2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m Freestyle (Women)

sport	swim
discipline	200 meters freestyle
gender	Women
place	Estádio Aquático Olímpico
Attendees	43 athletes from 28 countries
Competition phase	8/9 August 2016

The women's 200 meter freestyle competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 8th and 9th, 2016 at the Estádio Aquático Olímpico . 43 athletes from 28 countries took part.

There were six preliminary runs. The sixteen fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the semifinals, which were held on the same day. The final took place the following 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
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	Allison Schmitt ( United States )	1: 53.61 min	London , UK	July 29, 2012

Title holder

Olympic Champion	Allison Schmitt ( United States )	1: 53.61 min	London 2012
world champion	Katie Ledecky ( United States )	1: 55.16 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Federica Pellegrini ( Italy )	1: 55.93 min	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Matelita Buadromo	Fiji	2: 05.49 min
2	Shivani Shivani	India	2: 9.30 min
3	Kaya Adwoa Forson	Ghana	2: 16.02 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katarina Simonovic	Serbia	2:00:06 min
2	Barbora Seemanova	Czech Republic	2: 00.26 min
3	Anastasia Bogdanovski	Macedonia	2: 00.52 min	NO
4th	Elisbet Games	Cuba	2: 01.08 min
5	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	2: 01.27 min
6th	Sara Pastrana	Honduras	2: 03.19 min
7th	Andrea Cedron	Peru	2: 05.33 min
-	Andrea Murez	Israel	-	Not started

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Siobhan Bernadette Haughey	Hong Kong	1: 56.91 min	NO
2	Katerine Savard	Canada	1: 57.15 min
3	Annika Bruhn	Germany	1: 58.48 min
4th	Nina Rangelova	Bulgaria	1: 58.57 min
5	Georgia Coates	United Kingdom	1: 59.33 min
6th	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary	1: 59.44 min
7th	Camille Cheng	Hong Kong	1: 59.71 min
8th	Patricia Castro Ortega	Spain	2: 00.71 min

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1: 56.37 min
2	Yanhan Ai	People's Republic of China	1: 56.77 min
3	Veronika Popova	Russia	1: 57.08 min
4th	Missy Franklin	United States	1: 57.12 min
5	Arina Opyonyschewa	Russia	1: 58.05 min
6th	Alice Mizzau	Italy	1: 59.16 min
7th	Ajna Késely	Hungary	1: 59.20 min
8th	Robin Neumann	Netherlands	1: 59.23 min

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katie Ledecky	United States	1: 55.01 min
2	Emma McKeon	Australia	1: 55.80 min
3	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	1: 56.54 min
4th	Bronte Barratt	Australia	1: 56.93 min
5	Melania Costa	Spain	1: 58.19 min
6th	Rikako Ikee	Japan	1: 58.49 min
7th	Coralie Balmy	France	1: 58.83 min
8th	Ellie Faulkner	United Kingdom	2: 00.51 min

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	1: 56.11 min
2	Charlotte Bonnet	France	1: 56.26 min
3	Duo Shen	People's Republic of China	1: 56.52 min
4th	Manuella Lyrio	Brazil	1: 57.28 min	SAR
5	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	1: 57.68 min
6th	Brittany MacLean	Canada	1: 57.74 min
7th	Chihiro Igarashi	Japan	1: 57.88 min
8th	Larissa Oliveira	Brazil	2: 00.76 min

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

August 9, 2016, 3:03 a.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Duo Shen	People's Republic of China	1: 56.03 min
2	Emma McKeon	Australia	1: 56.29 min
3	Charlotte Bonnet	France	1: 56.38 min
4th	Bronte Barratt	Australia	1: 56.63 min
5	Brittany MacLean	Canada	1: 57.36 min
6th	Yanhan Ai	People's Republic of China	1: 57.41 min
7th	Manuella Lyrio	Brazil	1: 57.43 min
8th	Missy Franklin	United States	1: 57.56 min

Semi-final 2

August 9, 2016, 3:12 a.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	1: 54.65 min
2	Katie Ledecky	United States	1: 54.81 min
3	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1: 55.42 min
4th	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	1: 56.05 min
5	Veronika Popova	Russia	1: 57.22 min
6th	Siobhan Bernadette Haughey	Hong Kong	1: 57.56 min
7th	Katerine Savard	Canada	1: 57.80 min
8th	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	1: 57.82 min

final

August 10, 3:19 a.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katie Ledecky	United States	1: 53.73 min
2	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	1: 54.08 min	NO
3	Emma McKeon	Australia	1: 54.92 min
4th	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1: 55.18 min
5	Shen Duo	People's Republic of China	1: 55.25 min
5	Bronte Barratt	Australia	1: 55.25 min
7th	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	1: 56.27 min
8th	Charlotte Bonnet	France	1: 56.29 min

Web links

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