# Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2023.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Liu Zige (CHN) | 2:01.81 | Jinan, China | 21 October 2009 |
| Competition record | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | 2:03.41 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 26 July at 11:40.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:07.57 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Elizabeth Dekkers | Australia | 2:07.71 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 2:07.91 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:08.07 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:08.16 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Airi Mitsui | Japan | 2:08.54 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Emily Large | Great Britain | 2:08.93 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Hiroko Makino | Japan | 2:09.03 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Lindsay Looney | United States | 2:09.27 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Yu Liyan | China | 2:09.29 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | María José Mata | Mexico | 2:09.50 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Abbey Connor | Australia | 2:10.04 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:10.18 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:10.73 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:10.80 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Anja Crevar | Serbia | 2:10.98 | Q, NR |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Georgia Damasioti | Greece | 2:11.03 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Park Su-jin | South Korea | 2:11.20 | |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Quah Jing Wen | Singapore | 2:11.50 | |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Kamonchanok Kwanmuang | Thailand | 2:12.46 | |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Amina Kajtaz | Croatia | 2:12.57 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | 2:12.62 | |
| 23 | 4 | 0 | Karen Durango | Colombia | 2:12.86 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Maria Fernanda Costa | Brazil | 2:13.30 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:13.65 | |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Trinity Hearne | South Africa | 2:14.78 | |
| 27 | 2 | 0 | Alondra Ortiz | Costa Rica | 2:16.95 | |
| 28 | 1 | 4 | Lia Ana Lima | Angola | 2:26.95 | |
| 29 | 1 | 5 | Amaya Bollinger | Guam | 2:38.22 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Meral Latheef | Maldives | 3:05.69 | |
| | 4 | 5 | Zhang Yufei | China | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 26 July 21:16.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:06.60 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:06.83 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 2:06.85 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Elizabeth Dekkers | Australia | 2:07.11 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:07.15 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:07.47 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Airi Mitsui | Japan | 2:07.51 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lindsay Looney | United States | 2:07.72 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Hiroko Makino | Japan | 2:08.40 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Emily Large | Great Britain | 2:08.66 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Yu Liyan | China | 2:08.78 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | María José Mata | Mexico | 2:09.33 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:09.56 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Abbey Connor | Australia | 2:10.35 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:11.23 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Anja Crevar | Serbia | 2:11.65 | |

### Final

The final was held on 27 July at 20:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 2:04.06 | AM, WJ |
| | 6 | Elizabeth Dekkers | Australia | 2:05.46 | |
| | 5 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:06.58 | |
| 4 | 4 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:07.05 | |
| 5 | 1 | Airi Mitsui | Japan | 2:07.15 | |
| 5 | 2 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:07.15 | NR |
| 7 | 7 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:07.27 | |
| 8 | 8 | Lindsay Looney | United States | 2:07.90 | |