# Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2017.

## 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 10:18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.49 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.14 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Madisyn Cox | United States | 2:10.16 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:10.42 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Runa Imai | Japan | 2:11.15 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:11.32 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:11.33 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:11.44 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:11.47 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:11.67 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:12.10 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:12.24 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:12.41 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:12.48 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:12.60 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 3 | Kotuku Ngawati | Australia | 2:13.03 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Viktoriya Andreeva | Russia | 2:13.16 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | Vietnam | 2:13.36 | |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:13.56 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:13.82 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Helena Gasson | New Zealand | 2:13.91 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Zhang Sishi | China | 2:13.99 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:14.26 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:14.33 | |
| 25 | 2 | 0 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:14.70 | |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Marjolein Delno | Netherlands | 2:15.05 | |
| 27 | 3 | 0 | Monika González | Mexico | 2:16.11 | |
| 28 | 2 | 9 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:16.52 | NR |
| 29 | 1 | 4 | Ressa Kania Dewi | Indonesia | 2:17.93 | |
| 30 | 3 | 9 | Ilektra Lebl | Greece | 2:19.05 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | Virginia Bardach | Argentina | 2:19.29 | |
| 32 | 1 | 5 | Sara Nysted | Faroe Islands | 2:26.48 | |
| 33 | 1 | 6 | Claudia Verdino | Monaco | 2:27.34 | NR |
| 34 | 1 | 3 | Toto Wong | Hong Kong | 2:27.68 | |
| 35 | 1 | 7 | Sayani Ghosh | India | 2:32.55 | |
| 36 | 1 | 2 | Nooran Ba Matraf | Yemen | 2:37.21 | NR |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 23 July at 18:32.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:09.17 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:09.72 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:10.45 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:11.20 | |
| 5 | 2 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:11.61 | |
| 6 | 7 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:12.25 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:13.01 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kotuku Ngawati | Australia | 2:14.07 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.14 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:08.70 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:09.86 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 5 | Madisyn Cox | United States | 2:09.97 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Runa Imai | Japan | 2:10.15 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:11.24 | SA |
| 7 | 7 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:11.92 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:12.88 | |

### Final

The final was held on 24 July at 18:54.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.00 | |
| | 8 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:07.91 | NR |
| | 7 | Madisyn Cox | United States | 2:09.71 | |
| 4 | 5 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:09.82 | |
| 5 | 1 | Runa Imai | Japan | 2:09.99 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:10.40 | |
| 7 | 6 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:10.41 | |
| | 3 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | DSQ | DSQ |