Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates25 July (heats and semifinals)
26 July (final)
Competitors65 from 56 nations
Winning time1:52.85 WR
Medalists
gold medal Mollie O'Callaghan   Australia
silver medal Ariarne Titmus   Australia
bronze medal Summer McIntosh   Canada
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The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:52.98 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009
Competition record  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:52.98 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Final Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:52.85 WR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 25 July 10:47.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:55.68 Q
2 5 4 Summer McIntosh  Canada 1:55.88 Q
3 7 4 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 1:56.20 Q
4 7 5 Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong 1:56.56 Q
5 7 3 Marrit Steenbergen  Netherlands 1:56.66 Q
6 7 6 Liu Yaxin  China 1:56.93 Q
7 6 3 Freya Anderson  Great Britain 1:57.12 Q
8 7 1 Nikolett Pádár  Hungary 1:57.35 Q
8 7 7 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 1:57.35 Q
10 5 5 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 1:57.36 Q
11 5 3 Bella Sims  United States 1:57.71 Q
12 6 5 Claire Weinstein  United States 1:57.93 Q
13 7 2 Janja Šegel  Slovenia 1:58.02 Q
14 4 3 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir  Iceland 1:58.14 Q, NR
15 7 0 Janna van Kooten  Netherlands 1:58.16 Q
16 5 1 Valentine Dumont  Belgium 1:58.23 Q
17 6 6 Li Jiaping  China 1:58.26
18 5 6 Abbie Wood  Great Britain 1:58.39
19 6 7 Mary-Sophie Harvey  Canada 1:58.50
20 5 7 Maria Fernanda Costa  Brazil 1:58.67
21 6 8 Ajna Késely  Hungary 1:58.99
22 7 8 Nagisa Ikemoto  Japan 1:59.23
23 6 0 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 1:59.27
24 6 1 Aimee Canny  South Africa 1:59.30
25 5 0 Signe Bro  Denmark 1:59.33
26 6 2 Stephanie Balduccini  Brazil 1:59.55
27 5 8 Daria Golovaty  Israel 1:59.77
28 4 5 Elisbet Gámez  Cuba 1:59.98
29 4 0 María José Mata  Mexico 2:00.30
30 4 7 Karen Durango  Colombia 2:00.71
31 4 8 María Yegres  Venezuela 2:00.82
6 9 Victoria Catterson  Ireland
33 3 6 Ieva Maļuka  Latvia 2:00.94 NR
34 5 9 Hur Yeon-kyung  South Korea 2:01.19
35 5 2 Katja Fain  Slovenia 2:01.31
36 4 6 Cornelia Pammer  Austria 2:01.66
37 3 5 Inés Marín  Chile 2:02.20
38 3 3 Kamonchanok Kwanmuang  Thailand 2:02.22
39 3 4 Gan Ching Hwee  Singapore 2:02.32
40 4 9 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen  Mongolia 2:02.49
41 4 2 Sofia Åstedt  Sweden 2:02.57
42 4 4 Merve Tuncel  Turkey 2:02.66
43 7 9 Ainhoa Campabadal  Spain 2:02.78
44 4 1 Artemis Vasilaki  Greece 2:03.92
45 3 2 Iman Avdić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:04.38
46 3 1 Lucero Mejia  Guatemala 2:06.24
47 3 9 Harper Barrowman  Cayman Islands 2:06.49
48 3 7 Julimar Ávila  Honduras 2:06.92
49 2 5 Ani Poghosyan  Armenia 2:08.65
50 2 4 Danielle Treasure  Barbados 2:08.88
51 2 3 Paige van der Westhuizen  Zimbabwe 2:09.85
52 1 6 Anna Nikishkina  Kyrgyzstan 2:10.81
53 2 6 Jehanara Nabi  Pakistan 2:11.09 NR
54 3 8 Mya Azzopardi  Malta 2:11.59
55 2 1 Duana Lama    Nepal 2:12.46
56 2 7 Natalia Kuipers  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:12.60
57 2 8 Bianca Mitchell  Antigua and Barbuda 2:13.24
58 2 0 Chloe Farro  Aruba 2:13.48
59 1 5 Asma Lefalher  Bahrain 2:13.80 NR
60 2 2 Maria Lopes Freitas  Angola 2:14.03
61 1 2 Katie Rock  Albania 2:15.02
62 1 4 Mya de Freitas  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2:16.22
63 2 9 Charissa Panuve  Tonga 2:20.00
64 1 3 Galyah Ngerchesiuch Mikel  Palau 2:43.01
3 0 Laura Bernat  Poland DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 25 July at 21:13.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 1:54.64 Q
2 1 4 Summer McIntosh  Canada 1:54.67 Q
3 2 4 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:54.91 Q
4 2 7 Bella Sims  United States 1:55.45 Q
5 1 5 Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong 1:55.48 Q
6 2 6 Freya Anderson  Great Britain 1:55.85 Q
7 1 3 Liu Yaxin  China 1:56.34 Q
8 2 3 Marrit Steenbergen  Netherlands 1:56.49 Q
9 2 2 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 1:56.50
10 1 6 Nikolett Pádár  Hungary 1:56.55
11 1 2 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 1:56.87
12 1 7 Claire Weinstein  United States 1:57.03
13 1 8 Valentine Dumont  Belgium 1:57.97
14 1 1 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir  Iceland 1:57.98 NR
15 2 8 Janna van Kooten  Netherlands 1:58.12
16 2 1 Janja Šegel  Slovenia 1:58.18

Final

The final was held on 26 July at 20:17.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:52.85 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 1:53.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Summer McIntosh  Canada 1:53.65 WJ, NR
4 2 Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong 1:53.96
5 8 Marrit Steenbergen  Netherlands 1:55.51
6 6 Bella Sims  United States 1:56.00
7 7 Freya Anderson  Great Britain 1:56.33
8 1 Liu Yaxin  China 1:56.97

References

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2023.