# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:01.86 | Doha | 6 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:44.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:05.33 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Madisyn Cox | United States | 2:06.72 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Ella Eastin | United States | 2:07.65 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 2:08.14 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:08.24 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:08.30 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:08.46 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Sarah Darcel | Canada | 2:08.84 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:09.22 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | Vietnam | 2:10.69 | |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:11.10 | NR |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:11.21 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:11.29 | |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Georgia Coates | Great Britain | 2:11.76 | |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Ana Radić | Croatia | 2:12.14 | |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | 2:12.46 | |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | Maxine Wolters | Germany | 2:12.50 | |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:12.73 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:13.45 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:14.48 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Phiangkhwan Pawapotako | Thailand | 2:14.80 | |
| 22 | 1 | 7 | Samantha Yeo | Singapore | 2:15.48 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Gabi Grobler | South Africa | 2:15.56 | |
| 24 | 4 | 0 | Johanna Gustafsdottir | Iceland | 2:15.78 | |
| 25 | 5 | 0 | Rebecca Kamau | Kenya | 2:16.64 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:17.70 | |
| 27 | 5 | 9 | Hamida Nefsi | Algeria | 2:19.03 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Tang Yuting | China | 2:19.47 | |
| 29 | 2 | 8 | Helena Moreno | Costa Rica | 2:19.96 | |
| 30 | 3 | 9 | Christie Chue | Singapore | 2:20.67 | |
| 31 | 3 | 0 | Sara Nysted | Faroe Islands | 2:21.23 | |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Celina Marquez | El Salvador | 2:21.69 | NR |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Nicole Rautemberg | Paraguay | 2:23.02 | |
| 34 | 2 | 1 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | 2:23.96 | NR |
| 35 | 2 | 5 | Sofia Lopez | Paraguay | 2:24.33 | |
| 36 | 2 | 2 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 2:26.53 | |
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Gabriella Doueihy | Lebanon | 2:27.51 | NR |
| 38 | 2 | 9 | Fernanda Archila | Guatemala | 2:30.41 | |
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Yara Lima | Angola | 2:35.74 | NR |
| 40 | 1 | 4 | Angel de Jesus | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:50.87 | NR |
| 41 | 1 | 5 | Aishath Sausan | Maldives | 2:57.23 | NR |
| | 1 | 3 | Kaya Forson | Ghana | | DNS |
| | 1 | 6 | Silja Kansakoski | Finland | | DNS |
| | 2 | 6 | Kaylene Corbett | South Africa | | DNS |
| | 5 | 6 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | | DNS |
| | 5 | 7 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 18:37.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:02.90 |
| | 3 | Ella Eastin | United States | 2:05.02 |
| | 5 | Madisyn Cox | United States | 2:05.93 |
| 4 | 7 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:07.41 |
| 5 | 6 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 2:08.47 |
| 6 | 8 | Sarah Darcel | Canada | 2:08.59 |
| 7 | 2 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:08.89 |
| 8 | 1 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:08.95 |