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

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:
* World Record (WR): 1:56.64, Franziska van Almsick (Germany), 3 August 2002 in Berlin, Germany.
* Championship Record (CR): 1:56.78, Franziska van Almsick (Germany), Rome 1994 (Sep.6.1994).

## Results
### Final

| Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1st | Laure Manaudou | France | 1:55.52 | WR |
| 2nd | Annika Lurz | Germany | 1:55.68 | NR |
| 3rd | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:56.97 | |
| 4th | Katie Hoff | USA | 1:57.09 | AM |
| 5th | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 1:57.90 | |
| 6th | Dana Vollmer | USA | 1:58.30 | |
| 7th | Caitlin McClatchey | Great Britain | 1:59.28 | |
| 8th | Otylia Jędrzejczak | Poland | 2:01.53 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:56.47 | Q WR |
| 2 | Annika Lurz | Germany | 1:56.67 | Q |
| 3 | Otylia Jędrzejczak | Poland | 1:57.19 | Q |
| 4 | Katie Hoff | USA | 1:57.29 | Q AM |
| 5 | Laure Manaudou | France | 1:57.30 | Q |
| 6 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 1:57.78 | Q, NR |
| 7 | Caitlin McClatchey | Great Britain | 1:57.86 | Q |
| 8 | Dana Vollmer | USA | 1:58.71 | Q |
| 9 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | 1:59.04 | |
| 10 | Bronte Barratt | Australia | 1:59.12 | |
| 11 | Melanie Marshall | Great Britain | 1:59.14 | |
| 12 | Linda Mackenzie | Australia | 1:59.25 | |
| 13 | Ida Marko-Varga | Sweden | 1:59.56 | |
| 14 | Meike Freitag | Germany | 1:59.60 | |
| 15 | Maki Mita | Japan | 2:00.29 | |
| 16 | Paulina Barzycka | Poland | 2:01.35 | |

