Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue World Aquatics Championships Arena
Location Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang
Dates29 July (heats and semifinals)
30 July (final)
Competitors46 from 37 nations
Winning time1:53.48
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2024
2027  

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 30 to 31 July 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]

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Background

Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia is the favourite for the event, as she holds the world’s fastest time this year at 1:54.43. She is the defending world and Olympic champion. Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong, a consistent finalist since 2017, also returns. Her best time from 2025 is 1:56.46. [3]

Claire Weinstein and Erin Gemmell of the United States, Liu Yaxin of China, and Mary-Sophie Harvey of Canada are all medal contenders with season bests under 1:56. Jamie Perkins (Australia), Li Bingjie (China), and Freya Colbert (Great Britain) bring distance strength, and swimmers like Barbora Seemanová (Czech Republic), Erika Fairweather (New Zealand), Stephanie Balduccini (Brazil) aim to reach the final. [3]

Qualification

Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time in an approved qualification event. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 1:58.23 seconds. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 2:02.37 seconds. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. [4] [5]

Top 10 fastest qualification times [6]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:52.232024 Australian Olympic Trials
Mollie O'Callaghan Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:52.482024 Australian Olympic Trials
Summer McIntosh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:53.692024 Canadian Olympic Trials
Yang Junxuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:54.372024 Chinese Championships
Siobhán Haughey Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:54.52Texas stop of the 2024 TYR Pro Swim Series
Claire Weinstein Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.88 2024 Summer Olympics
Lani Pallister Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:54.892025 Australian Trials
Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.97Texas stop of the 2024 TYR Pro Swim Series
Barbora Seemanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:55.12AP Race London 2024
Erin Gemmell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.23 2025 United States Championships

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]

World record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ariarne Titmus  (AUS)1:52.23 Brisbane, Australia12 June 2024
Competition recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS)1:52.85 Fukuoka, Japan26 July 2023

Heats

The heats took place on 29 July at 10:26. [8] [9]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
153 Erika Fairweather Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:56.54Q
255 Erin Gemmell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.74Q
354 Mollie O'Callaghan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.04Q
435 Jamie Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.08Q
534 Barbora Seemanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:57.13Q
656 Liu Yaxin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:57.33Q
744 Claire Weinstein Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.38Q
832 Aimee Canny Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:57.53Q
833 Freya Colbert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:57.53Q
857 Ella Jansen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.53Q
1143 Li Bingjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:57.57Q
1236 Lilla Minna Ábrahám Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:57.65Q
1345 Mary-Sophie Harvey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.72Q
1452 Maria Fernanda Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:57.94Q
1559 Jo Hyun-ju Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:58.10Q, NR [10]
1642 Stephanie Balduccini Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:58.28Q
1738 Iris Julia Berger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:58.54
1831 Nagisa Ikemoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.61
1946 Nikolett Pádár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.62
2050 Francisca Soares Martins Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:58.67
2141 Milana Tapper Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:58.75
2258 Waka Kobori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:59.06
2330 Lea Polonsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:59.11
2351 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:59.11
2548 Bianca Nannucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.24
2637 Leah Schlosshan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.40
2640 Maya Werner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:59.40
2839 Sofia Åstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:59.82
2923 Elisabeth Ebbesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:00.36
3025 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2:01.14
3124 Maria Victoria Yegres Cottin Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:01.15
3247 Janja Šegel Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:01.18
3327 Femke Spiering Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:01.20
3449 Wiktoria Guść Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:01.26
3526 Camille Henveaux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:02.37
3620 Kamonchanok Kwanmuang Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:03.05
3729 Sasha Gatt Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 2:04.16 NR
3828 Isabella Dieffenthaller Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2:05.58
3921 Andrea Becali Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:07.65
4014 Harper Barrowman Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 2:08.28
4111 Hiruki de Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2:09.23
4215 Jehanara Nabi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2:09.88
4313 Bianca Mitchell Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 2:11.40
4416 Duana Lama Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 2:13.40
4517 Aiymkyz Aidaralieva Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:14.18
4612 Osiyokhon Redjapova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:16.86
22 Gan Ching Hwee Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 29 July at 20:12. [8] [11]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
126 Claire Weinstein Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.69Q
225 Mollie O'Callaghan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:55.49Q
324 Erika Fairweather Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:55.52Q
423 Barbora Seemanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:55.63Q
515 Jamie Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:55.89Q
622 Freya Colbert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:55.91Q
727 Li Bingjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:55.98Q
814 Erin Gemmell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.03Q
913 Liu Yaxin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:56.37
1017 Lilla Minna Ábrahám Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:56.70
1112 Ella Jansen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.60
1216 Aimee Canny Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:57.72
1318 Stephanie Balduccini Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:57.87
1411 Maria Fernanda Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:58.43
1521 Mary-Sophie Harvey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:58.57
1628 Jo Hyun-ju Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:58.72

Final

The final took place on 30 July at 19:18. [8] [12]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Mollie O'Callaghan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:53.48
Silver medal icon.svg1 Li Bingjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:54.52
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Claire Weinstein Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.67
47 Freya Colbert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:55.06 NR
56 Barbora Seemanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:55.20
63 Erika Fairweather Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:55.61
72 Jamie Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.55
88 Erin Gemmell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.16

References

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  2. "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
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  4. "Standard Entry Times" (PDF). World Aquatics . Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics . pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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  12. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2025.