Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
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.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 3 August | Final | Katinka Hosszú | 2:06.12 | , CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 2 August at 10:28.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:07.30 | Q, EU | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 2:08.92 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Kanako Watanabe | 2:10.37 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Sydney Pickrem | 2:10.94 | Q, NR | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Ye Shiwen | 2:11.23 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Melanie Margalis | 2:11.88 | Q | |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Hannah Miley | 2:12.22 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Sakiko Shimizu | 2:12.27 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Maya DiRado | 2:12.38 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 2:12.38 | Q | |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:12.74 | Q | |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes | 2:12.91 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Siobhan Haughey | 2:13.07 | Q, NR | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Barbora Závadová | 2:13.12 | Q | |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Tessa Wallace | 2:13.23 | Q | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | 2:13.41 | Q | ||
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Keryn McMaster | 2:13.42 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Lara Grangeon | 2:13.50 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Lisa Zaiser | 2:13.90 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | 2:14.12 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Louise Hansson | 2:14.49 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Zhou Min | 2:15.08 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Stina Gardell | 2:15.08 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 9 | Ranohon Amanova | 2:15.13 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 0 | Kirsty Coventry | 2:15.39 | ||
| 26 | 4 | 0 | Nam Yoo-sun | 2:16.58 | ||
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | 2:16.85 | ||
| 28 | 1 | 5 | Victoria Kaminskaya | 2:16.89 | ||
| 29 | 1 | 6 | Ana Radić | 2:17.04 | ||
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Theresa Michalak | 2:17.12 | ||
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Virginia Bardach | 2:17.24 | ||
| 32 | 1 | 2 | Phiangkhwan Pawapotako | 2:17.69 | ||
| 33 | 4 | 9 | Sycerika McMahon | 2:17.88 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 9 | Amit Ivry | 2:18.35 | ||
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Anja Crevar | 2:21.51 | ||
| 36 | 1 | 7 | Georgina González | 2:24.33 | ||
| 37 | 1 | 8 | Alexus Laird | 2:27.68 | ||
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Lydia Musleh | 2:27.94 | ||
| 39 | 1 | 0 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara | 2:36.25 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 2 August at 17:53.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held on 3 August at 18:54.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 2:06.12 | |||
| 3 | Kanako Watanabe | 2:08.45 | NR | ||
| 5 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 2:08.77 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Maya DiRado | 2:08.99 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Hannah Miley | 2:10.19 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Sydney Pickrem | 2:10.32 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Melanie Margalis | 2:10.41 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Ye Shiwen | 2:14.01 |