Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 30, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 31, 2012 (final)
Competitors37 from 31 nations
Winning time1:53.61 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronte Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 30–31 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1]

U.S. swimmer Allison Schmitt blasted a new Olympic record with a stunning effort to capture the gold medal in the event for the first time, since Nicole Haislett topped the podium in 1992. She pulled away from a tightly packed field on the final lap to hit the wall first in a sterling time of 1:53.61, shaving 1.21 seconds off the record set by Italy's Federica Pellegrini from Beijing in 2008. [2] [3] After defeating Schmitt in a close duel to grab the 400 m freestyle title two days earlier, France's Camille Muffat trailed behind her rival by almost a body length for the silver in 1:55.58. [4] Meanwhile, Australia's Bronte Barratt produced a striking touch to take home the bronze in 1:55.81, edging out American teenage star Missy Franklin by a hundredth of a second. [5] [6] [7]

Franklin missed a chance to add her third career medal with a fourth-place time in 1:55.82, while Pellegrini, the defending Olympic champion, dropped off the podium to fifth in 1:56.73. [8] [9] Russia's Veronika Popova (1:57.25), Great Britain's home favorite Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.60) and Barratt's teammate Kylie Palmer (1:57.68) closed out the field. [5] [7]

Notable swimmers failed to reach the top-eight final roster including Slovenia's Sara Isaković, the defending silver medalist, who placed fourteenth (1:58.47) in the semifinals; and Romania's Camelia Potec, a four-time Olympian and 2004 Olympic champion, who posted a twenty-fifth place time (2:01.15) on the morning prelims. [10]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Italy.svg  Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)1:52.98 Rome, Italy29 July 2009 [11] [12]
Olympic recordFlag of Italy.svg  Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)1:54.82 Beijing, China13 August 2008 [13]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
July 31Final Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.61 OR

Results

Heats

[14]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:57.16Q
254 Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.33Q
334 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.62Q
433 Veronika Popova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.79Q
57 Melania Costa Schmid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Q
636 Barbara Jardin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.92Q
755 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:58.03Q
42 Caitlin McClatchey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Q
937 Samantha Cheverton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:58.11Q
1043 Bronte Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.12Q
1153 Kylie Palmer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.16Q
1244 Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 1:58.49Q
1356 Silke Lippok Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.59Q
1446 Wang Shijia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:58.73Q
1541 Hanae Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.93Q
1651 Sara Isaković Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:58.96Q
1732 Rebecca Turner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:58.98
1831 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Flag of France.svg  France 1:59.15
1948 Nina Rangelova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:59.21 NR
2058 Karin Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:59.24
2147 Song Wenyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:59.47
2252 Ágnes Mutina Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.56
2338 Sze Hang Yu Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:59.92
2425 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:00.91
2526 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:01.15
2622 Liliana Ibanez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:01.36
2721 Anna Stylianou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2:01.87
2828 Katarína Filová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:02.03
2924 Jördis Steinegger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:02.39
3013 Natthanan Junkrajang Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:02.49
3115 Danielle Villars Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:03.55
3227 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:04.21
3314 Baek Il-joo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:04.32
3416 Heather Arseth Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2:07.81
3512 Aurelie Fanchette Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2:23.49
23 Gráinne Murphy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland DNS
45 Femke Heemskerk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Bronte Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.08Q
24 Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.15Q
37 Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 1:56.18Q
45 Veronika Popova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.84Q, NR
53 Barbara Jardin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.91
66 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:58.12
78 Sara Isaković Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:58.47
81 Wang Shijia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:58.63

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:56.67Q
26 Caitlin McClatchey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:57.33Q
37 Kylie Palmer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.44Q
45 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.57Q
53 Melania Costa Schmid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:57.76
62 Samantha Cheverton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.98
71 Silke Lippok Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.24
88 Hanae Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:59.62

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.61 OR , AM
Silver medal icon.svg3 Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 1:55.58
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Bronte Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:55.81
48 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.82
56 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:56.73
62 Veronika Popova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.25
77 Caitlin McClatchey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:57.60
81 Kylie Palmer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.68

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