| Event: | Women's 200 metre individual medley |
| Championship: | 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 2 August (heats and semifinals) 3 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 39 |
| Nations: | 32 |
| Win Value: | 2:06.12 |
| Gold: | Katinka Hosszú |
| Goldnoc: | HUN |
| Silver: | Kanako Watanabe |
| Silvernoc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 2 August with the heats and the semifinals and 3 August with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
The heats were held on 2 August at 10:28.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 2:07.30 | Q, EU | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 2:08.82 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 2:10.37 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 2:10.94 | Q, NR | |||
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 2:11.23 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 2:11.88 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 2:12.22 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 6 | 2:12.27 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 2:12.38 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 2:12.38 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 2:12.74 | Q | |||
| 12 | 3 | 0 | 2:12.91 | Q | |||
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 2:13.07 | Q, NR | |||
| 14 | 2 | 1 | 2:13.12 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 2 | 2:13.23 | Q | |||
| 16 | 2 | 2 | 2:13.41 | Q | |||
| 17 | 4 | 7 | 2:13.42 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 8 | 2:13.50 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 6 | 2:13.90 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 8 | 2:14.12 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | 2:14.49 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 1 | 2:15.08 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 8 | 2:15.08 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 9 | 2:15.13 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 0 | 2:15.39 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 0 | 2:16.58 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 6 | 2:16.85 | ||||
| 28 | 1 | 5 | 2:16.89 | ||||
| 29 | 1 | 6 | 2:17.04 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 7 | 2:17.12 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | 4 | 2:17.24 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 2 | 2:17.69 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 9 | 2:17.88 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 9 | 2:18.35 | ||||
| 35 | 1 | 3 | 2:21.51 | ||||
| 36 | 1 | 7 | 2:24.33 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 8 | 2:27.68 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 1 | 2:27.94 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 0 | 2:36.25 |
The semifinals were held on 2 August at 17:53.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:08.45 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2:10.08 | Q, NR | |||
| 3 | 3 | 2:10.61 | Q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 2:11.46 | WJR, NR | |||
| 5 | 6 | 2:11.53 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2:11.91 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:11.97 | NR | |||
| 8 | 8 | 2:13.29 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:06.84 | Q, EU | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2:09.61 | Q, NR | |||
| 3 | 2 | 2:09.82 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 2:11.19 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2:11.39 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 2:12.64 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:13.26 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:14.34 |
The final was held on 3 August at 18:54.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2:06.12 | |||||
| 3 | 2:08.45 | NR | ||||
| 5 | 2:08.77 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 2:08.99 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 2:10.19 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2:10.32 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 2:10.41 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:14.01 |