The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and the semifinals and 5 August with the final.[1]
| Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
| Dates | 4 August (heats and semifinals) 5 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 63 from 52 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:55.16 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) |
1:52.98 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) |
1:52.98 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were held at 09:49.[2]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held on 4 August at 18:44.[3]
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
1:56.23 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Shen Duo |  China |
1:56.44 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary |
1:56.51 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Charlotte Bonnet |  France |
1:57.01 | |
| 5 | 1 | Chihiro Igarashi |  Japan |
1:57.75 | |
| 6 | 7 | Guo Junjun | China |
1:57.79 | |
| 7 | 2 | Michelle Coleman |  Sweden |
1:58.12 | |
| 8 | 8 | Manuella Lyrio |  Brazil |
1:59.28 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Missy Franklin |  United States |
1:56.37 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Veronika Popova |  Russia |
1:56.56 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
1:56.76 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Femke Heemskerk |  Netherlands |
1:56.91 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Emma McKeon |  Australia |
1:56.95 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor |  Great Britain |
1:57.30 | |
| 7 | 1 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | Russia |
1:58.14 | |
| 8 | 8 | Nina Rangelova |  Bulgaria |
1:59.54 |
Final edit
The final was held at 18:01.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
1:55.16 | |
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4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
1:55.32 | |
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5 | Missy Franklin | United States |
1:55.49 | |
| 4 | 2 | Veronika Popova | Russia |
1:56.16 | |
| 5 | 6 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
1:56.19 | NR |
| 6 | 3 | Shen Duo | China |
1:56.27 | |
| 7 | 8 | Emma McKeon | Australia |
1:56.41 | |
| 8 | 1 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands |
1:56.79 |