| Final 20:43 | time | +time | L |   |  | 1. Shiwen Ye |  CHN | 2:07.57 | OR | 04 |  Stats |  | 2. Alicia Coutts |  AUS | 2:08.15 | +0.58s | 05 |  Stats |  | 3. Caitlin Leverenz |  USA | 2:08.95 | +1.38s | 03 |  Stats |  | 4. Stephanie Rice |  AUS | 2:09.55 | +1.98s | 07 |  Stats |  | 5. Ariana Kukors |  USA | 2:09.83 | +2.26s | 06 |  Stats |  | 6. Kirsty Coventry |  ZIM | 2:11.13 | +3.56s | 08 |  Stats |  | 7. Hannah Miley |  GBR | 2:11.29 | +3.72s | 01 |  Stats |  | 8. Katinka Hosszu |  HUN | 2:14.19 | +6.62s | 02 |  Stats |   
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| Semi 1 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Katinka Hosszu |  HUN | 2:10.74 | - | 05 | 5. |  Times |  | 2. Hannah Miley |  GBR | 2:10.89 | 0.15 | 02 | 7. |  Times |  | 3. Kirsty Coventry |  ZIM | 2:10.93 | 0.19 | 04 | 8. |  Times |  | 4. Evelyn Verraszto |  HUN | 2:11.53 | 0.79 | 06 | 9. |  Times |  | 5. Mireia Belmonte Garcia |  ESP | 2:11.54 | 0.80 | 03 | 10. |  Times |  | 6. Amit Ivry |  ISR | 2:13.31 | 2.57 | 07 | 13. |  Times |  | 7. Izumi Kato |  JPN | 2:14.47 | 3.73 | 01 | 14. |  Times |  | 8. Joanna Melo |  BRA | 2:14.74 | 4.00 | 08 | 15. |  Times |   
| Semi 2 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Shiwen Ye |  CHN | 2:08.39 | OR | 04 | 1. |  Times |  | 2. Alicia Coutts |  AUS | 2:09.83 | 1.44 | 03 | 2. |  Times |  | 3. Caitlin Leverenz |  USA | 2:10.06 | 1.67 | 05 | 3. |  Times |  | 4. Ariana Kukors |  USA | 2:10.08 | 1.69 | 06 | 4. |  Times |  | 5. Stephanie Rice |  AUS | 2:10.80 | 2.41 | 02 | 6. |  Times |  | 6. Jiaxing Li |  CHN | 2:12.69 | 4.30 | 01 | 11. |  Times |  | 7. Theresa Michalak |  GER | 2:13.24 | 4.85 | 07 | 12. |  Times |  | 8. Beatriz Gomez Cortes |  ESP | 2:15.12 | 6.73 | 08 | 16. |  Times |   
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| Heat 5 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Shiwen Ye |  CHN | 2:08.90 | - | 04 | 1. |  Times |  | 2. Kirsty Coventry |  ZIM | 2:10.51 | 1.61 | 06 | 2. |  Times |  | 3. Stephanie Rice |  AUS | 2:12.23 | 3.33 | 05 | 9. |  Times |  | 4. Hannah Miley |  GBR | 2:12.27 | 3.37 | 03 | 10. |  Times |  | 5. Izumi Kato |  JPN | 2:13.85 | 4.95 | 02 | 14. |  Times |  | 6. Stina Gardell |  SWE | 2:14.70 | 5.80 | 07 | 20. |  Times |  | 7. Natalie Wiegersma |  NZL | 2:16.24 | 7.34 | 01 | 26. |  Times |  | 8. Ekaterina Andreeva |  RUS | 2:17.84 | 8.94 | 08 | 34. |  Times |   
