| Event: | Women's 200 metre freestyle |
| Championship: | 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 4 August (heats and semifinals) 5 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 63 |
| Nations: | 52 |
| Win Value: | 1:55.16 |
| Gold: | Katie Ledecky |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Federica Pellegrini |
| Silvernoc: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Missy Franklin |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and the semifinals and 5 August with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were held at 09:49.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1:55.82 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 1:56.32 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 1:56.42 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 1:56.75 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 1:57.18 | Q | |||
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1:57.34 | Q | |||
| 7 | 7 | 5 | 1:57.78 | Q | |||
| 8 | 7 | 6 | 1:57.99 | Q | |||
| 9 | 7 | 4 | 1:58.10 | Q | |||
| 10 | 6 | 6 | 1:58.11 | Q | |||
| 11 | 6 | 5 | 1:58.27 | Q | |||
| 11 | 6 | 7 | 1:58.27 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 1:58.31 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 7 | 1:58.31 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 1 | 1:58.41 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 8 | 1:58.68 | Q | |||
| 17 | 7 | 2 | 1:58.94 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 1:59.00 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 0 | 1:59.34 | ||||
| 20 | 7 | 8 | 1:59.35 | ||||
| 21 | 6 | 8 | 1:59.61 | ||||
| 22 | 6 | 2 | 1:59.68 | ||||
| 23 | 7 | 7 | 1:59.70 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 1 | 1:59.97 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 8 | 2:00.24 | ||||
| 26 | 7 | 0 | 2:00.30 | ||||
| 27 | 7 | 1 | 2:00.35 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 4 | 2:00.67 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 5 | 2:00.69 | ||||
| 30 | 6 | 0 | 2:00.72 | ||||
| 31 | 5 | 9 | 2:00.80 | ||||
| 32 | 6 | 9 | 2:00.96 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 3 | 2:01.00 | ||||
| 34 | 4 | 0 | 2:01.03 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 3 | 2:01.28 | NR | |||
| 36 | 4 | 2 | 2:01.81 | ||||
| 36 | 4 | 1 | 2:01.81 | ||||
| 38 | 4 | 9 | 2:02.13 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 2 | 2:02.32 | ||||
| 40 | 4 | 8 | 2:02.54 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 6 | 2:02.63 | ||||
| 42 | 4 | 6 | 2:02.83 | ||||
| 43 | 3 | 7 | 2:03.08 | ||||
| 44 | 4 | 7 | 2:03.21 | ||||
| 45 | 3 | 1 | 2:03.23 | ||||
| 46 | 3 | 5 | 2:03.56 | ||||
| 47 | 3 | 4 | 2:03.89 | ||||
| 48 | 3 | 0 | 2:04.07 | ||||
| 49 | 2 | 3 | 2:06.15 | ||||
| 50 | 2 | 4 | 2:06.75 | ||||
| 51 | 2 | 1 | 2:07.24 | NR | |||
| 52 | 2 | 5 | 2:07.75 | ||||
| 53 | 2 | 7 | 2:07.84 | ||||
| 54 | 3 | 9 | 2:09.01 | ||||
| 55 | 2 | 2 | 2:09.07 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 6 | 2:09.74 | ||||
| 57 | 2 | 0 | 2:12.21 | ||||
| 58 | 2 | 9 | 2:14.58 | ||||
| 59 | 2 | 8 | 2:16.22 | ||||
| 60 | 1 | 4 | 2:18.93 | ||||
| 61 | 1 | 3 | 2:23.72 | ||||
| 62 | 1 | 6 | 2:28.75 | ||||
| 63 | 1 | 5 | 2:30.40 | ||||
| 7 | 9 |
The semifinals were held on 4 August at 18:44.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1:56.23 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1:56.44 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 1:56.51 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1:57.01 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1:57.75 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:57.79 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1:58.12 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:59.28 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1:56.37 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 1:56.56 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 1:56.76 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1:56.91 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 1:56.95 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 1:57.30 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:58.14 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:59.54 |
The final was held at 18:01.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1:55.16 | |||||
| 4 | 1:55.32 | |||||
| 5 | 1:55.49 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 1:56.16 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 1:56.19 | NR | |||
| 6 | 3 | 1:56.27 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:56.41 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:56.79 |