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

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2023.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.12 | Kazan, Russia | 3 August 2015 |
| Competition record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.12 | Kazan, Russia | 3 August 2015 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 23 July at 10:32.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:09.17 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:09.50 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 2:09.65 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Alexandra Walsh | United States | 2:09.65 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:09.66 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Jenna Forrester | Australia | 2:09.79 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:09.81 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:10.68 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:10.80 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.88 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 2:10.95 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:11.26 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:11.31 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:11.50 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Mio Narita | Japan | 2:11.69 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Ellen Walshe | Ireland | 2:12.83 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | 2:13.28 | |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 2:13.28 | |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:13.32 | |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Kristen Romano | Puerto Rico | 2:13.94 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | 2:14.05 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Emma Carrasco | Spain | 2:15.11 | |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 2:15.33 | NR |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 2:15.41 | |
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Bruna Monteiro | Brazil | 2:15.65 | |
| 26 | 4 | 0 | Letitia Sim | Singapore | 2:17.20 | |
| 27 | 2 | 0 | Stefanía Gómez | Colombia | 2:17.21 | |
| 28 | 2 | 9 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:17.33 | |
| 29 | 3 | 0 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:17.73 | |
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Kamonchanok Kwanmuang | Thailand | 2:18.02 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Alondra Ortiz | Costa Rica | 2:19.91 | |
| 32 | 3 | 9 | Chloe Cheng | Hong Kong | 2:21.25 | |
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Nicole Frank | Uruguay | 2:21.89 | |
| 34 | 1 | 6 | Zaylie Thompson | Bahamas | 2:25.36 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 July at 21:01.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Alexandra Walsh | United States | 2:08.27 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:09.04 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:09.30 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Jenna Forrester | Australia | 2:10.03 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:10.32 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:10.38 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:10.57 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.62 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Ellen Walshe | Ireland | 2:10.92 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 2:11.16 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 2:11.47 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Mio Narita | Japan | 2:12.24 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:12.91 | |
| | 1 | 4 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | DSQ | DSQ |
| | 1 | 6 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | DSQ | DSQ |
| | 1 | 7 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | DSQ | DSQ |

### Final

The final was held on 23 July at 21:23.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 7 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:07.17 |
| | 4 | Alexandra Walsh | United States | 2:07.97 |
| | 5 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:08.74 |
| 4 | 6 | Jenna Forrester | Australia | 2:08.98 |
| 5 | 8 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.08 |
| 6 | 2 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:11.27 |
| 7 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:11.89 |
| 8 | 1 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:14.27 |