# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The women's 200 metre individual medley event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28–29 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Ariana Kukors (USA) | 2:06.15 | Rome, Italy | 27 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Ariana Kukors (USA) | 2:06.15 | Rome, Italy | 27 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:45.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:08.45 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:10.20 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:11.12 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 2:11.16 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 2:11.54 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:11.64 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Alicia Coutts | Australia | 2:11.88 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:12.11 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 2:12.28 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Sophie Allen | Great Britain | 2:12.31 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:12.31 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 2:12.91 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Zhang Wenqing | China | 2:13.40 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | Russia | 2:13.61 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:13.84 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Beatriz Gómez Cortés | Spain | 2:13.98 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Stina Gardell | Sweden | 2:14.02 | |
| 18 | 4 | 0 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | 2:14.38 | |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Sophie de Ronchi | France | 2:14.57 | |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Theresa Michalak | Germany | 2:14.73 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 2:14.85 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Alexandra Wenk | Germany | 2:14.90 | |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Erica Dittmer | Mexico | 2:14.93 | NR |
| 24 | 2 | 6 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:14.98 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:14.98 | |
| 26 | 4 | 8 | Joanna Melo | Brazil | 2:15.00 | |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Alexa Komarnycky | Canada | 2:15.08 | |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Hanna Dzerkal | Ukraine | 2:16.52 | |
| 29 | 2 | 1 | Marlies Ross | South Africa | 2:16.94 | |
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:17.21 | NR |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 2:17.87 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Siow Yi Ting | Malaysia | 2:17.90 | |
| 33 | 3 | 0 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 2:18.18 | |
| 34 | 2 | 4 | Cheng Wan-jung | Chinese Taipei | 2:18.47 | |
| 35 | 5 | 9 | Ranohon Amanova | Uzbekistan | 2:18.60 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Zara Bailey | Jamaica | 2:18.88 | |
| 37 | 2 | 3 | Tanja Kylliäinen | Finland | 2:20.09 | |
| 38 | 2 | 8 | Samantha Yeo | Singapore | 2:20.19 | |
| 39 | 2 | 9 | McKayla Lightbourn | Bahamas | 2:20.83 | |
| 40 | 2 | 0 | Chan Kin Lok | Hong Kong | 2:22.09 | |
| 41 | 1 | 6 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 2:27.56 | |
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Loreen Whitfield | American Samoa | 2:28.05 | |
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Elvira Hasanova | Azerbaijan | 2:30.27 | |
| 44 | 1 | 3 | Lianna Catherine Swan | Pakistan | 2:32.61 | NR |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:24.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:09.12 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:10.66 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:11.21 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:11.33 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 2:11.69 | |
| 6 | 1 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | Russia | 2:12.67 | |
| 7 | 7 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 2:14.02 | |
| 8 | 8 | Beatriz Gómez Cortés | Spain | 2:15.11 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:08.59 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Alicia Coutts | Australia | 2:10.06 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Sophie Allen | Great Britain | 2:10.23 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:10.70 | Q, WD |
| 5 | 3 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 2:11.05 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Zhang Wenqing | China | 2:11.34 | |
| 7 | 2 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 2:11.50 | |
| 8 | 8 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:16.12 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:26.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.92 |
| | 3 | Alicia Coutts | Australia | 2:09.39 |
| | 2 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:09.45 |
| 4 | 5 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:10.48 |
| 5 | 7 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 2:10.73 |
| 6 | 1 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:10.95 |
| 7 | 6 | Sophie Allen | Great Britain | 2:11.32 |
| 8 | 8 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:12.03 |