The Women's 200m Individual Medley at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 26 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 50 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 49 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were: World Record (WR): 2:09.72, WU Yanyan (China), 17 October 1997 in Shanghai, China. Championship Record (CR): 2:10.41, Katie Hoff (USA), Montreal 2005 (25 July 2005)

Results

Final Place Lane Name Nationality 50m Split 100m Split 150m Split Time Notes 1 4 Katie Hoff 28.35 1:01.96 1:39.06 2:10.13 CR 2 5 Kirsty Coventry 28.73 1:01.92 1:40.00 2:10.76 3 3 Stephanie Rice 28.45 1:02.03 1:40.39 2:11.42 4 2 Whitney Myers 28.59 1:01.72 1:41.79 2:13.73 5 6 Julie Hjorth-Hansen 28.96 1:03.59 1:42.09 2:14.05 6 7 Shayne Reese 28.33 1:03.03 1:42.24 2:14.89 7 8 Georgina Bardach 29.76 1:05.21 1:43.83 2:15.26 8 1 Julia Wilkinson 29.51 1:03.82 1:43.87 2:15.28

Semifinals Rank Heat /Lane Name Nationality 50m Split 100m Split 150m Split Time Notes 1 H2-L4 Katie Hoff 28.83 1:02.68 1:40.14 2:11.75 Q 2 H1-L4 Kirsty Coventry 29.29 1:02.79 1:40.95 2:12.50 Q 3 H2-L3 Stephanie Rice 28.66 1:02.83 1:41.40 2:12.54 Q 4 H2-L5 Julie Hjorth-Hansen 28.88 1:03.70 1:41.58 2:13.14 Q 5 H1-L6 Whitney Myers 28.31 1:02.90 1:42.27 2:13.69 Q 6 H1-L5 Shayne Reese 28.21 1:03.56 1:42.14 2:14.10 Q 7 H2-L2 Julia Wilkinson 29.75 1:04.64 1:43.72 2:14.94 Q 8 H2-L7 Georgina Bardach 29.84 1:04.81 1:43.39 2:15.08 Q 8.5 H1.5 2:15.5 O 9 H2-L1 Nicole Hetzer 29.78 1:04.05 1:44.28 2:15.69 10 H1-L2 Asami Kitagawa 29.56 1:05.84 1:43.89 2:15.79 11 H1-L8 Olga Shulgina 29.97 1:05.29 1:43.94 2:16.07 12 H1-L7 Katinka Hosszú 29.22 1:03.94 1:44.62 2:16.12 13 H2-L6 Evelyn Verrasztó 29.18 1:03.03 1:45.16 2:16.26 14 H1-L3 Sophie de Ronchi 29.06 1:05.17 1:43.85 2:16.89 15 H2-L8 Hye Ra Choi 29.35 1:04.30 1:44.88 2:17.10 16 H1-L1 Anja Klinar 29.83 1:05.06 1:45.21 2:17.69

