# Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 February 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) | 1:52.85 | Fukuoka, Japan | 26 July 2023 |
| Competition record | Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) | 1:52.85 | Fukuoka, Japan | 26 July 2023 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 13 February at 09:45.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Li Bingjie | China | 1:57.16 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand | 1:57.40 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 1:57.42 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:57.62 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Ai Yanhan | China | 1:58.06 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:58.18 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Maria Fernanda Costa | Brazil | 1:58.22 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:58.25 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Brianna Throssell | Australia | 1:58.29 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Addison Sauickie | United States | 1:58.33 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 1:58.40 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:58.40 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Rebecca Smith | Canada | 1:59.00 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Daria Golovaty | Israel | 1:59.11 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:59.37 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Janna van Kooten | Netherlands | 1:59.41 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 1:59.56 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Giulia D'Innocenzo | Italy | 1:59.57 | |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Victoria Catterson | Ireland | 1:59.75 | |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Francisca Soares Martins | Portugal | 2:00.10 | |
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Nagisa Ikemoto | Japan | 2:00.11 | |
| 22 | 3 | 0 | Iris Julia Berger | Austria | 2:00.20 | |
| 23 | 4 | 9 | Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen | Mongolia | 2:00.22 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:00.25 | |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Maria Daza Garcia | Spain | 2:00.42 | |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Hur Yeon-kyung | South Korea | 2:00.78 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Elisbet Gámez | Cuba | 2:00.83 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Duné Coetzee | South Africa | 2:01.02 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Ela Naz Özdemir | Turkey | 2:01.51 | |
| 30 | 5 | 9 | Maria Yegres | Venezuela | 2:01.96 | |
| 31 | 5 | 0 | Aleksandra Polańska | Poland | 2:02.10 | |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Sylvia Statkevičius | Lithuania | 2:03.03 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Kamonchanok Kwanmuang | Thailand | 2:03.22 | |
| 34 | 2 | 1 | Beatriz Padrón | Costa Rica | 2:04.39 | |
| 35 | 2 | 8 | Julimar Ávila | Honduras | 2:04.43 | |
| 36 | 2 | 6 | Ashley Lim | Singapore | 2:05.05 | |
| 37 | 2 | 0 | Harper Barrowman | Cayman Islands | 2:06.36 | |
| 38 | 2 | 7 | Teia Salvino | Philippines | 2:08.02 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Hiruki de Silva | Sri Lanka | 2:10.00 | |
| 40 | 2 | 2 | Dhinidhi Desinghu | India | 2:10.41 | |
| 41 | 2 | 9 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 2:10.55 | |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Jehanara Nabi | Pakistan | 2:10.59 | |
| 43 | 1 | 0 | Lana Hijazi | Lebanon | 2:11.95 | |
| 44 | 1 | 3 | Duana Lama | Nepal | 2:14.59 | |
| 45 | 1 | 6 | Kaltra Meca | Albania | 2:15.95 | |
| 46 | 1 | 9 | Sara Akasha | United Arab Emirates | 2:17.90 | |
| 47 | 1 | 2 | Mia Lee | Guam | 2:18.01 | |
| 48 | 1 | 8 | Mashael Al-Ayed | Saudi Arabia | 2:21.04 | |
| 49 | 1 | 7 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 2:23.33 | |
| 50 | 1 | 1 | Galyah Mikel | Palau | 2:37.22 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 February at 20:13.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand | 1:55.75 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:56.04 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 1:56.80 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:57.00 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Brianna Throssell | Australia | 1:57.09 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Maria Fernanda Costa | Brazil | 1:57.11 | Q, SA |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Li Bingjie | China | 1:57.13 | Q-->WD |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 1:57.13 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:57.30 | WD |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Ai Yanhan | China | 1:57.33 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Rebecca Smith | Canada | 1:58.08 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Addison Sauickie | United States | 1:58.51 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:58.57 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Daria Golovaty | Israel | 1:59.36 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:59.95 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Janna van Kooten | Netherlands | 2:00.44 | |

### Final

The final was started on 14 February at 19:17.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:54.89 | |
| | 4 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand | 1:55.77 | |
| | 2 | Brianna Throssell | Australia | 1:56.00 | |
| 4 | 6 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:56.13 | |
| 5 | 7 | Maria Fernanda Costa | Brazil | 1:56.85 | SA |
| 6 | 8 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 1:56.89 | |
| 7 | 3 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 1:57.24 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ai Yanhan | China | 1:57.53 | |