# 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 Individual Medley (or "I.M.") at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 18 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 38 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 finishers advancing to the final that evening.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Julia Smit | United States | 2:04.60 | Manchester | 19 December 2009 |
| Championship record | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:06.13 | Manchester 2008 | 12 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR |
| 18 December 2010 | Final | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:05.73 | | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Ariana Kukors (USA) | 2:07.67 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Evelyn Verrasztó (HUN) | 2:08.19 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 2:08.83 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Francesca Segat (ITA) | 2:08.93 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:09.01 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Missy Franklin (USA) | 2:09.07 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Kotuku Ngawati (AUS) | 2:09.39 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Mireia Belmonte (ESP) | 2:10.09 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Hannah Miley (GBR) | 2:10.11 | |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Stina Gardell (SWE) | 2:10.22 | |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Theresa Michalak (GER) | 2:11.48 | |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Ekaterina Andreeva (RUS) | 2:11.57 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Barbora Závadová (CZE) | 2:12.40 | |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Sara Thydén (SWE) | 2:12.86 | |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Daria Belyakina (RUS) | 2:12.86 | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Jessica Pengelly (RSA) | 2:13.33 | |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Sarra Lajnef (TUN) | 2:13.76 | |
| 18 | 2 | 5 | Maiko Fujino (JPN) | 2:13.87 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Sinead Russell (CAN) | 2:14.76 | |
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Katarina Listopadova (SVK) | 2:15.19 | |
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Emilia Pikkarainen (FIN) | 2:15.28 | |
| 22 | 2 | 6 | Sara El Bekri (MAR) | 2:15.39 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Lisa Zaiser (AUT) | 2:16.74 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Sara Nordenstam (NOR) | 2:17.09 | |
| 25 | 5 | 7 | Mandy Loots (RSA) | 2:17.27 | |
| 26 | 3 | 1 | Georgina Bardach (ARG) | 2:17.30 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Gizem Bozkurt (TUR) | 2:17.62 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Ranohon Amanova (UZB) | 2:18.84 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Samantha Arévalo (ECU) | 2:20.42 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Eliana Barrios (VEN) | 2:21.65 | |
| 31 | 2 | 8 | Lara Butler (CAY) | 2:22.79 | |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Meagan Lim (SIN) | 2:23.22 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Ma Cheok Mei (MAC) | 2:23.66 | |
| 34 | 1 | 3 | Anum Bandey (PAK) | 2:37.38 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Cheyenne Rova (FIJ) | 2:47.78 | |
| – | 1 | 2 | Liu Jing (CHN) | DNS | |
| – | 1 | 4 | Elodie Poo Cheong (MRI) | DNS | |
| – | 1 | 7 | Ingvild Snildal (NOR) | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 8 | Mireia Belmonte (ESP) | 2:05.73 | CR |
| | 3 | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 2:05.94 | |
| | 4 | Ariana Kukors (USA) | 2:06.09 | |
| 4 | 2 | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.88 | |
| 5 | 5 | Evelyn Verrasztó (HUN) | 2:07.81 | |
| 6 | 6 | Francesca Segat (ITA) | 2:08.38 | |
| 6 | 7 | Missy Franklin (USA) | 2:08.38 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kotuku Ngawati (AUS) | 2:09.32 | |