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

The Women's 200m Butterfly at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 29 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 57 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 54 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were:

• World Record (WR): 2:05.40, Jessicah Schipper (Australia), 17 August 2006 in Victoria, Canada.
• Championship Record (CR): 2:05.61, Otylia Jędrzejczak (Poland), Montreal 2005 (28 July 2005)

Results

Final

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1st	Jessicah Schipper	Australia	2:06.39
2nd	Kim Vandenberg	USA	2:06.71
3rd	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	2:06.90
4th	Jiao Liuyang	China	2:07.22
5th	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:07.73
6th	Yuko Nakanishi	Japan	2:09.43
7th	Sara Isaković	Slovenia	2:09.66
8th	Aurore Mongel	France	2:13.61

Semifinals

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1	Jessicah Schipper	Australia	2:07.72	Q
2	Kim Vandenberg	USA	2:08.06	Q
3	Jiao Liuyang	China	2:08.20	Q
4	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:08.42	Q
5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	2:08.57	Q
6	Sara Isaković	Slovenia	2:09.15	Q
7	Yuko Nakanishi	Japan	2:09.21	Q
	Aurore Mongel	France		Q
9	Felicity Galvez	Australia	2:09.49
10	Yurie Yano	Japan	2:10.03
11	Yana Martynova	Russia	2:10.45
12	Hye Ra Choi	South Korea	2:10.52
13	Jessica Dickons	Great Britain	2:11.32
14	Beatrix Boulsevicz	Hungary	2:12.07
15	You Ri Kown	South Korea	2:12.42
16	Terri Dunning	Great Britain	2:13.08

Preliminaries

Prelims rankings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
01	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:08.12	Q
02	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	2:08.38	Q
03	Kim Vandenberg	USA	2:08.63	Q
04	Sara Isaković	Slovenia	2:08.69	Q
05	Jiao Liuyang	China	2:09.33	Q
06	Yurie Yano	Japan	2:09.58	Q
07	Felicity Galvez	Australia	2:09.67	Q
08	Yuko Nakanishi	Japan	2:09.69	Q
09	Jessicah Schipper	Australia	2:09.83	Q
10	Yana Martynova	Russia	2:09.90	Q
11	Aurore Mongel	France	2:10.19	Q
12	Jessica Dickons	Great Britain	2:10.40	Q
13	Hye Ra Choi	South Korea	2:10.85	Q
14	Beatrix Boulsevicz	Hungary	2:10.87	Q
15	You Ri Kown	South Korea	2:11.15	Q
16	Terri Dunning	Great Britain	2:11.65	Q
16.5				2:11.7	O
17	Mary DeScenza	USA	2:11.73
18	Francesca Segat	Italy	2:11.88
19	Caterina Giacchetti	Italy	2:11.99
19	Natalya Sutyagina	Russia	2:11.99
21	Mackenzie Downing	Canada	2:12.34
22	Georgina Bardach	Argentina	2:12.45
22	Mireia Belmonte García	Spain	2:12.45
24	Keri-Leigh Shaw	South Africa	2:12.49
25	Sara Oliveira	Portugal	2:12.61
26	Sara Madeira	Portugal	2:13.32
27	DENG Biying	China	2:13.88
28	Petra Granlund	Sweden	2:14.10
29	Sarah Bey	France	2:14.83
30	Birgit Koschischek	Austria	2:15.90
31	Heather Brand	Zimbabwe	2:15.91
32	Sarah Hadj Aberrahmane	Algeria	2:18.22
33	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	2:18.96
34	Maria Rodriguez	Venezuela	2:19.20
35	Ting Wen Quah	Singapore	2:19.27
36	Denisa Smolenova	Slovakia	2:19.59
37	Maria Gandionco	Philippines	2:20.98
38	Pooja Raghava Alva	India	2:23.25
39	Angela Galea	Malta	2:23.91
40	Ira Kurniawan	Indonesia	2:24.37
41	Yih Shiuan Chan	Macao	2:24.45
42	Simona Muccioli	San Marino	2:24.87
43	Monika Spasova	Macedonia	2:27.03
44	Madhavi Gir Govind	India	2:27.90
45	Ana Guadalupe Hernandez Duarte	El Salvador	2:28.26
46	Lynette Lim	Singapore	2:28.51
47	Thi Hanh Phan	Vietnam	2:30.13
48	Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoarimanana	Madagascar	2:32.41
49	Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova	Uzbekistan	2:34.01
50	Cai Lin Khoo	Malaysia	2:35.18
51	Darja Pop	Montenegro	2:35.40
52	Layla Alghul	Jordan	2:35.86
53	Prisca Rose	Mauritius	2:36.21
54	Binta Zahra Diop	Senegal	2:49.48
999--	Nina Dittrich	Austria	9:DNS
999--	Noufissa Chbihi	Morocco	9:DQ
999--	Gabriella Fagundez	Sweden	9:DQ

