The Women's 200m Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 22–23 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. PreliminaryWorlds 2003 results: Women's 200m Freestyle - prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-22; retrieved 2013-07-11. and semifinalWorlds 2003 results: Women's 200m Freestyle - semis. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-22; retrieved 2013-07-11. heats swam on July 22, while the FinalWorlds 2003 results: Women's 200m Freestyle - finals. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-22; retrieved 2013-07-11. swam on July 23.

Prior to the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: WR: 1:56.64 swum by Franziska van Almsick (Germany) on August 3, 2002 in Berlin, Germany CR: 1:56.78 swum by Franziska van Almsick (Germany) on September 6, 1994 in Rome, Italy

Results

Final Place Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Alena Popchanka 1:58.32 2 Martina Moravcová 1:58.44 3 Yang Yu 1:58.54 4 Lindsay Benko 1:58.84 5 Solenne Figuès 1:59.27 6 Josefin Lillhage 1:59.28 7 Elka Graham 1:59.46 8 Rhi Jeffrey 1:59.81

Semifinals Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 S2 L4 Lindsay Benko 1:59.13 q 2 S1 L5 Elka Graham 1:59.37 q 3 S1 L3 Solenne Figuès 1:59.38 q 4 S2 L6 Alena Popchanka 1:59.50 q 5 S1 L4 Yu Yang 1:59.51 q 6 S2 L5 Josefin Lillhage 1:59.62 q 7 S1 L2 Rhi Jeffrey 1:59.76 q 8 S1 L6 Martina Moravcová 1:59.79 q 9 S2 L1 Zoi Dimoschaki 1:59.93 10 S2 L7 Xu Yanwei 2:00.32 11 S1 L8 Karen Pickering 2:00.89 12 S2 L3 Melanie Marshall 2:01.05 13 S1 L1 Petra Dallmann 2:01.20 14 S2 L2 Tomoko Nagai 2:01.69 15 S1 L7 Mariana Brochado 2:01.74 16 S2 L8 Kim Hyun-Joo 2:01.88

Preliminaries Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 H7 L4 Lindsay Benko 1:58.84 q 2 H9 L4 Yang Yu 2:00.32 q 3 H8 L6 Josefin Lillhage 2:00.33 q 4 H8 L5 Elka Graham 2:00.36 q 5 H7 L3 Melanie Marshall 2:00.41 q 6 H7 L5 Solenne Figuès 2:00.46 q 6 H8 L4 Alena Popchanka 2:00.46 q 8 H9 L3 Martina Moravcová 2:00.55 q 9 H7 L2 Tomoko Nagai 2:00.62 q 10 H9 L2 Rhi Jeffrey 2:00.72 q 11 H9 L5 Xu Yanwei 2:00.82 q 12 H9 L8 Mariana Brochado 2:01.17 q 13 H7 L6 Zoi Dimoschaki 2:01.28 q 13 H9 L6 Petra Dallmann 2:01.28 q 15 H7 L7 Kim Hyun-Joo 2:01.50 q 16 H8 L3 Karen Pickering 2:01.57 q 17 H8 L2 Kirsten Thomson 2:01.78 18 H6 L6 Helen Norfolk 2:02.21 19 H6 L5 Paulina Barzycka 2:02.25 20 H6 L1 Elina Partõka 2:02.27 21 H8 L1 Monique Ferreira 2:02.44 22 H9 L1 Alessa Ries 2:02.55 23 H8 L7 Julie Hjorth-Hansen 2:02.56 24 H8 L8 Hanna Miluska 2:02.65 25 H6 L8 Petra Banović 2:02.77 26 H6 L3 Ida Mattsson 2:02.91 27 H6 L2 Polina Shornikova 2:02.92 28 H5 L2 Florencia Szigeti 2:03.13 29 H9 L7 Alison Fitch 2:03.17 30 H7 L8 Daria Parshina 2:03.21 31 H5 L7 Nicole Zahnd 2:03.46 32 H6 L4 Nina Van Koeckhoven 2:03.63 33 H5 L1 Anja Čarman 2:04.03 34 H5 L3 Vesna Stojanovska 2:04.09 35 H6 L7 Marianne Limpert 2:04.14 36 H5 L4 Melissa Corfe 2:04.73 37 H5 L8 Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir 2:04.90 38 H4 L3 Maria Albert 2:05.40 39 H5 L6 Eleni Kosti 2:06.09 40 H4 L4 Agnese Ozoliņa 2:07.13 41 H5 L5 Pilin Tachakittiranan 2:07.18 42 H4 L5 Sze Hang Yu 2:07.86 43 H3 L4 Lauren Roets 2:08.99 44 H4 L1 Diana Lopez 2:09.68 45 H4 L2 Golda Marcus 2:10.39 46 H4 L7 Khadija Ciss 2:10.66 47 H3 L7 Anna-Liza Mopio 2:11.05 48 H3 L5 Yelena Skalinskaya 2:11.38 49 H4 L8 Johana Rodriguez 2:11.61 50 H3 L3 Carolina Cerqueda 2:11.97 51 H4 L6 Andrea de Leon 2:12.54 52 H2 L4 Ambica Iyengar 2:13.63 53 H3 L2 Magdalena Sutanto 2:14.35 54 H3 L6 Roberta Callus 2:14.72 55 H3 L8 Shrone Austin 2:15.47 56 H3 L1 Man Wai Fong 2:17.48 57 H2 L2 Jakie Wellman 2:18.91 58 H2 L5 Roshendra Vrolijk 2:20.42 59 H2 L6 Sade Daal 2:22.26 60 H2 L7 Eva Donde 2:26.69 61 H2 L3 Ghazal El Jobeili 2:31.83 62 H1 L5 Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoarimanana 2:36.40 63 H1 L3 N. Ravojanahary 2:40.12 - - Brittany Reimer DNS - - Genevieve Meledje Lasm Quissoh DNS

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