Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates27 July 2021 (heats)
28 July 2021 (semifinals)
29 July 2021 (final)
Competitors16 from 13 nations
Winning time2:03.86 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Hali Flickinger Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 29 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968.

Summary

China's Zhang Yufei commanded the race from the beginning to continue a strong run of Chinese dominance in the event, delivering the nation its third title in four Olympics. Rebounding from a narrow loss in the 100 m butterfly earlier in the week, Zhang similarly roared to an early lead, touching more than a second and a half ahead of the U.S.' Hali Flickinger at the halfway mark. While she began to tire in the latter half of the race, Zhang clocked a new Olympic record of 2:03.86 - the fastest performance in textile and quickest time in 12 years - to best the field and win gold.

While the American duo of Flickinger and Regan Smith battled for the silver, Smith fired off the fastest closing split in the field to edge her compatriot and record a personal best time of 2:05.30. Meanwhile Flickinger, the bronze medallist in the 400 m individual medley, could not hold off her teammate at the finish and settled for her second bronze at these Games in 2:05.65. Hungary's reigning World champion Boglárka Kapás (2:06.53) was 3-hundredths of a second off her national record to take fourth. More than a second back, ROC's Svetlana Chimrova (2:07.70) claimed fifth while Zhang's teammate Yu Liyan (2:07.85) took sixth. Great Britain's 2018 Commonwealth Games champion Alys Thomas (2:07.90) could not replicate her winning performance from those championships, taking the penultimate spot in the final. Australia's Brianna Throssell repeated her eighth-place finish from Rio five years earlier, touching in 2:09.48 - almost three seconds behind her personal best time.

The medals for the competition were presented by Costa Rica's Laura Chinchilla, IOC Member, and the gifts were presented by Kazakhstan's Andrey Kryukov, FINA Bureau Member.

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 [2] [3]
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jiao Liuyang  (CHN)2:04.06 London, United Kingdom 1 August 2012 [4]

The following record was established during the competition:

DateEventSwimmerNationTimeRecord
29 JulyFinal Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:03.86 OR

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 2:08.43. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 2:12.28. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place. [5]

Competition format

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round. [6]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [1]

DateTimeRound
27 July19:25Heats
28 July10:57Semifinals
29 July11:28Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals. [7]

As Katinka Hosszú withdrew before the event, all sixteen remaining swimmers were guaranteed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Although FINA rules would have allowed the Heats to be scratched and two straight semi-finals held, the decision was made to keep the original schedule.

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
134 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:07.50Q
224 Hali Flickinger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.31Q
315 Yu Liyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:08.36Q
414 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.46Q
535 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:08.58Q
616 Svetlana Chimrova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2:08.84Q
733 Laura Stephens Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:09.00Q
826 Alys Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:09.06Q
923 Brianna Throssell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:09.34Q
1022 Helena Bach Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:09.37Q
1136 Franziska Hentke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:09.98Q
1212 Defne Taçyıldız Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:10.00Q
1313 Suzuka Hasegawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.43Q
1432 Ana Monteiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:11.45Q
1537 Remedy Rule Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2:12.23Q
1627 Julimar Ávila Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 2:15.36Q, NR
25 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final. [8]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:04.89Q
214 Hali Flickinger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.23Q
323 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:06.59Q
415 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.64Q
525 Yu Liyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:07.04Q
622 Brianna Throssell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:08.41Q
713 Svetlana Chimrova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2:08.62Q
816 Alys Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:09.07Q
921 Suzuka Hasegawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.42
1026 Laura Stephens Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:09.49
1111 Ana Monteiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:09.82
1212 Helena Bach Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:10.05
1327 Franziska Hentke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:10.89
1417 Defne Taçyıldız Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:11.27
1528 Remedy Rule Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2:12.89
1618 Julimar Ávila Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 2:16.38

Final

[9]

RankLaneNameNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:03.86 OR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.30
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Hali Flickinger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.65
43 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:06.53
51 Svetlana Chimrova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2:07.70
62 Yu Liyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:07.85
78 Alys Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:07.90
87 Brianna Throssell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:09.48

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  5. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020 . FINA . Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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