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

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The Women's 200m Freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 27 March (prelims & semifinals) and 28 March (finals) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.

The World Record in the event was lowered twice during the competition, first by Italy's Federica Pellegrini in semifinals, and then by France's Laure Manaudou in finals.

The existing records at the start of the competition were:

1:56.64, Franziska van Almsick (Germany), 3 August 2002 in Berlin, Germany.

1:56.78, Franziska van Almsick (Germany), Rome 1994 (Sep.6.1994).

Results

Final

Place Name Nationality Time Note
1st 1:55.52
2nd 1:55.68 NR
3rd 1:56.97
4th 1:57.09 AM
5th 1:57.90
6th 1:58.30
7th 1:59.28
8th 2:01.53

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1 1:56.47 Q
2 1:56.67 Q
3 1:57.19 Q
4 1:57.29 Q AM
5 1:57.30 Q
6 1:57.78 Q, NR
7 1:57.86 Q
8 1:58.71 Q
9 1:59.04
10 1:59.12
11 1:59.14
12 1:59.25
13 1:59.56
14 1:59.60
15 2:00.29
16 2:01.35

Prelims

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1 1:57.66 Q
2 1:58.17 Q
3 1:58.24 Q
4 1:58.26 Q
5 1:58.57 Q
6 1:58.80 Q
7 1:58.83 Q
8 1:59.14 Q
9 1:59.24 Q
10 1:59.26 Q
11 1:59.42 Q
12 1:59.59 Q
13 1:59.72 Q
14 1:59.74 Q
15 1:59.91 Q
16 1:59.94 Q
17 2:00.05
18 2:00.10
19 2:00.21
20 2:00.71
21 2:01.23
22 2:01.25
23 2:01.32
24 2:01.49
25 2:02.00
26 2:02.04
28 2:02.17
29 2:02.35
30 2:02.60
31 2:02.61
32 2:02.68
33 2:02.75
34 2:02.81
35 2:02.84
36 2:03.09
37 2:03.24
38 2:03.62
39 2:03.80
40 2:04.00
41 2:04.02
42 2:04.24
43 2:04.39
44 2:04.61
45 2:04.74
46 2:04.95
47 2:05.68
48 2:05.69
49 2:05.94
50 2:06.29
51 2:06.30
52 2:06.47
53 2:06.69
54 2:06.76
55 2:06.77
56 2:07.16
57 2:07.29
58 2:07.36
59 2:07.93
60 2:08.56
61 2:08.97
62 2:09.66
63 2:09.92
64 2:10.34
65 2:10.46
66 2:10.81
67 2:10.87
68 2:11.05
69 2:11.22
70 2:11.55
71 2:12.10
72 2:12.26
73 2:12.45
74 2:12.64
75 2:12.73
76 2:12.93
77 2:13.44
78 2:13.50
79 2:13.63
80 2:13.64
81 2:15.08
82 2:15.47
83 2:16.22
84 2:17.31
85 2:17.56
86 2:17.60
87 2:18.20
88 2:19.45
89 2:19.73
90 2:20.28
91 2:20.40
92 2:20.65
93 2:20.73
94 2:22.11
95 2:23.07
96 2:23.36
97 2:23.42
98 2:23.86
99 2:24.61
100 2:24.64
101 2:26.26
102 2:27.59
103 2:28.00
104 2:33.98
105 2:38.14
106 2:50.04
-- DNS
-- DNS
-- DQ

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