Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	31 July 2024 (Heats and Semis) 1 August 2024 (Final)
Competitors	23 from 19 nations
Winning time	2:19.24
Medalists
Kate Douglass   United States Tatjana Smith   South Africa Tes Schouten   Netherlands
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

World record	Evgeniia Chikunova  (RUS)	2:17.55	Kazan, Russia	21 April 2023
Olympic record	Tatjana Schoenmaker  (RSA) [lower-alpha 1]	2:18.95	Tokyo, Japan	30 July 2021

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT). ^{[1] [2]}

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline. ^[1]

Time standards

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. ^[3]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Women's events
Event	OQT*	OCT^
200 m breaststroke	2:23.91	2:24.63

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

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.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
31 July 2024	10:00	Heats
	19:37	Semifinals
1 August 2024	21:11	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Tatjana Smith	South Africa	2:21.57	Q
2	2	4	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	2:23.08	Q
3	3	4	Kate Douglass	United States	2:23.44	Q
4	3	3	Ye Shiwen	China	2:23.67	Q
5	1	6	Kaylene Corbett	South Africa	2:23.85	Q
6	3	2	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2:23.80	Q
7	1	5	Mona McSharry	Ireland	2:23.98	Q
8	2	3	Jenna Strauch	Australia	2:24.38	Q
9	2	7	Jessica Vall	Spain	2:24.52	Q
10	1	3	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania	2:24.59	Q
11	3	5	Lilly King	United States	2:24.91	Q
12	2	2	Kelsey Wog	Canada	2:25.11	Q
13	2	6	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2:25.45	Q
14	3	6	Ella Ramsay	Australia	2:25.61	Q
15	3	7	Francesca Fangio	Italy	2:25.85	Q
16	1	2	Kristýna Horská	Czech Republic	2:26.28	Q
17	2	1	Lisa Mamié	Switzerland	2:26.39
18	2	8	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:26.55
19	2	5	Thea Blomsterberg	Denmark	2:27.81
20	1	1	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	2:28.10
21	1	7	Alina Zmushka	Individual Neutral Athletes	2:28.19
22	3	1	Letitia Sim	Singapore	2:29.46
23	3	8	Eneli Jefimova	Estonia	2:30.68

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Kate Douglass	United States	2:19.74	Q
2	2	4	Tatjana Smith	South Africa	2:19.94	Q
3	1	4	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	2:22.74	Q
4	1	3	Kaylene Corbett	South Africa	2:22.87	Q
5	1	5	Ye Shiwen	China	2:23.13	Q
6	2	7	Lilly King	United States	2:23.25	Q
7	1	2	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania	2:23.42	Q
8	2	3	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2:23.54	Q
9	2	1	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2:24.03
10	1	6	Jenna Strauch	Australia	2:24.05
11	2	6	Mona McSharry	Ireland	2:24.48
12	1	1	Ella Ramsay	Australia	2:24.56
13	1	7	Kelsey Wog	Canada	2:24.82
14	2	8	Francesca Fangio	Italy	2:25.39
15	1	8	Kristýna Horská	Czech Republic	2:25.77
16	2	2	Jessica Vall	Spain	2:26.22

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Kate Douglass	United States	2:19.24	AM
	5	Tatjana Smith	South Africa	2:19.60
	3	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	2:21.05
4	8	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2:22.54
5	1	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania	2:23.75
6	2	Ye Shiwen	China	2:24.31
7	6	Kaylene Corbett	South Africa	2:24.46
8	7	Lilly King	United States	2:25.91

Notes

1. Tatjana Schoenmaker was the maiden name of Tatjana Smith.

References

1. "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
2. Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
3. "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.