Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates9 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
10 August 2016 (final)
Competitors28 from 20 nations
Winning time2:04.85
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg Madeline Groves Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Natsumi Hoshi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2012
2020  

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 9–10 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]

Summary

Spain's Mireia Belmonte stormed home on the final lap to upgrade her silver from London 2012 with an Olympic title in this event, writing a historic milestone to become the country's first female swimming champion. [2] Closing the gap between herself and Madeline Groves at the 150-metre turn, she pipped the Australian challenger with a half-stroke swim on the final stretch to a striking gold-medal triumph in 2:04.85. [3] [4] Groves commanded a solid lead through the first half of the race, but could not catch the Spaniard near the wall, stopping just 0.03 seconds behind with a 2:04.88 for the silver. [5] Meanwhile, Japan's Natsumi Hoshi delivered a powerful back-half strategy to hold on the two leaders and repeat her bronze-medal feat from London 2012 in 2:05.20. [6] [7]

Swimming in lane eight, Cammile Adams of the United States missed out on the podium by seven tenths of a second, as she moved up from the outside to fourth with a lifetime best of 2:05.90. [8] Separated from each other by a 0.03-second gap, Chinese duo Zhou Yilin (2:07.37) and Zhang Yufei (2:07.40) picked up the fifth and sixth spots respectively. [9] Adams' teammate Hali Flickinger (2:07.71) and Australian youngster Brianna Throssell (2:07.87) closed out the field. [7]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster, including British duo Hannah Miley and Aimee Willmott, Germany's Franziska Hentke, the reigning European champion, and Hungary's Katinka Hosszú, who later scratched the afternoon prelims to prepare herself instead for a historic medley double that happened in the evening session of the same day. [10]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Zige  (CHN)2:01.81 Jinan, China 21 October 2009 [11] [12]
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jiao Liuyang  (CHN)2:04.06 London, United Kingdom 1 August 2012 [13]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round. [1]

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145 Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:06.64Q
235 Cammile Adams Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.67Q
42 Hali Flickinger Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
446 Liliána Szilágyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:06.99Q
544 Madeline Groves Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.22Q
623 Suzuka Hasegawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:07.35Q
734 Natsumi Hoshi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:07.37Q
825 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:07.55Q
924 Franziska Hentke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:07.59Q
1033 Brianna Throssell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.76Q
1141 Martina van Berkel Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:08.00Q
1243 Zhou Yilin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:08.21Q
1327 An Se-hyeon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:08.42Q
1431 Anja Klinar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:08.43Q
1526 Alessia Polieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:08.95Q
1622 Audrey Lacroix Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:09.21Q
1748 Stefania Pirozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:09.40
1837 Lara Grangeon Flag of France.svg  France 2:09.69
1921 Aimee Willmott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:09.71
2032 Judit Ignacio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:09.82
2147 Park Jin-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:09.99
2215 Nida Eliz Üstündağ Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:10.02
2328 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:10.60
2438 Joanna Maranhão Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:10.69
2514 Helena Gasson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:12.18
2613 Virginia Bardach Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:13.58
2716 María Far Núñez Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:23.89
Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
17 Zhou Yilin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:06.52Q
26 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:06.95Q
32 Brianna Throssell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.19Q
44 Cammile Adams Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.22Q
53 Suzuka Hasegawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:07.33
65 Liliána Szilágyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:07.34
71 Anja Klinar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:09.44
88 Audrey Lacroix Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:09.95

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Madeline Groves Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:05.66Q
24 Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:06.06Q
36 Natsumi Hoshi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:06.74Q
45 Hali Flickinger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.02Q
52 Franziska Hentke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:07.67
67 Martina van Berkel Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:07.90 NR
71 An Se-hyeon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:08.69
88 Alessia Polieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:09.35

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:04.85
Silver medal icon.svg4 Madeline Groves Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:04.88
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Natsumi Hoshi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:05.20
48 Cammile Adams Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.90
53 Zhou Yilin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:07.37
62 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:07.40
77 Hali Flickinger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.71
81 Brianna Throssell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.87

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