2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Federica Pellegrini | | 1:51.17 | Istanbul | 13 December 2009 |
| Championship record | Camille Muffat | | 1:52.29 | Dubai | 19 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | | 1:55.24 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | | 1:55.28 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 7 | | 1:55.32 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | | 1:55.40 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | | 1:55.42 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 4 | | 1:55.52 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | | 1:55.77 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | | 1:56.09 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | | 1:56.17 | |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | | 1:56.36 | |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | | 1:56.46 | |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | | 1:56.51 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | | 1:57.25 | |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | | 1:57.33 | |
| 15 | 8 | 8 | | 1:57.38 | |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | | 1:57.49 | |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | | 1:57.87 | |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | | 1:57.89 | |
| 19 | 7 | 6 | | 1:58.03 | |
| 20 | 8 | 7 | | 1:58.06 | |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | | 1:58.38 | |
| 22 | 5 | 6 | | 1:58.69 | |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | | 1:58.80 | |
| 24 | 6 | 8 | | 1:58.81 | |
| 25 | 8 | 6 | | 1:58.99 | |
| 26 | 7 | 8 | | 1:59.27 | |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | | 1:59.38 | |
| 28 | 5 | 8 | | 1:59.39 | |
| 29 | 6 | 9 | | 1:59.44 | |
| 30 | 5 | 0 | | 1:59.46 | |
| 31 | 6 | 0 | | 1:59.66 | |
| 32 | 5 | 2 | | 1:59.67 | |
| 33 | 5 | 4 | | 1:59.70 | |
| 34 | 7 | 1 | | 1:59.81 | |
| 35 | 4 | 2 | | 1:59.86 | |
| 36 | 4 | 4 | | 2:00.26 | |
| 37 | 4 | 5 | | 2:01.09 | |
| 38 | 7 | 9 | | 2:01.22 | |
| 39 | 3 | 3 | | 2:01.49 | NR |
| 40 | 1 | 7 | | 2:01.88 | |
| 41 | 5 | 9 | | 2:02.05 | |
| 42 | 8 | 0 | | 2:02.12 | |
| 43 | 4 | 3 | | 2:02.18 | |
| 44 | 8 | 9 | | 2:02.35 | |
| 45 | 4 | 6 | | 2:02.44 | |
| 46 | 5 | 7 | | 2:03.32 | |
| 47 | 4 | 7 | | 2:04.79 | |
| 48 | 3 | 5 | | 2:04.99 | |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | | 2:05.10 | |
| 49 | 3 | 7 | | 2:05.10 | NR |
| 51 | 3 | 4 | | 2:06.07 | |
| 52 | 3 | 2 | | 2:06.18 | |
| 53 | 1 | 1 | | 2:06.34 | NR |
| 54 | 4 | 0 | | 2:06.75 | |
| 55 | 3 | 8 | | 2:08.18 | |
| 56 | 4 | 9 | | 2:08.73 | |
| 57 | 3 | 6 | | 2:10.58 | NR |
| 58 | 4 | 1 | | 2:10.75 | |
| 59 | 3 | 9 | | 2:11.08 | |
| 60 | 3 | 1 | | 2:11.11 | |
| 61 | 2 | 4 | | 2:11.44 | |
| 62 | 4 | 8 | | 2:11.46 | |
| 63 | 2 | 3 | | 2:12.44 | |
| 64 | 2 | 6 | | 2:12.65 | |
| 65 | 2 | 7 | | 2:15.50 | |
| 66 | 2 | 1 | | 2:16.03 | NR |
| 67 | 2 | 2 | | 2:16.62 | |
| 68 | 3 | 0 | | 2:19.10 | |
| 69 | 2 | 8 | | 2:19.13 | |
| 70 | 2 | 0 | | 2:20.00 | |
| 71 | 1 | 6 | | 2:21.96 | |
| 72 | 1 | 5 | | 2:23.99 | |
| 73 | 2 | 9 | | 2:27.00 | |
| 74 | 1 | 2 | | 2:27.51 | |
| 75 | 1 | 4 | | 2:28.58 | |
| 76 | 1 | 3 | | 2:36.23 | |
| 5 | 5 | | | |
| 6 | 2 | | | |
Final
The final was held at 21:03.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Allison Schmitt | USA | 1:53.59 | |
| 7 | Katinka Hosszú | HUN | 1:54.31 | |
| 2 | Melanie Costa | ESP | 1:54.45 | |
| 4 | 8 | Angie Bainbridge | AUS | 1:54.66 | |
| 5 | 5 | Veronika Popova | RUS | 1:54.68 | |
| 6 | 3 | Haruka Ueda | JPN | 1:55.05 | |
| 7 | 4 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | HUN | 1:55.13 | |
| 8 | 6 | Lauren Boyle | NZL | 1:57.27 | |
