# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 December.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:02.13 | Dubai | 31 August 2014 |
| Championship record | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:04.64 | Istanbul | 15 December 2012 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 6 December | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:01.86 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:51.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:06.93 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 2:07.01 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.04 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:07.05 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:07.38 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:08.22 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 2:08.52 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | Ellen Fullerton | Australia | 2:08.72 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 2:08.74 | |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:08.75 | |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 2:09.03 | |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 2:09.26 | |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:09.31 | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Zhou Min | China | 2:09.70 | |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | Ganna Dzerkal | Ukraine | 2:09.75 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 2:10.46 | |
| 17 | 5 | 8 | Tanja Kylliainen | Finland | 2:10.51 | |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:10.57 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 2:10.94 | |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:11.40 | |
| 21 | 1 | 7 | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | Vietnam | 2:12.15 | |
| 22 | 3 | 0 | Ranohon Amanova | Uzbekistan | 2:12.18 | |
| 23 | 3 | 6 | Viktoria Andreeva | Russia | 2:12.45 | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Emily Overholt | Canada | 2:12.88 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Yana Martynova | Russia | 2:13.15 | |
| 26 | 5 | 9 | Rene Warnes | South Africa | 2:14.93 | |
| 27 | 3 | 1 | Mei Xueyan | China | 2:16.10 | |
| 28 | 2 | 8 | Hamida Nefsi | Algeria | 2:18.46 | |
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Souad Cherouati | Algeria | 2:18.60 | |
| 30 | 4 | 0 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:18.77 | |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:19.19 | |
| 32 | 2 | 1 | Sonja Adelaar | Namibia | 2:19.33 | |
| 33 | 2 | 2 | Evangelio Dato | Philippines | 2:19.89 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Defne Kurt | Turkey | 2:20.41 | |
| 35 | 2 | 9 | Antonia Roth | Namibia | 2:20.56 | |
| 36 | 2 | 6 | Lara Butler | Cayman Islands | 2:20.85 | |
| 37 | 2 | 4 | Sofía López | Paraguay | 2:22.11 | |
| 38 | 2 | 5 | María Far Núñez | Panama | 2:22.86 | |
| 39 | 1 | 1 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 2:23.80 | |
| 40 | 4 | 9 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 2:23.83 | |
| 41 | 1 | 5 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 2:26.65 | |
| 42 | 2 | 0 | Tan Chi Yan | Macau | 2:28.18 | |
| 43 | 1 | 4 | Malavika Vishwanath | India | 2:29.65 | |
| 44 | 1 | 6 | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 2:30.07 | |
| 45 | 1 | 2 | Felicity Passon | Seychelles | 2:31.74 | |
| — | 1 | 3 | Roxanne Yu | Philippines | | DNS |
| — | 3 | 8 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 19:25.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:01.86 | WR, CR |
| | 2 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:05.87 | |
| | 6 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:06.68 | |
| 4 | 7 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:06.84 | |
| 5 | 5 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 2:06.90 | |
| 6 | 4 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:07.05 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 2:08.65 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ellen Fullerton | Australia | 2:09.62 | |