2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2021.

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Etihad Arena
Location	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates	16 December (heats and final)
Competitors	49 from 44 nations
Winning time	1:50.31 WR
Medalists
Siobhán Haughey   Hong Kong   Rebecca Smith   Canada   Paige Madden   United States

Records

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

World record	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	1:50.43	Eindhoven, Netherlands	12 August 2017
Competition record	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	1:50.78	Doha, Qatar	7 December 2014

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
16 December	Final	Siobhán Haughey	Hong Kong	1:50.31	WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:06.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5	Rebecca Smith	Canada	1:52.86	Q
1	5	4	Siobhán Haughey	Hong Kong	1:52.86	Q
3	5	6	Paige Madden	United States	1:53.30	Q
4	5	5	Charlotte Bonnet	France	1:54.43	Q
5	5	2	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	1:54.51	Q
6	4	3	Katja Fain	Slovenia	1:54.61	Q
7	3	2	Summer McIntosh	Canada	1:54.63	Q
8	3	4	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	1:54.70	Q
9	3	5	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	1:54.75
10	3	3	Ekaterina Nikonova	Russian Swimming Federation	1:54.99
11	4	4	Freya Anderson	Great Britain	1:56.19
12	4	6	Isabel Marie Gose	Germany	1:56.36
13	4	2	Anna Egorova	Russian Swimming Federation	1:56.44
14	4	0	Cheng Yujie	China	1:56.80
15	5	9	Lena Kreundl	Austria	1:57.03
16	3	0	Elisbet Gámez	Cuba	1:57.26	NR
17	3	7	Lucy Hope	Great Britain	1:57.28
18	3	6	Valentine Dumont	Belgium	1:57.56
19	5	3	Annika Bruhn	Germany	1:57.74
20	3	1	Janja Šegel	Slovenia	1:57.81
21	4	7	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	1:57.85
22	4	1	Monique Olivier	Luxembourg	1:59.32
23	5	7	Nikolett Pádár	Hungary	1:59.43
24	3	9	Laura Littlejohn	New Zealand	1:59.67
25	2	3	Inés Marín	Chile	2:00.02
26	5	1	Sabína Kupčová	Slovakia	2:00.28
27	3	8	Ieva Maļuka	Latvia	2:00.40
28	5	0	Laura Lahtinen	Finland	2:00.65
29	2	5	Kornkarnjana Sapianchai	Thailand	2:00.97
30	2	4	Zhanet Angelova	Bulgaria	2:01.03
31	5	8	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	2:01.04
32	2	2	Julimar Ávila	Honduras	2:01.68
33	1	4	Elisabeth Timmer	Aruba	2:03.45	NR
34	4	9	Michaela Pulford	South Africa	2:03.67
35	2	6	Sasha Gatt	Malta	2:05.16
36	2	8	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	2:05.58
37	2	7	Chrysoula Karamanou	Cyprus	2:05.60
38	1	0	Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen	Mongolia	2:06.29
39	2	1	Fatima Alkaramova	Azerbaijan	2:07.65
40	1	3	Natalia Kuipers	United States Virgin Islands	2:08.06
41	2	0	Ani Poghosyan	Armenia	2:08.14
42	1	5	Jehanara Nabi	Pakistan	2:08.51
43	1	6	Alexia Savinova	Moldova	2:08.95
44	1	2	Bianca Mitchell	Antigua and Barbuda	2:11.04
45	1	7	Katie Rock	Albania	2:11.96
46	2	9	Sara Akasha	United Arab Emirates	2:12.89
47	1	8	Charissa Panuve	Tonga	2:19.53
48	1	9	Keana Santos	Guam	2:24.08
49	1	1	Ammara Pinto	Malawi	2:24.97
	4	8	Quah Jing Wen	Singapore	DNS

Final

The final was held at 18:09.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Siobhán Haughey	Hong Kong	1:50.31	WR
	4	Rebecca Smith	Canada	1:52.24	NR
	3	Paige Madden	United States	1:53.01
4	7	Katja Fain	Slovenia	1:53.48	NR
5	1	Summer McIntosh	Canada	1:53.65
6	6	Charlotte Bonnet	France	1:53.68
7	8	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	1:54.32
8	2	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	1:54.93