Heat 1

#	Lane	Name	Country	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	4	Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoarimanana	Madagascar	0.76	31.92	1:09.83	1:49.90	2:32.41	48	+24.29
2	5	Prisca Rose	Mauritius	0.89	33.67	1:12.55	1:53.93	2:36.21	53	+28.09
3	3	Binta Zahra Diop	Senegal	0.89	34.39	1:17.75	2:03.03	2:49.48	54	+41.36

Heat 2

#	Lane	Name	Country	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	2	Simona Muccioli	San Marino	0.84	31.90	1:08.54	1:46.39	2:24.87	42	+16.75
2	4	Ana Guadalupe Hernandez Duarte	El Salvador	0.74	32.84	1:10.02	1:47.68	2:28.26	45	+20.14
3	7	Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova	Uzbekistan	0.86	34.24	1:13.34	1:52.51	2:34.01	49	+25.89
4	5	Darija Pop	Montenegro	0.87	33.09	1:11.01	1:52.10	2:35.40	51	+27.28
5	3	Layla Alghul	Jordan	0.97	32.05	1:09.95	1:50.72	2:35.86	52	+27.74
	6	Noufissa Chbihi	Morocco	DSQ

Heat 3

#	Lane	Name	Country	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	3	Heather Brand	Zimbabwe	0.79	30.37	1:05.26	1:40.44	2:15.91	31	+7.79
2	2	Pooja Raghava	India	0.95	31.14	1:06.76	1:44.31	2:23.25	38	+15.13
3	1	Ira Kurniawan	Indonesia	0.77	32.27	1:09.32	1:46.85	2:24.37	40	+16.25
4	5	Yih Shiuan Chan	Macau	0.74	31.69	1:07.77	1:45.29	2:24.45	41	+16.33
5	7	Monika Spasova	Macedonia	0.77	32.89	1:09.96	1:48.56	2:27.03	43	+18.91
6	8	Madhavi Giri Govind	India	0.83	32.55	1:09.35	1:48.22	2:27.90	44	+19.78
7	4	Lynette Lim	Singapore	0.72	32.64	1:09.52	1:48.06	2:28.51	46	+20.39
8	6	Cai Lin Khoo	Malaysia	0.84	33.41	1:13.27	1:54.72	2:35.18	50	+27.06

Heat 4

#	Lane	Name	Country	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	5	Birgit Koschischek	Austria	0.79	30.72	1:05.49	1:40.29	2:15.90	30	+7.78
2	3	Sarah Hadj Aberrahmane	Algeria	0.77	30.33	1:04.83	1:40.94	2:18.22	32	+10.10
3	6	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	0.87	31.77	1:07.63	1:43.41	2:18.96	33	+10.84
4	2	Maria Rodriguez	Algeria	0.68	31.39	1:06.81	1:43.61	2:19.20	34	+11.08
5	4	Ting Wen Quah	Singapore	0.79	30.78	1:06.17	1:42.58	2:19.27	35	+11.15
6	7	Maria Georgina Consuelo Gandionco	Philippines	0.77	32.04	1:07.56	1:43.48	2:20.98	37	+12.86
7	8	Angela Galea	Malta	0.85	32.30	1:09.54	1:46.79	2:23.91	39	+15.79
8	1	Thi Hanh Phan	Vietnam	0.72	33.20	1:11.69	1:51.08	2:30.13	47	+22.01

