Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 200m Freestyle (Women)

sport	swim
discipline	200 meters freestyle
gender	Women
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	37 athletes from 31 countries
Competition phase	30./31. July 2012

The contest over 200 meters freestyle of women at the 2012 Olympics in London was on 30 and 31 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 37 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	Federica Pellegrini ( Italy )	1: 52.98 min	Rome , Italy	July 29, 2009
Olympic record		1: 54.82 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 13, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Federica Pellegrini ( Italy )	1: 54.82 min	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Federica Pellegrini ( Italy )	1: 55.58 min	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Federica Pellegrini ( Italy )	1: 56.76 min	Debrecen 2012
German champions	Silke Lippok	1: 57.93 min	Berlin 2012

leader

Forward 1

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Natthanan Junkrajang	Thailand	2: 02.49 min
2	Danielle Villars	Switzerland	2: 03.55 min
3	Baek Il-joo	South Korea	2: 04.32 min
4th	Heather Arseth	Mauritius	2: 07.81 min
5	Aurelie Franchette	Seychelles	2: 23.49 min

Forward 2

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Pernille flower	Denmark	2: 00.91 min
2	Camelia Potec	Romania	2: 01.15 min
3	Liliana Ibáñez	Mexico	2: 01.36 min
4th	Anna Stylianou	Cyprus	2: 01.87 min
5	Katarína Filová	Slovakia	2: 02.03 min
6th	Jördis Steinegger	Austria	2: 02.39 min
7th	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	Finland	2: 04.21 min

Gráinne Murphy from Ireland did not start.

Forward 3

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1: 57.16 min
2	Missy Franklin	United States	1: 57.62 min
3	Veronika Popova	Russia	1: 57.79 min
4th	Barbara Jardin	Canada	1: 57.92 min
5	Samantha Cheverton	Canada	1: 58.11 min
6th	Rebecca Turner	United Kingdom	1: 58.98 min
7th	Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne	France	1: 59.15 min
8th	Sze Hang Yu	Hong Kong	1: 59.92 min

Forward 4

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Caitlin McClatchey	United Kingdom	1: 58.03 min
2	Bronte Barratt	Australia	1: 58.12 min
3	Camille Muffat	France	1: 58.49 min
4th	Wang Shijia	People's Republic of China	1: 58.73 min
5	Hanae Ito	Japan	1: 58.93 min
6th	Nina Rangelova	Bulgaria	1: 59.21 min	NO
7th	Song Wenyan	People's Republic of China	1: 59.47 min

Femke Heemskerk from the Netherlands did not start.

Forward 5

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Allison Schmitt	United States	1: 57.33 min
2	Melanie Costa	Spain	1: 57.79 min
3	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	1: 58.03 min
4th	Kylie Palmer	Australia	1: 58.16 min
5	Silke Lippok	Germany	1: 58.59 min
6th	Sara Isakovič	Slovenia	1; 58.96 min
7th	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	1: 59.24 min
8th	Ágnes Mutina	Hungary	1: 59.56 min

Semifinals

Run 1

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Bronte Barratt	Australia	1: 56.08 min
2	Allison Schmitt	United States	1: 56.15 min
3	Camille Muffat	France	1: 56.18 min
4th	Veronika Popova	Russia	1: 56.84 min	NO
5	Barbara Jardin	Canada	1: 57.91 min
6th	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	1: 58.12 min
7th	Sara Isakovič	Slovenia	1: 58.47 min
8th	Wang Shijia	People's Republic of China	1: 58.63 min

Run 2

July 30, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1: 56.67 min
2	Caitlin McClatchey	United Kingdom	1: 57.33 min
3	Kylie Palmer	Canada	1: 57.44 min
4th	Missy Franklin	United States	1: 57.57 min
4th	Melanie Costa	Spain	1: 57.76 min
6th	Samantha Cheverton	Canada	1: 57.98 min
7th	Silke Lippok	Germany	1: 58.24 min
8th	Hanae Ito	Japan	1: 59.62 min

final

July 31, 2012, 7:41 p.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Allison Schmitt	United States	1: 53.61 min	OR , NO
2	Camille Muffat	France	1: 55.58 min
3	Bronte Barratt	Australia	1: 55.81 min
4th	Missy Franklin	United States	1: 55.82 min
5	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1: 56.73 min
6th	Veronica Popova	Russia	1: 57.25 min
7th	Caitlin McClatchey	United Kingdom	1: 57.60 min
8th	Kylie Palmer	Australia	1: 57.68 min

Web links

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

Individual evidence