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

The Women's 200m Individual Medley at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 26 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 50 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 49 swam.
Existing records at the start of the event were:
* World Record (WR): 2:09.72, WU Yanyan (China), 17 October 1997 in Shanghai, China.
* Championship Record (CR): 2:10.41, Katie Hoff (USA), Montreal 2005 (25 July 2005)

## Results
### Final

| Place | Lane | Name | Nationality | 50m Split | 100m Split | 150m Split | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katie Hoff | USA | 28.35 | 1:01.96 | 1:39.06 | 2:10.13 | CR |
| 2 | 5 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 28.73 | 1:01.92 | 1:40.00 | 2:10.76 | |
| 3 | 3 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 28.45 | 1:02.03 | 1:40.39 | 2:11.42 | |
| 4 | 2 | Whitney Myers | USA | 28.59 | 1:01.72 | 1:41.79 | 2:13.73 | |
| 5 | 6 | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | Denmark | 28.96 | 1:03.59 | 1:42.09 | 2:14.05 | |
| 6 | 7 | Shayne Reese | Australia | 28.33 | 1:03.03 | 1:42.24 | 2:14.89 | |
| 7 | 8 | Georgina Bardach | Argentina | 29.76 | 1:05.21 | 1:43.83 | 2:15.26 | |
| 8 | 1 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 29.51 | 1:03.82 | 1:43.87 | 2:15.28 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat / Lane | Name | Nationality | 50m Split | 100m Split | 150m Split | Time | Notes |
| 1 | H2-L4 | Katie Hoff | USA | 28.83 | 1:02.68 | 1:40.14 | 2:11.75 | Q |
| 2 | H1-L4 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 29.29 | 1:02.79 | 1:40.95 | 2:12.50 | Q |
| 3 | H2-L3 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 28.66 | 1:02.83 | 1:41.40 | 2:12.54 | Q |
| 4 | H2-L5 | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | Denmark | 28.88 | 1:03.70 | 1:41.58 | 2:13.14 | Q |
| 5 | H1-L6 | Whitney Myers | USA | 28.31 | 1:02.90 | 1:42.27 | 2:13.69 | Q |
| 6 | H1-L5 | Shayne Reese | Australia | 28.21 | 1:03.56 | 1:42.14 | 2:14.10 | Q |
| 7 | H2-L2 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 29.75 | 1:04.64 | 1:43.72 | 2:14.94 | Q |
| 8 | H2-L7 | Georgina Bardach | Argentina | 29.84 | 1:04.81 | 1:43.39 | 2:15.08 | Q |
| 8.5 | H1.5 | | | | | | 2:15.5 | O |
| 9 | H2-L1 | Nicole Hetzer | Germany | 29.78 | 1:04.05 | 1:44.28 | 2:15.69 | |
| 10 | H1-L2 | Asami Kitagawa | Japan | 29.56 | 1:05.84 | 1:43.89 | 2:15.79 | |
| 11 | H1-L8 | Olga Shulgina | Russia | 29.97 | 1:05.29 | 1:43.94 | 2:16.07 | |
| 12 | H1-L7 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 29.22 | 1:03.94 | 1:44.62 | 2:16.12 | |
| 13 | H2-L6 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 29.18 | 1:03.03 | 1:45.16 | 2:16.26 | |
| 14 | H1-L3 | Sophie de Ronchi | France | 29.06 | 1:05.17 | 1:43.85 | 2:16.89 | |
| 15 | H2-L8 | Hye Ra Choi | South Korea | 29.35 | 1:04.30 | 1:44.88 | 2:17.10 | |
| 16 | H1-L1 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 29.83 | 1:05.06 | 1:45.21 | 2:17.69 | |

