# Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The first heats of the Women's 200m Individual Medley took place on the morning of Sunday, July 26. The semifinal took place in the evening session of the same day and the final took place on the evening of the 27 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The order of swimming in the medley was: Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
| World record | Stephanie Rice (AUS) | 2:08.45 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 |
| Championship record | Katie Hoff (USA) | 2:10.13 | Melbourne, Australia | 26 March 2007 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 26 July | Heat 7 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:08.53 | CR |
| 26 July | Semifinal 2 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:07.03 | WR |
| 27 July | Final | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:06.15 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
| 1 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:08.53 | 7 | 3 | CR, AM |
| 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:09.12 | 8 | 3 | ER |
| 3 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 2:09.64 | 8 | 4 | |
| 4 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:09.90 | 7 | 4 | |
| 5 | Hannah Miley | United Kingdom | 2:10.24 | 7 | 5 | |
| 6 | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | Denmark | 2:10.53 | 6 | 3 | NR |
| 7 | Julia Smit | United States | 2:10.94 | 6 | 4 | |
| 8 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:11.31 | 7 | 2 | |
| 9 | Camille Muffat | France | 2:11.35 | 8 | 5 | |
| 10 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:11.61 | 6 | 5 | |
| 11 | Liu Jing | China | 2:11.91 | 6 | 6 | |
| 12 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:12.18 | 6 | 8 | SA |
| 13 | Francesca Segat | Italy | 2:12.52 | 7 | 6 | |
| 14 | Tomoyo Fukuda | Japan | 2:12.66 | 8 | 1 | |
| 15 | Daria Belyakina | Russia | 2:12.80 | 7 | 0 | NR |
| 16 | Li Jiaxing | China | 2:13.47 | 8 | 2 | |
| 17 | Stina Gardell | Sweden | 2:13.52 | 7 | 9 | NR |
| 18 | Yana Martynova | Russia | 2:13.61 | 6 | 1 | |
| 19 | Gráinne Murphy | Ireland | 2:13.64 | 5 | 6 | NR |
| 20 | Erica Morningstar | Canada | 2:13.70 | 7 | 1 | |
| 20 | Erica Buratto | Italy | 2:13.70 | 8 | 8 | |
| 22 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 2:13.75 | 7 | 7 | |
| 22 | Mireira Belmonte | Spain | 2:13.75 | 8 | 7 | |
| 24 | Keri-anne Payne | United Kingdom | 2:14.17 | 6 | 2 | |
| 25 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 2:14.40 | 6 | 7 | |
| 26 | Katheryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:14.53 | 8 | 0 | NR |
| 27 | Louise Mai Jansen | Denmark | 2:14.61 | 6 | 0 | |
| 28 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 2:14.62 | 6 | 9 | |
| 29 | Asami Kitagawa | Japan | 2:15.53 | 8 | 6 | |
| 30 | Marina Ribi | Switzerland | 2:15.65 | 5 | 7 | NR |
| 31 | Jessica Pengelly | South Africa | 2:15.66 | 7 | 8 | |
| 32 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:15.88 | 4 | 4 | NR |
| 33 | Karolina Szczepaniak | Poland | 2:16.52 | 5 | 4 | |
| 34 | Simona Baumrtova | Czech Republic | 2:16.89 | 5 | 5 | |
| 35 | Sara Nordenstam | Norway | 2:16.96 | 8 | 9 | |
| 36 | Siow Yi Ting | Malaysia | 2:17.02 | 5 | 2 | |
| 37 | Anna Kowalczyk | Poland | 2:17.06 | 5 | 3 | |
| 38 | Anna Khlistunova | Ukraine | 2:17.23 | 4 | 2 | |
| 39 | Kim Daleun | South Korea | 2:17.65 | 5 | 8 | |
| 40 | Anastasia Korotkov | Israel | 2:17.79 | 4 | 8 | |
| 41 | Sarra Lajnef | Tunisia | 2:17.86 | 5 | 1 | |
| 42 | Kim Hyejin | South Korea | 2:17.89 | 4 | 3 | |
| 43 | Natthanan Junkrajang | Thailand | 2:19.38 | 4 | 6 | |
| 44 | Anna-Liisa Põld | Estonia | 2:19.46 | 4 | 7 | NR |
