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

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Women's 200m Butterfly at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates	12 December 2012 (heats and final)
Winning time	2:02.20
Medalists
Katinka Hosszú    Hungary   Jiao Liuyang    China   Jemma Lowe    Great Britain

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Liu Zige	China	2:00.78	Berlin	15 November 2009
Championship record	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2:03.59	Dubai	15 December 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
12 December	Final	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:02.20	CR

Results

Heats

34 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Katinka Hosszú (HUN)	2:04.19	Q, NR
2	1	6	Jiao Liuyang (CHN)	2:04.88	Q
3	2	2	Kona Fujita (JPN)	2:05.42	Q
4	4	4	Kathleen Hersey (USA)	2:05.45	Q
5	4	5	Katerine Savard (CAN)	2:05.54	Q
6	4	6	Liu Zige (CHN)	2:05.96	Q
7	3	4	Jemma Lowe (GBR)	2:06.14	Q
8	2	7	Nao Kobayashi (JPN)	2:06.91	Q
9	2	6	Jasmine Tosky (USA)	2:07.28
10	3	6	Judit Ignacio Sorribes (ESP)	2:08.02
11	4	2	Veronika Popova (RUS)	2:08.33
12	3	5	Stefania Pirozzi (ITA)	2:09.08
13	3	2	Brianna Throssell (AUS)	2:09.08
14	4	3	Martina van Berkel (SUI)	2:09.56
15	3	7	Noemie It-Ting Thomas (CAN)	2:09.59
16	3	3	Choi Hye-Ra (KOR)	2:09.97
17	2	5	Alessia Polieri (ITA)	2:10.00
18	2	8	Mandy Loots (RSA)	2:10.04
19	4	7	Sara Oliveira (POR)	2:10.96
20	3	8	Cheng Wan-Jung (TPE)	2:11.95
21	3	1	Denisa Smolenová (SVK)	2:12.60
22	3	0	Jasmin Rosenberger (TUR)	2:13.07
23	4	1	Monalisa Arieswati Lorenza (INA)	2:13.42
24	2	0	Jessica Camposano (COL)	2:15.28
25	4	0	Melisa Akarsu (TUR)	2:16.38
26	1	4	Megan Stephens (RSA)	2:16.84
27	4	8	Raina Saumi Grahana (INA)	2:17.22
28	4	9	Nguyễn Thị Kim Tuyến (VIE)	2:20.73
29	2	9	Pooja Raghava Alva (IND)	2:21.24
30	1	3	Tieri Erasito (FIJ)	2:22.33
31	3	9	Zabrina Holder (BAR)	2:23.51
32	1	7	Ana Semiruncic (MDA)	2:24.72
33	1	5	Tan Chi Yan (MAC)	2:31.81
	2	1	Danielle Villars (SUI)	DSQ
	1	2	Wendy Rodríguez (VEN)	DNS
	2	3	Anja Klinar (SLO)	DNS

Final

The final was held at 19:32.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:02.20	CR, ER
	5	Jiao Liuyang	China	2:02.28
	1	Jemma Lowe	Great Britain	2:03.19
4	7	Liu Zige	China	2:03.99
5	6	Kathleen Hersey	United States	2:05.90
6	2	Katerine Savard	Canada	2:06.56
7	3	Kona Fujita	Japan	2:06.57
8	8	Nao Kobayashi	Japan	2:08.95

References

1. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
2. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-12.

External links

• 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 200 metre butterfly entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.