2025 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

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The women's 200 m individual medley events at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Singapore Aquatic Centre between 21 and 27 September 2025 ^[1] . .

Schedule

Women's 200 m individual medley events will be held across the following schedule:

women's 200 m ind. medley

Day	Date	Classifications
Day 1	21 Sept [2]	SM7
Day 2	22 Sept [3]	SM9; SM10
Day 3	23 Sept	SM6
Day 4	24 Sept	SM5; SM11
Day 5	25 Sept	SM14
Day 6	26 Sept	SM8
Day 7	27 Sept	SM13

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
SM5
SM6
SM7	Mallory Weggemann   United States	Veronika Korzhova   Ukraine	Iona Winnifrith   Great Britain
SM8
SM9	Mary Jibb   Canada	Anastasiya Dmytriv Dmytriv   Spain	Zsofia Konkoly   Hungary
SM10	Defne Kurt   Turkey	Faye Rogers   Great Britain	Lisa Kruger   Netherlands
SM11
SM13
SM14

Race summaries

SM5

The women's 200 metre individual medley SM 5 event will be held on 24 September. Nine swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Natalia Ziani  (UKR)	3:13.43	London	Great Britain
Championship	Arianna Talamona  (ITA)	3:19.62	London	Great Britain
African	Ayaallah Tewfick  (EGY)	03:52.6	Berlin	Germany
Americas	Esthefany Rodrigues  (BRA)	03:43.9	São Paulo	Brazil
Asian	He Shenggao  (CHN)	03:15.9	Hangzhou	China
European	Natalia Ziani  (UKR)	03:13.4	London	Great Britain
Oceania	Jennifer Newstead  (NZL)	03:39.1	Atlanta	United States

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Monica Boggioni  (ITA)	SM5			3:32.91
			Berta Garcia Grau  (ESP)	SM5			4:06.78
			Giulia Ghiretti  (ITA)	SM5			3:42.66
			He Shenggao  (CHN)	SM5			3:17.99
			Alessandra Oliveira dos Santos  (BRA)	SM5			4:02.91
			Natalie Ornkvist  (FIN)	SM5			4:13.32
			Sevilay Ozturk  (TUR)	SM5			3:54.94
			Maria Fanouria Tziveleki  (GRE)	SM5			4:07.49
			Maori Yui  (JPN)	SM5			3:43.33

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

SM6

The women's 200 metre individual medley SM 6 event will be held on 23 September. Six swimmers will take part in a direct final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Maisie Summers-Newton  (GBR)	2:55.07	Berlin	Germany
Championship	Maisie Summers-Newton  (GBR)	2:57.24	London	Great Britain
African	Caitlin Botha  (NAM)	08:15.0	Limoges	France
Americas	Ellie Marks  (USA)	02:57.4	Tokyo	Japan
Asian	Song Lingling  (CHN)	03:03.0	London	Great Britain
European	Maisie Summers-Newton  (GBR)	02:55.1	Berlin	Germany
Oceania	Tiffany Thomas Kane  (AUS)	03:09.8	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
		Dearbhaile Brady  (IRL)	SM6			3:25.49
		Gabriele Cepaviciute  (LTU)	SM6			3:47.19
		Grace Harvey  (GBR)	SM6			3:04.35
		Liu Daomin  (CHN)	SM6			3:03.60
		Verena Schott  (GER)	SM6			3:06.88
		Zhu Ji  (CHN)	SM6			3:08.31

SM7

The women's 200 metre individual medley SM 7 event will be held on 21 September. Eleven swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Mallory Weggemann  (USA)	2:48.43	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Championship	Mallory Weggemann  (USA)	2:48.43	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Americas	Mallory Weggemann  (USA)	02:48.4	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Asian	Huang Min  (CHN)	03:00.7	Beijing	China
European	Iona Winnifrith  (GBR)	02:59.9	Sheffield	Great Britain
Oceania	Jacqueline Freney  (AUS)	02:54.4	London	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	2		Mallory Weggemann  (USA)	2:57.05	Q
2	2		Veronika Korzhova  (UKR)	2:59.10	Q
3	1		Julia Gaffney  (USA)	3:04.92	Q
4	1		Iona Winnifrith  (GBR)	3:04.98	Q
5	1		Ahalya Lettenberger  (USA)	3:11.04	Q
6	2		Danielle Dorris  (CAN)	3:11.28	Q
7	2		Naomi Somellera Mandujano  (MEX)	3:13.90	Q
8	1		Cheuk Yan Ng  (HKG)	3:16.71	Q
9	2		Naomi Ortiz Mendez  (MEX)	3:18.63	R
10	2		Siomha Nic Bradaigh  (IRL)	3:25.82
11	1		Alejandra Aybar  (DOM)	3:32.01

