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

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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.

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Existing records at the start of the event were:

Results

Finals

PlaceNameNationalityTimeNote
1st Leisel Jones Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:21.84
2nd Kirsty Balfour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:25.94
Megan Jendrick Flag of the United States.svg  USA
4th Suzaan van Biljon Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:26.19
5th LUO Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:27.55
6th Birte Steven Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:28.13
7th Sandra Jacobson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:28.25
8th Tara Kirk Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2:28.67

Semifinals

RankSwimmerNationTimeNote
1 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:23.75Q
2 Kirsty Balfour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:25.45Q
3 Suzaan van Biljon Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:25.56Q
4 Megan Jendrick Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2:26.14Q
5 LUO Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:27.03Q
6 Sandra Jacobson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:27.24Q
7 Tara Kirk Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2:27.41Q
8 Birte Steven Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:27.62Q
9 Seul Ki Jung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:27.83
10 Hanna Westrin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:28.55
11 Asami Kitagawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:28.61
12 Mirna Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:29.40
13 Anna Khlistunova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:30.12
14 QI Hui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:30.45
15 Yuliya Pidlisna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:31.21
16 Beata Kaminska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:31.42

Preliminaries

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

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