Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2005 FINA World Championships
Dates 24 July 2005 (heats and semifinals), 25 July 2005 (final)
Winning time 2 minutes 10.41 seconds
Medalists
    United States
    Zimbabwe
    Australia
«2003 2007»
2005 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo women
Duet women
Team women
Combination women
Water polo
Team men women

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 24 July and 25 July. The heats and semifinals were held 24 July. The final was held 25 July.

Contents

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Wu Yanyan China 2:09.72 Shanghai 17 October 1997
Championship record Yana Klochkova Ukraine 2:10.75 Barcelona 21 July 2003

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time WR CR
July 24 Final Katie Hoff United States 2:10.41 CR

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Katie Hoff  United States 2:10.41 CR
Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:11.13
Lara Carroll  Australia 2:13.32
4 Whitney Myers  United States 2:13.90
5 Katarzyna Baranowska  Poland 2:14.39
6 Brooke Hanson  Australia 2:14.70
7 Maiko Fujino  Japan 2:15.27
8 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 2:16.09

Key: CR = Championship record

References