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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 30 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 85 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 79 swam.
Existing records at the start of the event were:
* World record (WR): 2:08.50, Brendan Hansen (USA), 20 August 2006 in Victoria, Canada.
* Championship record (CR): 2:09.42, Kosuke Kitajima (Japan), Barcelona 2003 (24 July 2003)

## Results
### Finals

| Place | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 2:09.80 |
| 2 | Brenton Rickard | Australia | 2:10.99 |
| 3 | Loris Facci | Italy | 2:11.03 |
| 4 | Paolo Bossini | Italy | 2:11.38 |
| 5 | Eric Shanteau | United States | 2:11.50 |
| 6 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 2:11.62 |
| 7 | Mike Brown | Canada | 2:12.01 |
| 8 | Grigory Falko | Russia | 2:12.16 |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
| 1 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 2:10.30 | Q |
| 2 | Brenton Rickard | Australia | 2:11.41 | Q |
| 2 | Paolo Bossini | Italy | 2:11.41 | Q |
| 4 | Loris Facci | Italy | 2:11.48 | Q |
| 5 | Eric Shanteau | USA | 2:11.54 | Q |
| 6 | Mike Brown | Canada | 2:11.61 | Q |
| 7 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 2:12.31 | Q |
| 8 | Grigory Falko | Russia | 2:12.44 | Q |
| 9 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 2:12.78 | |
| 10 | Jim Piper | Australia | 2:13.40 | |
| 11 | Kris Gilchrist | Great Britain | 2:13.44 | |
| 12 | Alexander Ovchinnikov | Russia | 2:13.45 | |
| 13 | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 2:14.00 | |
| 14 | Lai Zhongjian | China | 2:14.44 | |
| 15 | Alexander Dale Oen | Norway | 2:14.63 | |
| 16 | Daisuke Kimura | Japan | DQ | |

