# Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2023.

## 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 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 26 July | Final | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 1:52.85 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 25 July 10:47.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 1:55.68 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 1:55.88 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 1:56.20 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:56.56 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:56.66 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | Liu Yaxin | China | 1:56.93 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:57.12 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 1:57.35 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:57.35 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand | 1:57.36 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Bella Sims | United States | 1:57.71 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 5 | Claire Weinstein | United States | 1:57.93 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:58.02 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 1:58.14 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Janna van Kooten | Netherlands | 1:58.16 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:58.23 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 6 | Li Jiaping | China | 1:58.26 | |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 1:58.39 | |
| 19 | 6 | 7 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 1:58.50 | |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Maria Fernanda Costa | Brazil | 1:58.67 | |
| 21 | 6 | 8 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 1:58.99 | |
| 22 | 7 | 8 | Nagisa Ikemoto | Japan | 1:59.23 | |
| 23 | 6 | 0 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 1:59.27 | |
| 24 | 6 | 1 | Aimee Canny | South Africa | 1:59.30 | |
| 25 | 5 | 0 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 1:59.33 | |
| 26 | 6 | 2 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 1:59.55 | |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Daria Golovaty | Israel | 1:59.77 | |
| 28 | 4 | 5 | Elisbet Gámez | Cuba | 1:59.98 | |
| 29 | 4 | 0 | María José Mata | Mexico | 2:00.30 | |
| 30 | 4 | 7 | Karen Durango | Colombia | 2:00.71 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | María Yegres | Venezuela | 2:00.82 | |
| 31 | 6 | 9 | Victoria Catterson | Ireland | 2:00.82 | |
| 33 | 3 | 6 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 2:00.94 | NR |
| 34 | 5 | 9 | Hur Yeon-kyung | South Korea | 2:01.19 | |
| 35 | 5 | 2 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 2:01.31 | |
| 36 | 4 | 6 | Cornelia Pammer | Austria | 2:01.66 | |
| 37 | 3 | 5 | Inés Marín | Chile | 2:02.20 | |
| 38 | 3 | 3 | Kamonchanok Kwanmuang | Thailand | 2:02.22 | |
| 39 | 3 | 4 | Gan Ching Hwee | Singapore | 2:02.32 | |
| 40 | 4 | 9 | Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen | Mongolia | 2:02.49 | |
| 41 | 4 | 2 | Sofia Åstedt | Sweden | 2:02.57 | |
| 42 | 4 | 4 | Merve Tuncel | Turkey | 2:02.66 | |
| 43 | 7 | 9 | Ainhoa Campabadal | Spain | 2:02.78 | |
| 44 | 4 | 1 | Artemis Vasilaki | Greece | 2:03.92 | |
| 45 | 3 | 2 | Iman Avdić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:04.38 | |
| 46 | 3 | 1 | Lucero Mejia | Guatemala | 2:06.24 | |
| 47 | 3 | 9 | Harper Barrowman | Cayman Islands | 2:06.49 | |
| 48 | 3 | 7 | Julimar Ávila | Honduras | 2:06.92 | |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 2:08.65 | |
| 50 | 2 | 4 | Danielle Treasure | Barbados | 2:08.88 | |
| 51 | 2 | 3 | Paige van der Westhuizen | Zimbabwe | 2:09.85 | |
| 52 | 1 | 6 | Anna Nikishkina | Kyrgyzstan | 2:10.81 | |
| 53 | 2 | 6 | Jehanara Nabi | Pakistan | 2:11.09 | NR |
| 54 | 3 | 8 | Mya Azzopardi | Malta | 2:11.59 | |
| 55 | 2 | 1 | Duana Lama | Nepal | 2:12.46 | |
| 56 | 2 | 7 | Natalia Kuipers | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2:12.60 | |
| 57 | 2 | 8 | Bianca Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:13.24 | |
| 58 | 2 | 0 | Chloe Farro | Aruba | 2:13.48 | |
| 59 | 1 | 5 | Asma Lefalher | Bahrain | 2:13.80 | NR |
| 60 | 2 | 2 | Maria Lopes Freitas | Angola | 2:14.03 | |
| 61 | 1 | 2 | Katie Rock | Albania | 2:15.02 | |
| 62 | 1 | 4 | Mya de Freitas | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2:16.22 | |
| 63 | 2 | 9 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 2:20.00 | |
| 64 | 1 | 3 | Galyah Ngerchesiuch Mikel | Palau | 2:43.01 | |
| | 3 | 0 | Laura Bernat | Poland | DSQ | DSQ |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 25 July at 21:13.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 1:54.64 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 1:54.67 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 1:54.91 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Bella Sims | United States | 1:55.45 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:55.48 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:55.85 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Liu Yaxin | China | 1:56.34 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:56.49 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:56.50 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 1:56.55 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand | 1:56.87 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Claire Weinstein | United States | 1:57.03 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:57.97 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 1:57.98 | NR |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Janna van Kooten | Netherlands | 1:58.12 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:58.18 | |

### Final

The final was held on 26 July at 20:17.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 1:52.85 | WR |
| | 4 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 1:53.01 | |
| | 5 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 1:53.65 | WJ, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:53.96 | |
| 5 | 8 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:55.51 | |
| 6 | 6 | Bella Sims | United States | 1:56.00 | |
| 7 | 7 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:56.33 | |
| 8 | 1 | Liu Yaxin | China | 1:56.97 | |