Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28–29 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 10:45.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:08.45 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Ye Shiwen | 2:10.20 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Emily Seebohm | 2:11.12 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:11.16 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Caitlin Leverenz | 2:11.54 | Q | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 2:11.64 | Q | |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Alicia Coutts | 2:11.88 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte | 2:12.11 | Q | |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Kanako Watanabe | 2:12.28 | Q | |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Sophie Allen | 2:12.31 | Q | |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 2:12.31 | Q | |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Miho Teramura | 2:12.91 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Zhang Wenqing | 2:13.40 | Q | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | 2:13.61 | Q | |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | 2:13.84 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Beatriz Gómez Cortés | 2:13.98 | Q | |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Stina Gardell | 2:14.02 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 0 | Sycerika McMahon | 2:14.38 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Sophie de Ronchi | 2:14.57 | ||
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Theresa Michalak | 2:14.73 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Lisa Zaiser | 2:14.85 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Alexandra Wenk | 2:14.90 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Erica Dittmer | 2:14.93 | NR | |
| 24 | 2 | 6 | Barbora Závadová | 2:14.98 | ||
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Stefania Pirozzi | 2:14.98 | ||
| 26 | 4 | 8 | Joanna Melo | 2:15.00 | ||
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Alexa Komarnycky | 2:15.08 | ||
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Hanna Dzerkal | 2:16.52 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 1 | Marlies Ross | 2:16.94 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Victoria Kaminskaya | 2:17.21 | NR | |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Katarína Listopadová | 2:17.87 | ||
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Siow Yi Ting | 2:17.90 | ||
| 33 | 3 | 0 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | 2:18.18 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 4 | Cheng Wan-jung | 2:18.47 | ||
| 35 | 5 | 9 | Ranohon Amanova | 2:18.60 | ||
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Zara Bailey | 2:18.88 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 3 | Tanja Kylliäinen | 2:20.09 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 8 | Samantha Yeo | 2:20.19 | ||
| 39 | 2 | 9 | McKayla Lightbourn | 2:20.83 | ||
| 40 | 2 | 0 | Chan Kin Lok | 2:22.09 | ||
| 41 | 1 | 6 | Matelita Buadromo | 2:27.56 | ||
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Loreen Whitfield | 2:28.05 | ||
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Elvira Hasanova | 2:30.27 | ||
| 44 | 1 | 3 | Lianna Catherine Swan | 2:32.61 | NR |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:24.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held at 19:26.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:07.92 | |||
| 3 | Alicia Coutts | 2:09.39 | |||
| 2 | Mireia Belmonte | 2:09.45 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Ye Shiwen | 2:10.48 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Caitlin Leverenz | 2:10.73 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 2:10.95 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Sophie Allen | 2:11.32 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 2:12.03 |