Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Championship:	2019 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 July (heats and semifinals) 24 July (final)
Venue:	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location:	Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors:	61
Nations:	57
Win Value:	1:54.22
Gold:	Federica Pellegrini
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Ariarne Titmus
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Sarah Sjöström
Bronze Nation:	SWE
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2019.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 23 July at 10:17.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	5			1:55.14	Q
2	5	3			1:56.02	Q
3	7	4			1:56.34	Q
4	5	6			1:56.43	Q
5	7	3			1:56.81	Q
6	7	2			1:57.25	Q
7	7	7			1:57.32	Q, NR
8	6	6			1:57.59	Q
9	6	1			1:57.68	Q
10	7	6			1:57.77	Q
11	5	1			1:57.98	Q
12	6	2			1:58.10	Q
13	6	5			1:58.21	Q
14	6	3			1:58.73	Q
15	6	8			1:59.11	Q
16	6	7			1:59.18	Q
17	5	2			1:59.44
18	7	1			1:59.60
19	6	0			1:59.68
20	7	8			2:00.33
21	5	0			2:00.34
22	5	8			2:00.38
23	4	4			2:00.39
24	4	3			2:00.56
25	7	0			2:00.74
26	4	2			2:00.99	NR
27	4	6			2:01.86
28	4	1			2:01.96
29	4	9			2:02.38	NR
30	7	9			2:02.70
31	5	7			2:02.76
32	5	9			2:03.16
33	4	7			2:03.30
34	6	9			2:04.26
35	4	0			2:05.28
36	3	5			2:05.36
37	4	5			2:05.44
38	3	3			2:05.47
39	3	6			2:06.60
40	3	4			2:06.76
41	4	8			2:07.43
42	3	1			2:09.07
43	1	3			2:09.09
44	3	9			2:10.21
45	3	2			2:11.36
46	3	8			2:11.51
47	3	0			2:11.56
48	2	4			2:13.00
49	1	6			2:13.19
50	2	5			2:13.62
51	2	2			2:15.44	NR
52	2	3			2:15.45
53	3	7			2:15.46
54	2	8			2:15.48
55	2	7			2:17.71
56	2	1			2:18.74
57	2	6			2:19.71
58	2	0			2:23.73
59	2	9			2:25.42
60	1	5			2:32.35
61	1	4			2:33.31
	5	4
	6	4
	7	5

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 23 July at 21:14.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			1:55.58	Q, NR
2	1			1:55.99	Q, WJ
3	3			1:56.41	Q
4	7			1:56.82	Q
5	6			1:57.30
6	2			1:57.65
7	5			1:58.27
8	8			1:58.97

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:55.14	Q
2	5			1:55.36	Q
3	4			1:55.70	Q
4	1			1:56.19	Q
5	6			1:57.16	NR
6	7			1:57.25
7	2			1:57.51
8	8			1:58.78

Final

The final was held on 24 July at 20:17.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:54.22
	5			1:54.66
	6			1:54.78
4	3			1:54.98	NR
5	2			1:55.43
6	1			1:56.59
7	7			1:56.95
8	8			1:57.14

Notes and References

1. https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/fina_wch_gwangju_2019_-_comeptition_schedule_-_rev.18.06.2019.pdf Schedule
2. http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf Start list
3. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
4. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Semifinals results
5. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results