# Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Liu Zige | China | 2:01.81 | Jinan | October 21, 2009 |
| Championship record | Jessicah Schipper | Australia | 2:03.41 | Rome | July 30, 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

33 swimmers participated in 5 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Natsumi Hoshi | Japan | 2:07.34 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:07.60 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | Kathleen Hersey | United States | 2:07.91 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Ellen Gandy | Great Britain | 2:08.14 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Liu Zige | China | 2:08.28 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 2:08.34 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 2:08.43 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Jiao Liuyang | China | 2:08.47 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia | 2:08.62 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Teresa Crippen | United States | 2:08.63 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Jemma Lowe | Great Britain | 2:08.67 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 2:08.88 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Otylia Jędrzejczak | Poland | 2:09.01 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Martina Granström | Sweden | 2:09.12 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Choi Hye-Ra | South Korea | 2:09.33 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Ida Marko-Varga | Sweden | 2:09.38 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 2:09.41 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:09.68 | NR |
| 19 | 5 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.48 | |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:10.48 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Mirela Olczak | Poland | 2:10.69 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 2:10.83 | |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Rita Medrano | Mexico | 2:10.84 | |
| 24 | 2 | 4 | Sara Oliveira | Portugal | 2:11.37 | |
| 25 | 5 | 8 | Yana Martynova | Russia | 2:11.82 | |
| 26 | 2 | 3 | Emilia Pikkarainen | Finland | 2:12.44 | |
| 27 | 3 | 1 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:13.65 | |
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Sara Nordenstam | Norway | 2:16.09 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Cheng Wan-Jung | Chinese Taipei | 2:16.63 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Katarina Listopadova | Slovakia | 2:17.72 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Simona Muccioli | San Marino | 2:22.03 | |
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Marie Laura Meza | Costa Rica | 2:23.68 | |
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Noel Borshi | Albania | 2:29.16 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:03.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Ellen Gandy | Great Britain | 2:06.73 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:06.77 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Jiao Liuyang | China | 2:06.99 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Mireia Belmonte Garcia | Spain | 2:07.94 | |
| 5 | 1 | Martina Granström | Sweden | 2:08.01 | NR |
| 6 | 7 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 2:08.70 | |
| 7 | 2 | Teresa Crippen | United States | 2:09.27 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ida Marko-Varga | Sweden | 2:09.56 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Jemma Lowe | Great Britain | 2:06.30 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Natsumi Hoshi | Japan | 2:06.65 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Liu Zige | China | 2:06.69 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia | 2:06.93 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 2:07.32 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Kathleen Hersey | United States | 2:07.94 | |
| 7 | 8 | Choi Hye-Ra | South Korea | 2:08.81 | |
| 8 | 1 | Otylia Jędrzejczak | Poland | 2:09.27 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:48.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 1 | Jiao Liuyang | China | 2:05.55 | |
| | 6 | Ellen Gandy | Great Britain | 2:05.59 | |
| | 3 | Liu Zige | China | 2:05.90 | |
| 4 | 5 | Natsumi Hoshi | Japan | 2:05.91 | NR |
| 5 | 8 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 2:06.08 | |
| 6 | 2 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:06.35 | |
| 7 | 4 | Jemma Lowe | Great Britain | 2:06.64 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia | 2:06.64 | |