2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 6 December 2016.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | 1:50.78 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:16.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 1:53.07 | Q | |
| 2 | 9 | 7 | Mallory Comerford | 1:53.71 | Q | |
| 3 | 9 | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | 1:54.10 | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | 8 | Taylor Ruck | 1:54.26 | Q | |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | Veronika Popova | 1:54.32 | Q | |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | Katerine Savard | 1:54.81 | Q | |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Leah Smith | 1:54.93 | Q | |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | Manuella Lyrio | 1:55.19 | Q | |
| 9 | 9 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 1:55.76 | ||
| 10 | 9 | 8 | Chihiro Igarashi | 1:55.92 | ||
| 11 | 7 | 6 | Shen Duo | 1:56.06 | ||
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Tomomi Aoki | 1:56.08 | ||
| 13 | 8 | 6 | Larissa Oliveira | 1:56.15 | ||
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Ai Yanhan | 1:56.33 | ||
| 15 | 8 | 7 | Reva Foos | 1:56.41 | ||
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Signe Bro | 1:56.52 | ||
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Marrit Steenbergen | 1:56.59 | ||
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Maria Ugolkova | 1:56.65 | ||
| 19 | 7 | 5 | Carla Buchanan | 1:56.73 | ||
| 20 | 9 | 6 | Daria Mullakaeva | 1:56.96 | ||
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Jemma Schlicht | 1:57.18 | ||
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 1:57.47 | ||
| 23 | 7 | 8 | Sze Hang Yu | 1:57.59 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Georgia Coates | 1:57.68 | ||
| 25 | 8 | 9 | Martina Elhenická | 1:58.30 | ||
| 26 | 7 | 2 | Barbora Seemanová | 1:58.62 | ||
| 27 | 6 | 6 | Delfina Pignatiello | 2:00.20 | ||
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Helena Moreno | 2:00.79 | ||
| 29 | 8 | 0 | Gaja Natlacen | 2:00.98 | ||
| 30 | 6 | 3 | Elisbet Gámez | 2:01.08 | NR | |
| 31 | 6 | 4 | Anastasia Bogdanovski | 2:01.27 | ||
| 32 | 7 | 0 | Natthanan Junkrajang | 2:01.28 | ||
| 33 | 6 | 2 | Julia Hassler | 2:01.48 | ||
| 34 | 7 | 9 | Monique Olivier | 2:01.56 | ||
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Karen Torrez | 2:01.89 | ||
| 36 | 6 | 8 | Jasmine Alkhaldi | 2:01.95 | ||
| 37 | 9 | 9 | Diana Durães | 2:01.97 | ||
| 38 | 6 | 7 | Jessica Cattaneo | 2:02.04 | ||
| 39 | 5 | 7 | Nejla Karić | 2:02.54 | ||
| 40 | 2 | 0 | Felicity Passon | 2:02.89 | ||
| 41 | 7 | 7 | Isabel Gose | 2:03.12 | ||
| 42 | 6 | 9 | Andrea Cedrón | 2:03.30 | ||
| 43 | 5 | 1 | Lauren Hew | 2:03.46 | ||
| 44 | 5 | 0 | Allyson Ponson | 2:03.67 | ||
| 45 | 6 | 5 | Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn | 2:04.10 | ||
| 46 | 4 | 2 | Sara Pastrana | 2:04.91 | ||
| 47 | 4 | 3 | Kelsie Campbell | 2:04.93 | ||
| 48 | 5 | 3 | Marina Chan | 2:05.18 | ||
| 49 | 5 | 5 | Ines Marin | 2:05.22 | ||
| 50 | 5 | 4 | Nicole Rautemberg | 2:05.40 | ||
| 51 | 5 | 9 | Kimiko Raheem | 2:05.97 | ||
| 52 | 4 | 5 | Gabriella Doueihy | 2:06.90 | ||
| 53 | 4 | 7 | Fatima Alkaramova | 2:07.07 | ||
| 54 | 4 | 1 | Rosalee Mira Santa Ana | 2:07.20 | ||
| 55 | 4 | 6 | Malavika Vishwanath | 2:07.22 | ||
| 56 | 6 | 0 | Sara Nysted | 2:07.41 | ||
| 57 | 5 | 6 | Sarah Hadj-Abderrahmane | 2:08.33 | ||
| 58 | 4 | 4 | Lani Cabrera | 2:08.44 | ||
| 59 | 5 | 2 | Arianna Sanna | 2:08.50 | ||
| 60 | 3 | 4 | Ireyra Tamayo Periñan | 2:08.81 | ||
| 61 | 4 | 8 | Rahaf Baqleh | 2:10.53 | ||
| 62 | 3 | 7 | Fernanda Archila | 2:10.62 | ||
| 63 | 3 | 2 | Ani Poghosyan | 2:10.64 | ||
| 64 | 3 | 6 | Jeanne Boutbien | 2:10.97 | ||
| 65 | 2 | 2 | Stefania Piccardo | 2:11.99 | ||
| 66 | 2 | 7 | Sonia Tumiotto | 2:12.20 | ||
| 67 | 3 | 5 | McKayla Treasure | 2:12.32 | ||
| 68 | 3 | 0 | Alison Jackson | 2:12.57 | ||
| 69 | 3 | 8 | Yara Lima | 2:12.86 | ||
| 70 | 2 | 3 | Enkhkhuslen Batbayar | 2:12.98 | ||
| 71 | 2 | 5 | Long Chi Wai | 2:13.37 | ||
| 72 | 3 | 3 | Catharine Cooper Gomez | 2:13.89 | ||
| 73 | 3 | 9 | Choi Weng Tong | 2:15.52 | ||
| 74 | 2 | 1 | Gabriela Hernandez | 2:16.55 | ||
| 75 | 2 | 6 | Tiana Rabarijaona | 2:17.31 | ||
| 76 | 2 | 8 | Diana Basho | 2:17.40 | ||
| 77 | 2 | 4 | Annah Auckburaullee | 2:17.75 | ||
| 78 | 3 | 1 | Sophia Shah | 2:19.69 | ||
| 79 | 1 | 5 | Osisang Chilton | 2:20.57 | ||
| 80 | 2 | 9 | Alesia Neziri | 2:24.83 | ||
| 81 | 1 | 7 | Charissa Panuve | 2:26.98 | ||
| 82 | 1 | 4 | Aminath Shajan | 2:30.51 | ||
| 83 | 1 | 3 | Angel de Jesus | 2:31.59 | ||
| 84 | 1 | 2 | Ruthie Long | 2:34.03 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Dara Al-Bakry | ||||
| 4 | 9 | Naomy Grand'Pierre |
Final
The final was held at 18:39.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Federica Pellegrini | 1:51.73 | |||
| 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 1:52.28 | |||
| 6 | Taylor Ruck | 1:52.50 | WJR, NR | ||
| 4 | 2 | Veronika Popova | 1:53.39 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Mallory Comerford | 1:53.79 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Katerine Savard | 1:54.21 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Leah Smith | 1:54.49 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Manuella Lyrio | 1:55.51 |