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

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates31 July 2024
(Heats and Semis)
1 August 2024
(Final)
Competitors19 from 14 nations
Winning time2:03.03 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Summer McIntosh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre at Paris La Défense Arena. [1]

Going into the event, 17 year old Summer McIntosh from Canada was the favourite, with the USA's Regan Smith and China's defending Olympic champion Zhang Yufei also contenders for gold. In the heats, Greece's Georgia Damasioti swam 2:09:55 to break the national record, and in the semifinals Denmark's Helena Rosendahl Bach broke her nation's record with a 2:06.65.

In the final, Yufei took an early lead, but was overtaken by McIntosh and Smith in the last 75 metres. McIntosh won gold with a new Olympic and world junior record of 2:03.03, Smith claimed silver with a national record of 2:03.84 and Yufei won the bronze. The medal was McIntosh's second gold of the games, making her the first Canadian swimmer to win multiple Olympic golds.

Background

The defending Olympic champion in the event was Zhang Yufei from China, while 17 year old Summer McIntosh from Canada won the event at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships. Regan Smith of the USA was the silver medallist at the previous Olympics, and had since swum the fourth fastest time in history—0.01 seconds slower than Yufei's personal best and two tenths faster than McIntosh's. 20 year old Elizabeth Dekkers from Australia was the 2023 World Championships silver medallist and was also on a positive improvement trajectory. [2] SwimSwam and Swimming World both ranked McIntosh as the favourite to win. [2] [3]

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). [4] For this event, the OQT was 2:08.43 seconds. World Aquatics then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT. [4] [5] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 2:09.07 for this event. [4] In total, 14 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, four athletes qualified through universality places and one athlete qualified through achieving the OCT. [5]

Heats

Three heats took place on 31 July 2024, starting at 11:46. [a] The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. [1] Yufei qualified as top seed, swimming 2:06:55, [6] while Greece's Georgia Damasioti lowered her own national record from 2023 by 0.19 seconds, swimming 2:09:55. [7]

Results [8]
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
135 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:06.55Q
224 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.99Q
333 Abbey Connor Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.13Q
426 Helena Rosendahl Bach Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:07.34Q
525 Alex Shackell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.49Q
634 Summer McIntosh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:07.70Q
716 Keanna Macinnes Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:08.46Q
814 Elizabeth Dekkers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:08.97Q
923 Airi Mitsui Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.12Q
1022 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:09.28Q
1136 Chen Luying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:09.31Q
1215 Lana Pudar Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:09.32Q
1337 Georgia Damasioti Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:09.55Q, NR
1413 Laura Stephens Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:10.46Q
1532 Hiroko Makino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.79Q
1612 Laura Cabanes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:10.82Q
1727 Anja Crevar Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 2:18.46
1817 Alondra Ortiz Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:18.56
1931 Lia Lima Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 2:22.19

Semifinals

Two semifinals took place on 31 July, starting at 20:45. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. [9] McIntosh qualified with the fastest seed of 2:04.87, with Smith qualifying second, Yufei third and Dekkers fourth. Also qualifying for the final was the USA's Alex Shackell, Denmark's Helena Rosendahl Bach, Australia's Abbey Connor and Great Britain's Laura Stephens. [10] Bach also lowered her Nordic record in the event by 0.28 seconds, swimming 2:06.65. [11]

Results [12]
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
113 Summer McIntosh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:04.87Q
214 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.39Q
324 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:06.09Q
416 Elizabeth Dekkers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:06.17Q
523 Alex Shackell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.46Q
615 Helena Rosendahl Bach Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:06.65Q, NR
725 Abbey Connor Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.10Q
811 Laura Stephens Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:07.53Q
926 Keanna Macinnes Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:08.04
1027 Chen Luying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:08.07
1122 Airi Mitsui Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:08.71
1217 Lana Pudar Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:08.74
1328 Hiroko Makino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.16
1412 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:09.23
1521 Georgia Damasioti Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:10.25
1618 Laura Cabanes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:10.60

Final

The final took place at 20:30 on 1 August 2024. [13] China's Zhang Yufei started fastest, turning first at 50 metres with a 27.08 second split, 0.3 faster than Canada's Summer McIntosh, who in turn split 0.22 faster than Regan Smith from the USA. At 65 m, Yufei had extended her lead to 0.50, but by 100 m McIntosh had closed to 0.16 seconds. At 115 metres (after the third underwater), McIntosh had overtaken Yufei. Yufei temporarily retook the lead during the middle of the penultimate length, but by the final turn McIntosh had a 0.73 advantage. [14] [15] Over the final 50 metres, McIntosh extended her lead to finish in first with 2:03:03, while Smith overtook Yufei to claim silver with 2:08.84. Yufei finished third in 2:05.09. [14]

McIntosh's 2:03.03 was an Olympic record, world junior record and an Americas record. [16] Her win won her second gold medal and third medal of the games, [17] making her the first Canadian swimmer to win multiple Olympic golds. [18] Smith's 2:03.84 lowered her own national record for the USA. [19]

Over the race, McIntosh spent about 19 seconds underwater, while Smith was underwater for about 28 and Yufei for about 29. Smith generally breathed once every other stroke, McIntosh generally twice every three strokes and Yufei on almost every stroke. SwimSwam opined after the race: "the key to McIntosh’s victory and Olympic record was her management of the third and fourth laps: she was the only swimmer to touch and surpass the speeds maintained during the first two laps". [14]

Results [20]
RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Summer McIntosh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:03.03 OR, WJ , AM
Silver medal icon.svg5 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:03.84 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:05.09
46 Elizabeth Dekkers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.11
47 Helena Rosendahl Bach Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:07.11
62 Alex Shackell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.73
71 Abbey Connor Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:08.15
88 Laura Stephens Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:08.82
Metrics [15]
Name50 metre split100 metre split150 metre splitTimeStroke rate (strokes/min)
Summer McIntosh 00:27.3800:58.9701:30.702:03.0351.5
Regan Smith 00:27.6000:59.3601:31.502:03.8454.8
Zhang Yufei 00:27.0800:58.8101:31.432:05.0952.1
Elizabeth Dekkers 00:28.3901:00.1201:32.262:07.1150.7
Helena Rosendahl Bach 00:28.7201:00.5501:33.062:07.1152.3
Alex Shackell 00:28.2600:59.9701:32.942:07.7351.5
Abbey Connor 00:28.6701:00.4601:34.122:08.1548.9
Laura Stephens 00:28.7101:00.8501:34.012:08.8249.8

Notes

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

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