Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

Women's 200 metre individual medley at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location	Fukuoka, Japan
Dates	23 July (heats and semifinals) 24 July (final)
Competitors	34 from 28 nations
Winning time	2:07.17
Medalists
Kate Douglass    United States   Alexandra Walsh    United States   Yu Yiting    China
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The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2023. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. ^[4]

World record	Katinka Hosszú  (HUN)	2:06.12	Kazan, Russia	3 August 2015
Competition record	Katinka Hosszú (HUN)	2:06.12	Kazan, Russia	3 August 2015

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 23 July at 10:32. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Kate Douglass	United States	2:09.17	Q
2	2	4	Kaylee McKeown	Australia	2:09.50	Q
3	2	3	Mary-Sophie Harvey	Canada	2:09.65	Q
3	3	4	Alexandra Walsh	United States	2:09.65	Q
5	4	5	Yu Yiting	China	2:09.66	Q
6	4	3	Jenna Forrester	Australia	2:09.79	Q
7	2	6	Ye Shiwen	China	2:09.81	Q
8	4	6	Sara Franceschi	Italy	2:10.68	Q
9	2	2	Yui Ohashi	Japan	2:10.80	Q
10	2	5	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	2:10.88	Q
11	4	7	Rebecca Meder	South Africa	2:10.95	Q, NR
12	3	3	Katie Shanahan	Great Britain	2:11.26	Q
13	3	5	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	2:11.31	Q
14	3	6	Kim Seo-yeong	South Korea	2:11.50	Q
15	3	2	Mio Narita	Japan	2:11.69	Q
16	4	8	Ellen Walshe	Ireland	2:12.83	Q
17	2	7	Fantine Lesaffre	France	2:13.28
17	4	2	Charlotte Bonnet	France	2:13.28
19	3	7	Dalma Sebestyén	Hungary	2:13.32
20	3	8	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	2:13.94
21	4	1	Lea Polonsky	Israel	2:14.05
22	3	1	Emma Carrasco	Spain	2:15.11
23	1	4	Ieva Maļuka	Latvia	2:15.33	NR
24	2	8	Tamara Potocká	Slovakia	2:15.41
25	2	1	Bruna Monteiro	Brazil	2:15.65
26	4	0	Letitia Sim	Singapore	2:17.20
27	2	0	Stefanía Gómez	Colombia	2:17.21
28	2	9	McKenna DeBever	Peru	2:17.33
29	3	0	Florencia Perotti	Argentina	2:17.73
30	4	9	Kamonchanok Kwanmuang	Thailand	2:18.02
31	1	3	Alondra Ortiz	Costa Rica	2:19.91
32	3	9	Chloe Cheng	Hong Kong	2:21.25
33	1	5	Nicole Frank	Uruguay	2:21.89
34	1	6	Zaylie Thompson	Bahamas	2:25.36

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 July at 21:01. ^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Alexandra Walsh	United States	2:08.27	Q
2	2	3	Yu Yiting	China	2:09.04	Q
3	2	1	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	2:09.30	Q
4	1	3	Jenna Forrester	Australia	2:10.03	Q
5	2	2	Yui Ohashi	Japan	2:10.32	Q
6	2	4	Kate Douglass	United States	2:10.38	Q
7	2	6	Ye Shiwen	China	2:10.57	Q
8	1	2	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	2:10.62	Q
9	1	8	Ellen Walshe	Ireland	2:10.92
10	2	7	Rebecca Meder	South Africa	2:11.16
11	2	5	Mary-Sophie Harvey	Canada	2:11.47
12	2	8	Mio Narita	Japan	2:12.24
13	1	1	Kim Seo-yeong	South Korea	2:12.91
	1	4	Kaylee McKeown	Australia	DSQ
	1	6	Sara Franceschi	Italy
	1	7	Katie Shanahan	Great Britain

Final

The final was held on 23 July at 21:23. ^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Kate Douglass	United States	2:07.17
	4	Alexandra Walsh	United States	2:07.97
	5	Yu Yiting	China	2:08.74
4	6	Jenna Forrester	Australia	2:08.98
5	8	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	2:10.08
6	2	Yui Ohashi	Japan	2:11.27
7	3	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	2:11.89
8	1	Ye Shiwen	China	2:14.27

References

1. "Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
2. "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". swimswam.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
3. "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023.
4. "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023.
5. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
6. "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 July 2023.
7. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 24 July 2023.