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

The women's 200 metre butterfly event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Liu Zige (CHN) | 2:01.81 | Jinan, China | 21 October 2009 |
| Competition record | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | 2:03.41 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:38.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:07.21 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.51 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Natsumi Hoshi | Japan | 2:07.59 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Liu Zige | China | 2:07.63 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Jiao Liuyang | China | 2:07.79 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Cammile Adams | United States | 2:07.83 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:07.87 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:08.50 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:08.51 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 2:09.13 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:09.48 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Jemma Lowe | Great Britain | 2:10.21 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Madeline Dirado | United States | 2:10.25 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 2:10.72 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 2:10.74 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:11.14 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | Samantha Lee | New Zealand | 2:11.95 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Rita Medrano | Mexico | 2:12.41 | |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | An Se-Hyeon | South Korea | 2:13.26 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Yana Martynova | Russia | 2:13.99 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 2:14.10 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Monalisa Lorenza | Indonesia | 2:18.24 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Julimar Avila | Honduras | 2:19.56 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Maria Far Nunez | Panama | 2:22.37 | |
| 25 | 1 | 0 | Pooja Alva | India | 2:31.76 | |
| 26 | 2 | 0 | Amboratiana Domoinannava | Madagascar | 2:40.51 | |
| | 2 | 7 | Ingvild Snildal | Norway | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:55.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Cammile Adams | United States | 2:06.75 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.85 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Liu Zige | China | 2:07.18 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 2:07.91 | |
| 5 | 6 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:08.09 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jemma Lowe | Great Britain | 2:08.53 | |
| 7 | 1 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 2:10.42 | |
| 8 | 8 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:14.07 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:06.53 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Natsumi Hoshi | Japan | 2:07.18 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:07.31 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Jiao Liuyang | China | 2:07.70 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:07.86 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:07.87 | |
| 7 | 1 | Madeline Dirado | United States | 2:08.28 | |
| 8 | 8 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 2:10.11 | NR |

### Final

The final was held at 18:46.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Liu Zige | China | 2:04.59 | |
| | 4 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:04.78 | NR |
| | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:05.59 | |
| 4 | 2 | Natsumi Hoshi | Japan | 2:06.09 | |
| 5 | 7 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:06.58 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jiao Liuyang | China | 2:06.65 | |
| 7 | 5 | Cammile Adams | United States | 2:07.73 | |
| 8 | 8 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:08.40 | |