Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 200 m medley (women)

sport	swim
discipline	200 meter locations
gender	Women
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	34 athletes from 28 countries
Competition phase	30./31. July 2012

The competition over 200m individual medley women at the 2012 Olympics in London was on 30 and 31 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 34 athletes took part.

There were five preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals that were held on the same day. The eight fastest swimmers in both semi-finals qualified for the final.

Abbreviations: WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record, PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Ariana Kukors ( United States )	2: 06.15 min	Rome , Italy	July 27, 2009
Olympic record	Stephanie Rice ( Australia )	2: 08.45 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 13, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Stephanie Rice ( Australia )	2: 08.45 min	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Ye Shiwen ( People's Republic of China )	2: 08.90 min	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Katinka Hosszú ( Hungary )	2: 10.84 min	Debrecen 2012

leader

Forward 1

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katarína Listopadová	Slovakia	2: 16.81 min
2	Cheng Wan-young	Chinese Taipei	2: 17.39 min
3	Emilia Pikkarainen	Finland	2: 17.66 min

Forward 2

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Hanna Dzerkal	Ukraine	2: 14.55 min
2	Lisa Zaiser	Austria	2: 14.56 min
3	Sycerika McMahon	Ireland	2: 14.76 min
4th	Ranohon Amanova	Uzbekistan	2: 15.37 min
5	Erica Dittmer	Mexico	2: 16.54 min	NO
6th	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	Iceland	2: 16.81 min	NO
7th	Kim Daniela Pavlin	Croatia	2: 17.17 min

Forward 3

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2: 11.73 min
2	Ariana Kukors	United States	2: 11.94 min
3	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary	2: 12.17 min
4th	Theresa Michalak	Germany	2: 12.75 min
5	Amit Ivry	Israel	2: 13.29 min	NO
6th	Li Jiaxing	People's Republic of China	2: 13.43 min
7th	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2: 14.26 min
8th	Erica Morningstar	Canada	2: 14.32 min

Forward 4

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	2: 10.63 min
2	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2: 10.68 min
3	Alicia Coutts	Australia	2: 10.74 min
4th	Beatriz Gomez	Spain	2: 13.93 min
5	Sophie Allen	United Kingdom	2: 14.72 min
6th	Choi Hye-ra	South Korea	2: 14.91 min
7th	Katheryn Meaklim	South Africa	2: 15.25 min
8th	Barbora Závadová	Czech Republic	2: 17.54 min

Forward 5

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ye Shiwen	People's Republic of China	2: 08.90 min
2	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2: 10.51 min
3	Stephanie Rice	Australia	2: 12.23 min
4th	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	2: 12.27 min
5	Izumi Kato	Japan	2: 13.85 min
6th	Stina Gardell	Sweden	2: 14.70 min
7th	Natalie Wiegersma	New Zealand	2: 16.24 min
8th	Ekaterina Andreyeva	Russia	2: 17.84 min

Semifinals

Run 1

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2: 10.74 min
2	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	2: 10.89 min
3	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2: 10.93 min
4th	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary	2: 11.53 min
5	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2: 11.54 min
6th	Amit Ivry	Israel	2: 13.31 min
7th	Izumi Kato	Japan	2: 14.47 min
8th	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2: 14.74 min

Run 2

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ye Shiwen	People's Republic of China	2: 08.39 min	OR
2	Alicia Coutts	Australia	2: 09.83 min
3	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	2: 10.06 min
4th	Ariana Kukors	United States	2: 10.08 min
5	Stephanie Rice	Australia	2: 10.80 min
6th	Li Jiaxing	People's Republic of China	2: 12.69 min
7th	Theresa Michalak	Germany	2: 13.24 min
8th	Beatriz Gomez	Spain	2: 15.12 min

final

The winner Ye Shiwen was able to improve the Olympic record twice in this competition.
Shiwen, who also became Olympic champion over the 400 meter distance (July 28, 2012) is the sixth swimmer, the fifth in a row to win the double over the 200 and 400 meter medley.

July 31, 2012 at 8:43 p.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ye Shiwen	People's Republic of China	2: 07.57 min	OR , ASR , NO
2	Alicia Coutts	Australia	2: 08.15 min
3	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	2: 08.95 min
4th	Stephanie Rice	Australia	2: 09.55 min
5	Ariana Kukors	United States	2: 09.83 min
6th	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2: 11.13 min
7th	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	2: 11.29 min
8th	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2: 14.19 min

Picture gallery

• 

  Mireia Belmonte (ESP) is eliminated in the semi-finals

• 

  Joanna Maranhão (BRA) fails in the semi-finals

• 

  Lisa Zaiser (AUT) retires in the preliminary run

• 

  Amit Ivry (ISR) is eliminated in the semifinals

• 

  Defending champion Stephanie Rice (AUS) achieved 4th place in the final

• 

  Local hero Hannah Miley (GBR) swims in 7th place in the final

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 200 m medley in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence