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

sport	swim
discipline	200 meter locations
gender	Women
place	Estádio Aquático Olímpico
Attendees	40 athletes from 27 countries
Competition phase	8/9 August 2016

The competition for women in the 200 meter medley at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 8th and 9th, 2016 in the Estádio Aquático Olímpico . 40 athletes from 27 countries took part.

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

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	Katinka Hosszú ( Hungary )	2: 06.12 min	Kazan , Russia	3rd August 2015
Olympic record	Ye Shiwen ( People's Republic of China )	2: 07.57 min	London , UK	July 31, 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	Ye Shiwen ( People's Republic of China )	2: 07.57 min	London 2012
World Champion	Katinka Hosszú ( Hungary )	2: 06.12 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Katinka Hosszú ( Hungary )	2: 07.30 min	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Tanja Kylliäinen	Finland	2: 14.97 min
2	Anja Crevar	Serbia	2: 15.33 min
3	Fantine Lesaffre	France	2: 15.71 min
4th	Nam Yoo-sun	South Korea	2: 16.11 min
5	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	2: 16.59 min
6th	Victoria Kaminskaya	Portugal	2: 16.78 min
7th	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	2: 17.21 min
8th	Katarzyna Baranowska	Poland	2: 19.03 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Kim Seoyeong	South Korea	2: 11.75 min
2	Maria Ugolkova	Switzerland	2: 13.77 min
3	Stina Gardell	Sweden	2: 14.41 min
4th	Luisa Trombetti	Italy	2: 14.66 min
5	Africa Zamorano Sanz	Spain	2: 14.87 min
6th	Louise Hansson	Sweden	2: 15.66 min
7th	Virginia Bardach y Martín	Argentina	2: 17.94 min
-	Siobhan Bernadette Haughey	Hong Kong	-	Disqualified

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Madeline Dirado	United States	2: 10.24 min
2	Alicia Coutts	Australia	2: 10.52 min
3	Ye Shiwen	People's Republic of China	2: 10.56 min
4th	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	2: 11.84 min
5	Barbora Závadová	Czech Republic	2: 14.45 min
6th	Lena Kreundl	Austria	2: 15.71 min
7th	Nguyen Thi Anh Vien	Vietnam	2: 16.20 min
8th	Ranokhon Amanova	Uzbekistan	2: 18.97 min

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	United Kingdom	2: 08.44 min
2	Melanie Margalis	United States	2: 09.62 min
3	Miho Teramura	Japan	2: 10.34 min
4th	Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson	Canada	2: 12.56 min
5	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2: 12.58 min
6th	Kotuku Ngawati	Australia	2: 13.05 min
7th	Min Zhou	People's Republic of China	2: 14.81 min
8th	Lisa Zaiser	Austria	2: 15.23 min

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2: 07.45 min	OR
2	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2: 11.06 min
3	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	Hungary	2: 11.69 min
4th	Runa Imai	Japan	2: 11.78 min
5	Alexandra Wenk	Germany	2: 12.46 min
6th	Victoria Andreeva	Russia	2: 13.01 min
7th	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2: 13.06 min
8th	Sara Franceschi	Italy	2: 15.61 min

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	United Kingdom	2: 07.57 min	NO
2	Madeline Dirado	United States	2: 08.91 min
3	Alicia Coutts	Australia	2: 10.35 min
4th	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2: 10.57 min
5	Victoria Andreeva	Russia	2: 10.87 min
6th	Kim Seoyeong	South Korea	2: 12.15 min
6th	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	2: 12.15 min
8th	Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson	Canada	2: 12.25 min

Semi-final 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2: 08.13 min
2	Ye Shiwen	People's Republic of China	2: 09.33 min
3	Melanie Margalis	United States	2: 10.10 min
4th	Miho Teramura	Japan	2: 11.03 min
5	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	Hungary	2: 12.05 min
6th	Alexandra Wenk	Germany	2: 12.13 min
7th	Runa Imai	Japan	2: 12.53 min
8th	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2: 13.33 min

final

August 10, 2016, 04:29 AM CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2: 06.58 min	OR
2	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	United Kingdom	2: 06.88 min	NO
3	Madeline Dirado	United States	2: 08.79 min
4th	Melanie Margalis	United States	2: 09.21 min
5	Alicia Coutts	Australia	2: 10.88 min
6th	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2: 11.22 min
7th	Victoria Andreeva	Russia	2: 12.28 min
8th	Ye Shiwen	People's Republic of China	2: 13.56 min

Web links

• Results of the preliminary runs
• Results of the semifinals
• Result of the final