Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 19, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 20, 2000 (final)
Competitors36 from 27 nations
Winning time2:05.88 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Misty Hyman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19–20 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

U.S. swimmer Misty Hyman stunned Australia's defending champion Susie O'Neill to claim the Olympic title in front of a raucous home crowd. Seen as almost a lock victory for O'Neill, Hyman seized off a powerful lead and held a full body length over the champion at the 150-metre turn to maintain her relentless pace and touch the wall first in one of the oldest Olympic records in the book. She improved a sterling lifetime best of 2:05.88 to erase Mary T. Meagher's 1984 record by 1.02 seconds, but her time was just a 0.07-margin closer to O'Neill's world record. [2] [3] In a signature race, O'Neill ended up with only a silver in 2:06.58, adding it to her gold from Atlanta in 1996 and bronze from Barcelona in 1992. Meanwhile, Petria Thomas took home the bronze in 2:07.12, handing the entire medal lock for the Aussies with a two–three finish. [4] [5] [6]

Danish star Mette Jacobsen, competing in her fourth Olympics, finished off the podium by over a second in 2:08.24, while Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak posted a fifth-place time of 2:08.48. Racing next to her teammate Hyman in lane seven, Kaitlin Sandeno picked up a sixth spot with a time of 2:08.81. [7] Japanese duo Yuko Nakanishi (2:09.66) and Maki Mita (2:10.72) closed out the field. [6]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Susie O'Neill  (AUS)2:05.81 Sydney, Australia 17 May 2000 [8]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Mary T. Meagher  (USA)2:06.90 Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1984 [8]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
20 SeptemberFinal Misty Hyman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.88 OR

Results

Heats

[8]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135 Misty Hyman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.87Q
254 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.97Q
344 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:08.70Q
45 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Q
534 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:09.30Q
655 Maki Mita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.85Q
753 Kaitlin Sandeno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.92Q
833 Yuko Nakanishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.22Q
923 Cécile Jeanson Flag of France.svg  France 2:10.78Q, NR
1056 Mireia García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:10.96Q
1132 Georgina Lee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:11.09Q
1242 Éva Risztov Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.32Q
1352 Sophia Skou Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:11.35Q
1447 Mandy Loots Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:11.38Q, AF
1546 Margaretha Pedder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:11.59Q
1638 Elizabeth van Welie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:11.62Q, NR
1737 Jen Button Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11.74
1831 Yekaterina Vinogradova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:11.94
1941 Liu Limin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:12.32
2021 Mirjana Boševska Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 2:12.59 NR
2151 Liu Yin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:12.79
2243 Jessica Deglau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.86
2324 Petra Zahrl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:13.29 NR
2425 Zhanna Lozumyrska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:14.47
2557 María Peláez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:14.66
2658 Anna Uryniuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:14.87
2726 Raquel Felgueiras Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:15.19
2836 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:15.68
2948 Hsieh Shu-tzu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:16.23
3027 Natalia Roubina Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 2:17.01
3122 Zampia Melachroinou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:17.60
3228 Christel Bouvron Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:17.62
3313 Chan Wing Suet Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:19.86
3415 Tinka Dančević Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:21.02
3514 Ana Carolina Aguilera Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:21.23
3616 Hana Majaj Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 2:31.78

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.57Q
25 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.63Q
33 Maki Mita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.88Q
46 Yuko Nakanishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.89Q
52 Mireia García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:10.24
61 Mandy Loots Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:10.58 AF
78 Elizabeth van Welie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:11.68
87 Éva Risztov Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.83

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:07.81Q, EU
24 Misty Hyman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.96Q
33 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:08.11Q, NR
46 Kaitlin Sandeno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.40Q
57 Georgina Lee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:10.33 NR
68 Margaretha Pedder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:10.49
72 Cécile Jeanson Flag of France.svg  France 2:10.78 =NR
81 Sophia Skou Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:11.07

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Misty Hyman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.88 OR *
Silver medal icon.svg4 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:06.58
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.12
42 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:08.24
53 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:08.48
67 Kaitlin Sandeno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.81
78 Yuko Nakanishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.66
81 Maki Mita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.72

* Also an American record.

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