Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
2007 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | ||
3 m | ||
10 m | ||
Synchronised | ||
3 m | ||
10 m | ||
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | ||
Free | ||
Duet | ||
Technical | ||
Free | ||
Team | ||
Technical | ||
Free | ||
Combination | ||
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
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:
- World Record (WR): 2:06.62, Krisztina Egerszegi (Hungary), 25 August 1991 in Athens, Greece.
- Championship Record (CR): 2:07.40, HE Cihong (China), Rome 1994 (11 September 1994)
Results[]
Finals[]
Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
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1st | Margaret Hoelzer | ![]() |
2:07.16 | CR, NR |
2nd | Kirsty Coventry | ![]() |
2:07.54 | |
3rd | Reiko Nakamura | ![]() |
2:08.54 | |
4th | Esther Baron | ![]() |
2:09.59 | |
5th | Hanae Ito | ![]() |
2:10.57 | |
6th | Nikolett Szepesi | ![]() |
2:10.66 | |
7th | Elizabeth Simmonds | ![]() |
2:11.09 | |
8th | Alessia Filippi | ![]() |
2:11.41 |
Semifinals[]
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
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1 | Margaret Hoelzer | ![]() |
2:07.70 | Q, NR |
2 | Kirsty Coventry | ![]() |
2:07.76 | Q |
3 | Reiko Nakamura | ![]() |
2:08.82 | Q |
4 | Esther Baron | ![]() |
2:10.55 | Q |
5 | Hanae Ito | ![]() |
2:10.69 | Q |
6 | Alessia Filippi | ![]() |
2:11.16 | Q |
Nikolett Szepesi | ![]() |
Q | ||
8 | Elizabeth Simmonds | ![]() |
2:11.20 | Q |
9 | Iryna Amshennikova | ![]() |
2:11.49 | |
10 | Escarlata Bernard Gonzalez | ![]() |
2:11.72 | |
11 | Frances Adcock | ![]() |
2:12.04 | |
12 | Elizabeth Beisel | ![]() |
2:12.09 | |
13 | Hannah McLean | ![]() |
2:13.12 | |
14 | Joanna Fargus | ![]() |
2:13.22 | |
15 | Evelyn Verrasztó | ![]() |
2:13.52 | |
16 | Melissa Ingram | ![]() |
2:14.07 |
Preliminaries[]
References[]
- Women's 200m Backstroke Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- Women's 200m Backstroke Semifinals results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- Women's 200m Backstroke Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.
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- Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
- 2007 in women's swimming