# Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2019.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 1:52.98 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 1:52.98 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 23 July at 10:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 1:55.14 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:56.02 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 1:56.34 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Yang Junxuan | China | 1:56.43 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:56.81 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 1:57.25 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:57.32 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Li Bingjie | China | 1:57.59 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:57.68 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | Veronika Andrusenko | Russia | 1:57.77 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Valeriya Salamatina | Russia | 1:57.98 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Rio Shirai | Japan | 1:58.10 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:58.21 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Allison Schmitt | United States | 1:58.73 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 8 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:59.11 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 1:59.18 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:59.44 | |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Holly Hibbott | Great Britain | 1:59.60 | |
| 19 | 6 | 0 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand | 1:59.68 | |
| 20 | 7 | 8 | Elisbet Gámez | Cuba | 2:00.33 | |
| 21 | 5 | 0 | Aleksandra Polańska | Poland | 2:00.34 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 2:00.38 | |
| 23 | 4 | 4 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 2:00.39 | |
| 24 | 4 | 3 | Marlene Kahler | Austria | 2:00.56 | |
| 25 | 7 | 0 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:00.74 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 2:00.99 | NR |
| 27 | 4 | 6 | Natthanan Junkrajang | Thailand | 2:01.86 | |
| 28 | 4 | 1 | Monique Olivier | Luxembourg | 2:01.96 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 2:02.38 | NR |
| 30 | 7 | 9 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 2:02.70 | |
| 31 | 5 | 7 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 2:02.76 | |
| 32 | 5 | 9 | Jo Hyun-ju | South Korea | 2:03.16 | |
| 33 | 4 | 7 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:03.30 | |
| 34 | 6 | 9 | Nicole Oliva | Philippines | 2:04.26 | |
| 35 | 4 | 0 | María Álvarez | Colombia | 2:05.28 | |
| 36 | 3 | 5 | Gabriela Santis | Guatemala | 2:05.36 | |
| 37 | 4 | 5 | Emily Gantriis | Denmark | 2:05.44 | |
| 38 | 3 | 3 | Elan Daley | Bermuda | 2:05.47 | |
| 39 | 3 | 6 | Amanda Alfaro | Costa Rica | 2:06.60 | |
| 40 | 3 | 4 | Sara Pastrana | Honduras | 2:06.76 | |
| 41 | 4 | 8 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 2:07.43 | |
| 42 | 3 | 1 | Gabriella Doueihy | Lebanon | 2:09.07 | |
| 43 | 1 | 3 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 2:09.09 | |
| 44 | 3 | 9 | Tiana Rabarijaona | Madagascar | 2:10.21 | |
| 45 | 3 | 2 | Paige van der Westhuizen | Zimbabwe | 2:11.36 | |
| 46 | 3 | 8 | Danielle Treasure | Barbados | 2:11.51 | |
| 47 | 3 | 0 | Nicole Frank | Uruguay | 2:11.56 | |
| 48 | 2 | 4 | Gaurika Singh | Nepal | 2:13.00 | |
| 49 | 1 | 6 | Leedia Al-Safadi | Jordan | 2:13.19 | |
| 50 | 2 | 5 | Anđela Antunović | Montenegro | 2:13.62 | |
| 51 | 2 | 2 | Abiola Ogunbanwo | Nigeria | 2:15.44 | NR |
| 52 | 2 | 3 | Natalia Kuipers | Virgin Islands | 2:15.45 | |
| 53 | 3 | 7 | Elizaveta Rogozhnikova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:15.46 | |
| 54 | 2 | 8 | Mya de Freitas | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2:15.48 | |
| 55 | 2 | 7 | Tinatin Kevlishvili | Georgia | 2:17.71 | |
| 56 | 2 | 1 | Zaira Forson | Ghana | 2:18.74 | |
| 57 | 2 | 6 | Olivia Fuller | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:19.71 | |
| 58 | 2 | 0 | Mineri Gomez | Guam | 2:23.73 | |
| 59 | 2 | 9 | Judith Meauri | Papua New Guinea | 2:25.42 | |
| 60 | 1 | 5 | Jin Ju Thompson | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:32.35 | |
| 61 | 1 | 4 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 2:33.31 | |
| | 5 | 4 | Emma McKeon | Australia | DNS | DNS |
| | 6 | 4 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | DNS | DNS |
| | 7 | 5 | Katie Ledecky | United States | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 23 July at 21:14.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:55.58 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 1 | Yang Junxuan | China | 1:55.99 | Q, WJ |
| 3 | 3 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 1:56.41 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Rio Shirai | Japan | 1:56.82 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Li Bingjie | China | 1:57.30 | |
| 6 | 2 | Veronika Andrusenko | Russia | 1:57.65 | |
| 7 | 5 | Allison Schmitt | United States | 1:58.27 | |
| 8 | 8 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 1:58.97 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:55.14 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 1:55.36 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 1:55.70 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:56.19 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:57.16 | NR |
| 6 | 7 | Valeriya Salamatina | Russia | 1:57.25 | |
| 7 | 2 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:57.51 | |
| 8 | 8 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:58.78 | |

### Final

The final was held on 24 July at 20:17.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:54.22 | |
| | 5 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 1:54.66 | |
| | 6 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 1:54.78 | |
| 4 | 3 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:54.98 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Yang Junxuan | China | 1:55.43 | |
| 6 | 1 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 1:56.59 | |
| 7 | 7 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:56.95 | |
| 8 | 8 | Rio Shirai | Japan | 1:57.14 | |