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
editFinals
editPlace | 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
editRank | 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
editReferences
edit- 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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