# 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 21 December 2021.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2:14.57 | Manchester, Great Britain | 18 December 2009 |
| Competition record | Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) | 2:16.08 | Istanbul, Turkey | 16 December 2012 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 09:52.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Evgeniia Chikunova | Russian Swimming Federation | 2:19.56 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 2:20.31 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:20.33 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:20.53 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Emily Escobedo | United States | 2:21.30 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Tessa Cieplucha | Canada | 2:21.35 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 9 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:21.59 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:21.59 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Maria Temnikova | Russian Swimming Federation | 2:21.88 | |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Emelie Fast | Sweden | 2:22.02 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 2:22.11 | |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Tang Qianting | China | 2:22.15 | |
| 13 | 4 | 9 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:22.57 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Niamh Coyne | Ireland | 2:23.03 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Eszter Békési | Hungary | 2:23.06 | |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 2:23.38 | |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:23.44 | |
| 18 | 3 | 0 | Martina Barbeito | Argentina | 2:24.70 | |
| 19 | 2 | 9 | Justine Delmas | France | 2:25.06 | |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:25.22 | |
| 21 | 4 | 0 | Ana Blažević | Croatia | 2:25.30 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Eneli Jefimova | Estonia | 2:25.32 | |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Pamela Alencar | Brazil | 2:25.98 | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Tjasa Vozel | Slovenia | 2:26.02 | |
| 25 | 1 | 4 | Melissa Rodríguez | Mexico | 2:26.22 | |
| 26 | 1 | 5 | Anastasia Basisto | Moldova | 2:26.41 | NR |
| 27 | 2 | 1 | Back Su-yeon | South Korea | 2:26.46 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:27.89 | |
| 29 | 1 | 3 | Phiangkhwan Pawapotako | Thailand | 2:28.19 | |
| 30 | 3 | 7 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:28.20 | |
| 31 | 1 | 2 | Nàdia Tudó | Andorra | 2:30.40 | |
| 32 | 1 | 6 | Lam Hoi Kiu | Hong Kong | 2:31.43 | |
| 33 | 1 | 7 | Krista Jurado | Guatemala | 2:36.40 | NR |
| 34 | 1 | 8 | Tessa Ip Hen Cheung | Mauritius | 2:43.81 | |
| | 1 | 1 | Emilie Grand'Pierre | Haiti | DNS | |
| | 3 | 1 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | DNS | |
| | 3 | 3 | Jessica Vall | Spain | DNS | |
| | 4 | 1 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:41.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 2 | Emily Escobedo | United States | 2:17.85 | |
| | 4 | Evgeniia Chikunova | Russian Swimming Federation | 2:17.88 | |
| | 3 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:17.96 | |
| 4 | 5 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 2:18.13 | NR |
| 5 | 6 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:19.77 | |
| 6 | 7 | Tessa Cieplucha | Canada | 2:19.99 | |
| 7 | 1 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:20.19 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:20.70 | |