| Event: | Women's 200m Freestyle |
| Competition: | 2012 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 16 December (heats and final) |
| Win Value: | 1:53.59 |
| Gold: | Allison Schmitt |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Katinka Hosszú |
| Silvernoc: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Melanie Costa |
| Bronzenoc: | ESP |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2014 |
See main article: article and 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).
The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Prior to this 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 | 1:52.29 | 19 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1:55.24 | Q | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1:55.28 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | 7 | 1:55.32 | Q | ||
| 4 | 7 | 7 | 1:55.40 | Q, NR | ||
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 1:55.42 | Q | ||
| 6 | 8 | 4 | 1:55.52 | Q | ||
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 1:55.77 | Q | ||
| 8 | 8 | 5 | 1:56.09 | Q | ||
| 9 | 7 | 2 | 1:56.17 | |||
| 10 | 7 | 3 | 1:56.36 | |||
| 11 | 8 | 3 | 1:56.46 | |||
| 12 | 8 | 2 | 1:56.51 | |||
| 13 | 1 | 8 | 1:57.25 | |||
| 14 | 6 | 6 | 1:57.33 | |||
| 15 | 8 | 8 | 1:57.38 | |||
| 16 | 6 | 3 | 1:57.49 | |||
| 17 | 6 | 1 | 1:57.87 | |||
| 18 | 5 | 3 | 1:57.89 | |||
| 19 | 7 | 6 | 1:58.03 | |||
| 20 | 8 | 7 | 1:58.06 | |||
| 21 | 7 | 0 | 1:58.38 | |||
| 22 | 5 | 6 | 1:58.69 | |||
| 23 | 8 | 1 | 1:58.80 | |||
| 24 | 6 | 8 | 1:58.81 | |||
| 25 | 8 | 6 | 1:58.99 | |||
| 26 | 7 | 8 | 1:59.27 | |||
| 27 | 5 | 1 | 1:59.38 | |||
| 28 | 5 | 8 | 1:59.39 | |||
| 29 | 6 | 9 | 1:59.44 | |||
| 30 | 5 | 0 | 1:59.46 | |||
| 31 | 6 | 0 | 1:59.66 | |||
| 32 | 5 | 2 | 1:59.67 | |||
| 33 | 5 | 4 | 1:59.70 | |||
| 34 | 7 | 1 | 1:59.81 | |||
| 35 | 4 | 2 | 1:59.86 | NR | ||
| 36 | 4 | 4 | 2:00.26 | |||
| 37 | 4 | 5 | 2:01.09 | |||
| 38 | 7 | 9 | 2:01.22 | |||
| 39 | 3 | 3 | 2:01.49 | NR | ||
| 40 | 1 | 7 | 2:01.88 | |||
| 41 | 5 | 9 | 2:02.05 | |||
| 42 | 8 | 0 | 2:02.12 | |||
| 43 | 4 | 3 | 2:02.18 | |||
| 44 | 8 | 9 | 2:02.35 | |||
| 45 | 4 | 6 | 2:02.44 | |||
| 46 | 5 | 7 | 2:03.32 | |||
| 47 | 4 | 7 | 2:04.79 | |||
| 48 | 3 | 5 | 2:04.99 | |||
| 49 | 2 | 5 | 2:05.10 | |||
| 49 | 3 | 7 | 2:05.10 | NR | ||
| 51 | 3 | 4 | 2:06.07 | |||
| 52 | 3 | 2 | 2:06.18 | |||
| 53 | 1 | 1 | 2:06.34 | NR | ||
| 54 | 4 | 0 | 2:06.75 | |||
| 55 | 3 | 8 | 2:08.18 | |||
| 56 | 4 | 9 | 2:08.73 | |||
| 57 | 3 | 6 | 2:10.58 | NR | ||
| 58 | 4 | 1 | 2:10.75 | |||
| 59 | 3 | 9 | 2:11.08 | |||
| 60 | 3 | 1 | 2:11.11 | |||
| 61 | 2 | 4 | 2:11.44 | |||
| 62 | 4 | 8 | 2:11.46 | |||
| 63 | 2 | 3 | 2:12.44 | |||
| 64 | 2 | 6 | 2:12.65 | |||
| 65 | 2 | 7 | 2:15.50 | |||
| 66 | 2 | 1 | 2:16.03 | NR | ||
| 67 | 2 | 2 | 2:16.62 | |||
| 68 | 3 | 0 | 2:19.10 | |||
| 69 | 2 | 8 | 2:19.13 | |||
| 70 | 2 | 0 | 2:20.00 | |||
| 71 | 1 | 6 | 2:21.96 | |||
| 72 | 1 | 5 | 2:23.99 | |||
| 73 | 2 | 9 | 2:27.00 | |||
| 74 | 1 | 2 | 2:27.51 | |||
| 75 | 1 | 4 | 2:28.58 | |||
| 76 | 1 | 3 | 2:36.23 | |||
| 5 | 5 | |||||
| 6 | 2 |
The final was held at 21:03.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 1:53.59 | ||||
| 7 |  | 1:54.31 | ||||
| 2 |  | 1:54.45 | ||||
| 4 | 8 |  | 1:54.66 | |||
| 5 | 5 |  | 1:54.68 | |||
| 6 | 3 |  | 1:55.05 | |||
| 7 | 4 | | 1:55.13 | |||
| 8 | 6 |  | 1:57.27 |