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
		Mallory Weggemann  (USA)	2:54.75
		Veronika Korzhova  (UKR)	2:56.50
		Iona Winnifrith  (GBR)	3:01.29
4		Julia Gaffney  (USA)	3:03.83
5		Danielle Dorris  (CAN)	3:10.39
6		Ahalya Lettenberger  (USA)	3:10.96
7		Cheuk Yan Ng  (HKG)	3:13.47
8		Naomi Somellera Mandujano  (MEX)	3:14.32

SM8

The women's 200 metre individual medley SM 8 event will be held on 26 September. Thirteen swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Brock Whiston  (GBR)	2:35.30	London	Great Britain
Championship	Brock Whiston  (GBR)	2:35.30	London	Great Britain
African	Husnah Kukundakwe  (UGA)	03:06.2	Manchester	Great Britain
Americas	Jessica Long  (USA)	02:36.0	Bismarck	United States
Asian	Zhu Hui  (CHN)	02:46.4	Hangzhou	China
European	Brock Whiston  (GBR)	02:35.3	London	Great Britain
Oceania	Lakeisha Patterson  (AUS)	02:45.2	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Vendula Duskova  (CZE)	SM8			3:02.35
			Viktoriia Ishchiulova  (AIN)	SM8			2:40.65
			Husnah Kukundakwe  (UGA)	SM8			3:07.80
			Jessica Long  (USA)	SM8			2:45.70
			Mira Jeanne Maack  (GER)	SM8			3:03.36
			Paula Novina  (CRO)	SM8			2:53.10
			Xenia Francesca Palazzo  (ITA)	SM8			2:46.50
			Mariia Pavlova  (AIN)	SM8			2:52.92
			Alice Tai  (GBR)	SM8			2:41.29
			Brock Whiston  (GBR)	SM8			2:40.37
			Zheng Tingting  (CHN)	SM8			3:05.35
			Zhu Hui  (CHN)	SM8			2:49.90
			Nahia Zudaire Borrezo  (ESP)	SM8			2:52.57

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

SM9

The women's 200 metre individual medley SM 9 event will be held on 21 September. Eleven swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Sophie Pascoe  (NZL)	2:25.22	Singapore	Singapore
Championship	Natalie Du Toit  (RSA)	2:29.92	Durban	South Africa
African	Natalie Du Toit  (RSA)	02:27.8	Beijing	China
Americas	Stephanie Dixon  (CAN)	02:37.5	Beijing	China
Asian	Lin Ping  (CHN)	02:35.6	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Tully Kearney  (GBR)	02:31.1	Glasgow	Great Britain
Oceania	Sophie Pascoe  (NZL)	02:25.2	Singapore	Singapore

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	1	6	Mary Jibb  (CAN)	SM9	2:35.51	Q, AM
2	1	4	Zsofia Konkoly  (HUN)	SM9	2:39.13	Q
3	1	2	Xu Jialing  (CHN)	SM9	2:38.90	Q
4	1	5	Nuria Marques Soto  (ESP)	SM9	2:39.31	Q
5	1	3	Anastasiya Dmytriv Dmytriv  (ESP)	SM9	2:41.98	Q
6	1	8	Liu Ying  (CHN)	SM9	2:43.47	Q
7	1	0	Ema Maeda  (JPN)	SM9	2:44.31	Q
8	1	9	Beatriz Lerida Maldonado  (ESP)	SM9	2:50.10	Q
9	1	1	Zuzanna Boruszewska  (POL)	SM9	2:54.40
	1	7	Emma Mecic  (CRO)	SM9	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Mary Jibb  (CAN)	SM9	2:32.90	AM
	2	Anastasiya Dmytriv Dmytriv  (ESP)	SM9	2:35.36
	3	Zsofia Konkoly  (HUN)	SM9	2:36.09
4	6	Zsofia Konkoly  (HUN)	SM9	2:36.31
5	5	Nuria Marques Soto  (ESP)	SM9	2:36.78
6	7	Xu Jialing  (CHN)	SM9	2:41.66
7	1	Liu Ying  (CHN)	SM9	2:45.82
8	8	Beatriz Lerida Maldonado  (ESP)		2:47.54

SM10

The women's 200 metre individual medley SM 10 event will be held on 21 September. Eight swimmers will take part in a direct final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Chantalle Zijderveld  (NED)	2:24.85	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Sophie Pascoe  (NZL)	2:26.51	Glasgow	Great Britain
African	Joanica Kriegler  (RSA)	02:59.0	Cairo	Egypt
Americas	Aurelie Rivard  (CAN)	02:28.7	Tokyo	Japan
Asian	Zhang Meng  (CHN)	02:26.8	Paris	France
European	Chantalle Zijderveld  (NED)	02:24.9	Tokyo	Japan
Oceania	Sophie Pascoe  (NZL)	02:24.9	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	1	Defne Kurt  (TUR)	SM10	2:28.30
	2	Faye Rogers  (GBR)	SM10	2:28.52
	4	Lisa Kruger  (NED)	SM10	2:32.07
4	3	Katie Cosgriffe  (CAN)	SM10	2:32.36
5	6	Oliwia Jablonska  (POL)	SM10	2:36.12
6	2	Csenge Hotz  (HUN)	SM10	2:36.50
7	7	Poppy Wilson  (AUS)	SM10	2:38.72
8	1	Gabriella Smith  (NZL)	SM10	2:40.00

