Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

World record	Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS)	1:52.85	Fukuoka, Japan	26 July 2023
Competition record	Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS)	1:52.85	Fukuoka, Japan	26 July 2023

The heats were started on 13 February at 09:45.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Li Bingjie	China	1:57.16	Q
2	3	4	Erika Fairweather	New Zealand	1:57.40	Q
3	5	3	Nikolett Pádár	Hungary	1:57.42	Q
4	5	4	Siobhán Haughey	Hong Kong	1:57.62	Q
5	3	3	Ai Yanhan	China	1:58.06	Q
6	5	5	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	1:58.18	Q
7	4	6	Maria Fernanda Costa	Brazil	1:58.22	Q
8	4	5	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	1:58.25	Q
9	4	3	Brianna Throssell	Australia	1:58.29	Q
10	5	2	Addison Sauickie	United States	1:58.33	Q
11	4	4	Shayna Jack	Australia	1:58.40	Q
11	5	6	Valentine Dumont	Belgium	1:58.40	Q
13	3	1	Rebecca Smith	Canada	1:59.00	Q
14	5	1	Daria Golovaty	Israel	1:59.11	Q
15	4	2	Janja Šegel	Slovenia	1:59.37	Q
16	5	7	Janna van Kooten	Netherlands	1:59.41	Q
17	3	6	Lucy Hope	Great Britain	1:59.56
18	3	7	Giulia D'Innocenzo	Italy	1:59.57
19	4	0	Victoria Catterson	Ireland	1:59.75
20	4	1	Francisca Soares Martins	Portugal	2:00.10
21	3	2	Nagisa Ikemoto	Japan	2:00.11
22	3	0	Iris Julia Berger	Austria	2:00.20
23	4	9	Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen	Mongolia	2:00.22
24	4	7	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	2:00.25
25	2	3	Maria Daza Garcia	Spain	2:00.42
26	5	8	Hur Yeon-kyung	South Korea	2:00.78
27	3	8	Elisbet Gámez	Cuba	2:00.83
28	4	8	Duné Coetzee	South Africa	2:01.02
29	3	9	Ela Naz Özdemir	Turkey	2:01.51
30	5	9	Maria Yegres	Venezuela	2:01.96
31	5	0	Aleksandra Polańska	Poland	2:02.10
32	2	5	Sylvia Statkevičius	Lithuania	2:03.03
33	2	4	Kamonchanok Kwanmuang	Thailand	2:03.22
34	2	1	Beatriz Padrón	Costa Rica	2:04.39
35	2	8	Julimar Ávila	Honduras	2:04.43
36	2	6	Ashley Lim	Singapore	2:05.05
37	2	0	Harper Barrowman	Cayman Islands	2:06.36
38	2	7	Teia Salvino	Philippines	2:08.02
39	1	4	Hiruki de Silva	Sri Lanka	2:10.00
40	2	2	Dhinidhi Desinghu	India	2:10.41
41	2	9	Ani Poghosyan	Armenia	2:10.55
42	1	5	Jehanara Nabi	Pakistan	2:10.59
43	1	0	Lana Hijazi	Lebanon	2:11.95
44	1	3	Duana Lama	Nepal	2:14.59
45	1	6	Kaltra Meca	Albania	2:15.95
46	1	9	Sara Akasha	United Arab Emirates	2:17.90
47	1	2	Mia Lee	Guam	2:18.01
48	1	8	Mashael Al-Ayed	Saudi Arabia	2:21.04
49	1	7	Charissa Panuve	Tonga	2:23.33
50	1	1	Galyah Mikel	Palau	2:37.22

The semifinals were held on 13 February at 20:13.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Erika Fairweather	New Zealand	1:55.75	Q
2	1	5	Siobhán Haughey	Hong Kong	1:56.04	Q
3	2	7	Shayna Jack	Australia	1:56.80	Q
4	1	6	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	1:57.00	Q
5	2	2	Brianna Throssell	Australia	1:57.09	Q
6	2	6	Maria Fernanda Costa	Brazil	1:57.11	Q, SA
7	2	4	Li Bingjie	China	1:57.13	Q-->WD
8	2	5	Nikolett Pádár	Hungary	1:57.13	Q
9	1	3	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	1:57.30	WD
10	2	3	Ai Yanhan	China	1:57.33	Q
11	2	1	Rebecca Smith	Canada	1:58.08
12	1	2	Addison Sauickie	United States	1:58.51
13	1	7	Valentine Dumont	Belgium	1:58.57
14	1	1	Daria Golovaty	Israel	1:59.36
15	2	8	Janja Šegel	Slovenia	1:59.95
16	1	8	Janna van Kooten	Netherlands	2:00.44

The final was started on 14 February at 19:17.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Siobhán Haughey	Hong Kong	1:54.89
	4	Erika Fairweather	New Zealand	1:55.77
	2	Brianna Throssell	Australia	1:56.00
4	6	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	1:56.13
5	7	Maria Fernanda Costa	Brazil	1:56.85	SA
6	8	Nikolett Pádár	Hungary	1:56.89
7	3	Shayna Jack	Australia	1:57.24
8	1	Ai Yanhan	China	1:57.53