| Event: | Women's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2013 World Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Palau Sant Jordi |
| Date: | July 30, 2013 (heats &<br />semifinals) July 31, 2013 (final) |
| Competitors: | 44 |
| Nations: | 35 |
| Win Value: | 1:54.81 |
| Gold: | Missy Franklin |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Federica Pellegrini |
| Silvernoc: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Camille Muffat |
| Bronzenoc: | FRA |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The women's 200 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30–31 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1] [2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
The heats were held at 10:19.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1:56.53 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1:56.73 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 1:56.79 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 1:56.82 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 1:56.90 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 1:57.01 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 1:57.14 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 6 | 1:57.44 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 1:57.64 | Q | |||
| 10 | 3 | 5 | 1:57.67 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 7 | 1:58.08 | Q | |||
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 1:58.10 | Q | |||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 1:58.17 | Q | |||
| 14 | 3 | 2 | 1:58.38 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 8 | 1:58.87 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 1:58.93 | Q | |||
| 17 | 5 | 0 | 1:59.00 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | 1:59.02 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 8 | 1:59.15 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 3 | 1:59.31 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 7 | 1:59.43 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | 0 | 1:59.52 | SA | |||
| 23 | 4 | 1 | 2:00.36 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 8 | 2:00.41 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 1 | 2:00.56 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 7 | 2:00.82 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 4 | 2:01.02 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 9 | 2:01.60 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 9 | 2:02.57 | ||||
| 30 | 5 | 9 | 2:02.61 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 6 | 2:02.76 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 2 | 2:03.88 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 0 | 2:04.19 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 3 | 2:04.66 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 7 | 2:05.43 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 8 | 2:05.54 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 1 | 2:08.14 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 9 | 2:09.81 | NR | |||
| 39 | 1 | 5 | 2:12.31 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 0 | 2:13.01 | ||||
| 41 | 1 | 4 | 2:14.44 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 3 | 2:16.01 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 6 | 2:31.79 | NR | |||
| 44 | 1 | 2 | 2:32.05 | ||||
| 2 | 5 |
The semifinals were held at 19:14.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1:56.19 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 1:56.53 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 1:56.63 | Q | |||
| 4 | 4 | 1:56.80 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 1:56.98 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:58.05 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:58.66 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:59.20 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1:55.78 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 1:56.05 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 1:56.28 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1:56.38 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 1:56.76 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 1:56.90 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 1:57.18 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:59.26 |
The final was held at 18:32.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:54.81 | |||||
| 4 | 1:55.14 | |||||
| 6 | 1:55.72 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 1:56.63 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 1:57.04 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:57.14 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:57.41 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:57.56 |