# Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 2 August with the heats and the semifinals and 3 August with the final.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| 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 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 3 August | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.12 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 2 August at 10:28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.30 | Q, ER |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:08.82 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 2:10.37 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.94 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:11.23 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:11.88 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:12.22 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 2:12.27 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Maya DiRado | United States | 2:12.38 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:12.38 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:12.74 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes | Turkey | 2:12.91 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 2:13.07 | Q, NR |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:13.12 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Tessa Wallace | Australia | 2:13.23 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | Vietnam | 2:13.41 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Keryn McMaster | Australia | 2:13.42 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Lara Grangeon | France | 2:13.50 | |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 2:13.90 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 2:14.12 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 2:14.49 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Zhou Min | China | 2:15.08 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Stina Gardell | Sweden | 2:15.08 | |
| 24 | 3 | 9 | Ranohon Amanova | Uzbekistan | 2:15.13 | |
| 25 | 2 | 0 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:15.39 | |
| 26 | 4 | 0 | Nam Yoo-sun | South Korea | 2:16.58 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | Russia | 2:16.85 | |
| 28 | 1 | 5 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:16.89 | |
| 29 | 1 | 6 | Ana Radić | Croatia | 2:17.04 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Theresa Michalak | Germany | 2:17.12 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Virginia Bardach | Argentina | 2:17.24 | |
| 32 | 1 | 2 | Phiangkhwan Pawapotako | Thailand | 2:17.69 | |
| 33 | 4 | 9 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | 2:17.88 | |
| 34 | 2 | 9 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 2:18.35 | |
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Anja Crevar | Serbia | 2:21.51 | |
| 36 | 1 | 7 | Georgina González | Mexico | 2:24.33 | |
| 37 | 1 | 8 | Alexus Laird | Seychelles | 2:27.68 | |
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Lydia Musleh | Jordan | 2:27.94 | |
| 39 | 1 | 0 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara | Madagascar | 2:36.25 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 2 August at 17:53.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:08.45 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.08 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:10.61 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes | Turkey | 2:11.46 | WJR, NR |
| 5 | 6 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 2:11.53 | |
| 6 | 2 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:11.91 | |
| 7 | 1 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:11.97 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | Vietnam | 2:13.29 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.84 | Q, ER |
| 2 | 5 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 2:09.61 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 2 | Maya DiRado | United States | 2:09.82 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:11.19 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:11.39 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:12.64 | |
| 7 | 1 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 2:13.26 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tessa Wallace | Australia | 2:14.34 | |

### Final

The final was held on 3 August at 18:54.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.12 | WR |
| | 3 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 2:08.45 | NR |
| | 5 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:08.77 | |
| 4 | 6 | Maya DiRado | United States | 2:08.99 | |
| 5 | 1 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:10.19 | |
| 6 | 2 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.32 | |
| 7 | 7 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:10.41 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:14.01 | |