2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle
# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 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 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 1:50.78 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held at 10:16.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:53.07 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | 7 | Mallory Comerford | United States | 1:53.71 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:54.10 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 8 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 1:54.26 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | Veronika Popova | Russia | 1:54.32 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 1:54.81 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Leah Smith | United States | 1:54.93 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | Manuella Lyrio | Brazil | 1:55.19 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 1:55.76 | |
| 10 | 9 | 8 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 1:55.92 | |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | Shen Duo | China | 1:56.06 | |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Tomomi Aoki | Japan | 1:56.08 | |
| 13 | 8 | 6 | Larissa Oliveira | Brazil | 1:56.15 | |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Ai Yanhan | China | 1:56.33 | |
| 15 | 8 | 7 | Reva Foos | Germany | 1:56.41 | |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 1:56.52 | |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:56.59 | |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 1:56.65 | |
| 19 | 7 | 5 | Carla Buchanan | Australia | 1:56.73 | |
| 20 | 9 | 6 | Daria Mullakaeva | Russia | 1:56.96 | |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Jemma Schlicht | Australia | 1:57.18 | |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | Netherlands | 1:57.47 | |
| 23 | 7 | 8 | Sze Hang Yu | Hong Kong | 1:57.59 | |
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Georgia Coates | Great Britain | 1:57.68 | |
| 25 | 8 | 9 | Martina Elhenická | Czech Republic | 1:58.30 | |
| 26 | 7 | 2 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:58.62 | |
| 27 | 6 | 6 | Delfina Pignatiello | Argentina | 2:00.20 | |
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Helena Moreno | Costa Rica | 2:00.79 | |
| 29 | 8 | 0 | Gaja Natlacen | Slovenia | 2:00.98 | |
| 30 | 6 | 3 | Elisbet Gámez | Cuba | 2:01.08 | NR |
| 31 | 6 | 4 | Anastasia Bogdanovski | Macedonia | 2:01.27 | |
| 32 | 7 | 0 | Natthanan Junkrajang | Thailand | 2:01.28 | |
| 33 | 6 | 2 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 2:01.48 | |
| 34 | 7 | 9 | Monique Olivier | Luxembourg | 2:01.56 | |
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 2:01.89 | |
| 36 | 6 | 8 | Jasmine Alkhaldi | Philippines | 2:01.95 | |
| 37 | 9 | 9 | Diana Durães | Portugal | 2:01.97 | |
| 38 | 6 | 7 | Jessica Cattaneo | Peru | 2:02.04 | |
| 39 | 5 | 7 | Nejla Karić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:02.54 | |
| 40 | 2 | 0 | Felicity Passon | Seychelles | 2:02.89 | |
| 41 | 7 | 7 | Isabel Gose | Germany | 2:03.12 | |
| 42 | 6 | 9 | Andrea Cedrón | Peru | 2:03.30 | |
| 43 | 5 | 1 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 2:03.46 | |
| 44 | 5 | 0 | Allyson Ponson | Aruba | 2:03.67 | |
| 45 | 6 | 5 | Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn | Thailand | 2:04.10 | |
| 46 | 4 | 2 | Sara Pastrana | Honduras | 2:04.91 | |
| 47 | 4 | 3 | Kelsie Campbell | Jamaica | 2:04.93 | |
| 48 | 5 | 3 | Marina Chan | Singapore | 2:05.18 | |
| 49 | 5 | 5 | Ines Marin | Chile | 2:05.22 | |
| 50 | 5 | 4 | Nicole Rautemberg | Paraguay | 2:05.40 | |
| 51 | 5 | 9 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 2:05.97 | |
| 52 | 4 | 5 | Gabriella Doueihy | Lebanon | 2:06.90 | |
| 53 | 4 | 7 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | 2:07.07 | |
| 54 | 4 | 1 | Rosalee Mira Santa Ana | Philippines | 2:07.20 | |
| 55 | 4 | 6 | Malavika Vishwanath | India | 2:07.22 | |
| 56 | 6 | 0 | Sara Nysted | Faroe Islands | 2:07.41 | |
| 57 | 5 | 6 | Sarah Hadj-Abderrahmane | Algeria | 2:08.33 | |
| 58 | 4 | 4 | Lani Cabrera | Barbados | 2:08.44 | |
| 59 | 5 | 2 | Arianna Sanna | Dominican Republic | 2:08.50 | |
| 60 | 3 | 4 | Ireyra Tamayo Periñan | Panama | 2:08.81 | |
| 61 | 4 | 8 | Rahaf Baqleh | Jordan | 2:10.53 | |
| 62 | 3 | 7 | Fernanda Archila | Guatemala | 2:10.62 | |
| 63 | 3 | 2 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 2:10.64 | |
| 64 | 3 | 6 | Jeanne Boutbien | Senegal | 2:10.97 | |
| 65 | 2 | 2 | Stefania Piccardo | Paraguay | 2:11.99 | |
| 66 | 2 | 7 | Sonia Tumiotto | Tanzania | 2:12.20 | |
| 67 | 3 | 5 | McKayla Treasure | Barbados | 2:12.32 | |
| 68 | 3 | 0 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 2:12.57 | |
| 69 | 3 | 8 | Yara Lima | Angola | 2:12.86 | |
| 70 | 2 | 3 | Enkhkhuslen Batbayar | Mongolia | 2:12.98 | |
| 71 | 2 | 5 | Long Chi Wai | Macau | 2:13.37 | |
| 72 | 3 | 3 | Catharine Cooper Gomez | Panama | 2:13.89 | |
| 73 | 3 | 9 | Choi Weng Tong | Macau | 2:15.52 | |
| 74 | 2 | 1 | Gabriela Hernandez | Nicaragua | 2:16.55 | |
| 75 | 2 | 6 | Tiana Rabarijaona | Madagascar | 2:17.31 | |
| 76 | 2 | 8 | Diana Basho | Albania | 2:17.40 | |
| 77 | 2 | 4 | Annah Auckburaullee | Mauritius | 2:17.75 | |
| 78 | 3 | 1 | Sophia Shah | Nepal | 2:19.69 | |
| 79 | 1 | 5 | Osisang Chilton | Palau | 2:20.57 | |
| 80 | 2 | 9 | Alesia Neziri | Albania | 2:24.83 | |
| 81 | 1 | 7 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 2:26.98 | |
| 82 | 1 | 4 | Aminath Shajan | Maldives | 2:30.51 | |
| 83 | 1 | 3 | Angel de Jesus | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:31.59 | |
| 84 | 1 | 2 | Ruthie Long | Marshall Islands | 2:34.03 | |
| | 4 | 0 | Dara Al-Bakry | Jordan | | DNS |
| | 4 | 9 | Naomy Grand'Pierre | Haiti | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 18:39.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:51.73 | |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:52.28 | |
| | 6 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 1:52.50 | WJR, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Veronika Popova | Russia | 1:53.39 | |
| 5 | 5 | Mallory Comerford | United States | 1:53.79 | |
| 6 | 7 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 1:54.21 | |
| 7 | 1 | Leah Smith | United States | 1:54.49 | |
| 8 | 8 | Manuella Lyrio | Brazil | 1:55.51 | |
