Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
date Morning session Preliminary heats ( 10:00 a.m . ) Evening session Finals & semifinals ( 7:00 p.m . )
Sunday 25 March 2007 women 's 100 fly men 's 400 free women 's 200 I.M . men 's 50 fly women 's 400 free men 's 100 breast women 's 4×100 free relay men 's 4×100 free relay swim-off : men 's 50 fly women 's 100 fly ( semifinals ) men 's 400 free ( final ) women 's 200 I.M . ( semifinals ) men 's 50 fly ( semifinals ) women 's 400 free ( final ) men 's 100 breast ( semifinals ) women 's 4×100 free relay ( final ) men 's 4×100 free relay ( final )
Monday 26 March 2007 women 's 100 back men 's 200 free women 's 100 breast men 's 100 back women 's 1500 free men 's 100 breast ( final ) women 's 100 fly ( final ) men 's 100 back ( semifinals ) women 's 100 breast ( semifinals ) men 's 50 fly ( final ) women 's 100 back ( semifinals ) men 's 200 free ( semifinals ) women 's 200 I.M . ( final )
Tuesday 27 March 2007 men 's 50 breast men 's 200 fly women 's 200 free men 's 800 free men 's 200 free ( final ) women 's 100 back ( final ) men 's 50 breast ( semifinals ) women 's 1500 free ( final ) men 's 100 back ( final ) women 's 200 free ( semifinals ) men 's 200 fly ( semifinals ) women 's 100 breast ( final )
Wednesday 28 March 2007 women 's 50 back men 's 100 free women 's 200 fly men 's 200 I.M men 's 100 free ( semifinals ) women 's 50 back ( semifinals ) men 's 200 fly ( final ) women 's 200 free ( final ) men 's 50 breast ( final ) women 's 200 fly ( semifinals ) men 's 200 I.M . ( semifinals ) men 's 800 free ( final )
Thursday 29 March 2007 women 's 100 free men 's 200 back women 's 200 breast men 's 200 breast women 's 4×200 free relay women 's 100 free ( semifinals ) men 's 200 I.M . ( final ) women 's 200 breast ( semifinals ) men 's 100 free ( final ) women 's 200 fly ( final ) men 's 200 breast ( semifinals ) women 's 50 back ( final ) men 's 200 back ( semifinals ) women 's 4×200 free relay ( final )
Friday 30 March 2007 women 's 50 fly men 's 50 free women 's 800 free men 's 100 fly women 's 200 back men 's 4×200 free relay women 's 100 free ( final ) men 's 200 back ( final ) women 's 50 fly ( semifinals ) men 's 50 free ( semifinals ) women 's 200 breast ( final ) men 's 100 fly ( semifinals ) women 's 200 back ( semifinals ) men 's 200 breast ( final ) men 's 4×200 free relay ( final ) swim-off : men 's 50 free swim-off : men 's 100 fly
Saturday 31 March 2007 women 's 50 free men 's 50 back women 's 50 breast men 's 1500 free women 's 4×100 medley relay women 's 50 fly ( final ) men 's 50 free ( final ) women 's 200 back ( final ) women 's 50 breast ( semifinals ) men 's 100 fly ( final ) women 's 50 free ( semifinals ) men 's 50 back ( semifinal ) women 's 800 free ( final ) women 's 4×100 medley relay ( final )
Sunday 1 April 2007 men 's 400 I.M . women 's 400 I.M . men 's 4×100 medley relay men 's 50 back ( final ) women 's 50 breast ( final ) men 's 400 I.M . ( final ) women 's 50 free ( final ) men 's 1500 free ( final ) women 's 400 I.M . ( final ) men 's 4×100 medly relay ( final )
Event schedule
2007 FINA World ChampionshipsDivingIndividual1 mmenwomen3 mmenwomen10 mmenwomenSynchronised3 mmenwomen10 mmenwomenOpen water swimming5 kmmenwomen10 kmmenwomen25 kmmenwomenSwimmingFreestyle50 mmenwomen100 mmenwomen200 mmenwomen400 mmenwomen800 mmenwomen1500 mmenwomenBackstroke50 mmenwomen100 mmenwomen200 mmenwomenBreaststroke50 mmenwomen100 mmenwomen200 mmenwomenButterfly50 mmenwomen100 mmenwomen200 mmenwomenIndividual medley200 mmenwomen400 mmenwomenFreestyle relay4×100 mmenwomen4×200 mmenwomenMedley relay4×100 mmenwomenSynchronised swimmingSoloTechnicalwomenFreewomenDuetTechnicalwomenFreewomenTeamTechnicalwomenFreewomenCombinationwomenWater poloTournamentmenwomenvte Morning/heats sessions began at 10:00 a.m. , with the evening sessions ( semifinals and finals ) beginning at 7:00 p.m. All events were contested in a long-course ( 50 m ) pool . In the 50 m , 100 m , and 200 m events , heats/semifinals/finals were held ; with heats in the morning of the first day of the event , semifinals that evening , and finals the next evening . For races 400 m , 800 m , or 1500 m in length , only heats and finals were held . For the 400 m events ( both individual and relay ) , heats and finals were held on the same day . For the individual 800 m and 1500 m free events , heats were held in the morning with finals in the next day 's evening session ( approximately 36 hours apart ) . For the 4×200 m freestyle relay , heats and finals were the same day ( matching the other 2 relays ) .
The swimming competition at the 12th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 March to 1 April 2007. This portion of the 2007 Worlds featured 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females), all swum in a long course (50 m) pool:
The 2007 World Championships served in qualifying for the Swimming portion at the 2008 Olympics in two ways: