# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:14.57 | Manchester | 18 December 2009 |
| Championship record | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:16.39 | Dubai | 19 December 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 16 December | Final | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:16.08 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 7 | Laura Sogar (USA) | 2:17.85 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) | 2:18.65 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Maria Temnikova (RUS) | 2:20.96 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | Andrea Kropp (USA) | 2:21.23 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 2:21.69 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | Tera van Beilen (CAN) | 2:21.84 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Martha McCabe (CAN) | 2:21.91 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | 2:21.99 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Hanna Dzerkal (UKR) | 2:22.79 | |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Sally Foster (AUS) | 2:23.01 | |
| 11 | 5 | 5 | Vitalina Simonova (RUS) | 2:23.22 | |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Marina García Urzainqui (ESP) | 2:23.79 | |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Jenna Laukkanen (FIN) | 2:23.81 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Sun Ye (CHN) | 2:24.26 | |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Dilara Buse Günaydın (TUR) | 2:24.35 | |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Martina Moravčíková (CZE) | 2:24.46 | |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Fumiko Kawanabe (JPN) | 2:24.58 | |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (ISL) | 2:24.59 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Caroline Ruhnau (GER) | 2:24.66 | |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Hannah Miley (GBR) | 2:25.81 | |
| 21 | 4 | 5 | Joline Höstman (SWE) | 2:25.92 | |
| 22 | 1 | 2 | Ji Liping (CHN) | 2:26.03 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Elin Mårtensson (SWE) | 2:27.19 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Samantha Marshall (AUS) | 2:28.08 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Back Su-Yeon (KOR) | 2:28.36 | |
| 26 | 5 | 7 | Fanny Babou (FRA) | 2:28.71 | |
| 27 | 5 | 0 | Alona Ribakova (LAT) | 2:28.74 | |
| 28 | 1 | 5 | Sophie Allen (GBR) | 2:28.77 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Jessica Pengelly (RSA) | 2:28.92 | |
| 30 | 4 | 0 | Julia Sebastian (ARG) | 2:29.40 | |
| 31 | 3 | 0 | Beatriz Travalon (BRA) | 2:35.11 | |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Daniela Lindemeier (NAM) | 2:35.12 | |
| 33 | 3 | 9 | Dariya Talanova (KGZ) | 2:35.20 | |
| 34 | 2 | 5 | Isabel Riquelme (CHI) | 2:37.25 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Michaela Millo (MLT) | 2:39.85 | NR |
| 36 | 2 | 1 | Barbara Vali-Skelton (PNG) | 2:43.75 | |
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Lianna Catherine Swan (PAK) | 2:48.24 | |
| 38 | 2 | 9 | Tegan McCarthy (PNG) | 2:50.44 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Patricia Cani (ALB) | 2:50.69 | |
| 40 | 2 | 6 | Jaywant Arcot Vijaykumar (IND) | 2:51.00 | |
| 41 | 1 | 6 | Bonita Imisirovic (BOT) | 2:53.92 | |
| 42 | 2 | 0 | Anum Bandey (PAK) | 2:54.23 | |
| 43 | 1 | 3 | Domoinanavalona Amboaratiana (MAD) | 3:03.15 | |
| 44 | 1 | 4 | Shne Joachim (VIN) | 3:05.63 | |
| | 4 | 9 | Raminta Dvariškytė (LTU) | DSQ | |
| | 5 | 9 | Samantha Yeo (SIN) | DSQ | |
| | 1 | 8 | Mercedes Toledo (VEN) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 2 | Elodie Poo Cheong (MRI) | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:16.08 | CR, ER |
| | 4 | Laura Sogar | United States | 2:16.93 | |
| | 8 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 2:19.39 | |
| 4 | 3 | Maria Temnikova | Russia | 2:19.76 | |
| 5 | 6 | Andrea Kropp | United States | 2:20.08 | |
| 6 | 1 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:20.70 | |
| 7 | 7 | Tera van Beilen | Canada | 2:21.11 | |
| 8 | 2 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:21.64 | |