| Final | time | gap | L | React. | pts |  | 1. Regan Smith |   United States | 2:03.69 |   | 4 | 0.55 | 1009 |  | 2. Kaylee McKeown |   Australia | 2:06.26 | +2.57s | 7 | 0.59 | 948 |  | 3. Kylie Masse |   Canada | 2:06.62 | +2.93s | 5 | 0.56 | 940 |  | 4. Margherita Panziera |   Italy | 2:06.67 | +2.98s | 3 | 0.64 | 939 |  | 5. Taylor Ruck |   Canada | 2:07.50 | +3.81s | 1 | 0.63 | 921 |  | 6. Minna Atherton |   Australia | 2:08.26 | +4.57s | 6 | 0.63 | 904 |  | 7. Katalin Burián |   Hungary | 2:08.65 | +4.96s | 8 | 0.65 | 896 |  | 8. Katinka Hosszú |   Hungary | 2:10.08 | +6.39s | 2 | 0.61 | 867 |   
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| Ranking | time | L | H |  |  Semifinal 1 |  | 1. Minna Atherton |   Australia | 2:07.38 | 3 | 4. |  | 2. Katinka Hosszú |   Hungary | 2:07.48 | 4 | 5. |  | 3. Kaylee McKeown |   Australia | 2:08.19 | 5 | 6. |  | 4. Taylor Ruck |   Canada | 2:08.42 | 1 | 7. |  | 5. Natsumi Sakai |   Japan | 2:10.11 | 7 | 11. |  | 6. Ali Galyer |   New Zealand | 2:10.19 | 6 | 12. |  | 7. Tatiana Salcuțan |   Moldova | 2:10.82 | 2 | 14. |  | 8. Jessica Fullalove |   Great Britain | 2:11.12 | 8 | 15. |  |  Semifinal 2 |  | 1. Regan Smith |   United States | 2:03.35 WR | 4 | 1. |  | 2. Kylie Masse |   Canada | 2:06.57 | 3 | 2. |  | 3. Margherita Panziera |   Italy | 2:06.62 | 5 | 3. |  | 4. Katalin Burián |   Hungary | 2:09.40 | 6 | 8. |  | 5. Kathleen Baker |   United States | 2:09.68 | 2 | 9. |  | 6. Anastasia Avdeeva |   Russia | 2:09.78 | 7 | 10. |  | 7. Zamorano África |   Spain | 2:10.54 | 1 | 13. |  | 8. Liu Yaxin |   China | 2:12.93 | 8 | 16. |   
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