Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 16, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 17, 2004 (final)
Competitors41 from 36 nations
Winning time1:58.03
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Solenne Figuès Flag of France.svg  France
  2000
2008  

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 16 and 17. [1]

Camelia Potec became the second Romanian swimmer to claim a gold medal in swimming (the first being done by Diana Mocanu in Sydney), outside the record time of 1:58.03. The silver medal was awarded to 15-year-old Federica Pellegrini of Italy, who finished behind Potec by 0.19 of a second, clocking at 1:58.22. France's Solenne Figuès, on the other hand, took home the bronze in 1:58.45. World record holder Franziska van Almsick, however, finished outside of medals in fifth place, with a time of 1:58.88. [2] [3]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Franziska van Almsick  (GER)1:56.64 Berlin, Germany 3 August 2002
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Heike Friedrich  (GDR)1:57.65 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
142 Dana Vollmer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.49Q
262 Claudia Poll Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1:59.50Q
357 Paulina Barzycka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:59.52Q
456 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 1:59.80Q
563 Solenne Figuès Flag of France.svg  France 1:59.90Q
667 Josefin Lillhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:00.04Q
746 Elka Graham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:00.13Q
864 Lindsay Benko Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.21Q
965 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:00.23Q
1054 Melanie Marshall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:00.46Q
1145 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:00.50Q
1253 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:00.67Q
1341 Tomoko Nagai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:00.73Q
1455 Pang Jiaying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:00.80Q
1543 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:01.00Q
1644 Yang Yu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:01.33Q
1768 Brittany Reimer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.39
1847 Sara Isaković Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:01.71
1966 Linda Mackenzie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:02.04
2052 Sara Harstick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:02.25
2151 Nataliya Shalagina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:02.37
2235 Olena Lapunova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:02.71
2358 Mariana Brochado Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:02.91
2433 Hanna Miluska Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:03.28
2531 Florencia Szigeti Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 2:03.29
2648 Kim Hyun-joo Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:03.33
2761 Zoi Dimoschaki Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:03.38
2834 Elina Partõka Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:03.54
2932 Alison Fitch Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:03.58
3038 Janelle Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:04.06
3137 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:04.22
3236 Petra Banović Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:04.24
3322 Jana Myšková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:04.62
3424 Vesna Stojanovska Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 2:04.64
3513 Pilin Tachakittiranan Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:05.29
3614 Yang Chin-kuei Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:05.65
3723 Louise Mai Jansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:06.06
3825 Larisa Lăcustă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:06.62
3926 Sze Hang Yu Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:07.55
4027 Khadija Ciss Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2:09.04
4115 Yuliya Rissik Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 2:09.93

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 1:58.02Q
21 Pang Jiaying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:58.68Q
33 Josefin Lillhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:59.31Q
44 Claudia Poll Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1:59.79
57 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:59.87
66 Lindsay Benko Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.22
78 Yang Yu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:00.52
82 Melanie Marshall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:01.06

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Solenne Figuès Flag of France.svg  France 1:58.65Q
24 Dana Vollmer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.04Q
35 Paulina Barzycka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:59.10Q
42 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:59.13Q
57 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:59.25Q
66 Elka Graham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:59.44
78 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:59.96
81 Tomoko Nagai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:00.09

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg1 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:58.03
Silver medal icon.svg4 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 1:58.22
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Solenne Figuès Flag of France.svg  France 1:58.45
42 Paulina Barzycka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:58.62
57 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.88
66 Dana Vollmer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:58.98
73 Pang Jiaying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:59.16
88 Josefin Lillhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:59.20

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. "Potec wins freestyle gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. "Camelia Potec Takes 200 Freestyle from Lane Ones". Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2013.