| 45 | Maroua Mathlouhti | Tunisia | 2:19.55 | 4 | 5 | |
| 46 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:19.87 | 5 | 0 | |
| 47 | Erika Stewart | Colombia | 2:20.24 | 5 | 9 | |
| 48 | Ranohon Amanova | Uzbekistan | 2:20.71 | 4 | 0 | |
| 49 | Jonay Briedenhann | Namibia | 2:23.54 | 3 | 1 | NR |
| 50 | Aiste Drobovolskaite | Lithuania | 2:24.35 | 3 | 2 | NR |
| 51 | Coral del Mar Lopez Rosario | Puerto Rico | 2:24.45 | 3 | 5 | |
| 52 | Karla Toscano | Guatemala | 2:25.37 | 3 | 4 | |
| 53 | Maxine Heard | Zimbabwe | 2:25.45 | 2 | 7 | |
| 54 | Maria Coy | Guatemala | 2:25.77 | 3 | 3 | |
| 55 | Maida Turnadzic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:26.33 | 4 | 1 | |
| 56 | Samantha Arevalo | Ecuador | 2:26.45 | 3 | 8 | |
| 57 | Koh Hui Yu | Singapore | 2:26.56 | 2 | 5 | |
| 58 | Nibal Yamout | Lebanon | 2:27.94 | 2 | 4 | |
| 59 | Chinyere Pigot | Suriname | 2:28.94 | 3 | 0 | |
| 60 | Simona Muccioli | San Marino | 2:29.02 | 3 | 7 | |
| 61 | Koh Ting Ting | Singapore | 2:29.45 | 4 | 9 | |
| 62 | Selma Atic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:29.55 | 3 | 9 | |
| 63 | Christine Briedenhann | Namibia | 2:31.58 | 2 | 8 | |
| 64 | Sara Abdullahu | Albania | 2:31.67 | 2 | 6 | |
| 65 | Laura Lucia Paz Chavez | Honduras | 2:31.94 | 2 | 3 | |
| 66 | Shannon Austin | Seychelles | 2:33.47 | 1 | 4 | |
| 67 | Vo Thi Thanh Vy | Vietnam | 2:36.35 | 3 | 6 | |
| 68 | Diana Al Zamel | Syria | 2:37.65 | 2 | 1 | |
| 69 | Danielle Bernadine Findlay | Zambia | 2:43.74 | 1 | 5 | |
| 70 | Chuen Cheong Estelle Anais Li | Mauritius | 2:45.32 | 2 | 0 | |
| 71 | Sakina Ghulam | Pakistan | 2:46.82 | 2 | 9 | |
| 72 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 2:48.26 | 1 | 3 | |
| 73 | Sausan Aishath | Maldives | 3:07.54 | 1 | 6 | |
| – | Rita Medrano | Mexico | DNS | 1 | 2 | |
| – | Rovena Marku | Albania | DNS | 2 | 2 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
| 1 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:07.03 | 2 | 4 | WR |
| 2 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 2:08.68 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Hannah Miley | United Kingdom | 2:09.46 | 2 | 3 | NR |
| 4 | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | Denmark | 2:09.87 | 1 | 3 | NR |
| 5 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:09.91 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:09.91 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.01 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Camille Muffat | France | 2:10.08 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | Julia Smit | United States | 2:10.29 | 2 | 6 | |
| 10 | Liu Jing | China | 2:11.05 | 2 | 7 | |
| 11 | Daria Belyakina | Russia | 2:11.73 | 2 | 8 | NR |
| 12 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:12.12 | 1 | 7 | SA |
| 13 | Francesca Segat | Italy | 2:12.34 | 2 | 1 | |
| 14 | Li Jiaxing | China | 2:12.75 | 1 | 8 | |
| 15 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:12.88 | 1 | 6 | |
| 16 | Tomoyo Fukuda | Japan | 2:13.36 | 1 | 1 | |

### Finals

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane | Notes |
| | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:06.15 | 4 | WR |
| | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 2:07.03 | 5 | OC |
| | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.46 | 1 | ER |
| 4 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:08.94 | 2 | |
| 5 | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | Denmark | 2:09.73 | 6 | NR |
| 6 | Hannah Miley | United Kingdom | 2:09.91 | 3 | |
| 7 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:09.98 | 7 | |
| 8 | Camille Muffat | France | 2:10.85 | 8 | |