The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events

Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...

 at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

2011 World Aquatics Championships

The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...

 was held on July 26 with the heats and the semifinals and July 27 with the final.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...		1:52.98	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	July 29, 2009

No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Heats

49 swimmers participated in 7 heats.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	5	Allison Schmitt Allison Schmitt Allison Schmitt is an American swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.Schmitt has won a total of six medals in major international competition, three gold, two silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships.-Personal...		1:56.66	Q
2	7	4	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...		1:56.87	Q
3	5	4	Bronte Barratt Bronte Barratt Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt OAM is a competitive swimmer from Australia. At the World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai in 2006, Barratt won the gold medal in women's 4x200m freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400m freestyle.In 2007, she broke the oldest record in...		1:57.37	Q
4	5	6	Ágnes Mutina Ágnes Mutina Ágnes Mutina is a female Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008....		1:57.40	Q
5	6	4	Kylie Palmer Kylie Palmer Kylie Jayne Palmer OAM , is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer.She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell...		1:57.42	Q
6	5	5	Femke Heemskerk Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....		1:57.43	Q
7	7	6	Silke Lippok Silke Lippok Silke Lippok is a German swimmer from Pforzheim.-External links:*Swim Rankings...		1:57.53	Q
8	6	1	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....		1:57.72	Q
9	7	5	Camille Muffat Camille Muffat Camille Muffat is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics....		1.57.99	Q
10	4	4	Sara Isakovič Sara Isakovic Sara Isakovič is a freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. She spent much of her childhood in Dubai. Isakovič was a member of the Žito Gorenjka Radovljica Swimming Club from Radovljica, Slovenia and trained under the supervision of coach Miha Potočnik.Isakovič competed for Slovenia at the 2004 Summer...		1:58.01	Q
11	7	8	Melania Costa Schmid		1:58.04	Q
12	6	3	Sarah Sjoestroem		1:58.26	Q
12	6	8	Barbara Jardin		1:58.26	Q
14	7	7	Evelyn Verrasztó Evelyn Verrasztó Evelyn Verrasztó is a Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.Her father and coach, Zoltán Verrasztó, and her brother, Dávid Verrasztó are also swimmers....		1:58.27	Q
15	6	6	Tang Yi Tang Yi Tang Yi is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.She has won six gold medals at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.-Major achievements:...		1:58.30	Q
16	6	2	Haruka Ueda Haruka Ueda is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2005 World Championships – 200m freestyle 22nd * 2007 World Championships – 100m freestyle 39th * 2008 Beijing Olympics – 200m freestyle 13th -Personal bests:In long course:...		1:58.74	swimoff
16	7	1	Hanae Ito Hanae Ito is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2005 World Championships – 100m backstroke 6th * 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – 100m backstroke 1st * 2008 Beijing Olympics – 100m backstroke 8th -Personal bests:...		1:58.74	swimoff
18	5	1	Samantha Cheverton		1:58.83
19	5	3	Veronika Popova		1:58.89
20	7	2	Morgan Scroggy Morgan Scroggy -Career:At the 2010 US National Championships, the selection meet for both the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Scroggy placed third in both the 200 m individual medley and 200 m backstroke, and fourth in the 200 m freestyle, earning a place on the...		1:59.22
21	7	3	Zhu Qianwei Zhu Qianwei Zhu Qianwei is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5357...		1:59.22
22	5	8	Nina Rangelova		1:59.30
23	5	7	Joanne Jackson Joanne Jackson (swimmer) Joanne Amy Jackson is a British freestyle swimmer. She is the sister of retired Olympic swimmer Nicola Jackson. She went to Richmond School, North Yorkshire....		1:59.36
24	5	2	Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...		1:59.40
25	4	1	Karin Prinsloo		1:59.52
26	4	2	Pernille Blume		1:59.96
27	6	7	Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez is a Swedish swimmer. She currently holds 400 m freestyle , 800 m and 1500 m freestyle national records.-Long course :...		2:00.05
28	4	3	Sze Hang Yu		2:00.52
29	4	5	Cecilie Johannessen		2:00.56
30	3	3	Joerdis Steinegger		2:01.06
31	3	5	Melanie Nocher		2:01.33
32	4	6	Daryna Zevina Daryna Zevina Daryna Zevina is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won several international juniors medals in her career, a gold medal at the 100 meter Backstroke and a bronze medal at the 200 meter Backstroke during the 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships...		2:01.50
33	4	7	Anna Stylianou		2:01.62
34	3	4	Liliana Ibanez		2:01.70
35	4	8	Katarina Filova		2:01.96
36	3	8	Katarina Listopadova		2:02.15
37	3	7	Ranohon Amanova		2:02.89
38	3	2	Kim Jungh-Hye		2:03.13
39	3	1	Natthanan Junkrajang		2:03.68
40	2	4	Andrea Cedron		2:08.10
41	2	1	Bayan Jumah		2:09.08
42	2	2	Branka Vranjes		2:09.64
43	2	3	Heather Arseth		2:10.93
44	2	7	Olivia de Maroussem		2:12.28
45	2	6	Ma Cheok Mei		2:12.39
46	2	8	Britany van Lange		2:16.40
47	1	3	Victoria Chentsova		2:27.86
48	1	5	Aure Fanchette		2:31.88
49	1	6	Jennet Saryyeva		2:41.27
–	1	4	Gouri Kotecha			DNS
–	2	5	Victoria Ho			DNS
–	3	6	Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games...			DNS

Swimoff

As two swimmers had the same time in the heats at place 16 they had to particpate in a swimoff to determine the last semifinal swimmer.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Haruka Ueda Haruka Ueda is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2005 World Championships – 200m freestyle 22nd * 2007 World Championships – 100m freestyle 39th * 2008 Beijing Olympics – 200m freestyle 13th -Personal bests:In long course:...		1:58.19	Q
2	5	Hanae Ito Hanae Ito is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2005 World Championships – 100m backstroke 6th * 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – 100m backstroke 1st * 2008 Beijing Olympics – 100m backstroke 8th -Personal bests:...		1:58.55

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Femke Heemskerk Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....		1:55.54	Q
2	4	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...		1:56.42	Q
3	7	Sarah Sjöström Sarah Sjöström Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish swimmer. On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, she took the gold medal in women's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She was clocked for 58.44 seconds...		1:56.71	Q
4	5	Ágnes Mutina Ágnes Mutina Ágnes Mutina is a female Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008....		1:57.53
5	6	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....		1:58.09
6	8	Haruka Ueda Haruka Ueda is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2005 World Championships – 200m freestyle 22nd * 2007 World Championships – 100m freestyle 39th * 2008 Beijing Olympics – 200m freestyle 13th -Personal bests:In long course:...		1:58.28
7	2	Sara Isakovič Sara Isakovic Sara Isakovič is a freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. She spent much of her childhood in Dubai. Isakovič was a member of the Žito Gorenjka Radovljica Swimming Club from Radovljica, Slovenia and trained under the supervision of coach Miha Potočnik.Isakovič competed for Slovenia at the 2004 Summer...		1:58.52
8	1	Evelyn Verrasztó Evelyn Verrasztó Evelyn Verrasztó is a Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.Her father and coach, Zoltán Verrasztó, and her brother, Dávid Verrasztó are also swimmers....		1:59.71

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Kylie Palmer Kylie Palmer Kylie Jayne Palmer OAM , is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer.She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell...		1:56.59	Q
2	2	Camille Muffat Camille Muffat Camille Muffat is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics....		1:56.62	Q
3	5	Bronte Barratt Bronte Barratt Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt OAM is a competitive swimmer from Australia. At the World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai in 2006, Barratt won the gold medal in women's 4x200m freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400m freestyle.In 2007, she broke the oldest record in...		1:56.90	Q
4	6	Silke Lippok Silke Lippok Silke Lippok is a German swimmer from Pforzheim.-External links:*Swim Rankings...		1:57.02	Q
5	4	Allison Schmitt Allison Schmitt Allison Schmitt is an American swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.Schmitt has won a total of six medals in major international competition, three gold, two silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships.-Personal...		1:57.07	Q
6	7	Melania Costa Schmid		1:57.83	NR
7	8	Tang Yi Tang Yi Tang Yi is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.She has won six gold medals at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.-Major achievements:...		1:57.91
8	1	Barbara Jardin		1:58.18

Final

The final was held at 18:32.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...		1:55.58
	3	Kylie Palmer Kylie Palmer Kylie Jayne Palmer OAM , is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer.She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell...		1:56.04
	6	Camille Muffat Camille Muffat Camille Muffat is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics....		1:56.10
4	2	Sarah Sjöström Sarah Sjöström Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish swimmer. On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, she took the gold medal in women's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She was clocked for 58.44 seconds...		1:56.41
5	7	Bronte Barratt Bronte Barratt Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt OAM is a competitive swimmer from Australia. At the World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai in 2006, Barratt won the gold medal in women's 4x200m freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400m freestyle.In 2007, she broke the oldest record in...		1:56.60
6	8	Allison Schmitt Allison Schmitt Allison Schmitt is an American swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.Schmitt has won a total of six medals in major international competition, three gold, two silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships.-Personal...		1:56.98
7	4	Femke Heemskerk Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....		1:57.63
8	1	Silke Lippok Silke Lippok Silke Lippok is a German swimmer from Pforzheim.-External links:*Swim Rankings...		1:58.26

External links

• 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre freestyle start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.