2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley
# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 15 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 | Julia Smit | United States | 2:04.60 | Manchester | 19 December 2009 |
| Championship record | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:05.73 | Dubai | 18 December 2010 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 December | Final | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:04.64 | CR |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:07.07 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 2:08.09 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) | 2:08.48 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Hannah Miley (GBR) | 2:08.86 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Hanna Dzerkal (UKR) | 2:09.41 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | Madeline Dirado (USA) | 2:09.52 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Sophie Allen (GBR) | 2:09.94 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Melanie Margalis (USA) | 2:10.42 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 8 | Miho Takahashi (JPN) | 2:10.53 | |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Ellen Fullerton (AUS) | 2:10.68 | |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Choi Hye-Ra (KOR) | 2:11.16 | |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Alicja Tchórz (POL) | 2:11.39 | |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Theresa Michalak (GER) | 2:11.59 | |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Daria Belyakina (RUS) | 2:11.63 | |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Wendy van der Zanden (NED) | 2:11.74 | |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Qiao Qiao (CHN) | 2:11.75 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Stefania Pirozzi (ITA) | 2:11.91 | |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Emu Higuchi (JPN) | 2:12.14 | |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Alessia Polieri (POL) | 2:12.24 | |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | Katrine Soerensen (DEN) | 2:12.54 | |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Jördis Steinegger (AUT) | 2:13.84 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Jessica Pengelly (RSA) | 2:13.95 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Ranohon Amanova (UZB) | 2:14.01 | |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Barbora Závadová (CZE) | 2:14.03 | |
| 25 | 5 | 7 | Karolina Szczepaniak (POL) | 2:14.48 | |
| 26 | 5 | 0 | Kristina Krasyukova (RUS) | 2:15.38 | |
| 27 | 5 | 9 | Chan Kin Lok (HKG) | 2:15.70 | |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Cheng Wan-Jung (TPE) | 2:15.88 | |
| 29 | 3 | 0 | Gizem Bozkurt (TUR) | 2:16.16 | |
| 30 | 2 | 4 | Samantha Yeo (SIN) | 2:16.78 | NR |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Melisa Akarsu (TUR) | 2:17.83 | |
| 32 | 4 | 9 | Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (VIE) | 2:19.89 | |
| 33 | 2 | 7 | Michelle Weber (RSA) | 2:21.83 | |
| 34 | 2 | 5 | Mariangel Hidalgo (CRC) | 2:23.78 | |
| 35 | 2 | 0 | Christine Briedenhann (NAM) | 2:25.53 | |
| 36 | 2 | 3 | Pooja Raghava Alva (IND) | 2:30.22 | |
| 37 | 2 | 9 | Nathalie Sanchez Hernandez (ESA) | 2:31.12 | |
| 38 | 2 | 1 | Lianna Catherine Swan (PAK) | 2:31.57 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Anum Bandey (PAK) | 2:35.23 | |
| 40 | 2 | 6 | Tan Chi Yan (MAC) | 2:37.77 | |
| 41 | 5 | 5 | Surennyam Erdenebileg (MGL) | 2:43.13 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Danielle Atoigue (GUM) | DNS | |
| | 1 | 4 | Yusra Mardini (SYR) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 2 | Elodie Poo Cheong (MRI) | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:24.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:04.64 | CR, AS |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:04.72 | |
| | 6 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:07.12 | |
| 4 | 3 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:07.36 | |
| 5 | 7 | Madeline Dirado | United States | 2:07.77 | |
| 6 | 8 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:08.63 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sophie Allen | Great Britain | 2:09.16 | |
| 8 | 2 | Hanna Dzerkal | Ukraine | 2:11.66 | |
