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

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

The Women's 200m Breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 30 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 55 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 54 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were:

Contents

Results

Finals

Place Name Nationality Time Note
1st Leisel Jones  Australia 2:21.84
2nd Kirsty Balfour  Great Britain 2:25.94
Megan Jendrick  USA
4th Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa 2:26.19
5th LUO Nan  China 2:27.55
6th Birte Steven  Germany 2:28.13
7th Sandra Jacobson  Sweden 2:28.25
8th Tara Kirk  USA 2:28.67

Semifinals

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Note
1 Leisel Jones  Australia 2:23.75 Q
2 Kirsty Balfour  Great Britain 2:25.45 Q
3 Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa 2:25.56 Q
4 Megan Jendrick  USA 2:26.14 Q
5 LUO Nan  China 2:27.03 Q
6 Sandra Jacobson  Sweden 2:27.24 Q
7 Tara Kirk  USA 2:27.41 Q
8 Birte Steven  Germany 2:27.62 Q
9 Seul Ki Jung  South Korea 2:27.83
10 Hanna Westrin  Sweden 2:28.55
11 Asami Kitagawa  Japan 2:28.61
12 Mirna Jukić  Austria 2:29.40
13 Anna Khlistunova  Ukraine 2:30.12
14 QI Hui  China 2:30.45
15 Yuliya Pidlisna  Ukraine 2:31.21
16 Beata Kaminska  Poland 2:31.42

Preliminaries

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Note
1 Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa 2:27.03 Q
2 Sandra Jacobson  Sweden 2:27.08 Q
3 Leisel Jones  Australia 2:27.10 Q
4 Birte Steven  Germany 2:27.85 Q
5 Seul Ki Jung  South Korea 2:27.90 Q
6 Tara Kirk  USA 2:28.50 Q
7 Kirsty Balfour  Great Britain 2:28.53 Q
8 Megan Jendrick  USA 2:28.71 Q
9 Hanna Westrin  Sweden 2:28.95 Q
10 Asami Kitagawa  Japan 2:29.34 Q
11 Anna Khlistunova  Ukraine 2:29.38 Q
12 LUO Nan  China 2:29.54 Q
13 QI Hui  China 2:30.05 Q
14 Yuliya Pidlisna  Ukraine 2:30.17 Q
15 Mirna Jukić  Austria 2:30.45 Q
16 Beata Kaminska  Poland 2:30.61 Q
17 Anna-Mari Gulbrandsen  Norway 2:30.84
18 Sally Foster  Australia 2:30.85
19 Ina Kapishina  Belarus 2:31.02
20 Anne Poleska  Germany 2:31.24
21 Sophie de Ronchi  France 2:31.30
22 Chiara Boggiatto  Italy 2:31.49
23 Marina Kuc  Montenegro 2:32.59
Elena Bogomazova  Russia
25 Su Yeon Back  South Korea 2:32.61
26 Diana Gomes  Portugal 2:33.14
27 Annabelle Carey  New Zealand 2:34.31
28 Yoshimi Miwa  Japan 2:34.58
29 Jaclyn Marissa Pangilinan  Philippines 2:36.24
30 Sara Elbekri  Morocco 2:36.28
31 Adriana Marmolejo  Mexico 2:37.07
32 Ciara Farrell  Ireland 2:37.18
33 Man Yi Yvette Kong  Hong Kong 2:41.45
34 Anastasia Christoforou  Cyprus 2:41.94
35 Xin Jing Cheryl Lim  Singapore 2:42.52
36 Lina Cahya Utami  Indonesia 2:42.77
37 Daniela Victoria  Venezuela 2:42.87
38 Man Hsu Lin  Chinese Taipei 2:45.47
39 Desak Nyoman Rina  Indonesia 2:47.34
40 On Kei Lei  Macao 2:49.06
41 Chun Hui Khoonnie Liang  Singapore 2:49.57
42 Thi Thuan Tran  Vietnam 2:49.65
43 I Chuan Chen  Chinese Taipei 2:49.85
44 Katerine Moreno  Bolivia 2:49.99
45 Chinyere Pigot  Suriname 2:50.26
46 Sin Ian Lei  Macao 2:50.54
47 Ranohon Amanova  Uzbekistan 2:51.50
48 Nibal Yamout  Lebanon 2:51.71
49 Oksana Hatamkhanova  Azerbaijan 2:54.27
50 Blessing Forcados  Nigeria 2:54.38
51 Ann Salnikova  Georgia 2:55.08
52 Thi Hue Pham  Vietnam 2:55.35
53 Karen Poujol Zepeda  Honduras 2:58.37
54 Kelly How Tam Fat  Mauritius 3:00.29
-- Louise Mai Jansen  Denmark DNS

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