Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...

 at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...

 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 Date
World record
Championship record
Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse is a Canadian swimmer. She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta and currently attends the University of British Columbia and resides permanently in Vancouver, British Columbia....

2:20.12 Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

July 30, 2009


No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Heats

38 swimmers participated in 5 heats.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...

 
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
Amanda Beard
Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....

 
2:26.73 Q
5 5 7 Marina Garcia Urzainque  2:26.96 Q
6 5 6 Sally Foster
Sally Foster
Sally Foster is an Australian breaststroke swimmer.She won the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke event at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships....

 
2:27.07 Q
7 4 4 Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse is a Canadian swimmer. She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta and currently attends the University of British Columbia and resides permanently in Vancouver, British Columbia....

 
2:27.14 Q
8 3 3 Martha McCabe
Martha McCabe
Martha McCabe is a Canadian swimmer. She won bronze in the 200m breaststroke at the 2011 World Swimming Championships.-External links:*...

 
2:27.16 Q
9 4 5 Sun Ye
Sun Ye
Sun Ye is an Olympic-medalist swimmer from China. She swam for China at the 2008 Olympics, where she was part of China's 400 Medley Relay which finished 3rd.-Major achievements:*2008 Olympics - 7th 100m breast, 3rd 400m Medley Relay...

 
2:27.17 Q
10 4 6 Rie Kaneto  2:27.17 Q
11 5 1 Nađa Higl
Nađa Higl
Nađa Higl is a Serbian swimmer...

 
2:27.39 Q
12 4 8 Back Su-Yeon  2:27.43 Q
13 3 2 Sara El Bekri  2:27.48 Q
14 4 1 Fanny Lecluyse  2:27.67 Q
15 3 7 Chiara Boggiatto
Chiara Boggiatto
Chiara Boggiatto is an Italian breaststroke swimmer. She was several times finalist in European and World Championship swimming 200 m breaststroke and relays...

 
2:27.84 Q
16 3 1 Stacey Tadd  2:27.88 Q
17 3 5 Ji Liping
Ji Liping
-External links:*Swim Rankings *...

 
2:27.91
18 3 4 Satomi Suzuki  2:27.98
19 5 2 Jeong Darae
Jeong Darae
Jeong Darae is a South Korean swimmer. She is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul.-Achievements:-National championships:...

 
2:28.14
20 5 8 Molly Renshaw  2:28.35
21 4 3 Sara Nordenstam
Sara Nordenstam
Sara Maria Evelina Nordenstam is a Norwegian swimmer. Nordenstam was born to Swedish parents and lived in Sweden until she was 10, after which she moved to Oslo. From 2004 she is a naturalised citizen of Norway....

 
2:28.88
21 4 2 Joline Höstman
Joline Höstman
Joline Höstman is a Swedish swimmer from Gothenburg. She was born Höglund but changed her name in 2007 to her mother's maiden name.-Long course :- Short course :-References:...

 
2:28.88
23 4 7 Rebecca Kemp  2:29.82
24 2 4 Jenna Laukkanen  2:30.51
25 2 3 Martina Moravcikova  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
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 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Rikke Pedersen  2:24.80 Q
2 6 Martha McCabe
Martha McCabe
Martha McCabe is a Canadian swimmer. She won bronze in the 200m breaststroke at the 2011 World Swimming Championships.-External links:*...

 
2:24.86 Q
3 2 Rie Kaneto  2:25.41 Q
4 1 Fanny Lecluyse  2:25.92
5 5 Amanda Beard
Amanda Beard
Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....

 
2:25.99
6 3 Sally Foster
Sally Foster
Sally Foster is an Australian breaststroke swimmer.She won the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke event at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships....

 
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
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...

 
2:21.03 Q
2 5 Yuliya Yefimova  2:23.66 Q
3 2 Sun Ye
Sun Ye
Sun Ye is an Olympic-medalist swimmer from China. She swam for China at the 2008 Olympics, where she was part of China's 400 Medley Relay which finished 3rd.-Major achievements:*2008 Olympics - 7th 100m breast, 3rd 400m Medley Relay...

 
2:24.59 Q
4 6 Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse is a Canadian swimmer. She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta and currently attends the University of British Columbia and resides permanently in Vancouver, British Columbia....

 
2:24.73 Q
5 7 Nađa Higl
Nađa Higl
Nađa Higl is a Serbian swimmer...

 
2:25.56 Q
6 3 Marina Garcia Urzainque  2:25.79
7 1 Sara El Bekri  2:26.74
8 8 Chiara Boggiatto
Chiara Boggiatto
Chiara Boggiatto is an Italian breaststroke swimmer. She was several times finalist in European and World Championship swimming 200 m breaststroke and relays...

 
2:28.14

Final

The final was held at 18:52.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...

 
2:21.47
5 Yuliya Yefimova  2:22.22 NR
7 Martha McCabe
Martha McCabe
Martha McCabe is a Canadian swimmer. She won bronze in the 200m breaststroke at the 2011 World Swimming Championships.-External links:*...

 
2:24.81
4 3 Sun Ye
Sun Ye
Sun Ye is an Olympic-medalist swimmer from China. She swam for China at the 2008 Olympics, where she was part of China's 400 Medley Relay which finished 3rd.-Major achievements:*2008 Olympics - 7th 100m breast, 3rd 400m Medley Relay...

 
2:25.09
5 1 Rie Kaneto  2:25.36
6 8 Nađa Higl
Nađa Higl
Nađa Higl is a Serbian swimmer...

 
2:25.93
7 2 Rikke Pedersen  2:26.56
8 6 Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse is a Canadian swimmer. She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta and currently attends the University of British Columbia and resides permanently in Vancouver, British Columbia....

2:27.00

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