Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200-metre freestyle at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates	26 July 2021 (heats, semifinals) 27 July 2001 (final)
Competitors	43
Winning time	1 minute 58.57 seconds
Medalists
Giaan Rooney   Australia   Yang Yu   China   Camelia Potec   Romania

Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

The women's 200-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 27 July. The heats and semifinals were on 26 July.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:56.78	Rome, Italy	6 September 1994
Championship record	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:56.78	Rome, Italy	6 September 1994

Results

Heats

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	1:59.73	Q
2	Nadezhda Chemezova	Russia	2:00.07	Q
3	Mette Jacobsen	Denmark	2:00.31	Q
4	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:00.31	Q
5	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	2:00.32	Q
6	Elka Graham	Australia	2:00.53	Q
7	Yang Yu	China	2:00.78	Q
8	Camelia Potec	Romania	2:00.82	Q
9	Maki Mita	Japan	2:00.93	Q
10	Sofie Goffin	Belgium	2:01.03	Q
10	Nicola Jackson	United Kingdom	2:01.03	Q
12	Karen Pickering	United Kingdom	2:01.35	Q
13	Carla Geurts	Netherlands	2:01.64	Q
14	Alicia Bozon	France	2:01.67	Q
14	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:01.67	Q
16	Natallia Baranouskaya	Belarus	2:01.83	Q
17	Cecilia Vianini	Italy	2:02.15
18	Laura Roca	Spain	2:02.23
19	Xu Yanwei	China	2:02.27
20	Josefin Lillhage	Sweden	2:02.31
21	Florencia Szigeti	Argentina	2:02.39
22	Nicole Zahnd	Switzerland	2:02.60
23	Sarah Harstick	Germany	2:02.62
24	Luisa Striani	Italy	2:02.65
25	Zoi Dimoschaki	Greece	2:02.66
26	Monique Ferreira	Brazil	2:03.13
27	Alessa Ries	Germany	2:03.21
28	Stefanie Williams	United States	2:03.33
29	Olga Bogoslovenko	Russia	2:03.46
30	Colleen Lanne	United States	2:03.52
31	Sophie Simard	Canada	2:03.75
32	Nina van Koeckhoven	Belgium	2:03.95
33	Chantal Gibney	Ireland	2:04.38
34	Eri Yamanoi	Japan	2:04.48
35	Ania Gustomelski	Israel	2:04.59
36	Lin Chi-Chan	Chinese Taipei	2:05.50
37	Helen Nolfolk	New Zealand	2:06.12
38	Ivanka Moralieva	Bulgaria	2:06.92
39	Christel Bouvron	Singapore	2:07.77
40	U-Nice Chan	Singapore	2:08.99
41	Maria Wong	Peru	2:09.30
42	Nicole Hayes	Palau	2:11.01
43	Lee Huei-Yun	Chinese Taipei	2:14.40
–	Elina Partõka	Estonia	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	1:59.45	Q
2	Giaan Rooney	Australia	1:59.62	Q
3	Yang Yu	China	1:59.68	Q
3	Nicola Jackson	United Kingdom	1:59.68	Q
5	Camelia Potec	Romania	1:59.73	Q
6	Elka Graham	Australia	1:59.75	Q
7	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	1:59.76	Q
8	Maki Mita	Japan	2:00.05	QSO
8	Mette Jacobsen	Denmark	2:00.05	QSO
10	Nadezhda Chemezova	Russia	2:00.37
10	Natallia Baranouskaya	Belarus	2:00.37
12	Karen Pickering	United Kingdom	2:00.52
13	Alicia Bozon	France	2:00.95
14	Carla Geurts	Netherlands	2:01.71
15	Sofie Goffin	Belgium	2:01.80
16	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:02.16

Swim-off

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mette Jacobsen	Denmark	2:00.31	Q
2	Maki Mita	Japan	2:01.01

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Giaan Rooney	Australia	1:58.57
	Yang Yu	China	1:58.78
	Camelia Potec	Romania	1:58.85
4	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	1:58.92
5	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	1:59.29
6	Nicola Jackson	United Kingdom	1:59.44
7	Elka Graham	Australia	1:59.63
8	Mette Jacobsen	Denmark	1:59.64

Key: WR = World record