The men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 30 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 85 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 79 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were: World record (WR): 2:08.50, Brendan Hansen (USA), 20 August 2006 in Victoria, Canada. Championship record (CR): 2:09.42, Kosuke Kitajima (Japan), Barcelona 2003 (24 July 2003)

Results

Finals Place Name Nationality Time Note 1 Kosuke Kitajima 2:09.80 2 Brenton Rickard 2:10.99 3 Loris Facci 2:11.03 4 Paolo Bossini 2:11.38 5 Eric Shanteau 2:11.50 6 Dániel Gyurta 2:11.62 7 Mike Brown 2:12.01 8 Grigory Falko 2:12.16

Semifinals Rank Swimmer Nation Time Note 1 Kosuke Kitajima 2:10.30 Q 2 Brenton Rickard 2:11.41 Q Paolo Bossini Q 4 Loris Facci 2:11.48 Q 5 Eric Shanteau 2:11.54 Q 6 Mike Brown 2:11.61 Q 7 Dániel Gyurta 2:12.31 Q 8 Grigory Falko 2:12.44 Q 9 Valeriy Dymo 2:12.78 10 Jim Piper 2:13.40 11 Kris Gilchrist 2:13.44 12 Alexander Ovchinnikov 2:13.45 13 Igor Borysik 2:14.00 14 Lai Zhongjian 2:14.44 15 Alexander Dale Oen 2:14.63 16 Daisuke Kimura DQ

Heats Rank Swimmer Nation Time Note 1 Kosuke Kitajima 2:11.07 Q 2 Loris Facci 2:12.07 Q 3 Paolo Bossini 2:12.20 Q 4 Mike Brown 2:12.39 Q 5 Dániel Gyurta 2:12.61 Q 6 Jim Piper 2:12.94 Q 7 Eric Shanteau 2:13.00 Q 8 Grigory Falko 2:13.10 Q Igor Borysik Q 10 Valeriy Dymo 2:13.11 Q 11 Brenton Rickard 2:13.16 Q 12 Kris Gilchrist 2:13.36 Q 13 Alexander Ovchinnikov 2:13.67 Q 14 Daisuke Kimura 2:13.86 Q 15 Alexander Dale Oen 2:14.00 Q 16 LAI Zhongjian 2:14.03 Q 17 Sławomir Wolniak 2:14.20 18 Robin van Aggele 2:14.66 19 Mihail Alexandrov 2:14.74 20 Chris Christensen 2:14.76 21 Sławomir Kuczko 2:14.80 22 James Kirton 2:14.93 23 Cameron van der Burgh 2:15.10 24 Romanos Alyfantis 2:15.11 25 Jiri Jedlicka 2:15.19 26 Sofiane Daid 2:15.54 27 Maxim Podoprigora 2:15.80 28 Shin Su-jong 2:15.88 29 Richárd Bodor 2:15.89 30 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov 2:16.18 31 Tom Beeri 2:16.32 32 Giedrius Titenis 2:16.50 33 Henrique Barbosa 2:16.89 34 Valentin Preda 2:16.97 35 Johannes Neumann 2:17.72 36 Edvinas Dautartas 2:17.74 37 Vasileios Demetis 2:18.28 38 Glenn Snyders 2:18.72 39 Dimitri Waeber 2:20.02 40 Wei Wen Wang 2:20.54 41 ZHAO Tao 2:21.64 42 Malick Fall 2:21.74 43 Billy Arfianto 2:21.82 44 Andrey Morkovin 2:22.58 45 Hsin Hung Chiang 2:22.59 46 Jin Leonard Tan 2:23.33 47 Diego Bonilla 2:23.50 48 Vidvuds Maculevics 2:23.53 49 Herry Yudhianto 2:24.47 50 Kevin Hensley Virgin Islands 2:25.63 51 Jin Wen Mark Tan 2:26.54 52 Wael Kobrosly 2:26.62 53 Sobitjon Amilov 2:27.56 54 Gerard Bordado 2:28.72 55 See Tuan Yap 2:30.02 56 Hei Meng Lao 2:30.07 57 Moustafa Al-Saleh 2:30.81 58 Rainui Terupaia 2:31.47 59 Kirils Sanzarovecs 2:32.18 60 Mohammad Alirezaei 2:33.11 61 Genaro Mathias Prono Britez 2:34.44 62 Celestino Aguon 2:34.84 Eli Ebenezer Wong 64 Melvin Chua 2:35.06 65 Gavin Santos 2:38.17 66 Guvanch Ataniyazov 2:38.24 67 Eric Williams 2:38.67 68 Alexander Rivero 2:39.54 69 Eric Arturo Medina Su 2:41.90 Hong Nam Lei 71 Jehad Al Henidi 2:42.12 72 Timur Kartabaev 2:42.94 73 A. Aldhaheri 2:44.66 74 Kevin Cheung 2:47.26 75 Sadeq Damrah 2:50.15 76 Anthony Kpetonky 3:27.80 -- Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson DQ -- Miguel Molina DQ -- Moro Abdul Fatawu DQ -- Brendan Hansen DNS -- Vanja Rogulj DNS -- Dean Kent DNS -- Alwin de Prins DNS -- Chisela Kanchela DNS -- Amar Shah DNS

See also Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

References

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