### Prelims

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | Laure Manaudou | France | 1:57.66 | Q |
| 2 | Katie Hoff | USA | 1:58.17 | Q |
| 3 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 1:58.24 | Q |
| 4 | Dana Vollmer | USA | 1:58.26 | Q |
| 5 | Otylia Jędrzejczak | Poland | 1:58.57 | Q |
| 6 | Linda Mackenzie | Australia | 1:58.80 | Q |
| 7 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:58.83 | Q |
| 8 | Caitlin McClatchey | Great Britain | 1:59.14 | Q |
| 9 | Meike Freitag | Germany | 1:59.24 | Q |
| 10 | Bronte Barratt | Australia | 1:59.26 | Q |
| 11 | Annika Lurz | Germany | 1:59.42 | Q |
| 12 | Melanie Marshall | Great Britain | 1:59.59 | Q |
| 13 | Maki Mita | Japan | 1:59.72 | Q |
| 14 | Ida Marko-Varga | Sweden | 1:59.74 | Q |
| 15 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | 1:59.91 | Q |
| 16 | Paulina Barzycka | Poland | 1:59.94 | Q |
| 17 | Camelia Potec | Romania | 2:00.05 | |
| 18 | Yang Yu | China | 2:00.10 | |
| 19 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 2:00.21 | |
| 20 | Pang Jiaying | China | 2:00.71 | |
| 21 | Aurore Mongel | France | 2:01.23 | |
| 22 | Norie Urabe | Japan | 2:01.25 | |
| 23 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 2:01.32 | |
| 24 | Flavia Zoccari | Italy | 2:01.49 | |
| 25 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:02.00 | |
| 26 | Melanie Nocher | Ireland | 2:02.04 | |
| 26 | Maria Fuster Martinez | Spain | 2:02.04 | |
| 28 | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | Denmark | 2:02.17 | |
| 29 | Linda Bank | Netherlands | 2:02.35 | |
| 30 | Ionela Cozma | Romania | 2:02.60 | |
| 31 | Keo Ra Lee | South Korea | 2:02.61 | |
| 32 | Chin Kuei Yang | Chinese Taipei | 2:02.68 | |
| 33 | Micha Jensen | Denmark | 2:02.75 | |
| 34 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 2:02.81 | |
| 35 | Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid | Spain | 2:02.84 | |
| 36 | Wendy Trott | South Africa | 2:03.09 | |
| 37 | Geneviève Saumur | Canada | 2:03.24 | |
| 38 | Sascha Van Den Branden | Belgium | 2:03.62 | |
| 39 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:03.80 | |
| 40 | Erin Volcán | Venezuela | 2:04.00 | |
| 41 | Elina Partoka | Estonia | 2:04.02 | |
| 42 | Cecilia Biagioli | Argentina | 2:04.24 | |
| 43 | Maria Albert | Estonia | 2:04.39 | |
| 44 | Jana Myskova | Czech Republic | 2:04.61 | |
| 45 | Ji Eun Lee | South Korea | 2:04.74 | |
| 46 | Hang Yu Sze | Hong Kong | 2:04.95 | |
| 47 | Heysi Villarreal Navarro | Cuba | 2:05.68 | |
| 48 | Maroua Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 2:05.69 | |
| 49 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 2:05.94 | |
| 50 | Pin Chieh Nieh | Chinese Taipei | 2:06.29 | |
| 51 | Jiratida Phinyosophon | Thailand | 2:06.30 | |
| 52 | Anna Stylianou | Cyprus | 2:06.47 | |
| 53 | Ting Wen Quah | Singapore | 2:06.69 | |
| 54 | Erica Totten | Philippines | 2:06.76 | |
| 55 | Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada | El Salvador | 2:06.77 | |
| 56 | Ming Xiu Ong | Malaysia | 2:07.16 | |
| 57 | Mylene Ong | Singapore | 2:07.29 | |
| 58 | Kimberly Eeson | Zimbabwe | 2:07.36 | |
| 59 | Sarah Yasmine Chahed | Tunisia | 2:07.93 | |
| 60 | Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn | Thailand | 2:08.56 | |
| 61 | Raffaella Rodoni Palma | Chile | 2:08.97 | |
| 62 | Maria Alejandra Torres | Peru | 2:09.66 | |
| 63 | Loren Bahamonde | Ecuador | 2:09.92 | |
| 64 | Maria Gandionco | Philippines | 2:10.34 | |
| 65 | Nicole Marmol Gilbert | Ecuador | 2:10.46 | |
| 66 | Jutta Thomsen | Faroe Islands | 2:10.81 | |
| 67 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 2:10.87 | |
| 68 | Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez | Peru | 2:11.05 | |
| 69 | Davina Mangion | Malta | 2:11.22 | |
| 70 | Nancy Suryaatmadja | Indonesia | 2:11.55 | |
| 71 | Tuesday Watts | Grenada | 2:12.10 | |
| 72 | Natasha Moodie | Jamaica | 2:12.26 | |
| 73 | Mona Simonsen | Faroe Islands | 2:12.45 | |
| 74 | Matana Wellman | Zambia | 2:12.64 | |
| 75 | Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra | Honduras | 2:12.73 | |
| 76 | Jonay Briedenhann | Namibia | 2:12.93 | |
| 77 | Noufissa Chbihi | Morocco | 2:13.44 | |
| 78 | Khadija Ciss | Senegal | 2:13.50 | |
| 79 | Cai Lin Khoo | Malaysia | 2:13.63 | |
| 80 | Marianella Quesada Barrantes | Costa Rica | 2:13.64 | |
| 81 | Talisa Pace | Malta | 2:15.08 | |
| 82 | Marike Meyer | Namibia | 2:15.47 | |
| 83 | Pooja Raghava Alva | India | 2:16.22 | |
| 84 | Rachel Ah Koy | Fiji | 2:17.31 | |
| 85 | Marie Laura Meza Peraza | Costa Rica | 2:17.56 | |
| 86 | Shannon Austin | Seychelles | 2:17.60 | |
| 87 | Nicole Ellsworth | Papua New Guinea | 2:18.20 | |
| 88 | Ngozi Monu | Nigeria | 2:19.45 | |
| 89 | Hiba Bashouti | Jordan | 2:19.73 | |
| 90 | Chinyere Pigot | Suriname | 2:20.28 | |
| 91 | Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoprimamama | Madagascar | 2:20.40 | |
| 92 | Kshipra Mahajan | India | 2:20.65 | |
| 93 | Man Wai Fong | Macau | 2:20.73 | |
| 94 | Yulduz Kuchkarova | Uzbekistan | 2:22.11 | |
| 95 | Frances Nagatalevu | Fiji | 2:23.07 | |
| 96 | Prisca Rose | Mauritius | 2:23.36 | |
| 97 | Sarah Elizabeth Johnson | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:23.42 | |
| 98 | Mirjana Stojanova | Macedonia | 2:23.86 | |
| 99 | Anouchka Diane Etiennette | Mauritius | 2:24.61 | |
| 100 | Herinantenaina Ravoajanahary | Madagascar | 2:24.64 | |
| 101 | Binta Zahra Diop | Senegal | 2:26.26 | |
| 102 | Pina Ercolano | Kenya | 2:27.59 | |
| 103 | Patricia Wellman | Zambia | 2:28.00 | |
| 104 | Hussain Aminath Rouya | Maldives | 2:33.98 | |
| 105 | Amber Sikosang Yobech | Palau | 2:38.14 | |
| 106 | Maria Gibbons | Palau | 2:50.04 | |
| -- | Katerina Izmailova | Tajikistan | DNS | |
| -- | Ogom Obianugba | Nigeria | DNS | |
| -- | Miriam Hatamleh | Jordan | DQ | |