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

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Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates26 July 2021 (heats)
27 July 2021 (semifinals)
28 July 2021 (final)
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time2:08.52
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yui Ohashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Alex Walsh Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Kate Douglass Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 26 to 28 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It will be the event's twelfth appearance, having been first held in 1968 and 1972 and then at every edition since 1984.

Summary

Japan's home favourite Yui Ohashi pulled away from a tight field to strike a medley double for the seventh straight Olympics, having already won gold in the 400 m race. Second at the final turn behind the U.S.' Alex Walsh, Ohashi narrowly eclipsed the American to win gold in 2:08.52. While leading at the 150, Walsh faded over the closing stages to claim silver in a personal best time of 2:08.65. Walsh's teammate Kate Douglass moved through the field in the breaststroke, before charging home in the freestyle leg to take the bronze in 2:09.04. Third at the final turn, Great Britain's Abbie Wood could not hold off Douglass at the finish and settled for fourth 11 hundredths of a second back in 2:09.15.

China's Yu Yiting, the early leader after the butterfly and backstroke legs, fell of the pace to come fifth in a world junior record of 2:09.57. Canada's 2019 World Championships bronze medallist Sydney Pickrem repeated her sixth-place finish from Rio five years earlier, touching in 2:10.05. Hungary's defending champion and world record holder Katinka Hosszú was unable to replicate her sterling Rio performance and claimed a distant seventh in 2:12.78. Wood's teammate Alicia Wilson (2:12.86) rounded out the championship field.

The medals for competition were presented by Hungary's Dániel Gyurta, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Uruguay's Verónica Stanham, FINA Bureau Member.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Katinka Hosszú  (HUN)2:06.12 Kazan, Russia3 August 2015 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Katinka Hosszú  (HUN)2:06.58 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 August 2016 [3] [4]

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 2:12.56. 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 2:16.54. 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
26 July19:00Heats
27 July11:58Semifinals
28 July11:45Final

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
125 Kate Douglass Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.16Q
244 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:09.70Q
335 Abbie Wood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:09.94Q
45 Alex Walsh Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
532 Maria Ugolkova Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:10.04Q, NR
634 Sydney Pickrem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:10.13Q
736 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:10.21Q
823 Yu Yiting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:10.22Q
933 Alicia Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:10.39Q
1024 Yui Ohashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.77Q
1147 Cyrielle Duhamel Flag of France.svg  France 2:11.11Q
1243 Miho Teramura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:11.22Q
1322 Ilaria Cusinato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:11.41Q
1442 Sara Franceschi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:11.47Q
1546 Kim Seo-yeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:11.54Q
1648 Kristýna Horská Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:12.21Q
1727 Dalma Sebestyén Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.42
1826 Bailey Andison Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.52
1941 Ellen Walshe Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:13.34
2038 África Zamorano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:13.81
2137 Fantine Lesaffre Flag of France.svg  France 2:14.20
2231 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:14.41
2328 Rebecca Meder Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:14.79
2415 McKenna DeBever Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:15.86
2521 Diana Petkova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:16.70
2614 Anja Crevar Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 2:17.62
2713 Nicole Frank Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:18.93

Semifinals

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

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124 Kate Douglass Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.21Q
225 Abbie Wood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:09.56Q
315 Alex Walsh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.57Q
416 Yu Yiting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:09.72Q
512 Yui Ohashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.79Q
613 Sydney Pickrem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:09.94Q
714 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:10.22Q
822 Alicia Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:10.59Q
923 Maria Ugolkova Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:10.65
1026 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:10.70
1127 Cyrielle Duhamel Flag of France.svg  France 2:10.84
1228 Kim Seo-yeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:11.38
1311 Sara Franceschi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:11.71
1421 Ilaria Cusinato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12.10
1517 Miho Teramura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:12.14
1618 Kristýna Horská Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:12.85

Final

[9]

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2 Yui Ohashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:08.52
Silver medal icon.svg3 Alex Walsh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.65
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Kate Douglass Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.04
45 Abbie Wood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:09.15
56 Yu Yiting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:09.57 WJ
67 Sydney Pickrem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:10.05
71 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.38
88 Alicia Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:12.86

References

  1. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. "Katinka Hosszu Stuns, Takes Down Techsuited World Record in 200 IM at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. Baldwin, Alan (10 August 2016). "Swimming: Hosszu completes her golden treble". Reuters . Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. "'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu wins 200 IM, third gold of Rio Games". Olympics. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  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 26 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.