The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 June 2022.

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

Results Heats The heats were started on 21 June at 10:00.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 3 Summer McIntosh 2:07.26 Q 2 1 4 Hali Flickinger 2:07.31 Q 3 3 5 Kina Hayashi 2:08.63 Q 4 2 3 Elizabeth Dekkers 2:08.98 Q 5 2 4 Regan Smith 2:09.02 Q 6 3 4 Zhang Yufei 2:09.21 Q 7 2 5 Boglárka Kapás 2:09.24 Q 7 3 2 Helena Bach 2:09.24 Q 9 1 2 María Mata 2:09.32 Q, NR 10 1 5 Laura Stephens 2:10.07 Q 11 1 6 Abbey Connor 2:10.10 Q 12 3 7 Lana Pudar 2:10.20 Q 13 3 3 Zhu Jiaming 2:11.20 Q 14 3 6 Katinka Hosszú 2:11.22 Q 15 3 1 Lea Polonsky 2:11.40 Q 16 2 6 Chiho Mizuguchi 2:11.65 Q 17 2 2 Quah Jing Wen 2:11.79 18 2 7 Giovanna Diamante 2:12.39 19 2 1 Georgia Damasioti 2:13.12 20 3 8 Karen Durango 2:14.20 21 2 8 Jinjutha Pholjamjumrus 2:15.89 22 1 8 Julimar Ávila 2:17.40 23 1 1 Thị Mỹ Thảo Lê 2:18.65 24 3 0 Alondra Ortíz 2:19.01 25 2 0 Hayley Wong 2:35.48 1 7 Helena Gasson Did not start

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 21 June at 19:18.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Summer McIntosh 2:05.79 Q, WJR, NR 2 1 4 Hali Flickinger 2:05.90 Q 3 2 3 Regan Smith 2:07.13 Q 4 1 7 Lana Pudar 2:07.58 Q, NR 5 1 3 Zhang Yufei 2:07.76 Q 6 1 5 Elizabeth Dekkers 2:07.77 Q 7 1 6 Helena Bach 2:07.82 Q 8 2 6 Boglárka Kapás 2:07.89 Q 9 2 5 Kina Hayashi 2:08.32 10 1 2 Laura Stephens 2:08.47 11 2 2 María Mata 2:09.78 12 2 7 Abbey Connor 2:09.88 13 1 1 Katinka Hosszú 2:10.64 14 2 1 Zhu Jiaming 2:11.19 15 2 8 Lea Polonsky 2:11.31 16 1 8 Chiho Mizuguchi 2:12.54

Final The final was held on 22 June at 18:02.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Summer McIntosh 2:05.20 WJ, NR 5 Hali Flickinger 2:06.08 2 Zhang Yufei 2:06.32 4 3 Regan Smith 2:06.79 5 7 Elizabeth Dekkers 2:07.01 6 6 Lana Pudar 2:07.85 7 8 Boglárka Kapás 2:08.12 7 1 Helena Bach 2:08.12

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