Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships |
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Dates | July 26, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 27, 2011 (final) |
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Competitors | 52 from 42 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:55.58 | |||||||||
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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.