Heat 5

#	Lane	Name	Country	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	5	Georgina Bardach	Argentina	0.84	30.12	1:03.75	1:37.78	2:12.45	=22	+4.33
2	2	Keri-Leigh Shaw	South Africa	0.77	29.71	1:03.51	1:37.89	2:12.49	24	+4.37
3	8	Sara Oliveira	Portugal	0.82	29.38	1:03.01	1:37.47	2:12.61	25	+4.49
4	6	Sara Madeira	Portugal	0.81	29.75	1:03.20	1:37.67	2:13.32	26	+5.20
5	3	Petra Granlund	Sweden	0.83	29.62	1:03.37	1:38.05	2:14.10	28	+5.98
6	1	Denisa Smolenova	Slovakia	0.81	29.87	1:04.20	1:40.76	2:19.59	36	+11.47
	4	Nina Dittrich	Austria	DNS
	7	Gabriella Fagundez	Sweden	DSQ

Heat 6

#	Lane	Name	Country	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	4	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	0.81	29.15	1:01.72	1:34.60	2:08.38 Q	2	+0.26
2	5	Kim Vandenberg	United States	0.69	29.37	1:01.94	1:35.03	2:08.63 Q	3	+0.51
3	2	Sara Isaković	Slovenia	0.80	29.18	1:01.51	1:34.99	2:08.69 Q	4	+0.57
4	7	Yana Martynova	Russia	0.97	30.39	1:02.12	1:36.18	2:09.90 Q	10	+1.78
5	6	Aurore Mongel	France	0.85	29.26	1:02.44	1:36.30	2:10.19 Q	11	+2.07
6	3	Mary Descenza	United States	0.78	29.23	1:02.04	1:35.76	2:11.73	17	+3.61
7	8	Mireia Belmonte García	Spain	0.93	30.15	1:03.74	1:38.09	2:12.45	=22	+4.33
8	1	Biying Deng	China	0.83	29.18	1:02.42	1:37.89	2:13.88	27	+5.76

Heat 7

#	Lane	Name	Country	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	3	Jiao Liuyang	China	0.78	28.44	1:01.80	1:35.73	2:09.33 Q	5	+1.21
2	5	Felicity Galvez	Australia	0.79	29.31	1:01.98	1:35.36	2:09.67 Q	7	+1.55
3	4	Yuko Nakanishi	Japan	0.77	28.81	1:02.26	1:35.78	2:09.69 Q	8	+1.57
4	2	Jessica Dickons	United Kingdom	0.73	29.18	1:02.24	1:36.14	2:10.40 Q	12	+2.28
5	1	You Ri Kown	South Korea	0.83	29.38	1:02.98	1:37.04	2:11.15 Q	15	+3.03
6	7	Terri Dunning	United Kingdom	0.80	29.34	1:02.37	1:36.40	2:11.65 Q	16	+3.53
7	6	Caterina Giacchetti	Italy	0.87	29.44	1:02.52	1:36.88	2:11.99	=19	+3.87
7	8	Natalya Sutyagina	Russia	0.86	28.91	1:02.78	1:36.54	2:11.99	=19	+3.87

Heat 8

#	Lane	Name	Country	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	8	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	0.76	28.63	1:00.98	1:33.92	2:08.12 Q	1	+0.00
2	5	Yurie Yano	Japan	0.77	29.18	1:02.00	1:35.60	2:09.58 Q	6	+1.46
3	4	Jessicah Schipper	Australia	0.71	28.16	1:00.91	1:35.71	2:09.83 Q	9	+1.71
4	7	Hye Ra Choi	South Korea	0.81	29.75	1:02.33	1:35.86	2:10.85 Q	13	+2.73
5	6	Beatrix Boulsevicz	Hungary	0.77	28.81	1:01.18	1:35.35	2:10.87 Q	14	+2.75
6	3	Francesca Segat	Italy	0.81	29.40	1:02.67	1:36.55	2:11.88	18	+3.76
7	1	Mackenzie Downing	Canada	0.81	29.17	1:02.74	1:37.19	2:12.34	21	+4.22
8	2	Sarah Bey	France	0.84	30.03	1:03.87	1:38.59	2:14.83	29	+6.71

See also

• Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly
• Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
• Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

References

• Women's 200m Butterfly Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Women's 200m Butterfly Semifinals results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Women's 200m Butterfly Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.