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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	13 February (heats and semifinals) 14 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	50
Nations:	46
Win Value:	1:54.89
Gold:	Siobhán Haughey
Gold Nation:	HKG
Silver:	Erika Fairweather
Silver Nation:	NZL
Bronze:	Brianna Throssell
Bronze Nation:	AUS
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 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 13 February at 09:45.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5			1:57.16	Q
2	3	4			1:57.40	Q
3	5	3			1:57.42	Q
4	5	4			1:57.62	Q
5	3	3			1:58.06	Q
6	5	5			1:58.18	Q
7	4	6			1:58.22	Q
8	4	5			1:58.25	Q
9	4	3			1:58.29	Q
10	5	2			1:58.33	Q
11	4	4			1:58.40	Q
11	5	6			1:58.40	Q
13	3	1			1:59.00	Q
14	5	1			1:59.11	Q
15	4	2			1:59.37	Q
16	5	7			1:59.41	Q
17	3	6			1:59.56
18	3	7			1:59.57
19	4	0			1:59.75
20	4	1			2:00.10
21	3	2			2:00.11
22	3	0			2:00.20
23	4	9			2:00.22
24	4	7			2:00.25
25	2	3			2:00.42
26	5	8			2:00.78
27	3	8			2:00.83
28	4	8			2:01.02
29	3	9			2:01.51
30	5	9			2:01.96
31	5	0			2:02.10
32	2	5			2:03.03
33	2	4			2:03.22
34	2	1			2:04.39
35	2	8			2:04.43
36	2	6			2:05.05
37	2	0			2:06.36
38	2	7			2:08.02
39	1	4			2:10.00
40	2	2			2:10.41
41	2	9			2:10.55
42	1	5			2:10.59
43	1	0			2:11.95
44	1	3			2:14.59
45	1	6			2:15.95
46	1	9			2:17.90
47	1	2			2:18.01
48	1	8			2:21.04
49	1	7			2:23.33
50	1	1			2:37.22

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 February at 20:13.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			1:55.75	Q
2	1	5			1:56.04	Q
3	2	7			1:56.80	Q
4	1	6			1:57.00	Q
5	2	2			1:57.09	Q
6	2	6			1:57.11	Q, SA
7	2	4			1:57.13	Q-->WD
8	2	5			1:57.13	Q
9	1	3			1:57.30	WD
10	2	3			1:57.33	Q
11	2	1			1:58.08
12	1	2			1:58.51
13	1	7			1:58.57
14	1	1			1:59.36
15	2	8			1:59.95
16	1	8			2:00.44

Final

The final was started on 14 February at 19:17.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:54.89
	4			1:55.77
	2			1:56.00
4	6			1:56.13
5	7			1:56.85	SA
6	8			1:56.89
7	3			1:57.24
8	1			1:57.53

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. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213070555/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.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. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213073155/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213172815/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
6. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214162354/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.