Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre individual medley
Championship:	2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	11 February (heats and semifinals) 12 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	25
Nations:	23
Win Value:	2:07.05
Gold:	Kate Douglass
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Sydney Pickrem
Silver Nation:	CAN
Bronze:	Yu Yiting
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 11 and 12 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 February at 09:32.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			2:10.01	Q
2	2	4			2:10.97	Q
3	1	4			2:11.45	Q
4	1	3			2:11.53	Q
5	1	5			2:11.57	Q
6	2	3			2:12.32	Q
7	2	6			2:12.65	Q
8	3	5			2:12.76	Q
9	2	5			2:13.66	Q
10	3	3			2:13.85	Q
11	1	2			2:14.03	Q
12	3	2			2:14.24	Q
13	2	2			2:14.26	Q-->WD
14	3	6			2:14.27	Q
15	1	6			2:15.24	Q
16	3	7			2:15.69	Q
17	1	7			2:16.22	Q
18	3	1			2:16.52
19	2	7			2:17.48
20	2	8			2:18.43
21	2	1			2:20.66
22	1	1			2:22.88
23	1	8			2:27.15
24	3	0			2:29.14
25	3	8			2:54.15

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 11 February at 20:01.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			2:08.41	Q
2	1	4			2:08.76	Q
3	1	5			2:08.83	Q
4	1	6			2:10.15	Q
5	1	3			2:10.24	Q
6	2	5			2:11.23	Q
7	2	3			2:11.35	Q
8	2	6			2:12.23	Q
9	2	2			2:12.34
10	1	2			2:12.72
11	2	1			2:13.25
12	1	7			2:13.33
13	2	7			2:13.72
14	1	1			2:13.93
15	2	8			2:15.36
16	1	8			2:19.30

Final

The final was held on 12 February at 20:23.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:07.05
	5			2:08.56
	3			2:09.01
4	6			2:10.17
5	7			2:10.24
6	1			2:11.20
7	2			2:11.23
8	8			2:13.48

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 12 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240212184016/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000205EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 10 February 2024. 12 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240212184016/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000205EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024. 12 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240212184015/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000205EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
6. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 12 February 2024. 12 February 2024. 12 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240212182931/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000205EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.