| Heat 4 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Caitlin Leverenz |  USA | 2:10.63 | - | 05 | 3. |  Times |  | 2. Katinka Hosszu |  HUN | 2:10.68 | 0.05 | 03 | 4. |  Times |  | 3. Alicia Coutts |  AUS | 2:10.74 | 0.11 | 04 | 5. |  Times |  | 4. Beatriz Gomez Cortes |  ESP | 2:13.93 | 3.30 | 02 | 15. |  Times |  | 5. Sophie Allen |  GBR | 2:14.72 | 4.09 | 06 | 21. |  Times |  | 6. Hye Ra Choi |  KOR | 2:14.91 | 4.28 | 07 | 23. |  Times |  | 7. Katheryn Meaklim |  RSA | 2:15.25 | 4.62 | 01 | 24. |  Times |  | 8. Barbora Zavadova |  CZE | 2:17.54 | 6.91 | 08 | 32. |  Times |   
| Heat 3 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Mireia Belmonte Garcia |  ESP | 2:11.73 | - | 05 | 6. |  Times |  | 2. Ariana Kukors |  USA | 2:11.94 | 0.21 | 04 | 7. |  Times |  | 3. Evelyn Verraszto |  HUN | 2:12.17 | 0.44 | 06 | 8. |  Times |  | 4. Theresa Michalak |  GER | 2:12.75 | 1.02 | 02 | 11. |  Times |  | 5. Amit Ivry |  ISR | 2:13.29 | 1.56 | 01 | 12. |  Times |  | 6. Jiaxing Li |  CHN | 2:13.43 | 1.70 | 07 | 13. |  Times |  | 7. Joanna Melo |  BRA | 2:14.26 | 2.53 | 08 | 16. |  Times |  | 8. Erica Morningstar |  CAN | 2:14.32 | 2.59 | 03 | 17. |  Times |   
| Heat 2 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Ganna Dzerkal |  UKR | 2:14.55 | - | 05 | 18. |  Times |  | 2. Lisa Zaiser |  AUT | 2:14.56 | 0.01 | 04 | 19. |  Times |  | 3. Mcmahon Sycerika |  IRL | 2:14.76 | 0.21 | 07 | 22. |  Times |  | 4. Ranohon Amanova |  UZB | 2:15.37 | 0.82 | 03 | 25. |  Times |  | 5. Erica Dittmer Cane |  MEX | 2:16.54 | 1.99 | 02 | 27. |  Times |  | 6. Eyglo Osk Gustafsdottir |  ISL | 2:16.81 | 2.26 | 06 | 28. |  Times |  | 7. Kim Daniela Pavlin |  CRO | 2:17.17 | 2.62 | 01 | 30. |  Times |   
| Heat 1 | time | +time | L | Rk. |   |  | 1. Katarina Listopadova |  SVK | 2:16.81 | - | 04 | 28. |  Times |  | 2. Wan-Jung Cheng |  TPE | 2:17.39 | 0.58 | 03 | 31. |  Times |  | 3. Emilia Pikkarainen |  FIN | 2:17.66 | 0.85 | 05 | 33. |  Times |   
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| Total eligible to participate 37 swimmers |   
|  Olympic Qualifying Time - 2:13.36 - 12+8 |  | Stephanie Rice | AUS | 4. | Alicia Coutts | AUS | 2. |  | Li Jiaxing | CHN | 11. | Ye Shiwen | CHN | 1. |  | Hannah Miley | GBR | 7. | Sophie Allen | GBR | 21. |  | Katinka Hosszu | HUN | 8. | Evelyn Verrasztó | HUN | 9. |  | Mireia Belmonte García | ESP | 10. | Beatriz Gómez | ESP | 16. |  | Caitlin Leverenz | USA | 3. | Ariana Kukors | USA | 5. |  | Erica Morningstar | CAN | 17. |  | Theresa Michalak | GER | 12. |  | Izumi Kato | JPN | 14. |  | Choi Hye-Ra | KOR | 23. |  | Natalie Wiegersma | NZL | 26. |  | Kathryn Meaklim | RSA | 24. |  | Stina Gardell | SWE | 20. |  | Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 6. |   
