Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 H7 L4 Lindsay Benko United States 1:58.84 q
2 H9 L4 Yang Yu China 2:00.32 q
3 H8 L6 Josefin Lillhage Sweden 2:00.33 q
4 H8 L5 Elka Graham Australia 2:00.36 q
5 H7 L3 Melanie Marshall Great Britain 2:00.41 q
6 H7 L5 Solenne Figuès France 2:00.46 q
6 H8 L4 Alena Popchanka Belarus 2:00.46 q
8 H9 L3 Martina Moravcová Slovakia 2:00.55 q
9 H7 L2 Tomoko Nagai Japan 2:00.62 q
10 H9 L2 Rhi Jeffrey United States 2:00.72 q
11 H9 L5 Xu Yanwei China 2:00.82 q
12 H9 L8 Mariana Brochado Brazil 2:01.17 q
13 H7 L6 Zoi Dimoschaki Greece 2:01.28 q
13 H9 L6 Petra Dallmann Germany 2:01.28 q
15 H7 L7 Kim Hyun-Joo South Korea 2:01.50 q
16 H8 L3 Karen Pickering Great Britain 2:01.57 q
17 H8 L2 Kirsten Thomson Australia 2:01.78
18 H6 L6 Helen Norfolk New Zealand 2:02.21
19 H6 L5 Paulina Barzycka Poland 2:02.25
20 H6 L1 Elina Partõka Estonia 2:02.27
Results -- Preliminaries
The Women's 200m Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 22-23 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary and semifinal heats swam on July 22, while the Final swam on July 23. Prior to the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: