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

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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.

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Existing records at the start of the event were:

Results

Finals

PlaceNameNationalityTimeNote
1st Margaret Hoelzer Flag of the United States.svg USA 2:07.16 CR, NR
2nd Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2:07.54
3rd Reiko Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2:08.54
4th Esther Baron Flag of France.svg France 2:09.59
5th Hanae Ito Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2:10.57
6th Nikolett Szepesi Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2:10.66
7th Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 2:11.09
8th Alessia Filippi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2:11.41

Semifinals

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

Preliminaries

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

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