The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2023.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results Heats The heats were held on 23 July at 10:32.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Kate Douglass 2:09.17 Q 2 2 4 Kaylee McKeown 2:09.50 Q 3 2 3 Mary-Sophie Harvey 2:09.65 Q 3 3 4 Alexandra Walsh 2:09.65 Q 5 4 5 Yu Yiting 2:09.66 Q 6 4 3 Jenna Forrester 2:09.79 Q 7 2 6 Ye Shiwen 2:09.81 Q 8 4 6 Sara Franceschi 2:10.68 Q 9 2 2 Yui Ohashi 2:10.80 Q 10 2 5 Anastasia Gorbenko 2:10.88 Q 11 4 7 Rebecca Meder 2:10.95 Q, NR 12 3 3 Katie Shanahan 2:11.26 Q 13 3 5 Marrit Steenbergen 2:11.31 Q 14 3 6 Kim Seo-yeong 2:11.50 Q 15 3 2 Mio Narita 2:11.69 Q 16 4 8 Ellen Walshe 2:12.83 Q 17 2 7 Fantine Lesaffre 2:13.28 17 4 2 Charlotte Bonnet 2:13.28 19 3 7 Dalma Sebestyén 2:13.32 20 3 8 Kristen Romano 2:13.94 21 4 1 Lea Polonsky 2:14.05 22 3 1 Emma Carrasco 2:15.11 23 1 4 Ieva Maļuka 2:15.33 NR 24 2 8 Tamara Potocká 2:15.41 25 2 1 Bruna Monteiro 2:15.65 26 4 0 Letitia Sim 2:17.20 27 2 0 Stefanía Gómez 2:17.21 28 2 9 McKenna DeBever 2:17.33 29 3 0 Florencia Perotti 2:17.73 30 4 9 Kamonchanok Kwanmuang 2:18.02 31 1 3 Alondra Ortiz 2:19.91 32 3 9 Chloe Cheng 2:21.25 33 1 5 Nicole Frank 2:21.89 34 1 6 Zaylie Thompson 2:25.36

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 22 July at 21:01.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 Alexandra Walsh 2:08.27 Q 2 2 3 Yu Yiting 2:09.04 Q 3 2 1 Marrit Steenbergen 2:09.30 Q 4 1 3 Jenna Forrester 2:10.03 Q 5 2 2 Yui Ohashi 2:10.32 Q 6 2 4 Kate Douglass 2:10.38 Q 7 2 6 Ye Shiwen 2:10.57 Q 8 1 2 Anastasia Gorbenko 2:10.62 Q 9 1 8 Ellen Walshe 2:10.92 10 2 7 Rebecca Meder 2:11.16 11 2 5 Mary-Sophie Harvey 2:11.47 12 2 8 Mio Narita 2:12.24 13 1 1 Kim Seo-yeong 2:12.91 1 4 Kaylee McKeown 1 6 Sara Franceschi 1 7 Katie Shanahan

Final The final was held on 23 July at 21:23.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 7 Kate Douglass 2:07.17 4 Alexandra Walsh 2:07.97 5 Yu Yiting 2:08.74 4 6 Jenna Forrester 2:08.98 5 8 Anastasia Gorbenko 2:10.08 6 2 Yui Ohashi 2:11.27 7 3 Marrit Steenbergen 2:11.89 8 1 Ye Shiwen 2:14.27

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