# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 1–2 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2:19.59 | London, Great Britain | 2 August 2012 |
| Competition record | Annamay Pierse (CAN) | 2:20.12 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 1 August | Semifinal 1 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.11 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:37.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Micah Lawrence | United States | 2:21.74 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:22.20 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:23.13 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Rie Kaneto | Japan | 2:23.91 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Marina García | Spain | 2:24.21 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Viktoriya Solnceva | Ukraine | 2:24.65 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Shi Jinglin | China | 2:25.73 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:25.91 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:26.62 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Breeja Larson | United States | 2:26.90 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 2:27.31 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Sally Foster | Australia | 2:27.41 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Back Su-Yeon | South Korea | 2:27.47 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Yang Ji-Won | South Korea | 2:27.78 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:28.04 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 2:28.12 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:28.15 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 2:28.35 | NR |
| 19 | 4 | 6 | Joline Hostman | Sweden | 2:28.41 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 2:30.49 | NR |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Tera van Beilen | Canada | 2:31.34 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:31.49 | |
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Siow Yi Ting | Malaysia | 2:31.99 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Samantha Yeo | Singapore | 2:32.55 | |
| 25 | 2 | 9 | Esther González | Mexico | 2:32.82 | |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Julia Sebastián | Argentina | 2:32.88 | |
| 27 | 3 | 9 | Alona Ribakova | Latvia | 2:33.07 | |
| 28 | 1 | 6 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:33.48 | NR |
| 29 | 2 | 0 | Raminta Dvariškytė | Lithuania | 2:33.84 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Hanna Dzerkal | Ukraine | 2:34.06 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Tara-Lynn Nicholas | South Africa | 2:34.41 | |
| 32 | 4 | 0 | Ioana Alexandra Popa | Romania | 2:34.66 | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Daniela Lindemeier | Namibia | 2:37.47 | NR |
| 34 | 1 | 7 | Irene Chrysostomou | Cyprus | 2:39.65 | |
| 35 | 1 | 8 | Barbara Vali-Skelton | Papua New Guinea | 2:47.99 | |
| 36 | 1 | 0 | Anum Bandey | Pakistan | 2:55.65 | NR |
| | 3 | 0 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | | DSQ |
| | 1 | 1 | Ngô Thị Ngọc Quỳnh | Vietnam | | DNS |
| | 3 | 1 | Caroline Ruhnau | Germany | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:20.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.11 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 5 | Rie Kaneto | Japan | 2:23.28 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Sally Foster | Australia | 2:24.14 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Viktoriya Solnceva | Ukraine | 2:24.19 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 6 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:24.68 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Breeja Larson | United States | 2:26.22 | |
| 7 | 1 | Yang Ji-Won | South Korea | 2:27.67 | |
| 8 | 8 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 2:29.30 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:19.85 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 3 | Marina García | Spain | 2:22.88 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 4 | Micah Lawrence | United States | 2:23.23 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Shi Jinglin | China | 2:25.52 | |
| 5 | 1 | Back Su-Yeon | South Korea | 2:25.61 | |
| 6 | 7 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 2:25.77 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:27.00 | |
| 8 | 8 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:29.86 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:55.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:19.41 | NR |
| | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:20.08 | |
| | 6 | Micah Lawrence | United States | 2:22.37 | |
| 4 | 2 | Rie Kaneto | Japan | 2:22.96 | |
| 5 | 1 | Viktoriya Solnceva | Ukraine | 2:23.01 | NR |
| 6 | 3 | Marina García | Spain | 2:23.55 | |
| 7 | 7 | Sally Foster | Australia | 2:24.01 | |
| 8 | 8 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:25.21 | |