The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2023.

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

The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 26 July Final Mollie O'Callaghan 1:52.85 WR

Results Heats The heats were started on 25 July 10:47.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Mollie O'Callaghan 1:55.68 Q 2 5 4 Summer McIntosh 1:55.88 Q 3 7 4 Ariarne Titmus 1:56.20 Q 4 7 5 Siobhán Haughey 1:56.56 Q 5 7 3 Marrit Steenbergen 1:56.66 Q 6 7 6 Liu Yaxin 1:56.93 Q 7 6 3 Freya Anderson 1:57.12 Q 8 7 1 Nikolett Pádár 1:57.35 Q 8 7 7 Barbora Seemanová 1:57.35 Q 10 5 5 Erika Fairweather 1:57.36 Q 11 5 3 Bella Sims 1:57.71 Q 12 6 5 Claire Weinstein 1:57.93 Q 13 7 2 Janja Šegel 1:58.02 Q 14 4 3 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir 1:58.14 Q, NR 15 7 0 Janna van Kooten 1:58.16 Q 16 5 1 Valentine Dumont 1:58.23 Q 17 6 6 Li Jiaping 1:58.26 18 5 6 Abbie Wood 1:58.39 19 6 7 Mary-Sophie Harvey 1:58.50 20 5 7 Maria Fernanda Costa 1:58.67 21 6 8 Ajna Késely 1:58.99 22 7 8 Nagisa Ikemoto 1:59.23 23 6 0 Anastasia Gorbenko 1:59.27 24 6 1 Aimee Canny 1:59.30 25 5 0 Signe Bro 1:59.33 26 6 2 Stephanie Balduccini 1:59.55 27 5 8 Daria Golovaty 1:59.77 28 4 5 Elisbet Gámez 1:59.98 29 4 0 María José Mata 2:00.30 30 4 7 Karen Durango 2:00.71 31 4 8 María Yegres 2:00.82 6 9 Victoria Catterson 33 3 6 Ieva Maļuka 2:00.94 NR 34 5 9 Hur Yeon-kyung 2:01.19 35 5 2 Katja Fain 2:01.31 36 4 6 Cornelia Pammer 2:01.66 37 3 5 Inés Marín 2:02.20 38 3 3 Kamonchanok Kwanmuang 2:02.22 39 3 4 Gan Ching Hwee 2:02.32 40 4 9 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen 2:02.49 41 4 2 Sofia Åstedt 2:02.57 42 4 4 Merve Tuncel 2:02.66 43 7 9 Ainhoa Campabadal 2:02.78 44 4 1 Artemis Vasilaki 2:03.92 45 3 2 Iman Avdić 2:04.38 46 3 1 Lucero Mejia 2:06.24 47 3 9 Harper Barrowman 2:06.49 48 3 7 Julimar Ávila 2:06.92 49 2 5 Ani Poghosyan 2:08.65 50 2 4 Danielle Treasure 2:08.88 51 2 3 Paige van der Westhuizen 2:09.85 52 1 6 Anna Nikishkina 2:10.81 53 2 6 Jehanara Nabi 2:11.09 NR 54 3 8 Mya Azzopardi 2:11.59 55 2 1 Duana Lama 2:12.46 56 2 7 Natalia Kuipers 2:12.60 57 2 8 Bianca Mitchell 2:13.24 58 2 0 Chloe Farro 2:13.48 59 1 5 Asma Lefalher 2:13.80 NR 60 2 2 Maria Lopes Freitas 2:14.03 61 1 2 Katie Rock 2:15.02 62 1 4 Mya de Freitas 2:16.22 63 2 9 Charissa Panuve 2:20.00 64 1 3 Galyah Ngerchesiuch Mikel 2:43.01 3 0 Laura Bernat

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 25 July at 21:13.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Ariarne Titmus 1:54.64 Q 2 1 4 Summer McIntosh 1:54.67 Q 3 2 4 Mollie O'Callaghan 1:54.91 Q 4 2 7 Bella Sims 1:55.45 Q 5 1 5 Siobhán Haughey 1:55.48 Q 6 2 6 Freya Anderson 1:55.85 Q 7 1 3 Liu Yaxin 1:56.34 Q 8 2 3 Marrit Steenbergen 1:56.49 Q 9 2 2 Barbora Seemanová 1:56.50 10 1 6 Nikolett Pádár 1:56.55 11 1 2 Erika Fairweather 1:56.87 12 1 7 Claire Weinstein 1:57.03 13 1 8 Valentine Dumont 1:57.97 14 1 1 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir 1:57.98 NR 15 2 8 Janna van Kooten 1:58.12 16 2 1 Janja Šegel 1:58.18

Final The final was held on 26 July at 20:17.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Mollie O'Callaghan 1:52.85 WR 4 Ariarne Titmus 1:53.01 5 Summer McIntosh 1:53.65 WJ, NR 4 2 Siobhán Haughey 1:53.96 5 8 Marrit Steenbergen 1:55.51 6 6 Bella Sims 1:56.00 7 7 Freya Anderson 1:56.33 8 1 Liu Yaxin 1:56.97

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