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

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Women's 200m Freestyle
at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates16 December (heats and final)
Winning time1:53.59
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Allison Schmitt  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Katinka Hosszú  Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg   Melanie Costa  Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Contents

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:51.17 Istanbul 13 December 2009
Championship record Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 1:52.29 Dubai 19 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

[1]

RankHeatLaneNameTimeNotes
165Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsuzsanna Jakabos  (HUN)1:55.24Q
264Flag of Russia.svg  Veronika Popova  (RUS)1:55.28Q
367Flag of Japan.svg  Haruka Ueda  (JPN)1:55.32Q
477Flag of New Zealand.svg  Lauren Boyle  (NZL)1:55.40Q, NR
575Flag of Spain.svg  Melanie Costa  (ESP)1:55.42Q
684Flag of Hungary.svg  Katinka Hosszú  (HUN)1:55.52Q
774Flag of the United States.svg  Allison Schmitt  (USA)1:55.77Q
885Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Angie Bainbridge  (AUS)1:56.09Q
972Flag of Denmark.svg  Lotte Friis  (DEN)1:56.17
1073Flag of Denmark.svg  Mie Nielsen  (DEN)1:56.36
1183Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rebecca Turner  (GBR)1:56.46
1282Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guo Junjun  (CHN)1:56.51
1318Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Pang Jiaying  (CHN)1:57.25
1466Flag of Ukraine.svg  Daryna Zevina  (UKR)1:57.33
1588Flag of New Zealand.svg  Melissa Ingram  (NZL)1:57.38
1663Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Nina Rangelova  (BUL)1:57.49
1761Flag of the United States.svg  Megan Romano  (USA)1:57.87
1853Flag of Italy.svg  Alice Mizzau  (ITA)1:57.89
1976Flag of Sweden.svg  Michelle Coleman  (SWE)1:58.03
2087Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Sze Hang Yu  (HKG)1:58.06
2170Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sharon van Rouwendaal  (NED)1:58.38
2256Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ellie Faulkner  (GBR)1:58.69
2381Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Heather MacLean  (CAN)1:58.80
2468Flag of Italy.svg  Diletta Carli  (ITA)1:58.81
2586Flag of Russia.svg  Daria Belyakina  (RUS)1:58.99
2678Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ellen Fullerton  (AUS)1:59.27
2751Flag of Japan.svg  Miki Uchida  (JPN)1:59.38
2858Flag of Austria.svg  Jördis Steinegger  (AUT)1:59.39
2969Flag of Slovenia.svg  Mojca Sagmeister  (SLO)1:59.44
3050Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Yang Chin-Kuei  (TPE)1:59.46
3160Flag of Spain.svg  Erika Villaécija García  (ESP)1:59.66
3252Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Závadová  (CZE)1:59.67
3354Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Julia Hassler  (LIE)1:59.70
3471Flag of Slovenia.svg  Urša Bežan  (SLO)1:59.81
3542Flag of Colombia.svg  Jessica Camposano  (COL)1:59.86
3644Flag of South Africa.svg  Kyna Pereira  (RSA)2:00.26
3745Flag of South Africa.svg  Rene Warnes  (RSA)2:01.09
3879Flag of Brazil.svg  Larissa Oliveira  (BRA)2:01.22
3933Flag of Ecuador.svg  Samantha Arevalo  (ECU)2:01.49 NR
4017Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Elmira Aigaliyeva  (KAZ)2:01.88
4159Flag of Mexico.svg  Fernanda González  (MEX)2:02.05
4280Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Danielle Villars  (SUI)2:02.12
4343Flag of Turkey.svg  Gizem Bozkurt  (TUR)2:02.18
4489Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Ranohon Amanova  (UZB)2:02.35
4546Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Julie Meynen  (LUX)2:02.44
4657Flag of Singapore.svg  Amanda Lim  (SIN)2:03.32
4747Flag of Peru.svg  Andrea Cedrón  (PER)2:04.79
4835Flag of Guatemala.svg  Maria Gabriela Santis Mejia  (GUA)2:04.99
4925Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Moira Fraser  (ZIM)2:05.10
4937Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Karen Torrez  (BOL)2:05.10 NR
5134Flag of Aruba.svg  Allyson Roxanne Ponson  (ARU)2:06.07
5232Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Anastasia Bogdanovski  (MKD)2:06.18
5311Flag of Barbados.svg  Lani Cabrera  (BAR)2:06.34 NR
5440Flag of Paraguay.svg  Maria Lopez Nery Huerta  (PAR)2:06.75
5538Flag of Honduras.svg  Angie Galdamez  (HON)2:08.18
5649Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Machiko Suharmee Raheem  (SRI)2:08.73
5736Flag of Malta.svg  Nicola Muscat  (MLT)2:10.58 NR
5841Flag of Peru.svg  Jessica Cattaneo  (PER)2:10.75
5939Flag of Barbados.svg  Sariyah Sherry  (BAR)2:11.08
6031Flag of Mauritius.svg  Olivia Planteau de Maroussem  (MRI)2:11.11
6124Flag of El Salvador.svg  Nathalie Sanchez Hernandez  (ESA)2:11.44
6248Flag of Macau.svg  Vong Erica Man Wai  (MAC)2:11.46
6323Flag of Fiji.svg  Tieri Erasito  (FIJ)2:12.44
6426Flag of Samoa.svg  Monica Saili  (SAM)2:12.65
6527Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Judith Ilan Meauri  (PNG)2:15.50
6621Flag of Kenya.svg  Field Anita Zahra  (KEN)2:16.03 NR
6722Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Fabiola Espinoza Herrera  (NCA)2:16.62
6830Flag of Syria.svg  Yusra Mardini  (SYR)2:19.10
6928Flag of Seychelles.svg  Aurelie Fanchette  (SEY)2:19.13
7020Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Victoria Chentsova  (NMI)2:20.00
7116Flag of Seychelles.svg  Felicity Passon  (SEY)2:21.96
7215Flag of Guam.svg  Danielle Atoigue  (GUM)2:23.99
7329Flag of Guyana.svg  Athena Gaskin  (GUY)2:27.00
7412Flag of Tonga.svg  Charissa Sofia Panuve  (TGA)2:27.51
7514Flag of Guam.svg  Amanda Poppe  (GUM)2:28.58
7613Flag of Pakistan.svg  Mahnoor Maqsood  (PAK)2:36.23
55Flag of Turkey.svg  Burcu Dolunay  (TUR)DNS
62Flag of Sweden.svg  Louise Hansson  (SWE)DNS

Final

The final was held at 21:03. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg1 Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.59
Silver medal icon.svg7 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:54.31
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Melanie Costa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:54.45
48 Angie Bainbridge Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:54.66
55 Veronika Popova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:54.68
63 Haruka Ueda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.05
74 Zsuzsanna Jakabos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.13
86 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:57.27

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References

  1. ↑ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  2. ↑ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
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