Women’s 200m Individual Medley – Long Course World Record & Splits
Current Records:
World Record: Summer McIntosh 2:05.70 (New)
Olympic Record: Summer McIntosh 2:06.56
World Junior Record: Summer McIntosh 2:06.56
Commonwealth Record: Summer McIntosh 2:05.70 (New)
Top 10 All-time Performers:
- Summer McIntosh (27.19, 30.80, 37.76, 29.95) 2:05.70
- Katinka Hosszu (27.30, 31.64, 36.70, 30.48) 2:06.12
- Ariana Kukors (27.72, 31.52, 37.07, 29.84) 2:06.15
- Kaylee McKeown (27.58, 31.83, 33.87, 30.35) 2:06.63
- Kate Douglass (26.78, 33.27, 36.57, 30.17) 2:06.79
- Siobhan O’Connor (27.31, 32.30, 36.88, 30.39) 2:06.88
- Stephanie Rice (27.32, 31.52, 37.07, 29.84) 2:07.03
- Alex Walsh (27.29, 32.06, 36.84, 30.94) 2:07.13
- Shiwen Ye (28.25, 32.58, 37.42, 29.32) 2:07.57
- Yiting Yu (26.62, 32.49, 37.61, 31.03) 2:07.75
Data Analysis and Comparison:
The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 200m Individual Medley – Women’s Long Course swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible.
| Women's 200 IM - Long Course | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer McIntosh | Katinka Hosszu | Ariana Kukors | Kaylee McKeown | Kate Douglass | Siobhan O'Connor | Stephanie Rice | Alex Walsh | Shiwen Ye | Yiting Yu | Yui Ohashi | |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in 173cm | 5 ft 9 in 175cm | 5 ft 7 in 170cm | 5 ft 9 in 175cm | 5 ft 10 in 178cm | 5 ft 9 in 174cm | 5 ft 9 in 176cm | 6 ft 0 in 183cm | 5 ft 8 in 172cm | 5 ft 8 in 172cm | 5 ft 8 in 173cm |
| Weight: | 150 Ib 68kg | 141 Ib 64kg | 132lb 60kg | 125lb 57kg | 141 Ib 64 kg | 148 Ib 67kg | 141 Ib 64kg | 125 Ib 57kg | |||
| Country: | CAN | HUN | USA | AUS | USA | GBR | AUS | USA | CHN | CHN | JPN |
| DOB: | 2006-08-18 | 1989-05-03 | 1989-06-01 | 2001-07-11 | 2001-11-17 | 1995-11-29 | 1988-06-17 | 2001-07-31 | 1996-03-01 | 2005-09-05 | 1995-10-18 |
| Meet: | 2025 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials | 16th FINA World Championships 2015 | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 | 2024 Australian Swimming Trials | World Aquatics Championships Doha 2024 | Olympic Games Rio 2016 | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 | 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 | Olympic Games London 2012 | 2023 Asian Games | 17th FINA World Championships 2017 |
| 1st 50m Split | 27.19 | 27.30 | 27.72 | 27.58 | 26.78 | 27.31 | 27.32 | 27.29 | 28.25 | 26.62 | 27.91 |
| Strokes | 21 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | |
| Split Time: | 27.19 | 27.30 | 27.72 | 27.58 | 26.78 | 27.31 | 27.32 | 27.29 | 28.25 | 26.62 | 27.91 |
| 50m PB: | 26.62 | 27.87 | 26.27 | 25.49 | 27.32 | 27.29 | 27.54 | 26.59 | |||
| Time off 50m PB: | 0.00 | 0.68 | -0.15 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 1.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 1.32 | |
| Percentage of 50m PB: | 102.554% | 99.462% | 100.000% | 101.941% | 107.14% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 102.578% | 104.964% | ||
| 2nd 50m Split | 30.80 | 31.64 | 31.52 | 31.83 | 33.27 | 32.30 | 31.52 | 32.06 | 32.58 | 32.49 | 32.62 |
| Strokes | 37 | 43 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 34 | 36 | 35 | |
| Split Time: | 57.99 | 58.94 | 59.24 | 59.41 | 1:00.05 | 59.61 | 59.24 | 59.35 | 1:00.83 | 59.11 | 1:00.29 |
| 3rd 50m Split | 37.76 | 36.70 | 37.07 | 36.87 | 36.57 | 36.88 | 37.07 | 36.84 | 37.42 | 37.61 | 37.34 |
| Strokes | 23 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 22 | ||
| Split Time: | 1:35.75 | 1:35.64 | 1:36.31 | 1:36.28 | 1:36.62 | 1:36.49 | 1:36.31 | 1:36.19 | 1:38.25 | 1:36.72 | 1:37.63 |
| 4th 50m Split | 29.95 | 30.48 | 29.84 | 30.35 | 30.17 | 30.39 | 29.84 | 30.94 | 29.32 | 31.03 | 30.28 |
| Strokes | 40 | 43 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 38 | 44 | 41 | |
| Total Time: | 2:05.70 | 2:06.12 | 2:06.15 | 2:06.63 | 2:06.79 | 2:06.88 | 2:07.03 | 2:07.13 | 2:07.57 | 2:07.75 | 2:07.91 |
Here is Katinka Hosszu’s 200m Individual Medley World Record swim to view.
Here is a list of the Women’s 400IM Long Course.
Note: Women’s 200m Individual Medley – Long Course World Record & Splits Update June 2025
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