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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates July 26, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 27, 2011 (final)
Competitors 52 from 42 nations
Winning time 1:55.58
Medalists
gold medal     Italy
silver medal     Australia
bronze medal     France
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The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 26 with the heats and the semifinals and July 27 with the final.

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

49 swimmers participated in 7 heats.

As two swimmers had the same time in the heats at place 16 they had to participate in a swimoff to determine the last semifinal swimmer.

The semifinals were held at 19:14.

The final was held at 18:32.


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