Records

Heat 1

1. Jaclyn Pangilinan, – 2:33.38
2. Eeva Saarinen
   Eeva Saarinen
   Eeva Kuusela née Saarinen is a female breaststroke swimmer from Finland. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:**...
   
   , – 2:34.17
3. Nicolette Teo
   Nicolette Teo
   Nicolette Teo Wei-min is a Singaporean swimmer who specializes in breaststroke.-High school:Nicolette was a former student at Methodist Girls' School in Singapore. Nicolette represented Mission Viejo High School in the California Interscholastic Federation's swimming tournament...
   
   , – 2:38.17

Heat 2

1. Marina Kuc, – 2:30.39 -Q
2. Ilkay Dikmen, – 2:32.69
3. Majken Thorup, – 2:35.29
4. Agustina De Giovanni, – 2:35.94
5. Adriana Marmolejo
   Adriana Marmolejo
   Adriana Marmolejo is a 3-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Mexico. She swam at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics;, making her the first Mexican woman to swim at 3 Olympic Games...
   
   , – 2:36.10
6. Imaday Nunez Gonzalez, – 2:36.40

Heat 3

1. Anne Poleska
   Anne Poleska
   Anne Poleska is a German breaststroke swimmer who has competed in international events and won a bronze medal at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics....
   
   , – 2:26.48 -Q
2. Birte Steven, – 2:27.42 -Q
3. Mirna Jukić
   Mirna Jukic
   Mirna Jukić is an retired former Austrian swimmer of Croatian origin who won a bronze medal in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She is trained by her father Željko Jukić, a former basketball player...
   
   , – 2:28.28 -Q
4. Chiara Boggiatto
   Chiara Boggiatto
   Chiara Boggiatto is an Italian breaststroke swimmer. She was several times finalist in European and World Championship swimming 200 m breaststroke and relays...
   
   , – 2:30.32 -Q
5. Diana Gomes, – 2:34.23
6. Iryna Maystruk, – 2:37.42
7. Athina Tzavella, – 2:40.18
8. Diana Remenyi, – Did not swim

Heat 4

1. Leisel Jones
   Leisel Jones
   Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...
   
   , – 2:26.02 -Q
2. Masami Tanaka
   Masami Tanaka
   is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...
   
   , – 2:26.91 -Q
3. Brooke Hanson
   Brooke Hanson
   Brooke Louise Hanson OAM is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke...
   
   , – 2:27.38 -Q
4. Kirsty Balfour
   Kirsty Balfour
   Kirsty Balfour is a Scottish breaststroke swimmer.She won gold in the 200 metres breaststroke at the European Long-Course Championships in 2006, and took silver in same event at the World Championships in Melbourne in 2007.She announced her retirement from swimming on 7 November 2008 stating she...
   
   , – 2:29.78 -Q
5. Lauren van Oosten
   Lauren van Oosten
   Lauren van Oosten is a Canadian swimmer and a member of the Olympic swimming team for Canada.-Biography:She is originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia and is of Dutch heritage....
   
   , – 2:30.44 -Q
6. Ina Kapishina, – 2:31.26 -Q
7. Smiljana Marinović
   Smiljana Marinovic
   Smiljana Marinović is a breaststroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in Sydney 2000.-External links:*...
   
   , – 2:32.52
8. Alenka Kejžar
   Alenka Kejžar
   Alenka Kejžar is an Olympic class swimmer. She was born February 15, 1979 in Kranj, Slovenia. Kejžar attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She was a Golden Key member....
   
   , – 2:32.64

Heat 5

1. Amanda Beard
   Amanda Beard
   Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....
   
   , – 2:26.61 -Q
2. Ágnes Kovács
   Ágnes Kovács
   Ágnes Kovács is a former Hungarian swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in 200 m breaststroke....
   
   , – 2:26.90 -Q
3. Caroline Bruce
   Caroline Bruce
   Caroline Bruce McAndrew is a former Olympic swimmer from the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games.Since the Olympics, McAndrew has been a member of the Stanford University women's swim team, specializing in the breaststroke and individual medley events...
   
   , – 2:27.82 -Q
4. Qi Hui, – 2:28.66 -Q
5. Elena Bogomazova, – 2:31.49 -Q
6. Yi Ting Siow, – 2:33.79
7. Ji-Young Lee, – 2:34.55
8. Luo Xuejuan
   Luo Xuejuan
   Luo Xuejuan is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed mostly in the breaststroke. She is a former World Record holder in swimming, and in some meet results she is listed as "LUO Xue Juan".-Career:...
   
