Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	2007 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Rod Laver Arena
Dates:	29 March 2007 (heats, semifinals) 30 March 2007 (final)
Competitors:	57
Win Value:	1:54.32
Gold:	Ryan Lochte
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Aaron Peirsol
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Markus Rogan
Bronzenoc:	AUT
Prev:	2005
Next:	2009

See main article: Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.

The men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March (heats and semifinals) and 30 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 57 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 55 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were:

• World record (WR)

1:54.44, Aaron Peirsol (USA), August 19, 2006 in Victoria, Canada.

• Championship record (CR)

1:54.66, Aaron Peirsol (USA), Montreal 2005 (July 29, 2005)

Results

Finals

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1			1:54.32	WR
2			1:54.80
3			1:56.02
4			1:57.14
5			1:57.31
6			1:58.88
7			1:59.14
8			1:59.41

Semifinals

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1			1:55.99	Q
2			1:56.39	Q
3			1:56.62	Q
4			1:57.56	Q
5			1:58.59	Q
6			1:58.68	Q
7			1:58.91	Q
8			1:59.52	Q
9			1:59.81
10			1:59.91
11			2:00.03
12			2:00.17
13			2:00.95
14			2:01.18
15			2:01.66
16			2:01.79

Heats

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1			1:57.79	Q
2			1:57.95	Q
3		Great Britain	1:58.36	Q
4			1:59.00	Q
5			1:59.25	Q
6			1:59.37	Q
7		Great Britain	1:59.85	Q
				Q
9			1:59.98	Q
10			2:00.31	Q
11			2:00.38	Q
12			2:00.42	Q
13			2:00.62	Q
14			2:00.93	Q
15			2:01.18	Q
16			2:01.21	Q
17			2:01.52
18			2:01.57
20			2:01.79
21			2:01.88
22			2:02.02
23			2:02.16
24			2:02.32
25			2:02.34
26			2:04.02
27			2:04.47
28			2:04.66
29			2:05.02
30			2:05.54
31			2:05.90
32			2:07.22
33			2:07.81
34			2:08.46
35			2:09.22
36			2:09.34
37			2:10.36
38			2:10.42
39			2:10.85
40			2:11.13
41			2:12.16
42			2:12.32
43			2:12.65
44			2:12.79
45			2:14.53
46			2:14.65
47			2:14.71
48			2:14.79
49			2:15.33
50			2:16.01
51			2:16.23
52			2:16.80
53			2:24.03
54			2:33.35
55			2:39.95
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See also

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

References

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