Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre individual medley
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 July (heats and semifinals) 24 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	34
Nations:	28
Win Value:	2:07.17
Gold:	Kate Douglass
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Alexandra Walsh
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Yu Yiting
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2023.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 23 July at 10:32.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			2:09.17	Q
2	2	4			2:09.50	Q
3	2	3			2:09.65	Q
3	3	4			2:09.65	Q
5	4	5			2:09.66	Q
6	4	3			2:09.79	Q
7	2	6			2:09.81	Q
8	4	6			2:10.68	Q
9	2	2			2:10.80	Q
10	2	5			2:10.88	Q
11	4	7			2:10.95	Q, NR
12	3	3			2:11.26	Q
13	3	5			2:11.31	Q
14	3	6			2:11.50	Q
15	3	2			2:11.69	Q
16	4	8			2:12.83	Q
17	2	7			2:13.28
17	4	2			2:13.28
19	3	7			2:13.32
20	3	8			2:13.94
21	4	1			2:14.05
22	3	1			2:15.11
23	1	4			2:15.33	NR
24	2	8			2:15.41
25	2	1			2:15.65
26	4	0			2:17.20
27	2	0			2:17.21
28	2	9			2:17.33
29	3	0			2:17.73
30	4	9			2:18.02
31	1	3			2:19.91
32	3	9			2:21.25
33	1	5			2:21.89
34	1	6			2:25.36

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 July at 21:01.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5			2:08.27	Q
2	2	3			2:09.04	Q
3	2	1			2:09.30	Q
4	1	3			2:10.03	Q
5	2	2			2:10.32	Q
6	2	4			2:10.38	Q
7	2	6			2:10.57	Q
8	1	2			2:10.62	Q
9	1	8			2:10.92
10	2	7			2:11.16
11	2	5			2:11.47
12	2	8			2:12.24
13	1	1			2:12.91
	1	4
	1	6
	1	7

Final

The final was held on 23 July at 21:23.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			2:07.17
	4			2:07.97
	5			2:08.74
4	6			2:08.98
5	8			2:10.08
6	2			2:11.27
7	3			2:11.89
8	1			2:14.27

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
2. Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
3. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152513/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010205EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
4. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
5. Web site: 23 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723080355/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010205EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 23 July 2023 . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
6. Web site: 23 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152515/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010205EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
7. Web site: 24 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230724123452/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010205EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 24 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.