2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates	16 December 2012 (heats and final)
Winning time	1:53.59
Medalists
Allison Schmitt    United States   Katinka Hosszú    Hungary   Melanie Costa    Spain

2012 FINA Short Course Worlds Istanbul, TUR
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 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	Italy	1:51.17	Istanbul	13 December 2009
Championship record	Camille Muffat	France	1:52.29	Dubai	19 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	6	5	Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN)	1:55.24	Q
2	6	4	Veronika Popova (RUS)	1:55.28	Q
3	6	7	Haruka Ueda (JPN)	1:55.32	Q
4	7	7	Lauren Boyle (NZL)	1:55.40	Q, NR
5	7	5	Melanie Costa (ESP)	1:55.42	Q
6	8	4	Katinka Hosszú (HUN)	1:55.52	Q
7	7	4	Allison Schmitt (USA)	1:55.77	Q
8	8	5	Angie Bainbridge (AUS)	1:56.09	Q
9	7	2	Lotte Friis (DEN)	1:56.17
10	7	3	Mie Nielsen (DEN)	1:56.36
11	8	3	Rebecca Turner (GBR)	1:56.46
12	8	2	Guo Junjun (CHN)	1:56.51
13	1	8	Pang Jiaying (CHN)	1:57.25
14	6	6	Daryna Zevina (UKR)	1:57.33	NR
15	8	8	Melissa Ingram (NZL)	1:57.38
16	6	3	Nina Rangelova (BUL)	1:57.49
17	6	1	Megan Romano (USA)	1:57.87
18	5	3	Alice Mizzau (ITA)	1:57.89
19	7	6	Michelle Coleman (SWE)	1:58.03
20	8	7	Sze Hang Yu (HKG)	1:58.06
21	7	0	Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)	1:58.38
22	5	6	Ellie Faulkner (GBR)	1:58.69
23	8	1	Heather MacLean (CAN)	1:58.80
24	6	8	Diletta Carli (ITA)	1:58.81
25	8	6	Daria Belyakina (RUS)	1:58.99
26	7	8	Ellen Fullerton (AUS)	1:59.27
27	5	1	Miki Uchida (JPN)	1:59.38
28	5	8	Jördis Steinegger (AUT)	1:59.39
29	6	9	Mojca Sagmeister (SLO)	1:59.44
30	5	0	Yang Chin-Kuei (TPE)	1:59.46
31	6	0	Erika Villaécija García (ESP)	1:59.66
32	5	2	Barbora Závadová (CZE)	1:59.67
33	5	4	Julia Hassler (LIE)	1:59.70
34	7	1	Urša Bežan (SLO)	1:59.81
35	4	2	Jessica Camposano (COL)	1:59.86
36	4	4	Kyna Pereira (RSA)	2:00.26
37	4	5	Rene Warnes (RSA)	2:01.09
38	7	9	Larissa Oliveira (BRA)	2:01.22
39	3	3	Samantha Arevalo (ECU)	2:01.49	NR
40	1	7	Elmira Aigaliyeva (KAZ)	2:01.88
41	5	9	Fernanda González (MEX)	2:02.05
42	8	0	Danielle Villars (SUI)	2:02.12
43	4	3	Gizem Bozkurt (TUR)	2:02.18
44	8	9	Ranohon Amanova (UZB)	2:02.35
45	4	6	Julie Meynen (LUX)	2:02.44
46	5	7	Amanda Lim (SIN)	2:03.32
47	4	7	Andrea Cedrón (PER)	2:04.79
48	3	5	Maria Gabriela Santis Mejia (GUA)	2:04.99
49	2	5	Moira Fraser (ZIM)	2:05.10
49	3	7	Karen Torrez (BOL)	2:05.10	NR
51	3	4	Allyson Roxanne Ponson (ARU)	2:06.07
52	3	2	Anastasia Bogdanovski (MKD)	2:06.18
53	1	1	Lani Cabrera (BAR)	2:06.34	NR
54	4	0	Maria Lopez Nery Huerta (PAR)	2:06.75
55	3	8	Angie Galdamez (HON)	2:08.18
56	4	9	Machiko Suharmee Raheem (SRI)	2:08.73
57	3	6	Nicola Muscat (MLT)	2:10.58	NR
58	4	1	Jessica Cattaneo (PER)	2:10.75
59	3	9	Sariyah Sherry (BAR)	2:11.08
60	3	1	Olivia Planteau de Maroussem (MRI)	2:11.11
61	2	4	Nathalie Sanchez Hernandez (ESA)	2:11.44
62	4	8	Vong Erica Man Wai (MAC)	2:11.46
63	2	3	Tieri Erasito (FIJ)	2:12.44
64	2	6	Monica Saili (SAM)	2:12.65
65	2	7	Judith Ilan Meauri (PNG)	2:15.50
66	2	1	Field Anita Zahra (KEN)	2:16.03	NR
67	2	2	Fabiola Espinoza Herrera (NCA)	2:16.62
68	3	0	Yusra Mardini (SYR)	2:19.10
69	2	8	Aurelie Fanchette (SEY)	2:19.13
70	2	0	Victoria Chentsova (NMI)	2:20.00
71	1	6	Felicity Passon (SEY)	2:21.96
72	1	5	Danielle Atoigue (GUM)	2:23.99
73	2	9	Athena Gaskin (GUY)	2:27.00
74	1	2	Charissa Sofia Panuve (TGA)	2:27.51
75	1	4	Amanda Poppe (GUM)	2:28.58
76	1	3	Mahnoor Maqsood (PAK)	2:36.23
77	5	5	Burcu Dolunay (TUR)	DNS
77	6	2	Louise Hansson (SWE)	DNS

Final

The final was held at 21:03.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Allison Schmitt	United States	1:53.59
	7	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	1:54.31
	2	Melanie Costa	Spain	1:54.45
4	8	Angie Bainbridge	Australia	1:54.66
5	5	Veronika Popova	Russia	1:54.68
6	3	Haruka Ueda	Japan	1:55.05
7	4	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	Hungary	1:55.13
8	6	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	1:57.27

References

1. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle (heats)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
2. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-12-16.