Of the eight swimmers to qualify for Wednesday’s 200 butterfly final, three nations will be responsible for six of them.
Australia’s Madeline Groves posted a time of 2:05.66 to lead the eight qualifiers, with Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia coming in second with a time of 2:06.06. Groves is one of two Australians to qualify for the final, with Brianna Throssel finishing with the seventh-best time. Also having two swimmers qualify for the final were China and the United States.
China’s Zhou Yilin posted the third-best qualifying time, with teammate Zhang Yufei ranking fifth among qualifiers. As for the United States, Hali Flickinger posted the sixth-best time with Cammile Adams coming eighth.