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Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
VenueWorld Aquatics Championships Arena
LocationSingapore Sports Hub, Kallang
Dates29 July (heats and semifinals)
30 July (final)
Competitors46 from 37 nations
Winning time1:53.48
Medalists
gold medal Mollie O'Callaghan   Australia
silver medal Li Bingjie   China
bronze medal Claire Weinstein   United States
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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 30 to 31 July 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore.[1][2]

Background

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Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia is the favourite for the event, as she holds the world’s fastest time this year at 1:54.43. She is the defending world and Olympic champion. Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong, a consistent finalist since 2017, also returns. Her best time from 2025 is 1:56.46.[3]

Claire Weinstein and Erin Gemmell of the United States, Liu Yaxin of China, and Mary-Sophie Harvey of Canada are all medal contenders with season bests under 1:56. Jamie Perkins (Australia), Li Bingjie (China), and Freya Colbert (Great Britain) bring distance strength, and swimmers like Barbora Seemanová (Czech Republic), Erika Fairweather (New Zealand), Stephanie Balduccini (Brazil) aim to reach the final.[3]

Qualification

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Further information: Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships § Qualification

Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time in an approved qualification event. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 1:58.23 seconds. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 2:02.37 seconds. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events.[4][5]

Top 10 fastest qualification times[6]
Swimmer Country Time Competition
Ariarne Titmus  Australia 1:52.23 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:52.48 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
Summer McIntosh  Canada 1:53.69 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials
Yang Junxuan  China 1:54.37 2024 Chinese Championships
Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong 1:54.52 Texas stop of the 2024 TYR Pro Swim Series
Claire Weinstein  United States 1:54.88 2024 Summer Olympics
Lani Pallister  Australia 1:54.89 2025 Australian Trials
Katie Ledecky  United States 1:54.97 Texas stop of the 2024 TYR Pro Swim Series
Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 1:55.12 AP Race London 2024
Erin Gemmell  United States 1:55.23 2025 United States Championships

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[7]

World record  Ariarne Titmus (AUS) 1:52.23 Brisbane, Australia 12 June 2024
Competition record  Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) 1:52.85 Fukuoka, Japan 26 July 2023

Heats

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The heats took place on 29 July at 10:26.[8][9]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5 3 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 1:56.54 Q
2 5 5 Erin Gemmell  United States 1:56.74 Q
3 5 4 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:57.04 Q
4 3 5 Jamie Perkins  Australia 1:57.08 Q
5 3 4 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 1:57.13 Q
6 5 6 Liu Yaxin  China 1:57.33 Q
7 4 4 Claire Weinstein  United States 1:57.38 Q
8 3 2 Aimee Canny  South Africa 1:57.53 Q
8 3 3 Freya Colbert  Great Britain 1:57.53 Q
8 5 7 Ella Jansen  Canada 1:57.53 Q
11 4 3 Li Bingjie  China 1:57.57 Q
12 3 6 Lilla Minna Ábrahám  Hungary 1:57.65 Q
13 4 5 Mary-Sophie Harvey  Canada 1:57.72 Q
14 5 2 Maria Fernanda Costa  Brazil 1:57.94 Q
15 5 9 Jo Hyun-ju  South Korea 1:58.10 Q, NR[10]
16 4 2 Stephanie Balduccini  Brazil 1:58.28 Q
17 3 8 Iris Julia Berger  Austria 1:58.54
18 3 1 Nagisa Ikemoto  Japan 1:58.61
19 4 6 Nikolett Pádár  Hungary 1:58.62
20 5 0 Francisca Soares Martins  Portugal 1:58.67
21 4 1 Milana Tapper  New Zealand 1:58.75
22 5 8 Waka Kobori  Japan 1:59.06
23 3 0 Lea Polonsky  Israel 1:59.11
23 5 1 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir  Iceland 1:59.11
25 4 8 Bianca Nannucci  Italy 1:59.24
26 3 7 Leah Schlosshan  Great Britain 1:59.40
26 4 0 Maya Werner  Germany 1:59.40
28 3 9 Sofia Åstedt  Sweden 1:59.82
29 2 3 Elisabeth Ebbesen  Denmark 2:00.36
30 2 5 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen  Mongolia 2:01.14
31 2 4 Maria Victoria Yegres Cottin  Venezuela 2:01.15
32 4 7 Janja Šegel  Slovenia 2:01.18
33 2 7 Femke Spiering  Netherlands 2:01.20
34 4 9 Wiktoria Guść  Poland 2:01.26
35 2 6 Camille Henveaux  Belgium 2:02.37
36 2 0 Kamonchanok Kwanmuang  Thailand 2:03.05
37 2 9 Sasha Gatt  Malta 2:04.16 NR
38 2 8 Isabella Dieffenthaller  Trinidad and Tobago 2:05.58
39 2 1 Andrea Becali  Cuba 2:07.65
40 1 4 Harper Barrowman  Cayman Islands 2:08.28
41 1 1 Hiruki de Silva  Sri Lanka 2:09.23
42 1 5 Jehanara Nabi  Pakistan 2:09.88
43 1 3 Bianca Mitchell  Antigua and Barbuda 2:11.40
44 1 6 Duana Lama  Nepal 2:13.40
45 1 7 Aiymkyz Aidaralieva  Kyrgyzstan 2:14.18
46 1 2 Osiyokhon Redjapova  Uzbekistan 2:16.86
2 2 Gan Ching Hwee  Singapore Did not start

Semifinals

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The semifinals took place on 29 July at 20:12.[8][11]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 6 Claire Weinstein  United States 1:54.69 Q
2 2 5 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:55.49 Q
3 2 4 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 1:55.52 Q
4 2 3 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 1:55.63 Q
5 1 5 Jamie Perkins  Australia 1:55.89 Q
6 2 2 Freya Colbert  Great Britain 1:55.91 Q
7 2 7 Li Bingjie  China 1:55.98 Q
8 1 4 Erin Gemmell  United States 1:56.03 Q
9 1 3 Liu Yaxin  China 1:56.37
10 1 7 Lilla Minna Ábrahám  Hungary 1:56.70
11 1 2 Ella Jansen  Canada 1:57.60
12 1 6 Aimee Canny  South Africa 1:57.72
13 1 8 Stephanie Balduccini  Brazil 1:57.87
14 1 1 Maria Fernanda Costa  Brazil 1:58.43
15 2 1 Mary-Sophie Harvey  Canada 1:58.57
16 2 8 Jo Hyun-ju  South Korea 1:58.72

Final

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The final took place on 30 July at 19:18.[8][12]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:53.48
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Li Bingjie  China 1:54.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Claire Weinstein  United States 1:54.67
4 7 Freya Colbert  Great Britain 1:55.06 NR
5 6 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 1:55.20
6 3 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 1:55.61
7 2 Jamie Perkins  Australia 1:56.55
8 8 Erin Gemmell  United States 2:00.16

References

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  1. ^ "World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025". worldaquatics-singapore2025.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b Baxley, Will (9 July 2025). "2025 World Championship Previews: Crowded Women's 200 Free Field Behind O'Callaghan". SwimSwam. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Standard Entry Times" (PDF). World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Qualifying | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b c "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2025.
  10. ^ Race, Retta (3 August 2025). "2025 Worlds, Day 8 Asia Recap: 12-Yr-Old Yu Zidi Wrangles Up Another Fourth-Place Finish". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2025.