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

The Women's 200m Freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 27 March (prelims & semifinals) and 28 March (finals) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.

The World Record in the event was lowered twice during the competition, first by Italy's Federica Pellegrini in semifinals, and then by France's Laure Manaudou in finals.

The existing records at the start of the competition were:

Results edit

Final edit

Place Name Nationality Time Note
1st Laure Manaudou   France 1:55.52 WR
2nd Annika Lurz   Germany 1:55.68 NR
3rd Federica Pellegrini   Italy 1:56.97
4th Katie Hoff   USA 1:57.09 AM
5th Josefin Lillhage   Sweden 1:57.90
6th Dana Vollmer   USA 1:58.30
7th Caitlin McClatchey   Great Britain 1:59.28
8th Otylia Jędrzejczak   Poland 2:01.53

Semifinals edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1 Federica Pellegrini   Italy 1:56.47 Q WR
2 Annika Lurz   Germany 1:56.67 Q
3 Otylia Jędrzejczak   Poland 1:57.19 Q
4 Katie Hoff   USA 1:57.29 Q AM
5 Laure Manaudou   France 1:57.30 Q
6 Josefin Lillhage   Sweden 1:57.78 Q, NR
7 Caitlin McClatchey   Great Britain 1:57.86 Q
8 Dana Vollmer   USA 1:58.71 Q
9 Inge Dekker   Netherlands 1:59.04
10 Bronte Barratt   Australia 1:59.12
11 Melanie Marshall   Great Britain 1:59.14
12 Linda Mackenzie   Australia 1:59.25
13 Ida Marko-Varga   Sweden 1:59.56
14 Meike Freitag   Germany 1:59.60
15 Maki Mita   Japan 2:00.29
16 Paulina Barzycka   Poland 2:01.35

