2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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Women's 200m Butterfly
at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates12 December (heats and final)
Winning time2:02.20
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  2010
2014  

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Liu Zige Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:00.78 Berlin 15 November 2009
Championship record Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:03.59 Dubai 15 December 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
12 DecemberFinal Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:02.20CR

Results

Heats

34 swimmers participated in 4 heats. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameTimeNotes
124Flag of Hungary.svg  Katinka Hosszú  (HUN)2:04.19Q, NR
216Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jiao Liuyang  (CHN)2:04.88Q
322Flag of Japan.svg  Kona Fujita  (JPN)2:05.42Q
444Flag of the United States.svg  Kathleen Hersey  (USA)2:05.45Q
545Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Katerine Savard  (CAN)2:05.54Q
646Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Zige  (CHN)2:05.96Q
734Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jemma Lowe  (GBR)2:06.14Q
827Flag of Japan.svg  Nao Kobayashi  (JPN)2:06.91Q
926Flag of the United States.svg  Jasmine Tosky  (USA)2:07.28
1036Flag of Spain.svg  Judit Ignacio Sorribes  (ESP)2:08.02
1142Flag of Russia.svg  Veronika Popova  (RUS)2:08.33
1235Flag of Italy.svg  Stefania Pirozzi  (ITA)2:09.08
1332Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Brianna Throssell  (AUS)2:09.08
1443Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Martina van Berkel  (SUI)2:09.56
1537Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Noemie It-Ting Thomas  (CAN)2:09.59
1633Flag of South Korea.svg  Choi Hye-Ra  (KOR)2:09.97
1725Flag of Italy.svg  Alessia Polieri  (ITA)2:10.00
1828Flag of South Africa.svg  Mandy Loots  (RSA)2:10.04
1947Flag of Portugal.svg  Sara Oliveira  (POR)2:10.96
2038Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Cheng Wan-Jung  (TPE)2:11.95
2131Flag of Slovakia.svg  Denisa Smolenová  (SVK)2:12.60
2230Flag of Turkey.svg  Jasmin Rosenberger  (TUR)2:13.07
2341Flag of Indonesia.svg  Monalisa Arieswati Lorenza  (INA)2:13.42
2420Flag of Colombia.svg  Jessica Camposano  (COL)2:15.28
2540Flag of Turkey.svg  Melisa Akarsu  (TUR)2:16.38
2614Flag of South Africa.svg  Megan Stephens  (RSA)2:16.84
2748Flag of Indonesia.svg  Raina Saumi Grahana  (INA)2:17.22
2849Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Thị Kim Tuyến  (VIE)2:20.73
2929Flag of India.svg  Pooja Raghava Alva  (IND)2:21.24
3013Flag of Fiji.svg  Tieri Erasito  (FIJ)2:22.33 NR
3139Flag of Barbados.svg  Zabrina Holder  (BAR)2:23.51
3217Flag of Moldova.svg  Ana Semiruncic  (MDA)2:24.72
3315Flag of Macau.svg  Tan Chi Yan  (MAC)2:31.81
21Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Danielle Villars  (SUI)DSQ
12Flag of Venezuela.svg  Wendy Rodríguez  (VEN)DNS
23Flag of Slovenia.svg  Anja Klinar  (SLO)DNS

Final

The final was held at 19:32. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:02.20 CR , ER
Silver medal icon.svg5 Jiao Liuyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:02.28
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Jemma Lowe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:03.19
47 Liu Zige Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:03.99
56 Kathleen Hersey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.90
62 Katerine Savard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:06.56
73 Kona Fujita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:06.57
88 Nao Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:08.95

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References

  1. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  2. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-12.