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

The women's 200 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30–31 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 1:52.98 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 1:52.98 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:19.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Camille Muffat | France | 1:56.53 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:56.73 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:56.79 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:56.82 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Missy Franklin | United States | 1:56.90 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Melanie Costa | Spain | 1:57.01 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Bronte Barratt | Australia | 1:57.14 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:57.44 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 1:57.64 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Kylie Palmer | Australia | 1:57.67 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Shannon Vreeland | United States | 1:58.08 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | 1:58.10 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 1:58.17 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Qiu Yuhan | China | 1:58.38 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Samantha Lucie-Smith | New Zealand | 1:58.87 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Barbara Jardin | Canada | 1:58.93 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 1:59.00 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | Russia | 1:59.02 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Karin Prinsloo | South Africa | 1:59.15 | |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | Veronika Popova | Russia | 1:59.31 | |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Samantha Cheverton | Canada | 1:59.43 | |
| 22 | 3 | 0 | Manuella Lyrio | Brazil | 1:59.52 | SA |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Patricia Castro | Spain | 2:00.36 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 2:00.41 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Eleanor Faulkner | Great Britain | 2:00.56 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Shen Duo | China | 2:00.82 | |
| 27 | 2 | 4 | Natthanan Junkrajang | Thailand | 2:01.02 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Alexandra Wenk | Germany | 2:01.60 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 2:02.57 | |
| 30 | 5 | 9 | Liliana Ibáñez | Mexico | 2:02.61 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 2:02.76 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė | Lithuania | 2:03.88 | |
| 33 | 4 | 0 | Sze Hang Yu | Hong Kong | 2:04.19 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 2:04.66 | |
| 35 | 2 | 7 | Pamela Benitez | El Salvador | 2:05.43 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Elisbet Gamez | Cuba | 2:05.54 | |
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Andrea Cedrón | Peru | 2:08.14 | |
| 38 | 2 | 9 | María López Nery | Paraguay | 2:09.81 | NR |
| 39 | 1 | 5 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 2:12.31 | |
| 40 | 2 | 0 | Gabrielle Ponson | Aruba | 2:13.01 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Alexis Clarke | Barbados | 2:14.44 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Yara Lima | Angola | 2:16.01 | |
| 43 | 1 | 6 | Sofia Shah | Nepal | 2:31.79 | NR |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Aminath Shajan | Maldives | 2:32.05 | |
| | 2 | 5 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:14.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Melanie Costa | Spain | 1:56.19 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kylie Palmer | Australia | 1:56.53 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:56.63 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:56.80 | |
| 5 | 6 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:56.98 | |
| 6 | 7 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | 1:58.05 | |
| 7 | 8 | Barbara Jardin | Canada | 1:58.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | Qiu Yuhan | China | 1:59.20 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:55.78 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Missy Franklin | United States | 1:56.05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Camille Muffat | France | 1:56.28 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 1:56.38 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Shannon Vreeland | United States | 1:56.76 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 1:56.90 | |
| 7 | 6 | Bronte Barratt | Australia | 1:57.18 | |
| 8 | 8 | Samantha Lucie-Smith | New Zealand | 1:59.26 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:32.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Missy Franklin | United States | 1:54.81 |
| | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:55.14 |
| | 6 | Camille Muffat | France | 1:55.72 |
| 4 | 2 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 1:56.63 |
| 5 | 3 | Melanie Costa | Spain | 1:57.04 |
| 6 | 7 | Kylie Palmer | Australia | 1:57.14 |
| 7 | 8 | Shannon Vreeland | United States | 1:57.41 |
| 8 | 1 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:57.56 |