| Event: | Women's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Venue: | Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium |
| Dates: | 11 December (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 56 |
| Nations: | 48 |
| Win Value: | 1:51.38 |
| Gold: | Ariarne Titmus |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Mallory Comerford |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Femke Heemskerk |
| Bronzenoc: | NED |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 December 2018.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Sarah Sjöström | 1:50.43 | Eindhoven | 12 August 2017 | ||
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | 1:50.78 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |
The heats were started at 09:59.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 1:52.52 | Q, NR | |||
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 1:52.66 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 1:54.11 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 1:54.16 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 1:54.22 | Q | |||
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1:54.46 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 1:54.63 | Q | |||
| 8 | 6 | 3 | 1:54.82 | Q | |||
| 9 | 6 | 2 | 1:54.87 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 11 | 6 | 6 | 1:54.88 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 1:55.21 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 0 | 1:55.31 | ||||
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 1:55.44 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 1:55.52 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | 6 | 1:55.60 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 1:55.64 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 1 | 1:56.71 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 7 | 1:56.85 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | 7 | 1:56.91 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 8 | 1:58.37 | ||||
| 22 | 6 | 1 | 1:58.65 | ||||
| 23 | 6 | 0 | 1:59.30 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 8 | 1:59.41 | ||||
| 25 | 6 | 9 | 1:59.87 | ||||
| 26 | 5 | 0 | 1:59.97 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 9 | 2:00.30 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 7 | 2:00.49 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 9 | 2:01.01 | ||||
| 30 | 3 | 3 | 2:01.16 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 1 | 2:01.31 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | ||||||
| 33 | 3 | 4 | 2:01.50 | ||||
| 34 | 5 | 8 | 2:01.67 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 7 | 2:03.03 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 2 | 2:03.70 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 7 | 2:04.84 | NR | |||
| 38 | 3 | 0 | 2:05.41 | NR | |||
| 39 | 3 | 8 | 2:05.47 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 6 | 2:05.76 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 9 | 2:06.75 | NR | |||
| 42 | 2 | 9 | 2:06.77 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 7 | 2:07.63 | ||||
| 44 | 1 | 3 | 2:09.14 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 5 | 2:11.17 | ||||
| 46 | 2 | 2 | 2:12.83 | ||||
| 47 | 2 | 4 | 2:13.74 | ||||
| 48 | 2 | 3 | 2:13.89 | ||||
| 49 | 1 | 6 | 2:14.43 | ||||
| 50 | 1 | 4 | 2:14.83 | ||||
| 51 | 2 | 8 | 2:15.17 | ||||
| 52 | 1 | 5 | 2:16.23 | ||||
| 53 | 2 | 6 | 2:20.13 | NR | |||
| 54 | 1 | 2 | 2:27.08 | ||||
| 55 | 2 | 1 | 2:27.89 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 0 | 2:36.63 |
The final was held at 19:09.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:51.38 | OC | ||||
| 4 | 1:51.81 | NR | ||||
| 6 | 1:52.36 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:53.18 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1:53.23 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1:53.83 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 1:54.26 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:54.82 |