# 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 41 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 advancing to finals that evening.

## Records

At the start of the event, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:14.57 | Manchester | 18 December 2009 |
| Championship record | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 2:18.73 | Manchester 2008 | 13 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR |
| 19 December 2010 | Heats | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:18.66 | | CR |
| 19 December 2010 | Final | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:16.39 | | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2:18.66 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Sun Ye (CHN) | 2:19.77 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Rikke Pedersen (DEN) | 2:20.89 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Rie Kaneto (JPN) | 2:21.36 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Martha McCabe (CAN) | 2:21.45 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 2:21.65 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Yulia Yefimova (RUS) | 2:22.12 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Ji Liping (CHN) | 2:22.96 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) | 2:22.98 | |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Micah Lawrence (USA) | 2:23.60 | |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Moniek Nijhuis (NED) | 2:23.92 | |
| 12 | 6 | 7 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (ISL) | 2:24.15 | |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Chiara Boggiatto (ITA) | 2:24.17 | |
| 14 | 6 | 5 | Joline Höstman (SWE) | 2:24.70 | |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Mina Matsushima (JPN) | 2:25.23 | |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Annamay Pierse (CAN) | 2:25.34 | |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Sara Nordenstam (NOR) | 2:26.07 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Agustina de Giovanni (ARG) | 2:26.22 | |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | Mireia Belmonte García (ESP) | 2:26.53 | |
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Kong Yvette Man Yi (HKG) | 2:28.20 | |
| 21 | 6 | 8 | Dilara Buse Gunaydin (TUR) | 2:28.71 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Jessica Pengelly (RSA) | 2:28.93 | |
| 23 | 5 | 1 | Sarra Lajnef (TUN) | 2:31.05 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Caroline Reitshammer (AUT) | 2:31.88 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Daniela Victoria (VEN) | 2:31.98 | |
| 26 | 3 | 3 | Aurelie Waltzing (LUX) | 2:32.19 | |
| 27 | 3 | 7 | Patricia Quevedo (PER) | 2:37.87 | |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Daniela Lindemeier (NAM) | 2:38.36 | |
| 29 | 3 | 8 | Danielle Beaubrun (LCA) | 2:38.77 | |
| 30 | 2 | 4 | Lei On Kei (MAC) | 2:40.04 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Sin Jin Hui (PRK) | 2:41.24 | |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Melinda Sue Micallef (MLT) | 2:45.03 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Elodie Poo Cheong (MRI) | 2:47.61 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Patricia Cani (ALB) | 2:49.54 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Pilar Shimizu (GUM) | 2:51.66 | |
| 36 | 2 | 2 | Anum Bandey (PAK) | 2:53.52 | |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Sehar Saleh (KEN) | 3:09.53 | |
| – | 3 | 4 | Tatiane Sakemi (BRA) | DNS | |
| – | 5 | 7 | Jennie Johansson (SWE) | DNS | |
| – | 3 | 6 | Sara El Bekri (MAR) | DSQ | |
| – | 6 | 1 | Katheryn Anne Meaklim (RSA) | DSQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2:16.39 | CR |
| | 5 | Sun Ye (CHN) | 2:18.09 | |
| | 3 | Rikke Pedersen (DEN) | 2:18.82 | |
| 4 | 1 | Yulia Yefimova (RUS) | 2:19.69 | |
| 5 | 2 | Martha McCabe (CAN) | 2:20.61 | |
| 6 | 8 | Ji Liping (CHN) | 2:21.05 | |
| 7 | 6 | Rie Kaneto (JPN) | 2:22.11 | |
| 8 | 7 | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 2:25.49 | |