# 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2021.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 1:50.43 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 12 August 2017 |
| Competition record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 1:50.78 | Doha, Qatar | 7 December 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | National team | Time | Record |
| 16 December | Final | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:50.31 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 10:06.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | National team | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Rebecca Smith | Canada | 1:52.86 | Q |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:52.86 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | Paige Madden | United States | 1:53.30 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:54.43 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 1:54.51 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 1:54.61 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 1:54.63 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:54.70 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:54.75 | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Ekaterina Nikonova | Russian Swimming Federation | 1:54.99 | |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:56.19 | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany | 1:56.36 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Anna Egorova | Russian Swimming Federation | 1:56.44 | |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Cheng Yujie | China | 1:56.80 | |
| 15 | 5 | 9 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 1:57.03 | |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Elisbet Gámez | Cuba | 1:57.26 | NR |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 1:57.28 | |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:57.56 | |
| 19 | 5 | 3 | Annika Bruhn | Germany | 1:57.74 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:57.81 | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Gabrielle Roncatto | Brazil | 1:57.85 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Monique Olivier | Luxembourg | 1:59.32 | |
| 23 | 5 | 7 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 1:59.43 | |
| 24 | 3 | 9 | Laura Littlejohn | New Zealand | 1:59.67 | |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Inés Marín | Chile | 2:00.02 | |
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Sabína Kupčová | Slovakia | 2:00.28 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 2:00.40 | |
| 28 | 5 | 0 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:00.65 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Kornkarnjana Sapianchai | Thailand | 2:00.97 | |
| 30 | 2 | 4 | Zhanet Angelova | Bulgaria | 2:01.03 | |
| 31 | 5 | 8 | Merve Tuncel | Turkey | 2:01.04 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Julimar Ávila | Honduras | 2:01.68 | |
| 33 | 1 | 4 | Elisabeth Timmer | Aruba | 2:03.45 | NR |
| 34 | 4 | 9 | Michaela Pulford | South Africa | 2:03.67 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Sasha Gatt | Malta | 2:05.16 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Lina Khiyara | Morocco | 2:05.58 | |
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Chrysoula Karamanou | Cyprus | 2:05.60 | |
| 38 | 1 | 0 | Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen | Mongolia | 2:06.29 | |
| 39 | 2 | 1 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | 2:07.65 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Natalia Kuipers | United States Virgin Islands | 2:08.06 | |
| 41 | 2 | 0 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 2:08.14 | |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Jehanara Nabi | Pakistan | 2:08.51 | |
| 43 | 1 | 6 | Alexia Savinova | Moldova | 2:08.95 | |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Bianca Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:11.04 | |
| 45 | 1 | 7 | Katie Rock | Albania | 2:11.96 | |
| 46 | 2 | 9 | Sara Akasha | United Arab Emirates | 2:12.89 | |
| 47 | 1 | 8 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 2:19.53 | |
| 48 | 1 | 9 | Keana Santos | Guam | 2:24.08 | |
| 49 | 1 | 1 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 2:24.97 | |
| | 4 | 8 | Quah Jing Wen | Singapore | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:09.
| Rank | Lane | Name | National team | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:50.31 | WR |
| | 4 | Rebecca Smith | Canada | 1:52.24 | NR |
| | 3 | Paige Madden | United States | 1:53.01 | |
| 4 | 7 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 1:53.48 | NR |
| 5 | 1 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 1:53.65 | |
| 6 | 6 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:53.68 | |
| 7 | 8 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:54.32 | |
| 8 | 2 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 1:54.93 | |