2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	15 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	38
Nations:	31
Win Value:	2:03.25
Gold:	Katinka Hosszú
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Melanie Margalis
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Kathleen Baker
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2018.^[1]

Records

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

The heats were started on 15 December at 9:36.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	2:05.42	Q
2	4	5	2:06.45	Q
3	2	3	2:06.57	Q
4	3	3	2:07.11	Q
5	3	4	2:07.39	Q
6	4	6	2:07.45	Q
7	3	6	2:07.75	Q
8	2	4	2:07.78	Q
9	4	3	2:07.94
10	3	5	2:08.27
11	2	5	2:09.17
12	2	6	2:09.82
13	4	2	2:10.36
14	2	2	2:10.78
15	4	9	2:10.97
16	3	2	2:11.51
17	4	8	2:11.83
18	4	7	2:12.79
19	4	1	2:12.82
20	2	9	2:13.46
21	1	4	2:13.80
22	2	1	2:14.68
23	4	0	2:14.92
24	2	0	2:15.10
25	3	7	2:15.11
26	3	0	2:15.40
27	3	8	2:15.79
28	3	1	2:16.26
29	3	9	2:16.38
30	2	8	2:16.91
31	1	5	2:20.32
32	1	2	2:22.09
33	1	7	2:23.13
34	1	6	2:25.06
35	1	3	2:27.86
36	1	1	2:28.21
37	1	0	2:31.46
38	1	8	2:33.28
	2	7

The final was held on 15 December at 19:07.^[3]