2024 Short Course World Championships
- December 10-15, 2024
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- SCM (25m)
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- Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
- Finals Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – Final
World Record: 2:12.72 – Kate Douglass, USA (2024)- World Junior Record: 2:14.70 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2022)
World Championship Record: 2:15.77 – Kate Douglass, USA (2022)- 2022 World Champion: Kate Douglass, USA – 2:15.77
Final:
- Kate Douglass (USA) — 2:12.50 ***WORLD RECORD***
- Evgeniia Chikunova (NAB) — 2:15.14
- Alex Walsh (USA) — 2:16.83
- Alina Zmushka (NAA) — 2:17.30
- Rebecca Meder (RSA) — 2:18.26
- Kristyna Horska (CZE) — 2:18.31
- Clara Rybak-Andersen (DEN) — 2:18.73
- Angharad Evans (GBR) — 2:18.77
Kate Douglass continues to lower the SCM 200 breaststroke World Record, now swimming a 2:12.50 in the event. This marks the 3rd time this fall in which Douglass has broken the record. In addition to breaking her own World Record, Douglass broke her own Championship Record of a 2:15.77 that she swam to win the event at the 2022 edition of the meet, showing the huge progress she has made in the last few years.
Split Comparison
| Douglass- 2024 World Champs | Douglass- World Cup | Douglass- 2022 World Champs |
Previous Record (Rebecca Soni)
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| 50 | 30.38 | 30.47 | 30.96 | 31.05 |
| 100 | 1:03.88 (33.50) | 1:04.07 (33.60) | 1:05.35 (34.39) | 1:05.18 (34.13) |
| 150 | 1:38.07 (34.19) | 1:38.33 (34.26) | 1:40.65 (35.3) | 1:40.00 (34.82) |
| 200 | 2:12.50 (34.43) | 2:12.72 (34.39) | 2:15.77 (35.12) | 2:14.57 (34.57) |
Douglass was out faster today than she was in October and continued to improve. The only 50 that she was slower on today was the final 50 as she was 0.04 seconds slower. Still, she dropped 0.22 off her own record.
With her win, Douglass earned a $25,000 bonus for breaking the World Record. She also earned a $10,000 bonus after winning the event at all three World Cup stops and then winning the event in Budapest.
All-Time Performers, Women’s 200 Breaststroke (SCM)
- Kate Douglass (USA), 2:12.50 – 2024
- Rebecca Soni (USA), 2:14.57 – 2009
- Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS), 2:14.70 – 2022
- Rikke Moeller Pedersen (DEN), 2:15.21 – 2013
- Leisel Jones (AUS), 2:15.42 – 2009
Just phenomenal. She covers so much ground per stroke. Is there a single technical aspect that you could pick on? Impeccable.
So impressed by how she surgically executes long swimming programs for maximum overall performance.
Do any other 200m world records have a 2 second gap between the record and the 2nd best performer? That seems like an insane margin.
The closest would be men 2 fly
Would’ve been sixth in the 100m yesterday with that front half