# Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 11 and 12 February 2024.

## 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 11 February at 09:32.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:10.01 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.97 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:11.45 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:11.53 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:11.57 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 2:12.32 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Ashley McMillan | Canada | 2:12.65 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:12.76 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:13.66 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:13.85 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:14.03 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Kristen Romano | Puerto Rico | 2:14.24 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Letitia Sim | Singapore | 2:14.26 | Q-->WD |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Dalma Sebestyen | Hungary | 2:14.27 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 6 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:15.24 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 2:15.69 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Stefanía Gómez | Colombia | 2:16.22 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:16.52 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Kamonchanok Kwanmuang | Thailand | 2:17.48 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Stephanie Iannaccone | Guatemala | 2:18.43 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Nicole Frank | Uruguay | 2:20.66 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Valerie Tarazi | Palestine | 2:22.88 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Inana Soleman | Syria | 2:27.15 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Mok Sze Ki | Hong Kong | 2:29.14 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Hamna Ahmed | Maldives | 2:54.15 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 11 February at 20:01.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:08.41 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:08.76 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:08.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.15 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 2:10.24 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:11.23 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:11.35 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Ashley McMillan | Canada | 2:12.23 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:12.34 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:12.72 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Dalma Sebestyen | Hungary | 2:13.25 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Kristen Romano | Puerto Rico | 2:13.33 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:13.72 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:13.93 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 2:15.36 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Stefanía Gómez | Colombia | 2:19.30 | |

### Final

The final was held on 12 February at 20:23.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:07.05 |
| | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:08.56 |
| | 3 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:09.01 |
| 4 | 6 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.17 |
| 5 | 7 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:10.24 |
| 6 | 1 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:11.20 |
| 7 | 2 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 2:11.23 |
| 8 | 8 | Ashley McMillan | Canada | 2:13.48 |