Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

2007 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo Technical Free
Duet Technical Free
Team Technical Free
Combination
Water polo
men    •   women
Main article: Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

The Women's 200m Backstroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 31 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 59 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 56 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were:

Contents

Results

Finals

Place Name Nationality Time Note
1st Margaret Hoelzer  USA 2:07.16 CR, NR
2nd Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:07.54
3rd Reiko Nakamura  Japan 2:08.54
4th Esther Baron  France 2:09.59
5th Hanae Ito  Japan 2:10.57
6th Nikolett Szepesi  Hungary 2:10.66
7th Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 2:11.09
8th Alessia Filippi  Italy 2:11.41

Semifinals

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Note
1 Margaret Hoelzer  USA 2:07.70 Q, NR
2 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:07.76 Q
3 Reiko Nakamura  Japan 2:08.82 Q
4 Esther Baron  France 2:10.55 Q
5 Hanae Ito  Japan 2:10.69 Q
6 Alessia Filippi  Italy 2:11.16 Q
Nikolett Szepesi  Hungary Q
8 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 2:11.20 Q
9 Iryna Amshennikova  Ukraine 2:11.49
10 Escarlata Bernard Gonzalez  Spain 2:11.72
11 Frances Adcock  Australia 2:12.04
12 Elizabeth Beisel  USA 2:12.09
13 Hannah McLean  New Zealand 2:13.12
14 Joanna Fargus  Australia 2:13.22
15 Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary 2:13.52
16 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:14.07

Preliminaries

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Note
1 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:07.99 Q
2 Esther Baron  France 2:09.77 Q
3 Margaret Hoelzer  USA 2:10.25 Q
4 Nikolett Szepesi  Hungary 2:10.85 Q
5 Reiko Nakamura  Japan 2:11.12 Q
6 Joanna Fargus  Australia 2:11.50 Q
7 Frances Adcock  Australia 2:11.60 Q
8 Elizabeth Beisel  USA 2:11.91 Q
9 Hanae Ito  Japan 2:11.92 Q
10 Escarlata Bernard Gonzalez  Spain 2:12.43 Q
11 Hannah McLean  New Zealand 2:12.58 Q
12 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 2:12.68 Q
13 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:12.97 Q
14 Alessia Filippi  Italy 2:13.03 Q
15 Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary 2:13.04 Q
16 Iryna Amshennikova  Ukraine 2:13.05 Q
17 Zhao Jing  China 2:13.12
18 Carin Möller  Sweden 2:13.32 NR
19 Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 2:13.54
20 Melanie Marshall  Great Britain 2:13.60
21 Kelly Stefanyshyn  Canada 2:13.65
22 Aliaksandra Kavaleva  Belarus 2:14.09
23 Erin Volcán  Venezuela 2:14.89
24 Anna Gostomelsky  Israel 2:14.92
25 Nicole Hetzer  Germany 2:15.02
26 Julia Wilkinson  Canada 2:15.39
27 BAI Anqi  China 2:15.51
28 Iwona Lefanowicz  Poland 2:15.58
29 Therese Svendsen  Sweden 2:16.18
30 Sanja Jovanović  Croatia 2:16.38
31 Kateryna Zubkova  Ukraine 2:16.52
32 Melanie Nocher  Ireland 2:17.29
33 Valentina Georgiana Brat  Romania 2:18.78
34 Yoo Jin Jung  South Korea 2:18.80
35 Lourdes Villaseñor  Mexico 2:20.47
36 Man Hsu Lin  Chinese Taipei 2:21.55
37 Nam Eun Lee  South Korea 2:22.25
38 Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthron  Thailand 2:22.66
39 Hsu Jung He  Chinese Taipei 2:24.22
40 Nazil Ege Calisal  Turkey 2:25.03
41 Ming Xiu Ong  Malaysia 2:25.15
42 Kiera Aitken  Bermuda 2:26.32
43 Sook Fun Chai  Malaysia 2:26.38
44 Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova  Uzbekistan 2:26.55
45 Wenika Kaewchaiwong  Thailand 2:27.22
46 Khadija Ciss  Senegal 2:27.55
47 Layla Alghul  Jordan 2:27.77
48 Slavica Pavic  Peru 2:28.02
49 Yulduz Kuchkarova  Uzbekistan 2:29.05
50 Thi Cuc Hoang  Vietnam 2:29.20
51 Weng Kuan  Macao 2:30.61
52 Massie Milagros Carrillo  Peru 2:32.06
53 Lacy Palmer-Martin  Saint Lucia 2:39.24
54 Siona Huxley  Saint Lucia 2:40.96
55 Anouchka Diane Etiennette  Mauritius 2:44.35
56 Dalia Massiel Torrez Zamora  Nicaragua 2:45.98
-- Valerie Eman  Aruba DNS
-- Obia Inyengiyikabo  Nigeria DNS
-- Annika Lurz  Germany DNS

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