Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women’s 200 metre butterfly
at the 2005 FINA World Championships
Dates 27 July 2005 (heats and semifinals)
28 July 2005 (final)
Competitors 39
Winning time 2 minute 5.61 seconds
Medalists
    Poland
    Australia
    Japan
«2003 2007»
2005 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
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
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
Synchronised swimming
Solo women
Duet women
Team women
Combination women
Water polo
Team men women

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 27 July – 28 July. The heats and semifinals were held on 27 July. The final was held on 28 July.

Contents

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Otylia Jedrzejczak Poland 2:05.78 Berlin 4 August 2002
Championship record Petria Thomas Australia 2:06.73 Fukuoka 23 July 2001

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time WR CR
24 July Final Otylia Jedrzejczak  Poland 2:05.61 WR CR

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Otylia Jedrzejczak  Poland 2:05.61 WR
Jessicah Schipper  Australia 2:05.65
Yuko Nakanishi  Japan 2:09.40
4 Caterina Giacchetti  Italy 2:10.03
5 Felicity Galvez  Australia 2:10.35
6 Mary Descenza  United States 2:10.44
7 Annika Mehlhorn  Germany 2:10.61
8 Yuri Yano  Japan 2:10.89

References