The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld record Championship recordAriana Kukors2:06.15RomeJuly 27, 2009

Results

Heats

38 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 3 Caitlin Leverenz 2:11.01 Q 2 3 5 Mireia Belmonte Garcia 2:11.38 Q 3 3 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:11.53 Q 4 5 4 Ye Shiwen 2:11.63 Q 5 4 4 Alicia Coutts 2:11.64 Q 6 4 5 Ariana Kukors 2:11.84 Q 7 3 3 Hannah Miley 2:11.95 Q 8 5 3 Stephanie Rice 2:12.68 Q 9 3 2 Choi Hye-Ra 2:13.00 Q 10 3 6 Julia Wilkinson 2:13.16 Q 11 5 2 Kirsty Coventry 2:13.32 Q 12 5 5 Evelyn Verrasztó 2:13.33 Q 13 5 6 Erica Morningstar 2:13.71 Q 14 4 8 Barbora Závadová 2:14.08 Q 15 4 7 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor 2:14.30 Q 16 3 1 Fanny Lecluyse 2:14.97 Q 17 4 2 Zhu Xiaoya 2:14.98 18 5 8 Katheryn Anne Meaklim 2:15.15 19 5 1 Stina Gardell 2:15.45 20 5 7 Yuliya Efimova 2:15.56 21 2 4 Ganna Dzerkal 2:16.17 22 2 2 Ranohon Amanova 2:16.75 23 4 1 Ida Sandin 2:16.87 24 3 8 Jördis Steinegger 2:17.09 25 2 3 Tanja Smid 2:17.45 26 2 8 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 2:18.20 NR 27 3 7 Alessia Polieri 2:18.69 28 2 1 Nadia Vieira 2:19.74 29 2 6 Emilia Pikkarainen 2:19.94 30 2 5 Cheng Wan-jung 2:20.20 31 1 4 Natthanan Junkrajang 2:20.38 32 2 7 Erla Haraldsdóttir 2:21.86 33 1 5 Samantha Arevalo 2:22.39 NR 34 1 6 Ma Cheok Mei 2:27.59 35 1 3 Nibal Yamout 2:27.93 36 1 7 Daniella van den Berg 2:30.02 37 1 2 Loreen Whitfield 2:31.97 4 6 Rita Medrano DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 18:24.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Stephanie Rice 2:09.65 Q 2 3 Ariana Kukors 2:09.83 Q 3 5 Ye Shiwen 2:10.08 Q 4 2 Julia Wilkinson 2:11.76 Q 5 4 Mireia Belmonte Garcia 2:12.37 6 7 Evelyn Verrasztó 2:12.51 7 8 Fanny Lecluyse 2:13.68 NR 8 1 Barbora Závadová 2:14.03

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Alicia Coutts 2:10.65 Q 2 6 Hannah Miley 2:10.95 Q 3 5 Caitlin Leverenz 2:11.15 Q 4 5 Katinka Hosszú 2:11.71 Q 5 7 Kirsty Coventry 2:12.21 6 1 Erica Morningstar 2:12.67 7 8 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor 2:13.26 8 2 Choi Hye-Ra 2:15.90

Final The final was held 19:17. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Ye Shiwen 2:08.90 6 Alicia Coutts 2:09.00 5 Ariana Kukors 2:09.12 4 4 Stephanie Rice 2:09.65 5 7 Caitlin Leverenz 2:10.40 6 1 Katinka Hosszú 2:11.24 7 2 Hannah Miley 2:11.36 8 8 Julia Wilkinson 2:16.18

References

External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre individual medley entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.