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

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Otylia Jedrzejczak
Otylia Jedrzejczak
Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...

 
  Poland
Poland
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2:05.78 Berlin
Berlin
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4 August 2002
Championship record Petria Thomas
Petria Thomas
Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....

 
  Australia
Australia
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2:06.73 Fukuoka
Fukuoka
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23 July 2001


The following records were established during the competition:
DateRoundNameNationalityTimeWRCR
24 July Final Otylia Jedrzejczak
Otylia Jedrzejczak
Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...

 
2:05.61 WR CR

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Otylia Jedrzejczak
Otylia Jedrzejczak
Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...

 
2:05.61 WR
Jessicah Schipper
Jessicah Schipper
Jessicah Lee Schipper OAM is an Australian swimmer. She trained at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood up until the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Schipper now trains under the guidance of Stephan Widmer with the Commercial Swimming Club...

 
2:05.65
Yuko Nakanishi
Yuko Nakanishi
is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.- Major achievements :2000 Sydney Olympics*200m butterfly 7th 2004 Athens Olympics*100m butterfly 14th...

 
2:09.40
4 Caterina Giacchetti  2:10.03
5 Felicity Galvez
Felicity Galvez
Felicity Madeline Galvez OAM is an Australian swimmer and two time Olympic gold medalist from Melbourne, Victoria. She was educated at Runnymede College, in Madrid.- Career :...

 
2:10.35
6 Mary Descenza
Mary DeScenza
Mary Elizabeth Mohler is an American swimmer.- Personal life :Mohler was born into an Italian-American family in Middlesex, New Jersey. Her father, Robert DeScenza, works as a structural engineer and her mother, Margaret DeScenza, is a homemaker...

 
2:10.44
7 Annika Mehlhorn
Annika Mehlhorn
Annika Mehlhorn is a butterfly and medley swimmer from Germany who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She became European champion in the 200 m butterfly at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2000 in Valencia...

 
2:10.61
8 Yuri Yano 2:10.89
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