# Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2019.

## 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 held on 24 July at 11:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Hali Flickinger | United States | 2:05.96 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:07.60 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:08.16 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:08.26 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Katie Drabot | United States | 2:08.33 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:08.69 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Alys Thomas | Great Britain | 2:08.69 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:09.03 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 2:09.43 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Hiroko Makino | Japan | 2:09.88 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Brianna Throssell | Australia | 2:09.91 | Q, WD |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:10.03 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Suzuka Hasegawa | Japan | 2:10.03 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:10.39 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Zhu Jiaming | China | 2:10.54 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:10.63 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Park Su-jin | South Korea | 2:10.73 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | Turkey | 2:11.09 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Remedy Rule | Philippines | 2:11.38 | NR |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Duné Coetzee | South Africa | 2:11.92 | |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Quah Jing Wen | Singapore | 2:12.48 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Lê Thị Mỹ Thảo | Vietnam | 2:13.11 | |
| 23 | 3 | 9 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:13.70 | |
| 24 | 2 | 0 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 2:13.78 | |
| 25 | 4 | 9 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 2:13.83 | |
| 26 | 2 | 2 | Zhang Yufei | China | 2:14.20 | |
| 27 | 2 | 9 | María Fe Muñoz | Peru | 2:15.28 | |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:15.63 | |
| 29 | 3 | 0 | Adinda Kirana | Indonesia | 2:20.07 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Lia Ana Lima | Angola | 2:22.15 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Katie Rock | Albania | 2:28.58 | |
| 32 | 1 | 6 | Junayna Ahmed | Bangladesh | 2:34.95 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Zaira Forson | Ghana | 2:39.20 | NR |
| | 4 | 7 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 24 July at 21:10.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:07.33 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:08.14 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:08.30 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:09.06 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Suzuka Hasegawa | Japan | 2:09.22 | |
| 6 | 2 | Hiroko Makino | Japan | 2:09.60 | |
| 7 | 8 | Park Su-jin | South Korea | 2:09.97 | |
| 8 | 1 | Zhu Jiaming | China | 2:10.52 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Hali Flickinger | United States | 2:06.25 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Katie Drabot | United States | 2:06.59 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:07.83 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Alys Thomas | Great Britain | 2:08.26 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:09.18 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 2:09.72 | |
| 7 | 1 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:10.78 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:12.72 | |

### Final

The final was held on 25 July at 20:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:06.78 |
| | 4 | Hali Flickinger | United States | 2:06.95 |
| | 5 | Katie Drabot | United States | 2:07.04 |
| 4 | 2 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:07.30 |
| 5 | 7 | Alys Thomas | Great Britain | 2:07.48 |
| 6 | 6 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:07.68 |
| 7 | 1 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:08.70 |
| 8 | 8 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:09.35 |