Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 200m Freestyle (Women)
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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 )
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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 )
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1: 54.82 min | Beijing 2008 |
World Champion |
Federica Pellegrini ( Italy )
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1: 55.58 min | Shanghai 2011 |
European champion |
Federica Pellegrini ( Italy )
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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 |
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1 | Natthanan Junkrajang |
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2: 02.49 min | |
2 | Danielle Villars |
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2: 03.55 min | |
3 | Baek Il-joo |
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2: 04.32 min | |
4th | Heather Arseth |
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2: 07.81 min | |
5 | Aurelie Franchette |
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2: 23.49 min |
Forward 2
July 30, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Pernille flower |
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2: 00.91 min | |
2 | Camelia Potec |
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2: 01.15 min | |
3 | Liliana Ibáñez |
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2: 01.36 min | |
4th | Anna Stylianou |
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2: 01.87 min | |
5 | Katarína Filová |
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2: 02.03 min | |
6th | Jördis Steinegger |
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2: 02.39 min | |
7th | Hanna-Maria Seppälä |
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2: 04.21 min |
Gráinne Murphy from Ireland did not start.
Forward 3
July 30, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Federica Pellegrini |
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1: 57.16 min | |
2 | Missy Franklin |
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1: 57.62 min | |
3 | Veronika Popova |
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1: 57.79 min | |
4th | Barbara Jardin |
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1: 57.92 min | |
5 | Samantha Cheverton |
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1: 58.11 min | |
6th | Rebecca Turner |
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1: 58.98 min | |
7th | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne |
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1: 59.15 min | |
8th | Sze Hang Yu |
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1: 59.92 min |
Forward 4
July 30, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Caitlin McClatchey |
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1: 58.03 min | |
2 | Bronte Barratt |
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1: 58.12 min | |
3 | Camille Muffat |
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1: 58.49 min | |
4th | Wang Shijia |
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1: 58.73 min | |
5 | Hanae Ito |
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1: 58.93 min | |
6th | Nina Rangelova |
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1: 59.21 min | NO |
7th | Song Wenyan |
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1: 59.47 min |
Femke Heemskerk from the Netherlands did not start.
Forward 5
July 30, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Allison Schmitt |
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1: 57.33 min | |
2 | Melanie Costa |
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1: 57.79 min | |
3 | Sarah Sjöström |
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1: 58.03 min | |
4th | Kylie Palmer |
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1: 58.16 min | |
5 | Silke Lippok |
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1: 58.59 min | |
6th | Sara Isakovič |
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1; 58.96 min | |
7th | Karin Prinsloo |
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1: 59.24 min | |
8th | Ágnes Mutina |
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1: 59.56 min |
Semifinals
Run 1
July 30, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Bronte Barratt |
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1: 56.08 min | |
2 | Allison Schmitt |
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1: 56.15 min | |
3 | Camille Muffat |
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1: 56.18 min | |
4th | Veronika Popova |
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1: 56.84 min | NO |
5 | Barbara Jardin |
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1: 57.91 min | |
6th | Sarah Sjöström |
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1: 58.12 min | |
7th | Sara Isakovič |
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1: 58.47 min | |
8th | Wang Shijia |
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1: 58.63 min |
Run 2
July 30, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Federica Pellegrini |
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1: 56.67 min | |
2 | Caitlin McClatchey |
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1: 57.33 min | |
3 | Kylie Palmer |
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1: 57.44 min | |
4th | Missy Franklin |
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1: 57.57 min | |
4th | Melanie Costa |
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1: 57.76 min | |
6th | Samantha Cheverton |
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1: 57.98 min | |
7th | Silke Lippok |
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1: 58.24 min | |
8th | Hanae Ito |
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1: 59.62 min |
final
July 31, 2012, 7:41 p.m. CET
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Allison Schmitt |
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1: 53.61 min | OR , NO |
2 | Camille Muffat |
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1: 55.58 min | |
3 | Bronte Barratt |
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1: 55.81 min | |
4th | Missy Franklin |
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1: 55.82 min | |
5 | Federica Pellegrini |
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1: 56.73 min | |
6th | Veronica Popova |
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1: 57.25 min | |
7th | Caitlin McClatchey |
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1: 57.60 min | |
8th | Kylie Palmer |
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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