Fastest swim long course 200 metres butterfly (female)
- Who
- Liu Zige
- What
- 2/01.81 minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- China (Jinan,)
- When
- 21 October 2009
The fastest long course 200 m butterfly by a female swimmer is 2 minutes 1.81 seconds, by Liu Zige (China) at the Chinese National Games in Jinan, China, on 21 October 2009. She broke the existing record by more than 1.5 seconds.
Zige’s world record was one of a host achieved in 2009 by swimmers wearing polyurethane suits, before FINA imposed a ban on all non-textile swimming suits in January 2010. Since then, no swimmer has come within 2.5 seconds of her time. In 2018, Zige’s 200 m butterfly record topped a SwimSwam poll asking which swimming world record would last the longest, earning 40% of the vote.