Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 S1 L4 Amanda Beard USA 2:25.54 q
2 S2 L3 Hui Qi China 2:26.30 q
3 S2 L4 Mirna Jukić Austria 2:26.46 q
4 S2 L5 Anne Poleska Germany 2:26.53 q
5 S1 L3 Leisel Jones Australia 2:26.59 q
6 S1 L5 Masami Tanaka Japan 2:27.62 q
7 S2 L6 Sarah Poewe Germany 2:27.65 q
8 S1 L2 Diana Remenyi Hungary 2:28.12 q
9 S2 L2 Ágnes Kovács Hungary 2:28.18
10 S2 L7 Beatrice Câșlaru Romania 2:28.78
11 S1 L8 Nan Luo China 2:28.79
11 S1 L6 Yuliya Pidslina Ukraine 2:28.79
13 S1 L7 Kristy Kowal USA 2:29.19
14 S2 L8 Lauren van Oosten Canada 2:30.21
15 S1 L1 Ingrid Haiden South Africa 2:31.57
16 S2 L1 Rhiannon Leier Canada 2:31.63
Results -- Semifinals
The Women's 200 Breaststroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 24 - 25 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary and semifinal heats swam on July 24, with the Final swum on July 25. At the start of the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: