2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 10 December 2016.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | 2:01.86 | Doha | 6 December 2014 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 09:44.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:05.33 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Madisyn Cox | 2:06.72 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Ella Eastin | 2:07.65 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Miho Teramura | 2:08.14 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Yui Ohashi | 2:08.24 | Q | |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | 2:08.30 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 2:08.46 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Sarah Darcel | 2:08.84 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Hannah Miley | 2:09.22 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | 2:10.69 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Maria Ugolkova | 2:11.10 | NR | |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | 2:11.21 | ||
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Barbora Závadová | 2:11.29 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Georgia Coates | 2:11.76 | ||
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Ana Radić | 2:12.14 | ||
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Fantine Lesaffre | 2:12.46 | ||
| 17 | 4 | 6 | Maxine Wolters | 2:12.50 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Marrit Steenbergen | 2:12.73 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Lena Kreundl | 2:13.45 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Victoria Kaminskaya | 2:14.48 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Phiangkhwan Pawapotako | 2:14.80 | ||
| 22 | 1 | 7 | Samantha Yeo | 2:15.48 | ||
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Gabi Grobler | 2:15.56 | ||
| 24 | 4 | 0 | Johanna Gustafsdottir | 2:15.78 | ||
| 25 | 5 | 0 | Rebecca Kamau | 2:16.64 | ||
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Florencia Perotti | 2:17.70 | ||
| 27 | 5 | 9 | Hamida Nefsi | 2:19.03 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Tang Yuting | 2:19.47 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 8 | Helena Moreno | 2:19.96 | ||
| 30 | 3 | 9 | Christie Chue | 2:20.67 | ||
| 31 | 3 | 0 | Sara Nysted | 2:21.23 | ||
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Celina Marquez | 2:21.69 | NR | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Nicole Rautemberg | 2:23.02 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 1 | Fatima Alkaramova | 2:23.96 | NR | |
| 35 | 2 | 5 | Sofia Lopez | 2:24.33 | ||
| 36 | 2 | 2 | Lauren Hew | 2:26.53 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Gabriella Doueihy | 2:27.51 | NR | |
| 38 | 2 | 9 | Fernanda Archila | 2:30.41 | ||
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Yara Lima | 2:35.74 | NR | |
| 40 | 1 | 4 | Angel de Jesus | 2:50.87 | NR | |
| 41 | 1 | 5 | Aishath Sausan | 2:57.23 | NR | |
| 1 | 3 | Kaya Forson | ||||
| 1 | 6 | Silja Kansakoski | ||||
| 2 | 6 | Kaylene Corbett | ||||
| 5 | 6 | Mireia Belmonte | ||||
| 5 | 7 | Jenna Laukkanen |
Final
The final was held at 18:37.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:02.90 | |||
| 3 | Ella Eastin | 2:05.02 | |||
| 5 | Madisyn Cox | 2:05.93 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Emily Seebohm | 2:07.41 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Miho Teramura | 2:08.47 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Sarah Darcel | 2:08.59 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Yui Ohashi | 2:08.89 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 2:08.95 |