Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200-metre freestyle at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates	26 July 2021 (heats, semifinals) 27 July 2001 (final)
Competitors	43
Winning time	1 minute 58.57 seconds
Medalists
Giaan Rooney    Australia   Yang Yu    China   Camelia Potec    Romania
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Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

The women's 200-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 27 July. ^[1] The heats ^[2] and semifinals ^[3] were on 26 July.

Records

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

World record	Franziska van Almsick  (GER)	1:56.78	Rome, Italy	6 September 1994
Championship record	Franziska van Almsick  (GER)	1:56.78	Rome, Italy	6 September 1994

Results

Heats

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	1:59.73	Q
2	Nadezhda Chemezova	Russia	2:00.07	Q
3	Mette Jacobsen	Denmark	2:00.31	Q
4	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:00.31	Q
5	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	2:00.32	Q
6	Elka Graham	Australia	2:00.53	Q
7	Yang Yu	China	2:00.78	Q
8	Camelia Potec	Romania	2:00.82	Q
9	Maki Mita	Japan	2:00.93	Q
10	Sofie Goffin	Belgium	2:01.03	Q
10	Nicola Jackson	United Kingdom	2:01.03	Q
12	Karen Pickering	United Kingdom	2:01.35	Q
13	Carla Geurts	Netherlands	2:01.64	Q
14	Alicia Bozon	France	2:01.67	Q
14	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:01.67	Q
16	Natallia Baranouskaya	Belarus	2:01.83	Q
17	Cecilia Vianini	Italy	2:02.15
18	Laura Roca	Spain	2:02.23
19	Xu Yanwei	China	2:02.27
20	Josefin Lillhage	Sweden	2:02.31
21	Florencia Szigeti	Argentina	2:02.39
22	Nicole Zahnd	Switzerland	2:02.60
23	Sarah Harstick	Germany	2:02.62
24	Luisa Striani	Italy	2:02.65
25	Zoi Dimoschaki	Greece	2:02.66
26	Monique Ferreira	Brazil	2:03.13
27	Alessa Ries	Germany	2:03.21
28	Stefanie Williams	United States	2:03.33
29	Olga Bogoslovenko	Russia	2:03.46
30	Colleen Lanne	United States	2:03.52
31	Sophie Simard	Canada	2:03.75
32	Nina van Koeckhoven	Belgium	2:03.95
33	Chantal Gibney	Ireland	2:04.38
34	Eri Yamanoi	Japan	2:04.48
35	Ania Gustomelski	Israel	2:04.59
36	Lin Chi-Chan	Chinese Taipei	2:05.50
37	Helen Nolfolk	New Zealand	2:06.12
38	Ivanka Moralieva	Bulgaria	2:06.92
39	Christel Bouvron	Singapore	2:07.77
40	U-Nice Chan	Singapore	2:08.99
41	Maria Wong	Peru	2:09.30
42	Nicole Hayes	Palau	2:11.01
43	Lee Huei-Yun	Chinese Taipei	2:14.40
–	Elina Partõka	Estonia	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	1:59.45	Q
2	Giaan Rooney	Australia	1:59.62	Q
3	Yang Yu	China	1:59.68	Q
3	Nicola Jackson	United Kingdom	1:59.68	Q
5	Camelia Potec	Romania	1:59.73	Q
6	Elka Graham	Australia	1:59.75	Q
7	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	1:59.76	Q
8	Maki Mita	Japan	2:00.05	QSO
8	Mette Jacobsen	Denmark	2:00.05	QSO
10	Nadezhda Chemezova	Russia	2:00.37
10	Natallia Baranouskaya	Belarus	2:00.37
12	Karen Pickering	United Kingdom	2:00.52
13	Alicia Bozon	France	2:00.95
14	Carla Geurts	Netherlands	2:01.71
15	Sofie Goffin	Belgium	2:01.80
16	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:02.16

Swim-off

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mette Jacobsen	Denmark	2:00.31	Q
2	Maki Mita	Japan	2:01.01

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Giaan Rooney	Australia	1:58.57
	Yang Yu	China	1:58.78
	Camelia Potec	Romania	1:58.85
4	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	1:58.92
5	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	1:59.29
6	Nicola Jackson	United Kingdom	1:59.44
7	Elka Graham	Australia	1:59.63
8	Mette Jacobsen	Denmark	1:59.64

Key: WR = World record

References

1. "Final Results". FINA . Retrieved 7 August 2023.
2. "Heats Results". FINA . Retrieved 7 August 2023.
3. "Semifinals Results". FINA . Retrieved 7 August 2023.