# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2:14.57 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 18 December 2009 |
| Competition record | Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN) | 2:16.08 | Istanbul, Turkey | 16 December 2012 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 16 December | Final | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:15.77 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 11:19.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 7 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:16.52 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Lilly King | United States | 2:18.59 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 2:18.70 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:19.57 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Tang Qianting | China | 2:19.57 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Jenna Strauch | Australia | 2:19.75 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 2:19.88 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:20.26 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 8 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 2:20.45 | NR |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Kelsey Wog | Canada | 2:20.57 | |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Mikayla Smith | Australia | 2:20.67 | |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Yumeno Kusuda | Japan | 2:20.82 | |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:21.22 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Letitia Sim | Singapore | 2:21.60 | NR |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 2:21.94 | |
| 16 | 2 | 3 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 2:22.10 | |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Emelie Fast | Sweden | 2:22.22 | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Moon Su-a | South Korea | 2:23.41 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 2:23.64 | |
| 20 | 5 | 2 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 2:24.12 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 2:24.62 | |
| 22 | 3 | 6 | Yang Chang | China | 2:24.80 | |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:25.53 | |
| 24 | 1 | 5 | Nicole Frank | Uruguay | 2:26.44 | NR |
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Chang Yujuan | Hong Kong | 2:26.76 | |
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Phiangkhwan Pawapotako | Thailand | 2:28.50 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:28.80 | |
| 28 | 1 | 4 | Nàdia Tudó | Andorra | 2:31.45 | |
| 29 | 1 | 6 | Asia Kent | Gibraltar | 2:36.22 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Krista Jurado | Guatemala | 2:36.34 | |
| | 5 | 8 | Emily Visagie | South Africa | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 1 | 2 | Ramudi Samarakoon | Sri Lanka | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 4 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 7 | Kotomi Kato | Japan | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 2 | Anna Elendt | Germany | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 4 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 6 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was held at 19:42.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:15.77 | CR |
| | 5 | Lilly King | United States | 2:17.13 | |
| | 3 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 2:18.19 | |
| 4 | 7 | Jenna Strauch | Australia | 2:18.87 | |
| 5 | 2 | Tang Qianting | China | 2:19.28 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:19.35 | |
| 7 | 1 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 2:20.14 | |
| 8 | 8 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:21.48 | |