### Preliminaries

| Rank | Heat / Lane | Name | Nationality | 50m Split | 100m Split | 150m Split | Time | Notes |
| 1 | H7-L4 | Katie Hoff | USA | 28.86 | 1:02.65 | 1:40.54 | 2:12.04 | Q |
| 2 | H5-L5 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 29.31 | 1:02.74 | 1:41.11 | 2:12.65 | Q |
| 3 | H7-L7 | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | Denmark | 28.73 | 1:03.07 | 1:41.62 | 2:13.67 | Q |
| 4 | H7-L6 | Shayne Reese | Australia | 28.06 | 1:02.47 | 1:41.47 | 2:13.67 | Q |
| 5 | H6-L5 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 28.87 | 1:03.67 | 1:42.70 | 2:14.18 | Q |
| 6 | H5-L3 | Sophie de Ronchi | France | 29.06 | 1:04.77 | 1:42.83 | 2:15.47 | Q |
| 7 | H6-L2 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 29.31 | 1:02.83 | 1:44.30 | 2:15.59 | Q |
| 8 | H6-L4 | Whitney Myers | USA | 29.03 | 1:03.03 | 1:43.59 | 2:15.73 | Q |
| 9 | H6-L8 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 29.97 | 1:04.48 | 1:44.27 | 2:15.86 | Q |
| 10 | H7-L3 | Asami Kitagawa | Japan | 29.62 | 1:05.27 | 1:43.51 | 2:16.07 | Q |
| 11 | H7-L8 | Georgina Bardach | Argentina | 29.98 | 1:04.96 | 1:44.31 | 2:16.19 | Q |
| 12 | H5-L2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 29.39 | 1:04.01 | 1:44.64 | 2:16.37 | Q |
| 13 | H6-L3 | Nicole Hetzer | Germany | 29.79 | 1:04.34 | 1:45.35 | 2:16.76 | Q |
| 14 | H5-L1 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 29.91 | 1:04.63 | 1:44.50 | 2:16.77 | Q |
| 15 | H4-L5 | Hye Ra Choi | South Korea | 29.56 | 1:03.59 | 1:45.08 | 2:17.21 | Q |
| 16 | H5-L6 | Olga Shulgina | Russia | 29.71 | 1:04.22 | 1:44.27 | 2:17.68 | Q |
| 16.5 | H4.5 | | | | | | 2:17.7 | O |
| 17 | H6-L6 | Yuliya Pidlisna | Ukraine | 29.51 | 1:05.02 | 1:44.45 | 2:17.75 | |
| 18 | H7-L2 | Yu Yao | China | 28.42 | 1:04.72 | 1:46.07 | 2:17.98 | |
| 19 | H5-L7 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 30.45 | 1:05.62 | 1:46.30 | 2:18.04 | |
| 20 | H5-L8 | Malin Svahnström | Sweden | 30.53 | 1:06.43 | 1:46.24 | 2:18.60 | |
| 21 | H7-L1 | Sara Thydén | Sweden | 29.14 | 1:04.23 | 1:45.88 | 2:18.62 | |
| 22 | H4-L8 | Maroua Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 30.92 | 1:07.61 | 1:47.02 | 2:18.91 | |
| 23 | H4-L1 | Melanie Nocher | Ireland | 29.65 | 1:04.01 | 1:45.99 | 2:18.92 | |
| 24 | H4-L7 | Louise Mai Jansen | Denmark | 29.93 | 1:07.25 | 1:46.87 | 2:18.98 | |
| 25 | H5-L4 | Qi Hui | China | 30.37 | 1:06.66 | 1:44.71 | 2:19.05 | |
| 26 | H4-L2 | Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai | Hong Kong | 30.10 | 1:05.78 | 1:47.97 | 2:19.29 | |
| 27 | H4-L3 | Mirna Jukić | Austria | 31.02 | 1:07.12 | 1:45.93 | 2:19.57 | |
| 28 | H6-L1 | Ji Yeon Jung | South Korea | 30.03 | 1:05.60 | 1:47.07 | 2:20.21 | |
| 29 | H6-L7 | Man Hsu Lin | Chinese Taipei | 30.45 | 1:06.35 | 1:48.07 | 2:20.90 | |
| 30 | H4-L4 | Nina Dittrich | Austria | 29.90 | 1:06.18 | 1:47.48 | 2:21.28 | |
| 31 | H4-L6 | Larisa Lăcustă | Romania | 30.24 | 1:07.57 | 1:48.19 | 2:21.57 | |
| 32 | H3-L4 | Tin Wen Quah | Singapore | 30.28 | 1:06.48 | 1:50.85 | 2:22.38 | |
| 33 | H3-L5 | Jonay Briedenhann | Namibia | 30.78 | 1:07.08 | 1:53.46 | 2:28.92 | |
| 34 | H3-L7 | Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova | Uzbekistan | 33.19 | 1:09.62 | 1:55.68 | 2:29.90 | |
| 35 | H3-L2 | Yih Shiuan Chan | Macau | 31.72 | 1:12.08 | 1:55.49 | 2:30.25 | |
| 36 | H3-L1 | Katerine Moreno | Bolivia | 32.71 | 1:12.01 | 1:55.15 | 2:31.79 | |
| 37 | H3-L3 | I Chuan Chen | Chinese Taipei | 31.93 | 1:12.04 | 1:56.26 | 2:31.97 | |
| 38 | H2-L2 | Cheryl Lim | Singapore | 32.27 | 1:13.64 | 1:55.76 | 2:32.43 | |
| 39 | H3-L6 | Ilena Murillo Argueta | El Salvador | 32.02 | 1:11.05 | 1:59.34 | 2:33.40 | |
| 40 | H2-L4 | Madhavi Giri Govind | India | 32.83 | 1:12.06 | 2:04.44 | 2:38.31 | |
| 41 | H2-L6 | Rovena Marku | Albania | 33.08 | 1:15.08 | 2:02.46 | 2:39.89 | |
| 42 | H3-L8 | Herinantenaina Ravoajanahary | Madagascar | 33.64 | 1:18.41 | 2:03.83 | 2:39.95 | |
| 43 | H2-L3 | Marie Laura Meza Peraza | Costa Rica | 33.33 | 1:12.98 | 2:05.39 | 2:40.40 | |
| 44 | H1-L4 | Karen Pujol Zepeda | Honduras | 33.18 | 1:17.44 | 2:02.87 | 2:41.28 | |
| 45 | H2-L5 | Razan Taha | Jordan | 32.60 | 1:15.51 | 2:03.43 | 2:41.47 | |
| 46 | H1-L5 | Patricia Wellman | Zambia | 34.18 | 1:16.97 | 2:05.89 | 2:43.19 | |
| 47 | H2-L7 | Mercedes Milner | Zambia | 32.49 | 1:14.07 | 2:03.19 | 2:43.19 | |
| 48 | H2-L1 | Prisca Rose | Mauritius | 33.03 | 1:17.27 | 2:07.45 | 2:46.03 | |
| 49 | H1-L3 | Sakina Ghulam | Pakistan | 38.64 | 1:24.82 | 2:20.19 | 2:56.56 | |
| 999-- | H7-L5 | Laure Manaudou | France | | | | 3:0DNS | |