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

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

2012 FINA Short Course Worlds Istanbul, TUR
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

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.

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
34	2	1	Danielle Villars (SUI)	DSQ
35	1	2	Wendy Rodríguez (VEN)	DNS
35	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. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
2. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-12-12.

External links

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