| Event: | Women's 200m Freestyle |
| Competition: | 2010 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 19 December 2010 (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 72 |
| Win Value: | 1:52.29 |
| Gold: | Camille Muffat |
| Goldnoc: | FRA |
| Silver: | Katie Hoff |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Kylie Palmer |
| Bronzenoc: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2012 |
See main article: article and 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).
The Women's 200 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 72 individuals swam in the preliminary heats of the event,[1] with the top-8 advancing to a final that evening.[2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Federica Pellegrini | align=left | 1:51.17 | 13 December 2009 | |||
| Championship record | align=left | 1:53.17 | 15 December 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 7 | 1:53.48 | Q | ||
| 2 | 9 | 5 | 1:54.27 | Q | ||
| 3 | 10 | 4 | 1:54.66 | Q | ||
| 4 | 10 | 7 | 1:54.78 | Q | ||
| 5 | 8 | 3 | 1:54.99 | Q | ||
| 6 | 8 | 4 | 1:55.29 | Q | ||
| 7 | 10 | 6 | 1:55.32 | Q | ||
| 8 | 10 | 5 | 1:55.40 | Q | ||
| 9 | 9 | 4 | 1:55.46 | |||
| 10 | 8 | 5 | 1:55.58 | |||
| 11 | 6 | 1 | 1:55.83 | |||
| 12 | 9 | 3 | 1:55.85 | |||
| 13 | 8 | 8 | 1:55.89 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 8 | 1:56.22 | |||
| 15 | 10 | 3 | 1:56.27 | |||
| 16 | 10 | 1 | 1:56.41 | |||
| 17 | 9 | 7 | 1:56.54 | |||
| 18 | 9 | 6 | 1:56.58 | |||
| 19 | 9 | 2 | 1:57.10 | |||
| 20 | 8 | 6 | 1:57.27 | |||
| 21 | 9 | 1 | 1:57.38 | |||
| 22 | 7 | 4 | 1:57.48 | |||
| 23 | 7 | 3 | 1:57.93 | |||
| 24 | 8 | 2 | 1:57.99 | |||
| 25 | 7 | 2 | 1:58.11 | |||
| 26 | 7 | 7 | 1:58.12 | |||
| 27 | 5 | 6 | 1:59.02 | |||
| 28 | 7 | 6 | 1:59.18 | |||
| 29 | 6 | 2 | 1:59.26 | |||
| 30 | 10 | 2 | 1:59.46 | |||
| 31 | 6 | 5 | 1:59.47 | |||
| 32 | 7 | 8 | 1:59.53 | |||
| 33 | 6 | 4 | 2:00.38 | |||
| 34 | 6 | 3 | 2:00.46 | |||
| 35 | 7 | 5 | 2:00.54 | |||
| 36 | 9 | 8 | 2:01.28 | |||
| 37 | 5 | 2 | 2:01.44 | |||
| 38 | 6 | 8 | 2:01.45 | |||
| 39 | 5 | 5 | 2:01.51 | |||
| 40 | 7 | 1 | 2:01.62 | |||
| 41 | 5 | 3 | 2:01.76 | |||
| 42 | 5 | 4 | 2:02.09 | |||
| 43 | 5 | 8 | 2:02.35 | |||
| 44 | 4 | 2 | 2:02.64 | |||
| 45 | 4 | 4 | 2:02.90 | |||
| 46 | 6 | 7 | 2:03.01 | |||
| 47 | 5 | 1 | 2:03.03 | |||
| 48 | 4 | 3 | 2:03.52 | |||
| 49 | 4 | 6 | 2:03.74 | |||
| 50 | 5 | 7 | 2:03.75 | |||
| 51 | 6 | 6 | 2:03.98 | |||
| 52 | 3 | 7 | 2:04.61 | |||
| 53 | 4 | 5 | 2:04.92 | |||
| 54 | 4 | 8 | 2:06.59 | |||
| 55 | 4 | 7 | 2:08.10 | |||
| 56 | 3 | 4 | 2:09.27 | |||
| 57 | 3 | 5 | 2:09.38 | |||
| 58 | 4 | 1 | 2:10.67 | |||
| 59 | 3 | 2 | 2:11.97 | |||
| 60 | 3 | 3 | 2:12.16 | |||
| 61 | 3 | 1 | 2:12.19 | |||
| 62 | 3 | 6 | 2:12.86 | |||
| 63 | 2 | 4 | 2:15.29 | |||
| 64 | 2 | 3 | 2:15.77 | |||
| 65 | 1 | 3 | 2:20.66 | |||
| 66 | 1 | 4 | 2:21.19 | |||
| 67 | 2 | 6 | 2:21.92 | |||
| 68 | 2 | 5 | 2:23.71 | |||
| 69 | 2 | 2 | 2:26.24 | |||
| 70 | 2 | 7 | 2:29.32 | |||
| 71 | 1 | 5 | 2:31.40 | |||
| – | 8 | 1 | DNS |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:52.29 | CR | |||
| 4 | 1:52.91 | ||||
| 6 | 1:52.96 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 1:53.07 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 1:55.03 | |||
| 6 | 7 | 1:55.06 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 1:55.24 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 1:56.73 |