Preliminaries Rank Heat /Lane Name Nationality 50m Split 100m Split 150m Split Time Notes 1 H7-L4 Katie Hoff 28.86 1:02.65 1:40.54 2:12.04 Q 2 H5-L5 Kirsty Coventry 29.31 1:02.74 1:41.11 2:12.65 Q 3 H7-L7 Julie Hjorth-Hansen 28.73 1:03.07 1:41.62 2:13.67 Q 4 H7-L6 Shayne Reese 28.06 1:02.47 1:41.47 2:13.67 Q 5 H6-L5 Stephanie Rice 28.87 1:03.67 1:42.70 2:14.18 Q 6 H5-L3 Sophie de Ronchi 29.06 1:04.77 1:42.83 2:15.47 Q 7 H6-L2 Evelyn Verrasztó 29.31 1:02.83 1:44.30 2:15.59 Q 8 H6-L4 Whitney Myers 29.03 1:03.03 1:43.59 2:15.73 Q 9 H6-L8 Julia Wilkinson 29.97 1:04.48 1:44.27 2:15.86 Q 10 H7-L3 Asami Kitagawa 29.62 1:05.27 1:43.51 2:16.07 Q 11 H7-L8 Georgina Bardach 29.98 1:04.96 1:44.31 2:16.19 Q 12 H5-L2 Katinka Hosszú 29.39 1:04.01 1:44.64 2:16.37 Q 13 H6-L3 Nicole Hetzer 29.79 1:04.34 1:45.35 2:16.76 Q 14 H5-L1 Anja Klinar 29.91 1:04.63 1:44.50 2:16.77 Q 15 H4-L5 Hye Ra Choi 29.56 1:03.59 1:45.08 2:17.21 Q 16 H5-L6 Olga Shulgina 29.71 1:04.22 1:44.27 2:17.68 Q 16.5 H4.5 2:17.7 O 17 H6-L6 Yuliya Pidlisna 29.51 1:05.02 1:44.45 2:17.75 18 H7-L2 Yu Yao 28.42 1:04.72 1:46.07 2:17.98 19 H5-L7 Mireia Belmonte García 30.45 1:05.62 1:46.30 2:18.04 20 H5-L8 Malin Svahnström 30.53 1:06.43 1:46.24 2:18.60 21 H7-L1 Sara Thydén 29.14 1:04.23 1:45.88 2:18.62 22 H4-L8 Maroua Mathlouthi 30.92 1:07.61 1:47.02 2:18.91 23 H4-L1 Melanie Nocher 29.65 1:04.01 1:45.99 2:18.92 24 H4-L7 Louise Mai Jansen 29.93 1:07.25 1:46.87 2:18.98 25 H5-L4 Qi Hui 30.37 1:06.66 1:44.71 2:19.05 26 H4-L2 Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai 30.10 1:05.78 1:47.97 2:19.29 27 H4-L3 Mirna Jukić 31.02 1:07.12 1:45.93 2:19.57 28 H6-L1 Ji Yeon Jung 30.03 1:05.60 1:47.07 2:20.21 29 H6-L7 Man Hsu Lin 30.45 1:06.35 1:48.07 2:20.90 30 H4-L4 Nina Dittrich 29.90 1:06.18 1:47.48 2:21.28 31 H4-L6 Larisa Lăcustă 30.24 1:07.57 1:48.19 2:21.57 32 H3-L4 Tin Wen Quah 30.28 1:06.48 1:50.85 2:22.38 33 H3-L5 Jonay Briedenhann 30.78 1:07.08 1:53.46 2:28.92 34 H3-L7 Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova 33.19 1:09.62 1:55.68 2:29.90 35 H3-L2 Yih Shiuan Chan 31.72 1:12.08 1:55.49 2:30.25 36 H3-L1 Katerine Moreno 32.71 1:12.01 1:55.15 2:31.79 37 H3-L3 I Chuan Chen 31.93 1:12.04 1:56.26 2:31.97 38 H2-L2 Cheryl Lim 32.27 1:13.64 1:55.76 2:32.43 39 H3-L6 Ilena Murillo Argueta 32.02 1:11.05 1:59.34 2:33.40 40 H2-L4 Madhavi Giri Govind 32.83 1:12.06 2:04.44 2:38.31 41 H2-L6 Rovena Marku 33.08 1:15.08 2:02.46 2:39.89 42 H3-L8 Herinantenaina Ravoajanahary 33.64 1:18.41 2:03.83 2:39.95 43 H2-L3 Marie Laura Meza Peraza 33.33 1:12.98 2:05.39 2:40.40 44 H1-L4 Karen Pujol Zepeda 33.18 1:17.44 2:02.87 2:41.28 45 H2-L5 Razan Taha 32.60 1:15.51 2:03.43 2:41.47 46 H1-L5 Patricia Wellman 34.18 1:16.97 2:05.89 2:43.19 47 H2-L7 Mercedes Milner 32.49 1:14.07 2:03.19 2:43.19 48 H2-L1 Prisca Rose 33.03 1:17.27 2:07.45 2:46.03 49 H1-L3 Sakina Ghulam 38.64 1:24.82 2:20.19 2:56.56 999-- H7-L5 Laure Manaudou 3:0DNS

See also Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

References

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