2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200 m chest (women)

sport	swim
discipline	200 meters chest
gender	Women
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	30 athletes from 22 countries
Competition phase	10/11 August 2016

The women's 200 meter breast competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 10th and 11th, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 30 athletes from 22 countries took part.

There were four preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals, which will be held on the same day. The eight fastest starters of both races qualified here for the final on the next day.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record
ER = European record , NAR = North American record , SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record

Existing records

World record	Rikke Møller Pedersen ( Denmark )	2: 19.11 min	Barcelona , Spain	1 August 2013
Olympic record	Rebecca Soni ( United States )	2: 19.59 min	London , UK	2nd August 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	Rebecca Soni ( United States )	2: 19.59 min	London 2012
World Champion	Kanako Watanabe ( Japan )	2: 21.15 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Rikke Møller Pedersen ( Denmark )	2: 21.69 min	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Julia Sebastian	Argentina	2: 27.98 min
2	Fiona Doyle	Ireland	2: 29.76 min
3	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	2: 30.59 min
4th	Aļona Ribakova	Latvia	2: 30.82 min
5	Amit Ivry	Israel	2: 31.49 min
-	Yvette Man-Yi Kong	Hong Kong	-	Not started

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	2: 22.72 min
2	Molly Renshaw	United Kingdom	2: 23.37 min
3	Jessica Vall	Spain	2: 24.55 min
4th	Kanako Watanabe	Japan	2: 24.77 min
5	Lilly King	United States	2: 25.89 min
6th	Andreeva Sofia	Russia	2: 26.58 min
7th	Anna Sztankovics	Hungary	2: 27.97 min
8th	Back Su-Yeon	South Korea	2: 32.79 min

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Rie Kaneto	Japan	2: 22.86 min
2	Taylor McKeown	Australia	2: 23.00 min
2	Chloe Tutton	United Kingdom	2: 23.34 min
4th	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Iceland	2: 24.43 min
5	Martina Moravčíková	Czech Republic	2: 27.51 min
6th	Dalma Sebestyén	Hungary	2: 27.94 min
7th	Georgia Bohl	Australia	2: 28.24 min
8th	Martha McCabe	Canada	2: 28.62 min

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Kierra Smith	Canada	2: 23.69 min
2	Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş	Turkey	2: 23.83 min
3	Yulia Efimova	Russia	2: 23.90 min
4th	Shi Jinglin	People's Republic of China	2: 24.33 min
4th	Molly Hannis	United States	2: 24.74 min
6th	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	2: 25.52 min
7th	Fanny Lecluyse	Belgium	2: 27.16 min
8th	Yu Jingyao	People's Republic of China	2: 28.65 min

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Rie Kaneto	Japan	2: 22.11 min
2	Yulia Efimova	Russia	2: 22.52 min
3	Chloe Tutton	United Kingdom	2: 22.71 min
4th	Kierra Smith	Canada	2: 22.87 min
5	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Iceland	2: 24.41 min
6th	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	2: 25.14 min	NO
7th	Andreeva Sofia	Russia	2: 25.90 min
8th	Molly Hannis	United States	2: 26.80 min

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Taylor McKeown	Australia	2: 21.69 min
2	Molly Renshaw	United Kingdom	2: 22.33 min	NO
3	Shi Jinglin	People's Republic of China	2: 22.37 min
4th	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	2: 22.45 min
5	Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş	Turkey	2: 23.49 min
6th	Jessica Vall	Spain	2: 24.22 min
7th	Lilly King	United States	2: 24.59 min
8th	Kanako Watanabe	Japan	2: 25.10 min

final

August 12, 2016, 3:17 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Rie Kaneto	Japan	2: 20.30 min
2	Yulia Efimova	Russia	2: 21.97 min
3	Shi Jinglin	People's Republic of China	2:22:28 min
4th	Chloe Tutton	United Kingdom	2: 22.34 min
5	Taylor McKeown	Australia	2: 22.43 min
6th	Molly Renshaw	United Kingdom	2: 22.72 min
7th	Kierra Smith	Canada	2: 23.19 min
8th	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	2: 23.74 min

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the semi-finals
• Result of the final