title: 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
  
  The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2018.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the 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 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:16.08 | Istanbul | 16 December 2012 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started on 16 December at 9:52.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | 7 | Annie Lazor | United States | 2:18.99 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | 5 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:20.31 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | 4 | Maria Temnikova | Russia | 2:20.38 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 2 | Bethany Galat | United States | 2:20.58 | Q |
  | 5 | 4 | 3 | Yu Jingyao | China | 2:20.66 | Q |
  | 6 | 4 | 4 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:20.73 | Q |
  | 7 | 3 | 4 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:21.12 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | 3 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:21.22 | Q |
  | 9 | 4 | 5 | Miho Takahashi | Japan | 2:21.37 | |
  | 10 | 3 | 3 | Runa Imai | Japan | 2:21.85 | |
  | 11 | 3 | 6 | Jenna Strauch | Australia | 2:22.12 | |
  | 12 | 3 | 5 | Vitalina Simonova | Russia | 2:22.38 | |
  | 13 | 4 | 2 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 2:23.36 | |
  | 14 | 2 | 6 | Julia Sebastián | Argentina | 2:24.08 | |
  | 15 | 3 | 1 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:24.12 | |
  | 16 | 4 | 1 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 2:24.30 | |
  | 17 | 4 | 8 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | 2:25.07 | |
  | 18 | 4 | 7 | Raquel Gomes Pereira | Portugal | 2:25.28 | |
  | 19 | 3 | 0 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:25.83 | |
  | 20 | 2 | 0 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:26.17 | |
  | 21 | 3 | 9 | Niamh Coyne | Ireland | 2:26.64 | |
  | 22 | 4 | 0 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:26.82 | |
  | 23 | 3 | 7 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 2:26.84 | |
  | 24 | 3 | 8 | Ciara Smith | New Zealand | 2:28.12 | |
  | 25 | 1 | 3 | Rebecca Kamau | Kenya | 2:29.49 | |
  | 26 | 3 | 2 | Emily Visagie | South Africa | 2:31.30 | |
  | 27 | 2 | 1 | Lin Pei-wun | Chinese Taipei | 2:31.32 | |
  | 28 | 1 | 4 | Alexandra Schegoleva | Cyprus | 2:32.83 | |
  | 29 | 4 | 9 | Lam Hoi Kiu | Hong Kong | 2:33.08 | |
  | 30 | 1 | 5 | Elisa Funes | El Salvador | 2:38.43 | |
  | | 2 | 8 | Cornelia Pammer | Austria | DNS | |
  | | 4 | 6 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | DNS | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 16 December at 18:41.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Annie Lazor | United States | 2:18.32 |
  | | 6 | Bethany Galat | United States | 2:18.62 |
  | | 5 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:18.85 |
  | 4 | 2 | Yu Jingyao | China | 2:19.20 |
  | 5 | 1 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:19.37 |
  | 6 | 7 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:19.52 |
  | 7 | 3 | Maria Temnikova | Russia | 2:19.58 |
  | 8 | 8 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:20.33 |
  