Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | Ariana Kukors | 2:06.15 | Rome | July 27, 2009 |
Results
Heats
38 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | Caitlin Leverenz | 2:11.01 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte Garcia | 2:11.38 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:11.53 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Ye Shiwen | 2:11.63 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Alicia Coutts | 2:11.64 | Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Ariana Kukors | 2:11.84 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Hannah Miley | 2:11.95 | Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Stephanie Rice | 2:12.68 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Choi Hye-Ra | 2:13.00 | Q | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Julia Wilkinson | 2:13.16 | Q | |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Kirsty Coventry | 2:13.32 | Q | |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | Evelyn Verrasztó | 2:13.33 | Q | |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Erica Morningstar | 2:13.71 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | Barbora Zavadova | 2:14.08 | Q | |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 2:14.30 | Q | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Fanny Lecluyse | 2:14.97 | Q | |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Zhu Xiaoya | 2:14.98 | ||
| 18 | 5 | 8 | Katheryn Anne Meaklim | 2:15.15 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Stina Gardell | 2:15.45 | ||
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Yuliya Efimova | 2:15.56 | ||
| 21 | 2 | 4 | Ganna Dzerkal | 2:16.17 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Ranohon Amanova | 2:16.75 | ||
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Ida Sandin | 2:16.87 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Jördis Steinegger | 2:17.09 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Tanja Smid | 2:17.45 | ||
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | 2:18.20 | NR | |
| 27 | 3 | 7 | Alessia Polieri | 2:18.69 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Nadia Vieira | 2:19.74 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 6 | Emilia Pikkarainen | 2:19.94 | ||
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Cheng Wan-jung | 2:20.20 | ||
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Natthanan Junkrajang | 2:20.38 | ||
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Erla Haraldsdóttir | 2:21.86 | ||
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Samantha Arevalo | 2:22.39 | NR | |
| 34 | 1 | 6 | Ma Cheok Mei | 2:27.59 | ||
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Nibal Yamout | 2:27.93 | ||
| 36 | 1 | 7 | Daniella van den Berg | 2:30.02 | ||
| 37 | 1 | 2 | Loreen Whitfield | 2:31.97 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Rita Medrano | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:24.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held 19:17.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Ye Shiwen | 2:08.90 | |||
| 6 | Alicia Coutts | 2:09.00 | |||
| 5 | Ariana Kukors | 2:09.12 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Stephanie Rice | 2:09.65 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Caitlin Leverenz | 2:10.40 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:11.24 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Hannah Miley | 2:11.36 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Julia Wilkinson | 2:16.18 |