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
editFinals
editPlace | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:21.84 | |
2nd | Kirsty Balfour | Great Britain | 2:25.94 | |
Megan Jendrick | USA | |||
4th | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 2:26.19 | |
5th | LUO Nan | China | 2:27.55 | |
6th | Birte Steven | Germany | 2:28.13 | |
7th | Sandra Jacobson | Sweden | 2:28.25 | |
8th | Tara Kirk | USA | 2:28.67 |
Semifinals
editRank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:23.75 | Q |
2 | Kirsty Balfour | Great Britain | 2:25.45 | Q |
3 | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 2:25.56 | Q |
4 | Megan Jendrick | USA | 2:26.14 | Q |
5 | LUO Nan | China | 2:27.03 | Q |
6 | Sandra Jacobson | Sweden | 2:27.24 | Q |
7 | Tara Kirk | USA | 2:27.41 | Q |
8 | Birte Steven | Germany | 2:27.62 | Q |
9 | Seul Ki Jung | South Korea | 2:27.83 | |
10 | Hanna Westrin | Sweden | 2:28.55 | |
11 | Asami Kitagawa | Japan | 2:28.61 | |
12 | Mirna Jukić | Austria | 2:29.40 | |
13 | Anna Khlistunova | Ukraine | 2:30.12 | |
14 | QI Hui | China | 2:30.45 | |
15 | Yuliya Pidlisna | Ukraine | 2:31.21 | |
16 | Beata Kaminska | Poland | 2:31.42 |
Preliminaries
editSee also
editReferences
edit- 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.