2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 200 metre freestyle ; at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	18 December (heats and final)
Competitors	35 from 31 nations
Winning time	1:51.65
Medalists
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The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2022.^[1]

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Siobhán Haughey (HKG)	1:50.31	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	16 December 2021
Competition record	Siobhán Haughey (HKG)	1:50.31	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	16 December 2021

The heats were started at 11:05.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	1:52.83	Q
2	5	4	Siobhán Haughey	Hong Kong	1:53.39	Q
3	4	3	Erin Gemmell	United States	1:53.47	Q
4	5	3	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	1:53.67	Q
5	5	5	Rebecca Smith	Canada	1:53.85	Q
6	3	5	Leah Neale	Australia	1:54.05	Q
7	5	7	Taylor Ruck	Canada	1:54.15	Q
8	3	4	Madison Wilson	Australia	1:54.18	Q
9	5	6	Hali Flickinger	United States	1:54.20
10	3	3	Katja Fain	Slovenia	1:54.96
11	3	7	Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir	Iceland	1:55.34	NR
12	5	1	Helena Bach	Denmark	1:55.79
13	4	2	Valentine Dumont	Belgium	1:55.80
14	5	2	Chihiro Igarashi	Japan	1:56.22
15	5	8	Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen	Mongolia	1:56.46	NR
16	4	6	Stephanie Balduccini	Brazil	1:57.09
17	4	7	Elisbet Gámez	Cuba	1:57.11	NR
18	3	6	Giovanna Diamante	Brazil	1:57.44
19	3	8	Caitlin Deans	New Zealand	1:57.93
20	3	1	Sofia Åstedt	Sweden	1:58.04
21	2	2	Hur Yeon-kyung	South Korea	1:58.41
22	2	6	Inés Marín	Chile	1:58.79	NR
23	2	3	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	1:59.32
24	2	5	Martina Cibulková	Slovakia	2:02.20
25	2	4	Iman Avdić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2:02.30
26	2	8	Lucero Mejía	Guatemala	2:02.57	NR
27	2	1	Sasha Gatt	Malta	2:03.72
28	2	7	Julimar Ávila	Honduras	2:04.28	NR
29	1	4	Ani Poghosyan	Armenia	2:04.30	NR
30	1	5	Jehanara Nabi	Pakistan	2:06.32	NR
31	1	3	Kaltra Meca	Albania	2:10.75
32	1	1	Darýa Semýonowa	Turkmenistan	2:12.43
33	1	6	Lubaina Ali	Suspended Member Federation	2:13.65
34	1	2	Charissa Panuve	Tonga	2:17.97
35	1	7	Jhnayali Tokome-Garap	Papua New Guinea	2:24.23
	1	8	Maha Al-Shehhi	United Arab Emirates	Did not start
	3	2	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	Hungary
	4	1	Laura Lahtinen	Finland
	4	4	Li Bingjie	China
	4	8	Gan Ching Hwee	Singapore

The final was held at 20:36.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Siobhán Haughey	Hong Kong	1:51.65
	2	Rebecca Smith	Canada	1:52.24
	4	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	1:52.28
4	3	Erin Gemmell	United States	1:52.56
5	6	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	1:52.66	NR
6	7	Leah Neale	Australia	1:52.84
7	1	Taylor Ruck	Canada	1:52.88
8	8	Madison Wilson	Australia	1:53.39

^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "Women's 200m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ "Women's 200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.