Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The Women's 200m Butterfly at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28 March and the evening of 29 March at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 57 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 54 swam.
Existing records at the start of the event were:
Final
Semifinals
Preliminaries
Prelims rankings
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Heat 7
| # | Lane | Name | Country | Reaction
time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | Time | Rank | Behind |
| 1 | 3 | Jiao Liuyang | ' | 0.78 | 28.44 | 1:01.80 | 1:35.73 | 2:09.33 Q | 5 | +1.21 |
| 2 | 5 | Felicity Galvez | ' | 0.79 | 29.31 | 1:01.98 | 1:35.36 | 2:09.67 Q | 7 | +1.55 |
| 3 | 4 | Yuko Nakanishi | ' | 0.77 | 28.81 | 1:02.26 | 1:35.78 | 2:09.69 Q | 8 | +1.57 |
| 4 | 2 | Jessica Dickons | ' | 0.73 | 29.18 | 1:02.24 | 1:36.14 | 2:10.40 Q | 12 | +2.28 |
| 5 | 1 | You Ri Kown | ' | 0.83 | 29.38 | 1:02.98 | 1:37.04 | 2:11.15 Q | 15 | +3.03 |
| 6 | 7 | Terri Dunning | ' | 0.80 | 29.34 | 1:02.37 | 1:36.40 | 2:11.65 Q | 16 | +3.53 |
| 7 | 6 | Caterina Giacchetti | | 0.87 | 29.44 | 1:02.52 | 1:36.88 | 2:11.99 | =19 | +3.87 |
| 7 | 8 | Natalya Sutyagina | | 0.86 | 28.91 | 1:02.78 | 1:36.54 | 2:11.99 | =19 | +3.87 |
Heat 8
| # | Lane | Name | Country | Reaction
time | 50 m | 100 m | 150 m | Time | Rank | Behind |
| 1 | 8 | Audrey Lacroix | ' | 0.76 | 28.63 | 1:00.98 | 1:33.92 | 2:08.12 Q | 1 | +0.00 |
| 2 | 5 | Yurie Yano | ' | 0.77 | 29.18 | 1:02.00 | 1:35.60 | 2:09.58 Q | 6 | +1.46 |
| 3 | 4 | Jessicah Schipper | ' | 0.71 | 28.16 | 1:00.91 | 1:35.71 | 2:09.83 Q | 9 | +1.71 |
| 4 | 7 | Hye Ra Choi | ' | 0.81 | 29.75 | 1:02.33 | 1:35.86 | 2:10.85 Q | 13 | +2.73 |
| 5 | 6 | Beatrix Boulsevicz | | 0.77 | 28.81 | 1:01.18 | 1:35.35 | 2:10.87 Q | 14 | +2.75 |
| 6 | 3 | Francesca Segat | | 0.81 | 29.40 | 1:02.67 | 1:36.55 | 2:11.88 | 18 | +3.76 |
| 7 | 1 | Mackenzie Downing | | 0.81 | 29.17 | 1:02.74 | 1:37.19 | 2:12.34 | 21 | +4.22 |
| 8 | 2 | Sarah Bey | | 0.84 | 30.03 | 1:03.87 | 1:38.59 | 2:14.83 | 29 | +6.71 |
