| Event: | Women's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Dates: | 7 December |
| Competitors: | 80 |
| Nations: | 57 |
| Win Value: | 1:50.78 |
| Gold: | Sarah Sjöström |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Katinka Hosszú |
| Silvernoc: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Femke Heemskerk |
| Bronzenoc: | NED |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2016 |
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 7 December.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Federica Pellegrini | 1:51.17 | Istanbul | 13 December 2009 | ||
| Championship record | Camille Muffat | 1:52.29 | Dubai | 19 December 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
The heats were held at 10:49.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 4 | 1:52.54 | Q | |||
| 2 | 7 | 4 | 1:52.60 | Q | |||
| 3 | 9 | 4 | 1:52.73 | Q | |||
| 4 | 8 | 6 | 1:53.81 | Q | |||
| 5 | 9 | 5 | 1:54.04 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 1:54.48 | Q | |||
| 7 | 8 | 5 | 1:54.63 | Q | |||
| 8 | 9 | 6 | 1:54.80 | Q | |||
| 9 | 9 | 3 | 1:54.85 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | 8 | 1:54.85 | ||||
| 11 | 8 | 3 | 1:54.96 | ||||
| 12 | 8 | 2 | 1:54.98 | ||||
| 13 | 9 | 2 | 1:55.35 | ||||
| 14 | 9 | 1 | 1:55.83 | ||||
| 15 | 7 | 7 | 1:55.85 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | 1 | 1:55.87 | ||||
| 17 | 7 | 9 | 1:56.01 | ||||
| 18 | 7 | 3 | 1:56.08 | ||||
| 19 | 8 | 1 | 1:56.17 | ||||
| 20 | 8 | 8 | 1:56.49 | ||||
| 21 | 9 | 9 | 1:56.73 | ||||
| 22 | 6 | 5 | 1:57.35 | ||||
| 23 | 9 | 0 | 1:57.37 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 6 | 1:57.43 | ||||
| 25 | 7 | 1 | 1:57.65 | ||||
| 26 | 7 | 8 | 1:57.72 | ||||
| 27 | 7 | 6 | 1:57.78 | ||||
| 27 | 7 | 2 | 1:57.78 | ||||
| 29 | 9 | 7 | 1:57.89 | ||||
| 30 | 6 | 4 | 1:58.34 | ||||
| 31 | 5 | 4 | 1:58.97 | ||||
| 32 | 6 | 7 | 1:59.23 | ||||
| 33 | 8 | 7 | 1:59.26 | ||||
| 34 | 7 | 0 | 1:59.37 | ||||
| 35 | 5 | 5 | 1:59.59 | ||||
| 36 | 6 | 2 | 1:59.82 | ||||
| 37 | 6 | 9 | 2:00.28 | ||||
| 38 | 5 | 7 | 2:00.50 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 0 | 2:00.53 | ||||
| 40 | 6 | 0 | 2:01.14 | ||||
| 41 | 5 | 3 | 2:01.49 | ||||
| 42 | 5 | 9 | 2:01.65 | ||||
| 43 | 6 | 8 | 2:02.03 | ||||
| 44 | 5 | 6 | 2:02.18 | ||||
| 45 | 4 | 5 | 2:02.51 | ||||
| 46 | 3 | 3 | 2:02.88 | ||||
| 47 | 5 | 1 | 2:02.95 | ||||
| 48 | 5 | 8 | 2:02.96 | ||||
| 49 | 5 | 2 | 2:03.08 | ||||
| 50 | 5 | 0 | 2:03.39 | ||||
| 51 | 4 | 7 | 2:04.10 | ||||
| 52 | 4 | 2 | 2:04.86 | ||||
| 53 | 3 | 9 | 2:05.34 | ||||
| 54 | 4 | 3 | 2:05.45 | ||||
| 55 | 4 | 4 | 2:05.59 | ||||
| 56 | 3 | 5 | 2:05.70 | ||||
| 57 | 3 | 8 | 2:06.33 | ||||
| 58 | 3 | 4 | 2:06.57 | ||||
| 59 | 4 | 0 | 2:07.23 | ||||
| 60 | 4 | 9 | 2:07.60 | ||||
| 61 | 4 | 8 | 2:07.66 | ||||
| 62 | 3 | 2 | 2:07.68 | ||||
| 63 | 4 | 1 | 2:07.91 | ||||
| 64 | 1 | 4 | 2:08.07 | ||||
| 65 | 2 | 4 | 2:08.15 | NR | |||
| 66 | 2 | 6 | 2:08.49 | ||||
| 67 | 2 | 0 | 2:09.12 | ||||
| 68 | 3 | 1 | 2:10.07 | ||||
| 69 | 2 | 8 | 2:10.30 | ||||
| 70 | 3 | 7 | 2:11.08 | ||||
| 71 | 2 | 7 | 2:13.04 | ||||
| 72 | 2 | 2 | 2:13.19 | ||||
| 73 | 2 | 3 | 2:13.20 | ||||
| 74 | 3 | 6 | 2:14.88 | ||||
| 75 | 1 | 3 | 2:15.13 | ||||
| 76 | 2 | 1 | 2:15.73 | ||||
| 77 | 1 | 5 | 2:17.25 | ||||
| 78 | 1 | 6 | 2:22.81 | ||||
| 79 | 1 | 7 | 2:27.72 | ||||
| 80 | 1 | 2 | 2:28.41 | ||||
| — | 2 | 5 | DNS | ||||
| — | 2 | 9 | DNS | ||||
| — | 4 | 6 | DNS | ||||
| — | 6 | 3 | DNS | ||||
| — | 8 | 0 | DNS | ||||
| — | 8 | 9 | DNS |
The final was held at 20:01.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:50.78 | WR, CR | ||||
| 3 | 1:51.18 | |||||
| 4 | 1:51.69 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1:52.84 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:54.01 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:54.02 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 1:54.28 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:55.07 |