Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
Place Name Nationality Time
1 Solenne Figues France 1:58.60
2 Federica Pellegrini Italy 1:58.73
3 Yang Yu China 1:59.08
3 Josefin Lillhage Sweden 1:59.08
5 Sara Isakovič Slovenia 1:59.23
6 Paulina Barzycka Poland 1:59.34
7 Melanie Marshall Great Britain 1:59.36
8 Linda Mackenzie Australia 2:00.02
Results -- Final
The Women's 200 Freestyle at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum 26 and 27 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. On 26 July, preliminary heats and semifinals occurred, and on 27 July a final heat was swum in the evening. 64 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 62 swam in one of 8 heats. The top-16 swimmers from the preliminary heats advanced on to semifinals; the top-8 swimmers in the two semifinals heats advanced onto the next night's final. The existing records at the start of the event were: