# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Siobhán Haughey (HKG) | 1:50.31 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 16 December 2021 |
| Competition record | Siobhán Haughey (HKG) | 1:50.31 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 16 December 2021 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 11:05.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:52.83 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:53.39 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Erin Gemmell | United States | 1:53.47 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:53.67 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Rebecca Smith | Canada | 1:53.85 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Leah Neale | Australia | 1:54.05 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 1:54.15 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 1:54.18 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Hali Flickinger | United States | 1:54.20 | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 1:54.96 | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 1:55.34 | NR |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Helena Bach | Denmark | 1:55.79 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:55.80 | |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 1:56.22 | |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen | Mongolia | 1:56.46 | NR |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 1:57.09 | |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Elisbet Gámez | Cuba | 1:57.11 | NR |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Giovanna Diamante | Brazil | 1:57.44 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Caitlin Deans | New Zealand | 1:57.93 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Sofia Åstedt | Sweden | 1:58.04 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Hur Yeon-kyung | South Korea | 1:58.41 | |
| 22 | 2 | 6 | Inés Marín | Chile | 1:58.79 | NR |
| 23 | 2 | 3 | Merve Tuncel | Turkey | 1:59.32 | |
| 24 | 2 | 5 | Martina Cibulková | Slovakia | 2:02.20 | |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Iman Avdić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:02.30 | |
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Lucero Mejía | Guatemala | 2:02.57 | NR |
| 27 | 2 | 1 | Sasha Gatt | Malta | 2:03.72 | |
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Julimar Ávila | Honduras | 2:04.28 | NR |
| 29 | 1 | 4 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 2:04.30 | NR |
| 30 | 1 | 5 | Jehanara Nabi | Pakistan | 2:06.32 | NR |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Kaltra Meca | Albania | 2:10.75 | |
| 32 | 1 | 1 | Darýa Semýonowa | Turkmenistan | 2:12.43 | |
| 33 | 1 | 6 | Lubaina Ali | Suspended Member Federation | 2:13.65 | |
| 34 | 1 | 2 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 2:17.97 | |
| 35 | 1 | 7 | Jhnayali Tokome-Garap | Papua New Guinea | 2:24.23 | |
| | 1 | 8 | Maha Al-Shehhi | United Arab Emirates | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 2 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 1 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 4 | Li Bingjie | China | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 8 | Gan Ching Hwee | Singapore | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was held at 20:36.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:51.65 | |
| | 2 | Rebecca Smith | Canada | 1:52.24 | |
| | 4 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:52.28 | |
| 4 | 3 | Erin Gemmell | United States | 1:52.56 | |
| 5 | 6 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:52.66 | NR |
| 6 | 7 | Leah Neale | Australia | 1:52.84 | |
| 7 | 1 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 1:52.88 | |
| 8 | 8 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 1:53.39 | |