Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 26 July 2021 (heats) 27 July 2021 (semifinals) 28 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:08.52 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4×100 m | men | women | |
4×200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4×100 m | men | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
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.
The medals for the competition were presented by Dániel Gyurta, Hungary; IOC Member, Olympian, Gold Medalist and Silver Medalists, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Verónica Stanham, Uruguay; FINA Bureau Member.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.12 | Kazan, Russia | 3 August 2015 | [2] |
Olympic record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.58 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9 August 2016 | [3] [4] |
No new records were set during the competition.
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]
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]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [1]
Date | Time | Round |
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26 July | 19:00 | Heats |
27 July | 11:58 | Semifinals |
28 July | 11:45 | Final |
The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals. [7]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 5 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:09.16 | Q |
2 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:09.70 | Q |
3 | 3 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:09.94 | Q |
4 | 5 | Alex Walsh | United States | Q | ||
5 | 3 | 2 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:10.04 | Q, NR |
6 | 3 | 4 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.13 | Q |
7 | 3 | 6 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.21 | Q |
8 | 2 | 3 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:10.22 | Q |
9 | 3 | 3 | Alicia Wilson | Great Britain | 2:10.39 | Q |
10 | 2 | 4 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:10.77 | Q |
11 | 4 | 7 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:11.11 | Q |
12 | 4 | 3 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 2:11.22 | Q |
13 | 2 | 2 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:11.41 | Q |
14 | 4 | 2 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:11.47 | Q |
15 | 4 | 6 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:11.54 | Q |
16 | 4 | 8 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:12.21 | Q |
17 | 2 | 7 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:12.42 | |
18 | 2 | 6 | Bailey Andison | Canada | 2:12.52 | |
19 | 4 | 1 | Ellen Walshe | Ireland | 2:13.34 | |
20 | 3 | 8 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:13.81 | |
21 | 3 | 7 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | 2:14.20 | |
22 | 3 | 1 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:14.41 | |
23 | 2 | 8 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 2:14.79 | |
24 | 1 | 5 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:15.86 | |
25 | 2 | 1 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 2:16.70 | |
26 | 1 | 4 | Anja Crevar | Serbia | 2:17.62 | |
27 | 1 | 3 | Nicole Frank | Uruguay | 2:18.93 |
The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final. [8]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:09.21 | Q |
2 | 2 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:09.56 | Q |
3 | 1 | 5 | Alex Walsh | United States | 2:09.57 | Q |
4 | 1 | 6 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:09.72 | Q |
5 | 1 | 2 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:09.79 | Q |
6 | 1 | 3 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:09.94 | Q |
7 | 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.22 | Q |
8 | 2 | 2 | Alicia Wilson | Great Britain | 2:10.59 | Q |
9 | 2 | 3 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:10.65 | |
10 | 2 | 6 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.70 | |
11 | 2 | 7 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:10.84 | |
12 | 2 | 8 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:11.38 | |
13 | 1 | 1 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:11.71 | |
14 | 2 | 1 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:12.10 | |
15 | 1 | 7 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 2:12.14 | |
16 | 1 | 8 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:12.85 |
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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2 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:08.52 | ||
3 | Alex Walsh | United States | 2:08.65 | ||
4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:09.04 | ||
4 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:09.15 | |
5 | 6 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:09.57 | WJR |
6 | 7 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.05 | |
7 | 1 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:12.38 | |
8 | 8 | Alicia Wilson | Great Britain | 2:12.86 |
Katinka Hosszú is a Hungarian competitive swimmer specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion. She is owner of a Budapest based swim school and swim club called Iron Swim Budapest, and co-owner and captain of Team Iron, founding member of the International Swimming League.
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