Prelims edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1 Laure Manaudou   France 1:57.66 Q
2 Katie Hoff   USA 1:58.17 Q
3 Josefin Lillhage   Sweden 1:58.24 Q
4 Dana Vollmer   USA 1:58.26 Q
5 Otylia Jędrzejczak   Poland 1:58.57 Q
6 Linda Mackenzie   Australia 1:58.80 Q
7 Federica Pellegrini   Italy 1:58.83 Q
8 Caitlin McClatchey   Great Britain 1:59.14 Q
9 Meike Freitag   Germany 1:59.24 Q
10 Bronte Barratt   Australia 1:59.26 Q
11 Annika Lurz   Germany 1:59.42 Q
12 Melanie Marshall   Great Britain 1:59.59 Q
13 Maki Mita   Japan 1:59.72 Q
14 Ida Marko-Varga   Sweden 1:59.74 Q
15 Inge Dekker   Netherlands 1:59.91 Q
16 Paulina Barzycka   Poland 1:59.94 Q
17 Camelia Potec   Romania 2:00.05
18 Yang Yu   China 2:00.10
19 Helen Norfolk   New Zealand 2:00.21
20 Pang Jiaying   China 2:00.71
21 Aurore Mongel   France 2:01.23
22 Norie Urabe   Japan 2:01.25
23 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 2:01.32
24 Flavia Zoccari   Italy 2:01.49
25 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:02.00
26 Melanie Nocher   Ireland 2:02.04
Maria Fuster Martinez   Spain
28 Julie Hjorth-Hansen   Denmark 2:02.17
29 Linda Bank   Netherlands 2:02.35
30 Ionela Cozma   Romania 2:02.60
31 Keo Ra Lee   South Korea 2:02.61
32 Chin Kuei Yang   Chinese Taipei 2:02.68
33 Micha Jensen   Denmark 2:02.75
34 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 2:02.81
35 Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid   Spain 2:02.84
36 Wendy Trott   South Africa 2:03.09
37 Geneviève Saumur   Canada 2:03.24
38 Sascha Van Den Branden   Belgium 2:03.62
39 Melissa Ingram   New Zealand 2:03.80
40 Erin Volcán   Venezuela 2:04.00
41 Elina Partoka   Estonia 2:04.02
42 Cecilia Biagioli   Argentina 2:04.24
43 Maria Albert   Estonia 2:04.39
44 Jana Myskova   Czech Republic 2:04.61
45 Ji Eun Lee   South Korea 2:04.74
46 Hang Yu Sze   Hong Kong 2:04.95
47 Heysi Villarreal Navarro   Cuba 2:05.68
48 Maroua Mathlouthi   Tunisia 2:05.69
49 Andreina Pinto   Venezuela 2:05.94
50 Pin Chieh Nieh   Chinese Taipei 2:06.29
51 Jiratida Phinyosophon   Thailand 2:06.30
52 Anna Stylianou   Cyprus 2:06.47
53 Ting Wen Quah   Singapore 2:06.69
54 Erica Totten   Philippines 2:06.76
55 Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada   El Salvador 2:06.77
56 Ming Xiu Ong   Malaysia 2:07.16
57 Mylene Ong   Singapore 2:07.29
58 Kimberly Eeson   Zimbabwe 2:07.36
59 Sarah Yasmine Chahed   Tunisia 2:07.93
60 Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn   Thailand 2:08.56
61 Raffaella Rodoni Palma   Chile 2:08.97
62 Maria Alejandra Torres   Peru 2:09.66
63 Loren Bahamonde   Ecuador 2:09.92
64 Maria Gandionco   Philippines 2:10.34
65 Nicole Marmol Gilbert   Ecuador 2:10.46
66 Jutta Thomsen   Faroe Islands 2:10.81
67 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane   Papua New Guinea 2:10.87
68 Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez   Peru 2:11.05
69 Davina Mangion   Malta 2:11.22
70 Nancy Suryaatmadja   Indonesia 2:11.55
71 Tuesday Watts   Grenada 2:12.10
72 Natasha Moodie   Jamaica 2:12.26
73 Mona Simonsen   Faroe Islands 2:12.45
74 Matana Wellman   Zambia 2:12.64
75 Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra   Honduras 2:12.73
76 Jonay Briedenhann   Namibia 2:12.93
77 Noufissa Chbihi   Morocco 2:13.44
78 Khadija Ciss   Senegal 2:13.50
79 Cai Lin Khoo   Malaysia 2:13.63
80 Marianella Quesada Barrantes   Costa Rica 2:13.64
81 Talisa Pace   Malta 2:15.08
82 Marike Meyer   Namibia 2:15.47
83 Pooja Raghava Alva   India 2:16.22
84 Rachel Ah Koy   Fiji 2:17.31
85 Marie Laura Meza Peraza   Costa Rica 2:17.56
86 Shannon Austin   Seychelles 2:17.60
87 Nicole Ellsworth   Papua New Guinea 2:18.20
88 Ngozi Monu   Nigeria 2:19.45
89 Hiba Bashouti   Jordan 2:19.73
90 Chinyere Pigot   Suriname 2:20.28
91 Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoprimamama   Madagascar 2:20.40
92 Kshipra Mahajan   India 2:20.65
93 Man Wai Fong   Macau 2:20.73
94 Yulduz Kuchkarova   Uzbekistan 2:22.11
95 Frances Nagatalevu   Fiji 2:23.07
96 Prisca Rose   Mauritius 2:23.36
97 Sarah Elizabeth Johnson   Northern Mariana Islands 2:23.42
98 Mirjana Stojanova   Macedonia 2:23.86
99 Anouchka Diane Etiennette   Mauritius 2:24.61
100 Herinantenaina Ravoajanahary   Madagascar 2:24.64
101 Binta Zahra Diop   Senegal 2:26.26
102 Pina Ercolano   Kenya 2:27.59
103 Patricia Wellman   Zambia 2:28.00
104 Hussain Aminath Rouya   Maldives 2:33.98
105 Amber Sikosang Yobech   Palau 2:38.14
106 Maria Gibbons   Palau 2:50.04
-- Katerina Izmailova   Tajikistan DNS
-- Ogom Obianugba   Nigeria DNS
-- Miriam Hatamleh   Jordan DQ

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