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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.

Existing records at the start of the event were:

Results edit

Finals edit

Place Name Nationality Time Note
1st Margaret Hoelzer   USA 2:07.16 CR, NR
2nd Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:07.54
3rd Reiko Nakamura   Japan 2:08.54
4th Esther Baron   France 2:09.59
5th Hanae Ito   Japan 2:10.57
6th Nikolett Szepesi   Hungary 2:10.66
7th Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 2:11.09
8th Alessia Filippi   Italy 2:11.41

Semifinals edit

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

Preliminaries edit

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

References edit

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