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

sport	swim
discipline	200 meter butterfly
gender	Women
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	28 athletes from 20 countries
Competition phase	9/10 August 2016

The women's 200 meter butterfly competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 9 and 10, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 28 athletes from 20 countries took part.

There were four preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals, which were 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
PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Liu Zige ( People's Republic of China )	2: 01.81 min	Jinan , People's Republic of China	October 21, 2009
Olympic record	Jiao Liuyang ( People's Republic of China )	2: 04.06 min	London , UK	August 1, 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	Jiao Liuyang ( People's Republic of China )	2: 04.06 min	London 2012
World Champion	Natsumi Hoshi ( Japan )	2: 05.55 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Franziska Hentke ( Germany )	2: 07.23 min	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nida Eliz Üstündağ	Turkey	2: 10.02 min
2	Helena Gasson	New Zealand	2: 12.18 min
3	Virginia Bardach	Argentina	2: 13.58 min
4th	Maria Far	Panama	2: 23.89 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Suzuka Hasegawa	Japan	2: 07.35 min
2	Zhang Yufei	People's Republic of China	2: 07.55 min
3	Franziska Hentke	Germany	2: 07.59 min
4th	To Sehyeon	South Korea	2: 08.42 min
5	Alessia Polieri	Italy	2: 08.95 min
6th	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2: 09.21 min
7th	Aimee Willmott	United Kingdom	2: 09.71 min
8th	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	2: 10.60 min

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Natalie Adams	United States	2: 07.15 min
2	Natsumi Hoshi	Japan	2: 07.75 min
3	Brianna Throssell	Australia	2: 08.18 min
4th	Anja Klinar	Slovenia	2: 08.94 min
5	Lara Grangeon	France	2: 09.92 min
6th	Judit Ignacio Sorribes	Spain	2: 11.07 min
7th	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2: 11.10 min
-	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	-	Not started

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2: 06.64 min
2	Hali Flickinger	United States	2: 06.67 min
2	Liliána Szilágyi	Hungary	2: 06.99 min
4th	Madeline Groves	Australia	2: 07.02 min
5	Martina van Berkel	Switzerland	2: 08.00 min
6th	Zhou Yilin	People's Republic of China	2: 08.21 min
7th	Stefania Pirozzi	Italy	2: 09.40 min
8th	Park Jin-young	South Korea	2: 09.99 min

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Zhou Yilin	People's Republic of China	2: 06.52 min
2	Zhang Yufei	People's Republic of China	2: 06.95 min
3	Brianna Throssell	Australia	2: 07.19 min
4th	Cammile Adams	United States	2: 07.22 min
5	Suzuka Hasegawa	Japan	2: 07.33 min
6th	Liliána Szilágyi	Hungary	2: 07.34 min
7th	Anja Klinar	Slovenia	2: 09.44 min
8th	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2: 09.95 min

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Madeline Groves	Australia	2: 05.66 min
2	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2: 06.06 min
3	Natsumi Hoshi	Japan	2: 06.74 min
4th	Hali Flickinger	United States	2: 07.02 min
5	Franziska Hentke	Germany	2: 07.67 min
6th	Martina van Berkel	Switzerland	2: 07.90 min	NO
7th	To Sehyeon	South Korea	2: 08.69 min
8th	Alessia Polieri	Italy	2: 09.35 min

final

August 11, 2016, 3:54 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2: 04.85 min
2	Madeline Groves	Australia	2: 04.88 min
3	Natsumi Hoshi	Japan	2: 05.20 min
4th	Cammile Adams	United States	2: 05.90 min
5	Zhou Yilin	People's Republic of China	2: 07.37 min
6th	Zhang Yufei	People's Republic of China	2: 07.40 min
7th	Hali Flickinger	United States	2: 07.71 min
8th	Brianna Throssell	Australia	2: 07.87 min

Web links

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