# 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2018.

## 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 started on 15 December at 9:36.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:05.42 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:06.45 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 2:06.57 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:07.11 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:07.39 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Abbey Harkin | Australia | 2:07.45 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 2:07.75 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:07.78 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Rika Omoto | Japan | 2:07.94 | |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | 2:08.27 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Zhou Min | China | 2:09.17 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Catalina Corro | Spain | 2:09.82 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Kristyna Horska | Czech Republic | 2:10.36 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:10.78 | |
| 15 | 4 | 9 | Marie Pietruschka | Germany | 2:10.97 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Irina Krivonogova | Russia | 2:11.51 | |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:11.83 | |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Anastasiia Sorokina | Russia | 2:12.79 | |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:12.82 | |
| 20 | 2 | 9 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:13.46 | |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Aela Janvier | Canada | 2:13.80 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 2:14.68 | |
| 23 | 4 | 0 | Claudia Hufnagl | Austria | 2:14.92 | |
| 24 | 2 | 0 | Kan Cheuk Tung Natalie | Hong Kong | 2:15.10 | |
| 25 | 3 | 7 | Viktoria Zeynep Gunes | Turkey | 2:15.11 | |
| 26 | 3 | 0 | G.P. McCarthy | New Zealand | 2:15.40 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 2:15.79 | |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Diana Duraes | Portugal | 2:16.26 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Sabina Kupcova | Slovakia | 2:16.38 | |
| 30 | 2 | 8 | Margaret Markvardt | Estonia | 2:16.91 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Wang Wan-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 2:20.32 | |
| 32 | 1 | 2 | Mya Azzopardi | Malta | 2:22.09 | |
| 33 | 1 | 7 | Elisa Funes | El Salvador | 2:23.13 | |
| 34 | 1 | 6 | Sara Pastrana | Honduras | 2:25.06 | |
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Gabriella Doueihy | Lebanon | 2:27.86 | |
| 36 | 1 | 1 | Inana Suleiman | Syria | 2:28.21 | |
| 37 | 1 | 0 | Kaya Forson | Ghana | 2:31.46 | |
| 38 | 1 | 8 | Thimali Bandara | Sri Lanka | 2:33.28 | |
| | 2 | 7 | Marina Garcia | Spain | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held on 15 December at 19:07.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:03.25 |
| | 3 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:04.62 |
| | 6 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 2:05.54 |
| 4 | 1 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:05.79 |
| 5 | 5 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:06.17 |
| 6 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:06.80 |
| 7 | 7 | Abbey Harkin | Australia | 2:08.30 |
| 8 | 8 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 2:08.41 |