Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Introduction 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:*World Record (WR):  2:20.54, Leisel Jones (Australia), 1 February 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. *Championship Record (CR): 2:21.72, Leisel Jones (Australia), Montreal 2005 (29 July 2005)
Results ===Finals=== Place  Name  Nationality  Time  Note 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 ===Semifinals=== Rank  Swimmer  Nation  Time  Note 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 ===Preliminaries=== Rank  Swimmer  Nation  Time  Note 1  Suzaan van Biljon    2:27.03  '''Q'''  2  Sandra Jacobson    2:27.08  '''Q'''  3  Leisel Jones    2:27.10  '''Q'''  4  Birte Steven    2:27.85  '''Q'''  5  Seul Ki Jung    2:27.90  '''Q'''  6  Tara Kirk    2:28.50  '''Q'''  7  Kirsty Balfour    2:28.53  '''Q'''  8  Megan Jendrick    2:28.71  '''Q'''  9  Hanna Westrin    2:28.95  '''Q'''  10  Asami Kitagawa    2:29.34  '''Q'''  11  Anna Khlistunova    2:29.38  '''Q'''  12  LUO Nan    2:29.54  '''Q'''  13  QI Hui    2:30.05  '''Q'''  14  Yuliya Pidlisna    2:30.17  '''Q'''  15  Mirna Jukić    2:30.45  '''Q'''  16  Beata Kaminska    2:30.61  '''Q'''  17  Anna-Mari Gulbrandsen    2:30.84   18  Sally Foster    2:30.85   19  Ina Kapishina    2:31.02   20  Anne Poleska    2:31.24   21  Sophie de Ronchi    2:31.30   22  Chiara Boggiatto    2:31.49   23  Marina Kuc    2:32.59   Elena Bogomazova     25  Su Yeon Back    2:32.61   26  Diana Gomes    2:33.14   27  Annabelle Carey    2:34.31   28  Yoshimi Miwa    2:34.58   29  Jaclyn Marissa Pangilinan    2:36.24   30  Sara Elbekri    2:36.28   31  Adriana Marmolejo    2:37.07   32  Ciara Farrell    2:37.18   33  Man Yi Yvette Kong    2:41.45   34  Anastasia Christoforou    2:41.94   35  Cheryl Lim    2:42.52   36  Lina Cahya Utami    2:42.77   37  Daniela Victoria    2:42.87   38  Man Hsu Lin    2:45.47   39  Desak Nyoman Rina    2:47.34   40  On Kei Lei    2:49.06   41  Chun Hui Khoonnie Liang    2:49.57   42  Thi Thuan Tran    2:49.65   43  I Chuan Chen    2:49.85   44  Katerine Moreno    2:49.99   45  Chinyere Pigot    2:50.26   46  Sin Ian Lei    2:50.54   47  Ranohon Amanova    2:51.50   48  Nibal Yamout    2:51.71   49  Oksana Hatamkhanova    2:54.27   50  Blessing Forcados    2:54.38   51  Ann Salnikova    2:55.08   52  Thi Hue Pham    2:55.35   53  Karen Poujol Zepeda    2:58.37   54  Kelly How Tam Fat    3:00.29   --  Louise Mai Jansen    DNS
See also *Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke*Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games - Women's 200 metres breaststroke*Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
References * Women's 200m Breaststroke '''Preliminary''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11. * Women's 200m Breaststroke '''Semifinals''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11. * Women's 200m Breaststroke '''Final''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.