World’s Fastest 200m Butterfly – Women’s Short Course

World Record: Summer McIntosh, Canada, 1:59.32 – 12 December 2024, World Championships
World Junior Record:Summer McIntosh, Canada, 1:59.32 – 12 December 2024, World Championships
Commonwealth Record:Summer McIntosh, Canada, 1:59.32 – 12 December 2024, World Championships

Top 8 All-time Performers:

1. Summer McIntosh (27.08, 29.96, 31.13, 31.15) 1:59.32
2. Mireia Blemonte (27.75, 30.49, 30.72 , 29.65) 1:59.61
3. Zige Liu (27.35, 31.06, 30.88, 31.49) 2:00.78
4. Regan Smith (27.57, 30.87, 31.13, 31.43) 2:01.00
5. Katinka Hosszu (26.97, 30.42, 31.01, 32.72) 2:01.12 
6. Kelsi Dahlia (27.87, 31.56, 31.40, 30.90) 2:01.73
7. Jiao Liuyang (27.95, 31.58, 31.63, 31.12) 2:02.28
8.  Ellen Gandy (28.05, 31.11, 31.43, 32.29) 2:02.88

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The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 200m Butterfly – Women’s Short Course swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible. Here is Mireia Blemonte’s  200m Butterfly World Record swim to view.

Here is the list for the Women’s Fastest 200m Butterfly Long Course.

Women's 200m Butterfly - Short Course
	Mireia Blemonte	Zige Liu	Katinka Hosszu	Kelsi Dahlia	Jiao Liuyang	Ellen Gandy
Height:	170cm 5 ft 7 in	181cm 5 ft 11 in	175cm 5 ft 9 in	180cm 5 ft 11 in	173cm 5 ft 8 in	170cm 5 ft 7 in
Weight:	60kg 132Ib	67kg 148Ib	68kg 150Ib	75kg 165kg	63kg 139Ib	60kg 132 Ib
Country:	ESP	CHN	HUN	USA	CHN	AUS
DOB:	1990-11-10	31-Marach-1989	1989-05-03	1994-07-15	1991-08-06	1991-08-15
Meet:	12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2014	FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2009	12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2014	14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2018	11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2012	2013 Australian Short Course Championships
1st 25m Split
Strokes	7		7	5
2nd 25m Split
Strokes	7		8	7
Split Time:	27.75	27.35	26.97	27.87	27.95	28.05
50m PB:	27.75	26.55	25.64	24.93	25.23	26.09
Time off 50m PB:	0	0.80	1.33	2.94	2.72	1.96
Percentage of 50m PB:	100%	103.013%	105.721%	111.793%	110.464%	107.512%
3rd 25m Split
Strokes	9		9	7
4th 25m Split
Strokes	10		8	7
Split Time:	58.24	58.41	57.39	59.43	59.53	59.16
5th 25m Split
Strokes	9		8	7
6th 25m Split
Strokes	10		8	7
Split Time:	1.28.96	1.29.29	1.28.40	1.30.83	1.31.16	1.30.59
7th 25m Split
Strokes	10		8	7
8th 25m Split
Strokes	9		10	7
Total Time:	1.59.61	2.00.78	2.01.12	2.01.73	2.02.28	2.02.88

Note: World’s Fastest 200m Butterfly – Women’s Short Course Update April 2023

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