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

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2022.^[1]

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
Siobhán Haughey    Hong Kong   Rebecca Smith    Canada   Marrit Steenbergen    Netherlands
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Records

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

Results

Heats

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

Final

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