   , – Did not swim

Heats ranking

1. Leisel Jones, Australia 2:26.02 -Q
2. Anne Poleska, Germany 2:26.48 -Q
3. Amanda Beard, United States 2:26.61 -Q
4. Agnes Kovacs, Hungary 2:26.90 -Q
5. Masami Tanaka, Japan 2:26.91 -Q
6. Brooke Hanson, Australia 2:27.38 -Q
7. Birte Steven, Germany 2:27.42 -Q
8. Caroline Bruce, United States 2:27.82 -Q
9. Mirna Jukić, Austria 2:28.28 -Q
10. Qi Hui, China 2:28.66 -Q
11. Kirsty Balfour, Great Britain 2:29.78 -Q
12. Chiara Boggiatto, Italy 2:30.32 -Q
13. Marina Kuc, Serbia and Montenegro 2:30.39 -Q
14. Lauren van Oosten, Canada 2:30.44 -Q
15. Ina Kapishina, Belarus 2:31.26 -Q
16. Elena Bogomazova, Russia 2:31.49 -Q
17. Smiljana Marinovic, Croatia 2:32.52
18. Alenka Kejzar, Slovenia 2:32.64
19. Ilkay Dikmen, Turkey 2:32.69
20. Jaclyn Pangilinan, Philippines 2:33.38
21. Yi Ting Siow, Malaysia 2:33.79
22. Eeva Saarinen, Finland 2:34.17
23. Diana Gomes, Portugal 2:34.23
24. Ji-Young Lee, Korea 2:34.55
25. Majken Thorup, Denmark 2:35.29
26. Agustina De Giovanni, Argentina 2:35.94
27. Adriana Marmolejo Vargas, Mexico 2:36.10
28. Imaday Nunez Gonzalez, Cuba 2:36.40
29. Iryna Maystruk, Ukraine 2:37.42
30. Nicolette Teo, Singapore 2:38.17
31. Athina Tzavella, Greece 2:40.18
32. Diana Remenyi, Hungary Did not start
33. Luo Xuejuan, China Did not start

Semi-final 1

1. Brooke Hanson, Australia 2:26.43 -Q
2. Anne Poleska, Germany 2:26.59 -Q
3. Agnes Kovacs, Hungary 2:26.63 -Q
4. Qi Hui, China 2:26.75 -Q
5. Caroline Bruce, United States 2:27.60
6. Elena Bogomazova, Russia 2:30.35
7. Lauren van Oosten, Canada 2:30.39
8. Chiara Boggiatto, Italy 2:30.76

Semi-final 2

1. Amanda Beard, United States 2:25.62 -Q
2. Masami Tanaka, Japan 2:26.38 -Q
3. Leisel Jones, Australia 2:26.71 -Q
4. Mirna Jukić, Austria 2:26.95 -Q
5. Kirsty Balfour, Great Britain 2:28.92
6. Birte Steven, Germany 2:29.22
7. Marina Kuc, Serbia and Montenegro 2:31.77
8. Ina Kapishina, Belarus Disqualified or excluded

Semifinal ranking

1. Amanda Beard, United States 2:25.62 -Q
2. Masami Tanaka, Japan 2:26.38 -Q
3. Brooke Hanson, Australia 2:26.43 -Q
4. Anne Poleska, Germany 2:26.59 -Q
5. Agnes Kovacs, Hungary 2:26.63 -Q
6. Leisel Jones, Australia 2:26.71 -Q
7. Qi Hui, China 2:26.75 -Q
8. Mirna Jukić, Austria 2:26.95 -Q
9. Caroline Bruce, United States 2:27.60
10. Kirsty Balfour, Great Britain 2:28.92
11. Birte Steven, Germany 2:29.22
12. Elena Bogomazova, Russia 2:30.35
13. Lauren van Oosten, Canada 2:30.39
14. Chiara Boggiatto, Italy 2:30.76
15. Marina Kuc, Serbia and Montenegro 2:31.77
16. Ina Kapishina, Belarus Disqualified or excluded

Final

1. Amanda Beard, United States 2:23.37
2. Leisel Jones, Australia 2:23.60
3. Anne Poleska, Germany 2:25.82
4. Masami Tanaka, Japan 2:25.87
5. Agnes Kovacs, Hungary 2:26.12
6. Qi Hui, China 2:26.35
7. Mirna Jukić, Austria 2:26.36
8. Brooke Hanson, Australia 2:26.39