The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) took place 15 December. The heats and final were held on 15 December.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Liu Zige Liu Zige Liu Zige is a world record holding swimmer from China. She swam for China at the 2008 Olympics, where she won the women's 200  butterfly in a new world record ....		2:00.78	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	15 November 2009
Championship record	Mary Mohler		2:04.27	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...	9 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	WR	CR
15 December 2010	Final	Mireia Belmonte		2:03.59		CR

Heats

30 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	2		2:04.56	Q
2	2	3		2:04.84	Q
3	3	4		2:05.24	Q
4	2	4		2:05.26	Q
5	4	4		2:05.41	Q
6	3	3		2:05.68	Q
7	2	5		2:05.69	Q
8	1	7		2:06.18	Q

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	5		2:03.59	CR
	3		2:03.94
	6		2:04.38
4	4		2:04.68
5	8		2:04.78
6	2		2:04.98
7	7		2:06.52
8	1		2:06.98

External links

• 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 200 m butterfly entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2010-12-13.