2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	13 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	28
Win Value:	2:02.12
Gold:	Kate Douglass
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Alexandra Walsh
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Kaylee McKeown
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 12:32.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			2:04.39	Q
2	3	3			2:05.94	Q
3	5	6			2:06.01	Q, NR
4	3	5			2:06.07	Q
5	3	6			2:06.70	Q, NR
6	4	4			2:07.15	Q
7	5	5			2:07.20	Q
8	4	6			2:07.25	Q
9	4	5			2:07.41
10	2	5			2:07.47	NR
11	4	2			2:07.74
12	5	7			2:08.11
13	3	4			2:08.12
14	3	7			2:08.44
15	5	1			2:09.55
16	5	3			2:09.63
17	4	3			2:09.71
18	2	8			2:09.82	NR
19	5	2			2:10.33
20	3	2			2:10.46
21	2	4			2:10.66
22	4	1			2:10.95
23	3	1			2:11.20
24	4	7			2:12.07
25	5	8			2:12.46
26	3	8			2:12.85
27	4	8			2:13.00
28	2	1			2:13.76
29	2	2			2:13.77	NR
30	2	6			2:13.87
31	2	7			2:14.15
32	1	4			2:19.41
33	1	5			2:23.61
34	1	3			2:28.89
	2	3

Final

The final was held at 20:11.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:02.12	AM
	5			2:03.37
	6			2:03.57	OC
4	3			2:04.94	NR
5	7			2:05.22
6	1			2:07.28
7	2			2:07.37
8	8			2:09.76

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 12 December 2022. 12 December 2022.
2. Web site: Women's 200m Individual Medley – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. 13 December 2022.
3. Web site: Women's 200m Individual Medley – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. 13 December 2022.