### Heats

| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
| 1 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 2:11.07 | Q |
| 2 | Loris Facci | Italy | 2:12.07 | Q |
| 3 | Paolo Bossini | Italy | 2:12.20 | Q |
| 4 | Mike Brown | Canada | 2:12.39 | Q |
| 5 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 2:12.61 | Q |
| 6 | Jim Piper | Australia | 2:12.94 | Q |
| 7 | Eric Shanteau | USA | 2:13.00 | Q |
| 8 | Grigory Falko | Russia | 2:13.10 | Q |
| 8 | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 2:13.10 | Q |
| 10 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 2:13.11 | Q |
| 11 | Brenton Rickard | Australia | 2:13.16 | Q |
| 12 | Kris Gilchrist | Great Britain | 2:13.36 | Q |
| 13 | Alexander Ovchinnikov | Russia | 2:13.67 | Q |
| 14 | Daisuke Kimura | Japan | 2:13.86 | Q |
| 15 | Alexander Dale Oen | Norway | 2:14.00 | Q |
| 16 | LAI Zhongjian | China | 2:14.03 | Q |
| 17 | Sławomir Wolniak | Poland | 2:14.20 | |
| 18 | Robin van Aggele | Netherlands | 2:14.66 | |
| 19 | Mihail Alexandrov | Bulgaria | 2:14.74 | |
| 20 | Chris Christensen | Denmark | 2:14.76 | |
| 21 | Sławomir Kuczko | Poland | 2:14.80 | |
| 22 | James Kirton | Great Britain | 2:14.93 | |
| 23 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 2:15.10 | |
| 24 | Romanos Alyfantis | Greece | 2:15.11 | |
| 25 | Jiri Jedlicka | Czech Republic | 2:15.19 | |
| 26 | Sofiane Daid | Algeria | 2:15.54 | |
| 27 | Maxim Podoprigora | Austria | 2:15.80 | |
| 28 | Shin Su-jong | South Korea | 2:15.88 | |
| 29 | Richárd Bodor | Hungary | 2:15.89 | |
| 30 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov | Kazakhstan | 2:16.18 | |
| 31 | Tom Beeri | Israel | 2:16.32 | |
| 32 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 2:16.50 | |
| 33 | Henrique Barbosa | Brazil | 2:16.89 | |
| 34 | Valentin Preda | Romania | 2:16.97 | |
| 35 | Johannes Neumann | Germany | 2:17.72 | |
| 36 | Edvinas Dautartas | Lithuania | 2:17.74 | |
| 37 | Vasileios Demetis | Greece | 2:18.28 | |
| 38 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 2:18.72 | |
| 39 | Dimitri Waeber | Switzerland | 2:20.02 | |
| 40 | Wei Wen Wang | Chinese Taipei | 2:20.54 | |
| 41 | ZHAO Tao | China | 2:21.64 | |
| 42 | Malick Fall | Senegal | 2:21.74 | |
| 43 | Billy Arfianto | Indonesia | 2:21.82 | |
| 44 | Andrey Morkovin | Uzbekistan | 2:22.58 | |
| 45 | Hsin Hung Chiang | Chinese Taipei | 2:22.59 | |
| 46 | Jin Leonard Tan | Singapore | 2:23.33 | |
| 47 | Diego Bonilla | Colombia | 2:23.50 | |
| 48 | Vidvuds Maculevics | Latvia | 2:23.53 | |
| 49 | Herry Yudhianto | Indonesia | 2:24.47 | |
| 50 | Kevin Hensley | Virgin Islands | 2:25.63 | |
| 51 | Jin Wen Mark Tan | Singapore | 2:26.54 | |
| 52 | Wael Kobrosly | Lebanon | 2:26.62 | |
| 53 | Sobitjon Amilov | Uzbekistan | 2:27.56 | |
| 54 | Gerard Bordado | Philippines | 2:28.72 | |
| 55 | See Tuan Yap | Malaysia | 2:30.02 | |
| 56 | Hei Meng Lao | Macao | 2:30.07 | |
| 57 | Moustafa Al-Saleh | Syria | 2:30.81 | |
| 58 | Rainui Terupaia | Tahiti | 2:31.47 | |
| 59 | Kirils Sanzarovecs | Latvia | 2:32.18 | |
| 60 | Mohammad Alirezaei | Iran | 2:33.11 | |
| 61 | Genaro Mathias Prono Britez | Paraguay | 2:34.44 | |
| 62 | Celestino Aguon | Guam | 2:34.84 | |
| 62 | Eli Ebenezer Wong | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:34.84 | |
| 64 | Melvin Chua | Malaysia | 2:35.06 | |
| 65 | Gavin Santos | Gibraltar | 2:38.17 | |
| 66 | Guvanch Ataniyazov | Turkmenistan | 2:38.24 | |
| 67 | Eric Williams | Nigeria | 2:38.67 | |
| 68 | Alexander Rivero | Bolivia | 2:39.54 | |
| 69 | Eric Arturo Medina Su | Panama | 2:41.90 | |
| 69 | Hong Nam Lei | Macao | 2:41.90 | |
| 71 | Jehad Al Henidi | Jordan | 2:42.12 | |
| 72 | Timur Kartabaev | Kyrgyzstan | 2:42.94 | |
| 73 | A. Aldhaheri | United Arab Emirates | 2:44.66 | |
| 74 | Kevin Cheung | Mauritius | 2:47.26 | |
| 75 | Sadeq Damrah | Palestine | 2:50.15 | |
| 76 | Anthony Kpetonky | Ghana | 3:27.80 | |
| -- | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | Iceland | DQ | |
| -- | Miguel Molina | Philippines | DQ | |
| -- | Moro Abdul Fatawu | Ghana | DQ | |
| -- | Brendan Hansen | USA | DNS | |
| -- | Vanja Rogulj | Croatia | DNS | |
| -- | Dean Kent | New Zealand | DNS | |
| -- | Alwin de Prins | Luxembourg | DNS | |
| -- | Chisela Kanchela | Zambia | DNS | |
| -- | Amar Shah | Kenya | DNS | |