2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly
# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 7 December 2016.

## Records

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

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record Championship record | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 1:59.61 | Doha | 3 December 2014 |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held at 11:12.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Kelsi Worrell | United States | 2:03.94 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Zhang Yufei | China | 2:05.40 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:05.43 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Ella Eastin | United States | 2:05.53 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Emily Washer | Australia | 2:07.36 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 2:07.54 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:07.87 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Miyu Nakano | Japan | 2:08.05 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | Turkey | 2:08.27 | NR |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:08.37 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 2:08.58 | |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Zhou Yilin | China | 2:08.81 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:08.94 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 2:09.34 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Yai Watanabe | Japan | 2:09.67 | |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Lisa Hopink | Germany | 2:09.76 | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:09.88 | NR |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Chan Kin Lok | Hong Kong | 2:09.99 | |
| 19 | 3 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:10.21 | |
| 20 | 1 | 7 | Patarawadee Kittiya | Thailand | 2:11.35 | NR |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:12.70 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Beatričė Kanapienytė | Lithuania | 2:16.52 | NR |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Sarah Hadj-Abderrahmane | Algeria | 2:18.44 | |
| 24 | 1 | 8 | Tieri Erasito | Fiji | 2:24.72 | |
| 25 | 3 | 0 | Alania Suttie | Samoa | 2:27.37 | NR |
| 26 | 1 | 0 | Kim Sol-song | North Korea | 2:34.78 | |
| 27 | 2 | 0 | Kuan I Cheng | Macau | 2:35.88 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:44.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:02.15 | |
| | 4 | Kelsi Worrell | United States | 2:02.89 | AM |
| | 5 | Zhang Yufei | China | 2:05.10 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ella Eastin | United States | 2:05.66 | |
| 5 | 1 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:06.20 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Emily Washer | Australia | 2:07.19 | |
| 7 | 7 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 2:07.49 | |
| 8 | 8 | Miyu Nakano | Japan | 2:09.42 | |
