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 2:06.39 2nd Kim Vandenberg 2:06.71 3rd Otylia Jędrzejczak 2:06.90 4th Jiao Liuyang 2:07.22 5th Audrey Lacroix 2:07.73 6th Yuko Nakanishi 2:09.43 7th Sara Isaković 2:09.66 8th Aurore Mongel 2:13.61

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

Preliminaries

Prelims rankings Rank Name Nationality Time Note 01 Audrey Lacroix 2:08.12 Q 02 Otylia Jędrzejczak 2:08.38 Q 03 Kim Vandenberg 2:08.63 Q 04 Sara Isaković 2:08.69 Q 05 Jiao Liuyang 2:09.33 Q 06 Yurie Yano 2:09.58 Q 07 Felicity Galvez 2:09.67 Q 08 Yuko Nakanishi 2:09.69 Q 09 Jessicah Schipper 2:09.83 Q 10 Yana Martynova 2:09.90 Q 11 Aurore Mongel 2:10.19 Q 12 Jessica Dickons 2:10.40 Q 13 Hye Ra Choi 2:10.85 Q 14 Beatrix Boulsevicz 2:10.87 Q 15 You Ri Kown 2:11.15 Q 16 Terri Dunning 2:11.65 Q16.5 2:11.7 O 17 Mary DeScenza 2:11.73 18 Francesca Segat 2:11.88 19 Caterina Giacchetti 2:11.99 19 Natalya Sutyagina 2:11.99 21 Mackenzie Downing 2:12.34 22 Georgina Bardach 2:12.45 22 Mireia Belmonte García 2:12.45 24 Keri-Leigh Shaw 2:12.49 25 Sara Oliveira 2:12.61 26 Sara Madeira 2:13.32 27 DENG Biying 2:13.88 28 Petra Granlund 2:14.10 29 Sarah Bey 2:14.83 30 Birgit Koschischek 2:15.90 31 Heather Brand 2:15.91 32 Sarah Hadj Aberrahmane 2:18.22 33 Andreina Pinto 2:18.96 34 Maria Rodriguez 2:19.20 35 Ting Wen Quah 2:19.27 36 Denisa Smolenova 2:19.59 37 Maria Gandionco 2:20.98 38 Pooja Raghava Alva 2:23.25 39 Angela Galea 2:23.91 40 Ira Kurniawan 2:24.37 41 Yih Shiuan Chan 2:24.45 42 Simona Muccioli 2:24.87 43 Monika Spasova 2:27.03 44 Madhavi Gir Govind 2:27.90 45 Ana Guadalupe Hernandez Duarte 2:28.26 46 Lynette Lim 2:28.51 47 Thi Hanh Phan 2:30.13 48 Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoarimanana 2:32.41 49 Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova 2:34.01 50 Cai Lin Khoo 2:35.18 51 Darja Pop 2:35.40 52 Layla Alghul 2:35.86 53 Prisca Rose 2:36.21 54 Binta Zahra Diop 2:49.48 999-- Nina Dittrich 9:DNS 999-- Noufissa Chbihi 9:DQ 999-- Gabriella Fagundez 9:DQ

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heat 7

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

Heat 8

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