The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) took place 19 December. The heats and final were held on 19 December.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Rebecca Soni Rebecca Soni Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...		2:14.57	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...	18 December 2009
Championship record	Suzaan van Biljon Suzaan van Biljon Suzaan van Biljon is an Olympic-swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics, and as of June 2009 holds both African and South African records.-External links:*...		2:18.73	Manchester	13 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	WR	CR
19 December 2010	Heats	Rebecca Soni Rebecca Soni Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...		2:18.66		CR
19 December 2010	Final	Rebecca Soni Rebecca Soni Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...		2:16.39		CR

Heats

41 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	5	4		2:18.66	Q, CR
2	5	5		2:19.77	Q
3	6	4		2:20.89	Q
4	4	4		2:21.36	Q
5	6	3		2:21.45	Q
6	3	5		2:21.65	Q
7	5	6		2:22.12	Q
8	1	5		2:22.96	Q

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	4		2:16.39	CR
	5		2:18.09
	3		2:18.82
4	1		2:19.69
5	2		2:20.61
6	8		2:21.05
7	6		2:22.11
8	7		2:25.49

External links

• 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 200 m breaststroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2010-12-16.