# Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 February 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS) | 2:17.55 | Kazan, Russia | 21 April 2023 |
| Competition record | Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) | 2:19.11 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2013 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 15 February at 10:11.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:24.15 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:24.82 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 2:25.09 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:25.18 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 2:25.90 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:26.01 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Gabrielle Assis | Brazil | 2:26.28 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Alina Zmushka | Neutral Independent Athletes | 2:26.31 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:26.71 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Letitia Sim | Singapore | 2:27.08 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 2:27.42 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Nayara Pineda | Spain | 2:27.45 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Ana Blažević | Croatia | 2:27.51 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Moon Su-a | South Korea | 2:27.53 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Eleni Kontogeorgou | Greece | 2:28.53 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Melissa Rodríguez | Mexico | 2:28.90 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 2:28.94 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Grace Palmer | Belgium | 2:29.03 | |
| 19 | 3 | 2 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:30.01 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Emily Santos | Panama | 2:31.36 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 2:31.52 | |
| 22 | 3 | 5 | Abbey Harkin | Australia | 2:31.93 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Ida Hulkko | Finland | 2:33.27 | |
| 24 | 1 | 5 | Stephanie Iannaccone | Guatemala | 2:33.77 | |
| 25 | 4 | 0 | Lam Hoi Kiu | Hong Kong | 2:36.19 | |
| 26 | 3 | 0 | Nadia Tudo | Andorra | 2:37.70 | |
| 27 | 4 | 9 | Tara Aloul | Jordan | 2:43.10 | |
| 28 | 2 | 0 | Kelera Mudunasoko | Fiji | 2:46.29 | |
| 29 | 1 | 4 | Maria Batallones | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:54.73 | |
| | 3 | 6 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 8 | Martina Bukvić | Serbia | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 15 February at 20:19.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 2:21.50 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:23.17 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:23.77 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Alina Zmushka | Neutral Independent Athletes | 2:24.14 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 2:24.62 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 2:24.69 | Q-->WD |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:25.13 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:25.34 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Gabrielle Assis | Brazil | 2:25.62 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:26.39 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Moon Su-a | South Korea | 2:26.76 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Letitia Sim | Singapore | 2:27.04 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Eleni Kontogeorgou | Greece | 2:28.14 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Ana Blažević | Croatia | 2:28.48 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Melissa Rodríguez | Mexico | 2:29.18 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Nayara Pineda | Spain | 2:29.74 | |

### Final

The final was held on 16 February at 19:49.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 2:19.81 | NR |
| | 5 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:20.91 | |
| | 3 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:22.94 | |
| 4 | 6 | Alina Zmushka | Neutral Independent Athletes | 2:24.44 | |
| 5 | 1 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:24.89 | |
| 6 | 8 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:25.34 | |
| 7 | 7 | Gabrielle Assis | Brazil | 2:25.66 | |
| 8 | 2 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 2:26.23 | |