Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre individual medley
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	18 June (heats and semifinals) 19 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	38
Nations:	32
Win Value:	2:07.13
Gold:	Alexandra Walsh
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Kaylee McKeown
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Leah Hayes
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 18 June at 09:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	2:09.41	Q
2	2	3	2:09.81	Q
3	3	3	2:10.23	Q
4	4	2	2:10.38	Q
5	2	7	2:10.60	Q
6	4	5	2:10.89	Q
7	3	4	2:11.17	Q
8	4	3	2:11.28	Q
9	3	6	2:11.29	Q
10	3	5	2:11.60	Q
11	2	5	2:11.77	Q
12	2	4	2:12.22	Q
13	4	6	2:12.27	Q
14	4	8	2:12.98	Q
15	3	2	2:13.13	Q
16	2	2	2:13.20	Q
17	3	1	2:13.26
18	2	6	2:13.39
19	2	0	2:14.61
20	3	7	2:15.04
21	3	8	2:15.31
22	4	7	2:15.95
23	4	0	2:16.30
24	2	8	2:16.32
25	1	5	2:16.94	NR
26	3	9	2:17.36
27	3	0	2:17.71
28	2	9	2:17.78
29	2	1	2:18.89
30	4	1	2:19.40
31	1	4	2:19.55
32	4	9	2:20.38
33	1	3	2:23.22
34	1	8	2:25.39
35	1	6	2:26.64
36	1	2	2:30.15
37	1	1	2:37.55
38	1	7	2:41.45

The semifinals were started on 18 June at 19:04.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:08.74	Q
2	1	4	2:09.82	Q
3	2	6	2:10.17	Q
4	1	5	2:10.22	Q
5	2	2	2:10.47	Q
6	2	5	2:10.54	Q
7	1	6	2:10.65	Q
8	2	7	2:10.72	Q
9	2	1	2:11.06
10	2	3	2:11.20
11	1	2	2:11.28
12	1	3	2:11.31
13	1	7	2:12.05
14	2	8	2:13.09
15	1	8	2:13.10
16	1	1	2:14.06

The final was held on 19 June at 19:27.^[5]