On Monday, the 20-year-old won the 400m title becoming the first New Zealander to win a World Aquatic Championship event.
Fairweather went into today’s final having swam the fastest semifinal time but was edged out by Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey.
Haughey won in a time of 1 min 54.89 secs with the Kiwi 00.88 seconds behind in 1 min 55.77 secs.
Reigning world champion Mollie O’Callaghan was not competing at the event. She set a world record of 1 min 52.85 to win last year’s title in Fukuoka. Fellow Australian Ariarne Titmus and Canadian Summer McIntosh, who rounded out the podium a year ago, were also not swimming in Doha.
Commonwealth Games champion Lewis Clareburt finished seventh in the 200m butterfly final, almost two seconds behind winner Tomoru Honda of Japan.
