Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly explained

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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			2:06.39
2nd			2:06.71
3rd			2:06.90
4th			2:07.22
5th			2:07.73
6th			2:09.43
7th			2:09.66
8th			2:13.61

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Note
1	2:07.72	Q
2	2:08.06	Q
3	2:08.20	Q
4	2:08.42	Q
5	2:08.57	Q
6	2:09.15	Q
7	2:09.21	Q
7	2:09.21	Q

9	2:09.49
10	2:10.03
11	2:10.45
12	2:10.52
13	2:11.32
14	2:12.07
15	2:12.42
16	2:13.08

Preliminaries

Prelims rankings

Rank	Time	Note
01	2:08.12	Q
02	2:08.38	Q
03	2:08.63	Q
04	2:08.69	Q
05	2:09.33	Q
06	2:09.58	Q
07	2:09.67	Q
08	2:09.69	Q
09	2:09.83	Q
10	2:09.90	Q
11	2:10.19	Q
12	2:10.40	Q
13	2:10.85	Q
14	2:10.87	Q
15	2:11.15	Q
16	2:11.65	Q
16.5	2:11.7	O
17	2:11.73
18	2:11.88
19	2:11.99
19	2:11.99
21	2:12.34
22	2:12.45
22	2:12.45
24	2:12.49
25	2:12.61
26	2:13.32
27	2:13.88
28	2:14.10
29	2:14.83
30	2:15.90
31	2:15.91
32	2:18.22
33	2:18.96
34	2:19.20
35	2:19.27
36	2:19.59
37	2:20.98
38	2:23.25
39	2:23.91
40	2:24.37
41	2:24.45
42	2:24.87
43	2:27.03
44	2:27.90
45	2:28.26
46	2:28.51
47	2:30.13
48	2:32.41
49	2:34.01
50	2:35.18
51	2:35.40
52	2:35.86
53	2:36.21
54	2:49.48
999--	9:DNS
999--	9:DQ
999--	9:DQ

Heat 1

	Lane	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	4	0.76	31.92	1:09.83	1:49.90	2:32.41	48	+24.29
2	5	0.89	33.67	1:12.55	1:53.93	2:36.21	53	+28.09
3	3	0.89	34.39	1:17.75	2:03.03	2:49.48	54	+41.36

Heat 2

	Lane	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	2	0.84	31.90	1:08.54	1:46.39	2:24.87	42	+16.75
2	4	0.74	32.84	1:10.02	1:47.68	2:28.26	45	+20.14
3	7	0.86	34.24	1:13.34	1:52.51	2:34.01	49	+25.89
4	5	0.87	33.09	1:11.01	1:52.10	2:35.40	51	+27.28
5	3	0.97	32.05	1:09.95	1:50.72	2:35.86	52	+27.74
	6	DSQ

Heat 3

	Lane	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	3	0.79	30.37	1:05.26	1:40.44	2:15.91	31	+7.79
2	2	0.95	31.14	1:06.76	1:44.31	2:23.25	38	+15.13
3	1	0.77	32.27	1:09.32	1:46.85	2:24.37	40	+16.25
4	5	0.74	31.69	1:07.77	1:45.29	2:24.45	41	+16.33
5	7	0.77	32.89	1:09.96	1:48.56	2:27.03	43	+18.91
6	8	0.83	32.55	1:09.35	1:48.22	2:27.90	44	+19.78
7	4	0.72	32.64	1:09.52	1:48.06	2:28.51	46	+20.39
8	6	0.84	33.41	1:13.27	1:54.72	2:35.18	50	+27.06

Heat 4

	Lane	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	5	0.79	30.72	1:05.49	1:40.29	2:15.90	30	+7.78
2	3	0.77	30.33	1:04.83	1:40.94	2:18.22	32	+10.10
3	6	0.87	31.77	1:07.63	1:43.41	2:18.96	33	+10.84
4	2	0.68	31.39	1:06.81	1:43.61	2:19.20	34	+11.08
5	4	0.79	30.78	1:06.17	1:42.58	2:19.27	35	+11.15
6	7	0.77	32.04	1:07.56	1:43.48	2:20.98	37	+12.86
7	8	0.85	32.30	1:09.54	1:46.79	2:23.91	39	+15.79
8	1	0.72	33.20	1:11.69	1:51.08	2:30.13	47	+22.01

Heat 5

	Lane	Reaction time	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Rank	Behind
1	5	0.84	30.12	1:03.75	1:37.78	2:12.45	=22	+4.33
2	2	0.77	29.71	1:03.51	1:37.89	2:12.49	24	+4.37
3	8	0.82	29.38	1:03.01	1:37.47	2:12.61	25	+4.49
4	6	0.81	29.75	1:03.20	1:37.67	2:13.32	26	+5.20
5	3	0.83	29.62	1:03.37	1:38.05	2:14.10	28	+5.98
6	1	0.81	29.87	1:04.20	1:40.76	2:19.59	36	+11.47
	4	DNS
	7	DSQ

Heat 6

	Lane	Name	Reaction time	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		0.78	29.23	1:02.04	1:35.76	2:11.73	17	+3.61
7	8		0.93	30.15	1:03.74	1:38.09	2:12.45	=22	+4.33
8	1		0.83	29.18	1:02.42	1:37.89	2:13.88	27	+5.76

Heat 7

	Lane	Name	Reaction time	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		0.87	29.44	1:02.52	1:36.88	2:11.99	=19	+3.87
7	8		0.86	28.91	1:02.78	1:36.54	2:11.99	=19	+3.87

Heat 8

	Lane	Name	Reaction time	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		0.81	29.40	1:02.67	1:36.55	2:11.88	18	+3.76
7	1		0.81	29.17	1:02.74	1:37.19	2:12.34	21	+4.22
8	2		0.84	30.03	1:03.87	1:38.59	2:14.83	29	+6.71

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.