SM11

The women's 200 metre individual medley SM 11 event will be held on 24 September. Six swimmers will take part in a direct final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Daria Lukianenko  (IPC)	2:37.77	Paris	France
Championship	Ma Jia  (CHN)	2:40.10	Manchester	Great Britain
African	Renette Bloem  (RSA)	03:32.6	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Americas	Anastasia Pagonis  (USA)	02:45.6	Tokyo	Japan
Asian	Ma Jia  (CHN)	02:38.7	Paris	France
European	Daria Lukianenko  (IPC)	02:37.8	Paris	France
Oceania	Mary Fisher  (NZL)	02:46.9	London	Great Britain

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
		Matilde Estefania Alcazar Figueroa  (MEX)	SM11			3:04.49
		Liesette Bruinsma  (NED)	SM11			2:43.13
		Daria Lukianenko  (AIN)	SM11			2:37.77
		Ma Jia  (CHN)	SM11			2:38.70
		Martina Rabbolini  (ITA)	SM11			3:12.16
		Zhang Xiaotong  (CHN)	SM11			2:43.23

SM13

The women's 200 metre individual medley SM 13 event will be held on 24 September. Thirteen swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . SM12 swimmer are eligible for this event.

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
SM12
World	Rebecca Meyers  (USA)	2:24.56	London	Great Britain
Championship	Rebecca Meyers  (USA)	2:24.56	London	Great Britain
African	Alani Ferreira  (RSA)	02:46.9	Manchester	Great Britain
Americas	Rebecca Meyers  (USA)	02:24.6	London	Great Britain
Asian	Zhu Hongyan  (CHN)	02:30.1	Athens	Greece
European	Daria Pikalova  (RUS)	02:24.9	Glasgow	Great Britain
Oceania	Jenna Jones  (AUS)	02:38.6	Melbourne	Australia
SM13
World	Carlotta Gilli  (ITA)	2:21.44	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Carlotta Gilli  (ITA)	2:24.46	London	Great Britain
African	Alani Ferreira  (RSA)	02:45.9	Funchal	Portugal
Americas	Rebecca Meyers  (USA)	02:24.6	Glasgow	Great Britain
Asian	Fotimakhon Amilova  (UZB)	02:21.8	Jakarta	Indonesia
European	Carlotta Gilli  (ITA)	02:21.4	Tokyo	Japan
Oceania	Prue Watt  (AUS)	02:32.9	Beijing	China

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Olivia Chambers  (USA)	SM13			2:24.77
			Ariadna Edo Beltran  (ESP)	SM13			2:40.49
			Emma Feliu Martin  (ESP)	SM13			2:38.72
			Alani Ferreira  (RSA)	SM13			2:48.12
			Carlotta Gilli  (ITA)	SM13			2:25.33
			Ela Letton-Jones  (GBR)	SM12			2:50.33
			Roisin Ni Riain  (IRL)	SM13			2:27.47
			Grace Nuhfer  (USA)	SM13			2:31.89
			Marian Polo Lopez  (ESP)	SM13			2:31.66
			Danika Vyncke  (RSA)	SM13			2:47.77
			Zheng Jietong  (CHN)	SM12			2:54.68
			Aleksandra Ziablitseva  (AIN)	SM13			2:38.02
			Anastasiya Zudzilava  (AIN)	SM13			2:45.49

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

SM14

The women's 200 metre individual medley SM 14 event will be held on 25 September. Ten swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Event	Class	Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
Women's 200 m Individual Medley	SM14	World	Valeriia Shabalina  (RUS)	2:18.37	Funchal	Portugal
Women's 200 m Individual Medley	SM14	Championship	Valeriia Shabalina  (RUS)	2:18.78	London	Great Britain
Women's 200 m Individual Medley	SM14	Asian	Aira Kinoshita  (JPN)	02:24.3	Manchester	Great Britain
Women's 200 m Individual Medley	SM14	European	Valeriia Shabalina  (RUS)	02:18.4	Funchal	Portugal

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Yui Lam Chan  (HKG)	SM14			2:29.33
			Ho Ying Cheung  (HKG)	SM14			2:36.66
			Janina Falk  (AUT)	SM14			2:37.59
			Bethany Firth  (GBR)	SM14			2:26.41
			Nattharinee Khajhonmatha  (THA)	SM14			2:37.22
			Pernilla Lindberg  (SWE)	SM14			2:33.94
			Poppy Maskill  (GBR)	SM14			2:23.93
			Olivia Newman-Baronius  (GBR)	SM14			2:24.18
			Citli Siloe Salinas Rojas  (MEX)	SM14			2:37.85
			Valeriia Shabalina  (AIN)	SM14			2:22.40

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

References

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