# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:51.17 | Istanbul | 13 December 2009 |
| Championship record | Camille Muffat | France | 1:52.29 | Dubai | 19 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) | 1:55.24 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Veronika Popova (RUS) | 1:55.28 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 7 | Haruka Ueda (JPN) | 1:55.32 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | Lauren Boyle (NZL) | 1:55.40 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | Melanie Costa (ESP) | 1:55.42 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 1:55.52 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Allison Schmitt (USA) | 1:55.77 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | Angie Bainbridge (AUS) | 1:56.09 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Lotte Friis (DEN) | 1:56.17 | |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Mie Nielsen (DEN) | 1:56.36 | |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Rebecca Turner (GBR) | 1:56.46 | |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Guo Junjun (CHN) | 1:56.51 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Pang Jiaying (CHN) | 1:57.25 | |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Daryna Zevina (UKR) | 1:57.33 | |
| 15 | 8 | 8 | Melissa Ingram (NZL) | 1:57.38 | |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Nina Rangelova (BUL) | 1:57.49 | |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Megan Romano (USA) | 1:57.87 | |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Alice Mizzau (ITA) | 1:57.89 | |
| 19 | 7 | 6 | Michelle Coleman (SWE) | 1:58.03 | |
| 20 | 8 | 7 | Sze Hang Yu (HKG) | 1:58.06 | |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) | 1:58.38 | |
| 22 | 5 | 6 | Ellie Faulkner (GBR) | 1:58.69 | |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Heather MacLean (CAN) | 1:58.80 | |
| 24 | 6 | 8 | Diletta Carli (ITA) | 1:58.81 | |
| 25 | 8 | 6 | Daria Belyakina (RUS) | 1:58.99 | |
| 26 | 7 | 8 | Ellen Fullerton (AUS) | 1:59.27 | |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | Miki Uchida (JPN) | 1:59.38 | |
| 28 | 5 | 8 | Jördis Steinegger (AUT) | 1:59.39 | |
| 29 | 6 | 9 | Mojca Sagmeister (SLO) | 1:59.44 | |
| 30 | 5 | 0 | Yang Chin-Kuei (TPE) | 1:59.46 | |
| 31 | 6 | 0 | Erika Villaécija García (ESP) | 1:59.66 | |
| 32 | 5 | 2 | Barbora Závadová (CZE) | 1:59.67 | |
| 33 | 5 | 4 | Julia Hassler (LIE) | 1:59.70 | |
| 34 | 7 | 1 | Urša Bežan (SLO) | 1:59.81 | |
| 35 | 4 | 2 | Jessica Camposano (COL) | 1:59.86 | NR |
| 36 | 4 | 4 | Kyna Pereira (RSA) | 2:00.26 | |
| 37 | 4 | 5 | Rene Warnes (RSA) | 2:01.09 | |
| 38 | 7 | 9 | Larissa Oliveira (BRA) | 2:01.22 | |
| 39 | 3 | 3 | Samantha Arévalo (ECU) | 2:01.49 | NR |
| 40 | 1 | 7 | Elmira Aigaliyeva (KAZ) | 2:01.88 | |
| 41 | 5 | 9 | Fernanda González (MEX) | 2:02.05 | |
| 42 | 8 | 0 | Danielle Villars (SUI) | 2:02.12 | |
| 43 | 4 | 3 | Gizem Bozkurt (TUR) | 2:02.18 | |
| 44 | 8 | 9 | Ranohon Amanova (UZB) | 2:02.35 | |
| 45 | 4 | 6 | Julie Meynen (LUX) | 2:02.44 | |
| 46 | 5 | 7 | Amanda Lim (SIN) | 2:03.32 | |
| 47 | 4 | 7 | Andrea Cedrón (PER) | 2:04.79 | |
| 48 | 3 | 5 | Maria Gabriela Santis Mejia (GUA) | 2:04.99 | |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | Moira Fraser (ZIM) | 2:05.10 | |
| 49 | 3 | 7 | Karen Torrez (BOL) | 2:05.10 | NR |
| 51 | 3 | 4 | Allyson Roxanne Ponson (ARU) | 2:06.07 | |
| 52 | 3 | 2 | Anastasia Bogdanovski (MKD) | 2:06.18 | |
| 53 | 1 | 1 | Lani Cabrera (BAR) | 2:06.34 | NR |
| 54 | 4 | 0 | Maria Lopez Nery Huerta (PAR) | 2:06.75 | |
| 55 | 3 | 8 | Angie Galdamez (HON) | 2:08.18 | |
| 56 | 4 | 9 | Machiko Suharmee Raheem (SRI) | 2:08.73 | |
| 57 | 3 | 6 | Nicola Muscat (MLT) | 2:10.58 | NR |
| 58 | 4 | 1 | Jessica Cattaneo (PER) | 2:10.75 | |
| 59 | 3 | 9 | Sariyah Sherry (BAR) | 2:11.08 | |
| 60 | 3 | 1 | Olivia Planteau de Maroussem (MRI) | 2:11.11 | |
| 61 | 2 | 4 | Nathalie Sanchez Hernandez (ESA) | 2:11.44 | |
| 62 | 4 | 8 | Vong Erica Man Wai (MAC) | 2:11.46 | |
| 63 | 2 | 3 | Tieri Erasito (FIJ) | 2:12.44 | |
| 64 | 2 | 6 | Monica Saili (SAM) | 2:12.65 | |
| 65 | 2 | 7 | Judith Ilan Meauri (PNG) | 2:15.50 | |
| 66 | 2 | 1 | Field Anita Zahra (KEN) | 2:16.03 | NR |
| 67 | 2 | 2 | Fabiola Espinoza Herrera (NCA) | 2:16.62 | |
| 68 | 3 | 0 | Yusra Mardini (SYR) | 2:19.10 | |
| 69 | 2 | 8 | Aurelie Fanchette (SEY) | 2:19.13 | |
| 70 | 2 | 0 | Victoria Chentsova (NMI) | 2:20.00 | |
| 71 | 1 | 6 | Felicity Passon (SEY) | 2:21.96 | |
| 72 | 1 | 5 | Danielle Atoigue (GUM) | 2:23.99 | |
| 73 | 2 | 9 | Athena Gaskin (GUY) | 2:27.00 | |
| 74 | 1 | 2 | Charissa Sofia Panuve (TGA) | 2:27.51 | |
| 75 | 1 | 4 | Amanda Poppe (GUM) | 2:28.58 | |
| 76 | 1 | 3 | Mahnoor Maqsood (PAK) | 2:36.23 | |
| | 5 | 5 | Burcu Dolunay (TUR) | DNS | |
| | 6 | 2 | Louise Hansson (SWE) | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 21:03.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 1 | Allison Schmitt | United States | 1:53.59 |
| | 7 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:54.31 |
| | 2 | Melanie Costa | Spain | 1:54.45 |
| 4 | 8 | Angie Bainbridge | Australia | 1:54.66 |
| 5 | 5 | Veronika Popova | Russia | 1:54.68 |
| 6 | 3 | Haruka Ueda | Japan | 1:55.05 |
| 7 | 4 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 1:55.13 |
| 8 | 6 | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand | 1:57.27 |