# Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200m Breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 30 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 55 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 54 swam.
Existing records at the start of the event were:
* World Record (WR): 2:20.54, Leisel Jones (Australia), 1 February 2006 in Melbourne, Australia.
* Championship Record (CR): 2:21.72, Leisel Jones (Australia), Montreal 2005 (29 July 2005)

## Results
### Finals

| Place | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 1st | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:21.84 |
| 2nd | Kirsty Balfour | Great Britain | 2:25.94 |
| 2nd | Megan Jendrick | USA | 2:25.94 |
| 4th | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 2:26.19 |
| 5th | LUO Nan | China | 2:27.55 |
| 6th | Birte Steven | Germany | 2:28.13 |
| 7th | Sandra Jacobson | Sweden | 2:28.25 |
| 8th | Tara Kirk | USA | 2:28.67 |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
| 1 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:23.75 | Q |
| 2 | Kirsty Balfour | Great Britain | 2:25.45 | Q |
| 3 | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 2:25.56 | Q |
| 4 | Megan Jendrick | USA | 2:26.14 | Q |
| 5 | LUO Nan | China | 2:27.03 | Q |
| 6 | Sandra Jacobson | Sweden | 2:27.24 | Q |
| 7 | Tara Kirk | USA | 2:27.41 | Q |
| 8 | Birte Steven | Germany | 2:27.62 | Q |
| 9 | Seul Ki Jung | South Korea | 2:27.83 | |
| 10 | Hanna Westrin | Sweden | 2:28.55 | |
| 11 | Asami Kitagawa | Japan | 2:28.61 | |
| 12 | Mirna Jukić | Austria | 2:29.40 | |
| 13 | Anna Khlistunova | Ukraine | 2:30.12 | |
| 14 | QI Hui | China | 2:30.45 | |
| 15 | Yuliya Pidlisna | Ukraine | 2:31.21 | |
| 16 | Beata Kaminska | Poland | 2:31.42 | |

### Preliminaries

| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
| 1 | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 2:27.03 | Q |
| 2 | Sandra Jacobson | Sweden | 2:27.08 | Q |
| 3 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:27.10 | Q |
| 4 | Birte Steven | Germany | 2:27.85 | Q |
| 5 | Seul Ki Jung | South Korea | 2:27.90 | Q |
| 6 | Tara Kirk | USA | 2:28.50 | Q |
| 7 | Kirsty Balfour | Great Britain | 2:28.53 | Q |
| 8 | Megan Jendrick | USA | 2:28.71 | Q |
| 9 | Hanna Westrin | Sweden | 2:28.95 | Q |
| 10 | Asami Kitagawa | Japan | 2:29.34 | Q |
| 11 | Anna Khlistunova | Ukraine | 2:29.38 | Q |
| 12 | LUO Nan | China | 2:29.54 | Q |
| 13 | QI Hui | China | 2:30.05 | Q |
| 14 | Yuliya Pidlisna | Ukraine | 2:30.17 | Q |
| 15 | Mirna Jukić | Austria | 2:30.45 | Q |
| 16 | Beata Kaminska | Poland | 2:30.61 | Q |
| 17 | Anna-Mari Gulbrandsen | Norway | 2:30.84 | |
| 18 | Sally Foster | Australia | 2:30.85 | |
| 19 | Ina Kapishina | Belarus | 2:31.02 | |
| 20 | Anne Poleska | Germany | 2:31.24 | |
| 21 | Sophie de Ronchi | France | 2:31.30 | |
| 22 | Chiara Boggiatto | Italy | 2:31.49 | |
| 23 | Marina Kuc | Montenegro | 2:32.59 | |
| 23 | Elena Bogomazova | Russia | 2:32.59 | |
| 25 | Su Yeon Back | South Korea | 2:32.61 | |
| 26 | Diana Gomes | Portugal | 2:33.14 | |
| 27 | Annabelle Carey | New Zealand | 2:34.31 | |
| 28 | Yoshimi Miwa | Japan | 2:34.58 | |
| 29 | Jaclyn Marissa Pangilinan | Philippines | 2:36.24 | |
| 30 | Sara Elbekri | Morocco | 2:36.28 | |
| 31 | Adriana Marmolejo | Mexico | 2:37.07 | |
| 32 | Ciara Farrell | Ireland | 2:37.18 | |
| 33 | Man Yi Yvette Kong | Hong Kong | 2:41.45 | |
| 34 | Anastasia Christoforou | Cyprus | 2:41.94 | |
| 35 | Cheryl Lim | Singapore | 2:42.52 | |
| 36 | Lina Cahya Utami | Indonesia | 2:42.77 | |
| 37 | Daniela Victoria | Venezuela | 2:42.87 | |
| 38 | Man Hsu Lin | Chinese Taipei | 2:45.47 | |
| 39 | Desak Nyoman Rina | Indonesia | 2:47.34 | |
| 40 | On Kei Lei | Macao | 2:49.06 | |
| 41 | Chun Hui Khoonnie Liang | Singapore | 2:49.57 | |
| 42 | Thi Thuan Tran | Vietnam | 2:49.65 | |
| 43 | I Chuan Chen | Chinese Taipei | 2:49.85 | |
| 44 | Katerine Moreno | Bolivia | 2:49.99 | |
| 45 | Chinyere Pigot | Suriname | 2:50.26 | |
| 46 | Sin Ian Lei | Macao | 2:50.54 | |
| 47 | Ranohon Amanova | Uzbekistan | 2:51.50 | |
| 48 | Nibal Yamout | Lebanon | 2:51.71 | |
| 49 | Oksana Hatamkhanova | Azerbaijan | 2:54.27 | |
| 50 | Blessing Forcados | Nigeria | 2:54.38 | |
| 51 | Ann Salnikova | Georgia | 2:55.08 | |
| 52 | Thi Hue Pham | Vietnam | 2:55.35 | |
| 53 | Karen Poujol Zepeda | Honduras | 2:58.37 | |
| 54 | Kelly How Tam Fat | Mauritius | 3:00.29 | |
| -- | Louise Mai Jansen | Denmark | DNS | |