title: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley SM7
text: # Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley SM7
  
  The women's 200 metre individual medley SM7 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 13 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
  
  ## Heats
  
  ### Heat 1
  
  10:15 13 September 2016:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Tess Routliffe | Canada | 3:04.87 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Sarah Mehain | Canada | 3:14.82 | Q |
  | 3 | 6 | Arianna Talamona | Italy | 3:18.06 | Q |
  | 4 | 7 | Judit Rolo Marichal | Spain | 3:41.89 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Nydia Langill | Canada | 3:44.41 | |
  | | 5 | Liting Ke | China | | DSQ |
  
  ### Heat 2
  
  10:21 13 September 2016:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Nikita Howarth | New Zealand | 2:58.82 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Cortney Jordan | United States | 3:08.84 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Ying Zhang | China | 3:13.95 | Q |
  | 4 | 6 | Veronica Almeida | Brazil | 3:22.27 | Q |
  | 5 | 7 | Gitta Raczko | Hungary | 3:43.63 | |
  | | 2 | Meri-Maari Makinen | Finland | | DSQ |
  
  ## Final
  
  18:01 13 September 2016:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Nikita Howarth | New Zealand | 2:57.29 | |
  | | 5 | Tess Routliffe | Canada | 3:02.05 | |
  | | 3 | Cortney Jordan | United States | 3:04.17 | |
  | 4 | 6 | Ying Zhang | China | 3:09.28 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Sarah Mehain | Canada | 3:11.16 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Arianna Talamona | Italy | 3:16.97 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Judit Rolo Marichal | Spain | 3:39.68 | |
  | | 1 | Veronica Almeida | Brazil | | DSQ |
  