33 2 8 Maria Coy 2:45.32 34 2 1 Nibal Yamout 2:45.35 35 1 3 Ana Maria Castellanos 2:45.63 36 1 4 Jessica Stephenson 2:46.28 37 1 2 Daniela Lindemeier 2:47.56 38 1 2 Anum Bandey 2:58.85
Semifinals The semifinals were held at 18:20.
Semifinals 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Rikke Pedersen 2:24.80 Q 2 6 Martha McCabe 2:24.86 Q 3 2 Rie Kaneto 2:25.41 Q 4 1 Fanny Lecluyse 2:25.92 5 5 Amanda Beard 2:25.99 6 3 Sally Foster 2:26.43 7 7 Back Su-Yeon 2:26.61 8 8 Stacey Tadd 2:26.73
Semifinals 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Rebecca Soni 2:21.03 Q 2 5 Yuliya Yefimova 2:23.66 Q 3 2 Sun Ye 2:24.59 Q 4 6 Annamay Pierse 2:24.73 Q 5 7 Nađa Higl 2:25.56 Q 6 3 Marina García Urzainqui 2:25.79 7 1 Sara El Bekri 2:26.74 8 8 Chiara Boggiatto 2:28.14
Final The final was held at 18:52.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Rebecca Soni 2:21.47 5 Yuliya Yefimova 2:22.22 NR 7 Martha McCabe 2:24.81 4 3 Sun Ye 2:25.09 5 1 Rie Kaneto 2:25.36 6 8 Nađa Higl 2:25.93 7 2 Rikke Pedersen 2:26.56 8 6 Annamay Pierse 2:27.00
References
External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre breaststroke start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.