Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley

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Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 11, 2008 (heats)
August 12, 2008 (semifinals)
August 13, 2008 (final)
Competitors39 from 30 nations
Winning time2:08.45 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Stephanie Rice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Bronze medal icon.svg Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2004
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The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11–13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]

Australia's Stephanie Rice became the third swimmer in Olympic history to strike a medley double, since Michelle Smith did so in 1996 and Yana Klochkova in 2000 and 2004. She established a sterling time of 2:08.45 to lower her world record from the Olympic trials by almost half a second (0.50). [2] [3] Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry added a third silver to her collection, finishing with an African record of 2:08.59. U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who held the lead on the backstroke leg, picked up a bronze medal in 2:10.34. [4] [5]

Completing the second half of a difficult double, American Katie Hoff produced the same result from the 200 m freestyle, as she finished again in fourth place with a time of 2:10.68. [6] Australia's Alicia Coutts placed fifth in 2:11.43, while Japan's Asami Kitagawa swam the outside lane to finish the race in sixth place at 2:11.56. On the strength of the breaststroke leg, Kitagawa won a swimoff for the last slot in the top 8 final over Hungary's Evelyn Verrasztó. [7] Canada's Julia Wilkinson (2:12.43) and Poland's Katarzyna Baranowska (2:13.36) closed out the field. [4]

Earlier in the semifinals, Coventry established an Olympic standard of 2:09.53 to cut off Yana Klochkova's eight-year record by a 1.15-second deficit. [7] [8]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Stephanie Rice  (AUS)2:08.92 Sydney, Australia 25 March 2008 [9]
Olympic recordFlag of Ukraine.svg  Yana Klochkova  (UKR)2:10.68 Sydney, Australia 19 September 2000-

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 12Semifinal 1 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:09.53 OR
August 13Final Stephanie Rice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:08.45 WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
143 Alicia Coutts Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:11.55Q
244 Katie Hoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.58Q
334 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.63Q
453 Hannah Miley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:11.72Q
536 Julie Hjorth-Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:11.99Q
654 Stephanie Rice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:12.07Q
745 Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 2:12.16Q
855 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:12.18Q
932 Asami Kitagawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:12.47Q, NR
56 Katarzyna Baranowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Q
1152 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.52Q
1231 Li Jiaxing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:12.53Q
1337 Julia Wilkinson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.56Q
1435 Mireia Belmonte García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:12.75Q
1533 Keri-Anne Payne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:12.78Q
1641 Svetlana Karpeeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:12.94Q
1748 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:13.05
1851 Helen Norfolk Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:13.50
1957 Erica Morningstar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:14.11
2046 Qi Hui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:14.25
2142 Cylia Vabre Flag of France.svg  France 2:14.34
2227 Joanna Maranhão Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:14.97
2321 Sara Nordenstam Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:15.13 NR
2422 Choi Hye-Ra Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:15.26
2523 Anja Klinar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:15.39
2625 Jessica Pengelly Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:15.80
2738 María Peláez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:15.97
2826 Femke Heemskerk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:16.28
2928 Siow Yi Ting Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:17.11
3047 Katharina Schiller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:18.00
3116 Ganna Dzerkal Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:18.25
3212 Erika Stewart Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:18.54 NR
3313 Sherry Tsai Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:18.91
3458 Sonja Schöber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:20.18
3514 Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:20.53
3617 Lin Man-Hsu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:23.29
3724 Georgina Bardach Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:25.74
3811 Fibriani Ratna Marita Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:28.18
15 Maroua Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:09.53Q, OR
23 Stephanie Rice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:10.58Q
34 Katie Hoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.90Q
42 Katarzyna Baranowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:12.13Q, NR
55 Hannah Miley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:12.35
68 Svetlana Karpeeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:13.26
71 Mireia Belmonte García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:13.45
87 Li Jiaxing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:13.47

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.84Q
21 Julia Wilkinson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.03Q
4 Alicia Coutts Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Q
42 Asami Kitagawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:12.18QSO, NR
7 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary QSO
63 Julie Hjorth-Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:12.26
76 Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 2:12.36
88 Keri-Anne Payne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:14.14

Swimoff

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Asami Kitagawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:12.02Q, NR
24 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:14.96

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Stephanie Rice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:08.45 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:08.59 AF
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.34
43 Katie Hoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.68
52 Alicia Coutts Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:11.43
68 Asami Kitagawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:11.56 NR
77 Julia Wilkinson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.43
81 Katarzyna Baranowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:13.36

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