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|  Olympic Selection Time - 2:18.03 - 17 |  | Amit Ivry | ISR | qoe | 13. |  | Yekaterina Andreeva | RUS | 2:13.80 | 34. |  | Joanna Maranhão | BRA | qoe | 15. |  | Lisa Zaiser | AUT | 2:14.09 | 19. |  | Ganna Dzerkal | UKR | 2:14.25 | 18. |  | Ranohon Amanova | UZB | 2:14.63 | 25. |  | Eyglo Osk Gustafsdottir | ISL | qoe | 28. |  | Anja Klinar | SLO | qoe | DNS |  | Erica Dittmer | MEX | 2:15.86 |   |  | Rita Medrano Munoz | MEX |   | 27. |  | Sycerika McMahon | IRL | qoe | 22. |  | Simona Baumrtova | CZE | qoe |   |  | Barbara Zavadova | CZE |   | 32. |  | Kim Daniela Pavlin | CRO | 2:16.35 | 30. |  | Katarina Listopadova | SVK | 2:16.42 | 28. |  | Emilia Pikkarainen | FIN | 2:16.59 | 33. |  | Ingvild Snildal | NOR | qoe | DNS |  | Sara El Bekri | MAR | qoe | DNS |  | Cheng Wan-Jung | TPE | 2:17.33 | 31. |   
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| Olympic Qualification time | time | place | date | birth |  | 1. Shiwen Ye | CHN | 2:08.90 | Shanghai(CHN) | 24.07.2011 | 01/03/1996 |  | 2. Alicia Coutts | AUS | 2:09.00 | Shanghai(CHN) | 24.07.2011 | 14/09/1987 |  | 3. Ariana Kukors | USA | 2:09.12 | Shanghai(CHN) | 24.07.2011 | 01/06/1989 |  | 4. Stephanie Rice | AUS | 2:09.38 | Adelaide(AUS) | 15.03.2012 | 17/06/1988 |  | 5. Caitlin Leverenz | USA | 2:09.39 | Atlanta(USA) | 01.12.2011 | 26/02/1991 |  | 6. Mireia Belmonte Garcia | ESP | 2:10.26 | Madrid(ESP) | 31.03.2011 | 10/11/1990 |  | 7. Hannah Miley | GBR | 2:10.77 | London(GBR) | 03.03.2012 | 08/08/1989 |  | 8. Katinka Hosszu | HUN | 2:10.84 | Debrecen(HUN) | 21.05.2012 | 03/05/1989 |  | 9. Erica Morningstar | CAN | 2:11.23 | Victoria(CAN) | 30.03.2011 | 03/03/1989 |  | 10.Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 2:11.36 | Rio De Janeiro(BRA) | 03.05.2011 | 16/09/1983 |  | 11.Sophie Allen | GBR | 2:11.49 | Debrecen(HUN) | 21.05.2012 | 21/03/1992 |  | 12.Evelyn Verraszto | HUN | 2:11.63 | Debrecen(HUN) | 21.05.2012 | 17/07/1989 |  | 13.Izumi Kato | JPN | 2:11.79 | Tokyo(JPN) | 02.04.2012 | 24/03/1990 |  | 14.Beatriz Gomez Cortes | ESP | 2:12.26 | Malaga(ESP) | 29.03.2012 | 29/12/1994 |  | 15.Theresa Michalak | GER | 2:12.26 | Debrecen(HUN) | 21.05.2012 | 07/05/1992 |  | 16.Stina Gardell | SWE | 2:12.29 | Debrecen(HUN) | 21.05.2012 | 28/03/1990 |  | 17.Hye Ra Choi | KOR | 2:13.00 | Shanghai(CHN) | 24.07.2011 | 20/05/1991 |  | 18.Jiaxing Li | CHN | 2:13.17 | Shaoxing(CHN) | 01.04.2012 | 19/03/1990 |  | 19.Natalie Wiegersma | NZL | 2:13.17 | Auckland(NZL) | 25.03.2012 | 07/01/1990 |  | 20.Kathryn Meaklim | RSA | 2:13.33 | Durban(RSA) | 16.04.2012 | 20/07/1989 |   
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