# Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.12 | Kazan, Russia | 3 August 2015 |
| Competition record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.12 | Kazan, Russia | 3 August 2015 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 18 June at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Alexandra Walsh | United States | 2:09.41 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Leah Hayes | United States | 2:09.81 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.23 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 2:10.38 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:10.60 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:10.89 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:11.17 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Rika Omoto | Japan | 2:11.28 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:11.29 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:11.60 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:11.77 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:12.22 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:12.27 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | Ge Chutong | China | 2:12.98 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:13.13 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Ella Ramsay | Australia | 2:13.20 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | 2:13.26 | |
| 18 | 2 | 6 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:13.39 | |
| 19 | 2 | 0 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 2:14.61 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:15.04 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:15.31 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Helena Gasson | New Zealand | 2:15.95 | |
| 23 | 4 | 0 | Letitia Sim | Singapore | 2:16.30 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Chloe Cheng | Hong Kong | 2:16.32 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 2:16.94 | NR |
| 26 | 3 | 9 | Nikoleta Trniková | Slovakia | 2:17.36 | |
| 27 | 3 | 0 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:17.71 | |
| 28 | 2 | 9 | Nicole Frank | Uruguay | 2:17.78 | |
| 29 | 2 | 1 | Kristen Romano | Puerto Rico | 2:18.89 | |
| 30 | 4 | 1 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 2:19.40 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Melissa Rodríguez | Mexico | 2:19.55 | |
| 32 | 4 | 9 | Jinjutha Pholjamjumrus | Thailand | 2:20.38 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Alondra Ortiz | Costa Rica | 2:23.22 | |
| 34 | 1 | 8 | Simone Kabbara | Lebanon | 2:25.39 | |
| 35 | 1 | 6 | Elizabeth Jiménez | Dominican Republic | 2:26.64 | |
| 36 | 1 | 2 | Zaylie Thompson | Bahamas | 2:30.15 | |
| 37 | 1 | 1 | Hayley Wong | Brunei | 2:37.55 | |
| 38 | 1 | 7 | Zaira Forson | Ghana | 2:41.45 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 18 June at 19:04.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Alexandra Walsh | United States | 2:08.74 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Leah Hayes | United States | 2:09.82 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:10.17 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 2:10.22 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:10.47 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.54 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Rika Omoto | Japan | 2:10.65 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.72 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:11.06 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:11.20 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:11.28 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:11.31 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:12.05 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:13.09 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Ella Ramsay | Australia | 2:13.10 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Ge Chutong | China | 2:14.06 | |

### Final

The final was held on 19 June at 19:27.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Alexandra Walsh | United States | 2:07.13 |
| | 3 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:08.57 |
| | 5 | Leah Hayes | United States | 2:08.91 |
| 4 | 1 | Rika Omoto | Japan | 2:10.01 |
| 5 | 7 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:11.02 |
| 6 | 2 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:11.30 |
| 7 | 8 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:11.37 |
| 8 | 6 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 2:12.77 |