Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The women's 200 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30–31 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:19.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Camille Muffat | | 1:56.53 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | | 1:56.73 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Federica Pellegrini | | 1:56.79 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Charlotte Bonnet | | 1:56.82 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Missy Franklin | | 1:56.90 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Melanie Costa | | 1:57.01 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Bronte Barratt | | 1:57.14 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Femke Heemskerk | | 1:57.44 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | | 1:57.64 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Kylie Palmer | | 1:57.67 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Shannon Vreeland | | 1:58.08 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Alice Mizzau | | 1:58.10 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Michelle Coleman | | 1:58.17 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Qiu Yuhan | | 1:58.38 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Samantha Lucie-Smith | | 1:58.87 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Barbara Jardin | | 1:58.93 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Chihiro Igarashi | | 1:59.00 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | | 1:59.02 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Karin Prinsloo | | 1:59.15 | |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | Veronika Popova | | 1:59.31 | |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Samantha Cheverton | | 1:59.43 | |
| 22 | 3 | 0 | Manuella Lyrio | | 1:59.52 | SA |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Patricia Castro | | 2:00.36 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Nina Rangelova | | 2:00.41 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Eleanor Faulkner | | 2:00.56 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Shen Duo | | 2:00.82 | |
| 27 | 2 | 4 | Natthanan Junkrajang | | 2:01.02 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Alexandra Wenk | | 2:01.60 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Quah Ting Wen | | 2:02.57 | |
| 30 | 5 | 9 | Liliana Ibáñez | | 2:02.61 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Julia Hassler | | 2:02.76 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė | | 2:03.88 | |
| 33 | 4 | 0 | Sze Hang Yu | | 2:04.19 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | | 2:04.66 | |
| 35 | 2 | 7 | Pamela Benitez | | 2:05.43 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Elisbet Gamez | | 2:05.54 | |
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Andrea Cedrón | | 2:08.14 | |
| 38 | 2 | 9 | María López Nery | | 2:09.81 | NR |
| 39 | 1 | 5 | Matelita Buadromo | | 2:12.31 | |
| 40 | 2 | 0 | Gabrielle Ponson | | 2:13.01 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Alexis Clarke | | 2:14.44 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Yara Lima | | 2:16.01 | |
| 43 | 1 | 6 | Sofia Shah | | 2:31.79 | NR |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Aminath Shajan | | 2:32.05 | |
| 2 | 5 | Sycerika McMahon | | | |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:14.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held at 18:32.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Missy Franklin | | 1:54.81 | |
| 4 | Federica Pellegrini | | 1:55.14 | |
| 6 | Camille Muffat | | 1:55.72 | |
| 4 | 2 | Sarah Sjöström | | 1:56.63 | |
| 5 | 3 | Melanie Costa | | 1:57.04 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kylie Palmer | | 1:57.14 | |
| 7 | 8 | Shannon Vreeland | | 1:57.41 | |
| 8 | 1 | Charlotte Bonnet | | 1:57.56 | |
