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

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2007 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Rod Laver Arena
Dates:	28 March 2007 (heats, semifinals) 29 March 2007 (final)
Competitors:	79
Win Value:	1:54.98
Gold:	Michael Phelps
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Ryan Lochte
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	László Cseh
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Prev:	2005
Next:	2009

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

The men's 200 metre individual medley (IM) at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28 March (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 29 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 79 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 74 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were:

• World record (WR)

1:55.84, Michael Phelps (USA), 20 August 2006 in Victoria, Canada.

• Championship record (CR)

1:56.04, Michael Phelps (USA), Barcelona 2003 (25 July 2003)

Results

Finals

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1			1:54.98	Splits: (24.96 / 53.58 / 1:27.47)
2			1:56.19
3			1:56.92
4			1:58.98
5			1:59.46
6			1:59.57
7			1:59.84
8			2:00.73

Semifinals

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1			1:57.94	Q
2			1:58.48	Q
3			1:58.65	Q
4			1:58.66	Q
5			1:59.51	Q
6			2:00.05	Q
7			2:00.25	Q
8			2:00.53	Q
9			2:00.57
10			2:00.77
11			2:00.81
12			2:01.83
13			2:02.33
14			2:02.39
15			2:02.69
16			2:02.92

Heats

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1			1:58.70	Q
2			1:58.78	Q
3			1:59.39	Q
4			1:59.45	Q
5			1:59.67	Q
6			1:59.92	Q
7			2:00.21	Q
8			2:00.30	Q, NR
9			2:01.33	Q
10			2:01.37	Q
11			2:01.47	Q
12			2:01.55	Q
13			2:01.66	Q
14			2:01.80	Q
15			2:02.10	Q
16			2:02.30	Q
17			2:02.41
18			2:02.52
19			2:02.60
20			2:02.84
21			2:03.14
22			2:03.35
23			2:03.71
24			2:03.73
25			2:04.20
26			2:04.27
27			2:04.92
28			2:04.94
29			2:05.34
30			2:05.59
31			2:05.83
32			2:06.59
33			2:07.04
35			2:07.14
36			2:07.26
37			2:08.60
38			2:08.78
39			2:08.94
40			2:08.96
41			2:10.18
42			2:10.23
43			2:10.27
45			2:10.68
46			2:11.41
47			2:11.98
48			2:12.07
49			2:12.51
50			2:12.62
51			2:12.78
52			2:13.00
53			2:13.30
54			2:13.91
55			2:14.11
56			2:14.42
57			2:15.28
58			2:15.31
59			2:15.71
60			2:15.84
61			2:16.12
62			2:19.07
63			2:20.78
64			2:20.93
65			2:20.94
66			2:22.25
67			2:22.67
68			2:23.88
69			2:26.31
70			2:26.34
71			2:27.67
72			2:28.70
73			2:40.08
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See also

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

References

• Men's 200m IM Heats results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2007 Worlds); retrieved 10 April 2018.
• Men's 200m IM Semifinals results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2007 Worlds); retrieved 10 April 2018.
• Men's 200m IM Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2007 Worlds); retrieved 10 April 2018.