2007 FINA World Championships | ||
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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 | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | 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:
Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
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1st | Leisel Jones | ![]() | 2:21.84 | |
2nd | Kirsty Balfour | ![]() | 2:25.94 | |
Megan Jendrick | ![]() | |||
4th | Suzaan van Biljon | ![]() | 2:26.19 | |
5th | LUO Nan | ![]() | 2:27.55 | |
6th | Birte Steven | ![]() | 2:28.13 | |
7th | Sandra Jacobson | ![]() | 2:28.25 | |
8th | Tara Kirk | ![]() | 2:28.67 | |
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
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1 | Leisel Jones | ![]() | 2:23.75 | Q |
2 | Kirsty Balfour | ![]() | 2:25.45 | Q |
3 | Suzaan van Biljon | ![]() | 2:25.56 | Q |
4 | Megan Jendrick | ![]() | 2:26.14 | Q |
5 | LUO Nan | ![]() | 2:27.03 | Q |
6 | Sandra Jacobson | ![]() | 2:27.24 | Q |
7 | Tara Kirk | ![]() | 2:27.41 | Q |
8 | Birte Steven | ![]() | 2:27.62 | Q |
9 | Seul Ki Jung | ![]() | 2:27.83 | |
10 | Hanna Westrin | ![]() | 2:28.55 | |
11 | Asami Kitagawa | ![]() | 2:28.61 | |
12 | Mirna Jukić | ![]() | 2:29.40 | |
13 | Anna Khlistunova | ![]() | 2:30.12 | |
14 | QI Hui | ![]() | 2:30.45 | |
15 | Yuliya Pidlisna | ![]() | 2:31.21 | |
16 | Beata Kaminska | ![]() | 2:31.42 | |
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