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

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates28 July 2021 (heats)
29 July 2021 (semifinals)
30 July 2021 (final)
Competitors31 from 24 nations
Winning time2:18.95 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tatjana Schoenmaker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Annie Lazor Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 28 to 30 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the event's twenty-third consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1924.

Summary

South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker came from behind to become her nation's first Olympic champion in this event since Penny Heyns in 1996. Trailing the U.S.' Lilly King at the halfway mark, Schoenmaker moved through the field in the penultimate lap. Almost half a second ahead of world record pace at the final turn, Schoenmaker closed strongly to become the first woman to break the 2:19 barrier and win gold in a world record time of 2:18.95.

King, a 100 m breaststroke specialist over the years, established an early lead out of lane 2. However, King could not hold off Schoenmaker's ferocious charge over the back-half and settled for silver in 2:19.92. Meanwhile, King's teammate Annie Lazor (2:20.84) had the fastest final lap in the field, edging out ROC's Evgeniia Chikunova (2:20.88) by four one-hundredths of a second to claim bronze. More than a second back, Schoenmaker's teammate Kaylene Corbett (2:22.06) took fifth, while 2016 Olympian Molly Renshaw of Great Britain (2:22.65) and her teammate Abbie Wood (2:23.72) placed sixth and seventh. Belgium's Fanny Lecluyse (2:24.57) rounded out the championship field.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Denmark.svg  Rikke Møller Pedersen  (DEN)2:19.11 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2013 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Rebecca Soni  (USA)2:19.59 London, United Kingdom 2 August 2012 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventSwimmerNationTimeRecord
July 28Heat 4 Tatjana Schoenmaker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:19.16 OR
July 30Final Tatjana Schoenmaker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:18.95 WR

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 2:25.52. 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 2:29.89. 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. [4]

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. [5]

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
28 July 202119:36Heats
29 July 202111:54Semifinals
30 July 202110:41Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals. [6]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
144 Tatjana Schoenmaker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:19.16Q, OR , AF
235 Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:22.10Q
345 Evgenia Chikunova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2:22.16Q
427 Kaylene Corbett Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:22.48Q
534 Annie Lazor Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:22.76Q
624 Molly Renshaw Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:22.99Q
723 Maria Temnikova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2:23.13Q
821 Yu Jingyao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:23.17Q
942 Jenna Strauch Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:23.30Q
1032 Jessica Vall Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:23.31Q
1122 Fanny Lecluyse Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:23.42Q
1248 Sophie Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:23.82Q
1326 Francesca Fangio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:23.89Q
1443 Lisa Mamié Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:23.91Q
1525 Abbie Wood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:24.13Q
1646 Kelsey Wog Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:24.27Q
1747 Abbey Harkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:24.41
1836 Kanako Watanabe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:24.73
1914 Kristýna Horská Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:25.03 NR
2016 Mona McSharry Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:25.08 NR
2141 Martina Carraro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:26.17
2237 Marina García Urzainqui Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:26.21
2312 Kotryna Teterevkova Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:26.82
2413 Melissa Rodríguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:26.87
2515 Eszter Békési Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:26.89
2631 Alina Zmushka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:27.59
2717 Eneli Jefimova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:27.87
2828 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:28.41
2938 Julia Sebastián Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:29.55
3011 Andrea Podmaníková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:29.56
3118 Phee Jinq En Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:32.57
33 Sydney Pickrem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNS

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final. [7]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124 Tatjana Schoenmaker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:19.33Q
225 Evgenia Chikunova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2:20.57Q
323 Annie Lazor Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:21.94Q
415 Kaylene Corbett Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:22.08Q
514 Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:22.27Q
628 Abbie Wood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:22.35Q
713 Molly Renshaw Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:22.70Q
827 Fanny Lecluyse Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:23.73Q
922 Jenna Strauch Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:24.25
1017 Sophie Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:24.28
1126 Maria Temnikova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2:24.69
1216 Yu Jingyao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:24.76
1312 Jessica Vall Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:24.87
1411 Lisa Mamié Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:25.11
1521 Francesca Fangio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:27.56
18 Kelsey Wog Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DSQ

Final

[8]

RankLaneNameNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Tatjana Schoenmaker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:18.95 WR
Silver medal icon.svg2 Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:19.92
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Annie Lazor Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:20.84
45 Evgenia Chikunova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2:20.88
56 Kaylene Corbett Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:22.06
61 Molly Renshaw Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:22.65
77 Abbie Wood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:23.72
88 Fanny Lecluyse Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:24.57

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  8. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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