Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 31, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
August 1, 2012 (final)
Competitors28 from 21 nations
Winning time2:04.06 OR
Medalists
   China
   Spain
   Japan
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics

Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

China's Jiao Liuyang stormed home on the final stretch to upgrade her silver from Beijing four years earlier with an Olympic title in the event. She produced a striking effort on the last lap to come from behind and demolish the field with a gold-medal time and a new Olympic record in 2:04.06, shaving 0.12 seconds off the standard set by teammate Liu Zige.[2][3] Meanwhile, Mireia Belmonte García made an Olympic milestone to become Spain's first ever female medalist and fourth overall in swimming, as she brought home the silver in 2:05.25, the ninth-fastest of all time.[4][5] Japan's Natsumi Hoshi added a sixth bronze to her swimming squad at these Games, in a sterling time of 2:05.48.[6][7]

Leading through the prelims and the semifinals, U.S. swimmer Kathleen Hersey finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 2:05.78, a full second ahead of her teammate Cammile Adams (2:06.78).[8] Great Britain's Jemma Lowe (2:06.80), Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:07.33) and defending champion Liu Zige (2:07.77) rounded out the field.[7][9]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster featuring Australia's Jessicah Schipper, a former world record holder; and Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak, a 2004 Olympic champion, both of whom placed thirteenth (2:08.21) and sixteenth (2:13.09) respectively in the semifinals.[10]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Liu Zige (CHN) 2:01.81 Jinan, China 21 October 2009
Olympic record  Liu Zige (CHN) 2:04.18 Beijing, China 14 August 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 1 Final Jiao Liuyang  China 2:04.06 OR

Results

Heats

[11]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 6 Kathleen Hersey  United States 2:06.41Q
2 3 4 Jiao Liuyang  China 2:07.15Q
3 4 5 Jemma Lowe  Great Britain 2:07.64Q
4 3 6 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 2:07.75Q
5 4 3 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 2:07.79Q
6 2 4 Natsumi Hoshi  Japan 2:08.04Q
7 2 6 Judit Ignacio Sorribes  Spain 2:08.14Q
8 3 3 Cammile Adams  United States 2:08.18Q
9 2 5 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 2:08.19Q
10 2 7 Choi Hye-Ra  South Korea 2:08.45Q
11 4 4 Liu Zige  China 2:08.72Q
12 2 3 Jessicah Schipper  Australia 2:08.74Q
13 3 2 Martina Granström  Sweden 2:08.94Q
14 4 1 Anja Klinar  Slovenia 2:09.24Q
15 2 2 Audrey Lacroix  Canada 2:09.25Q
16 4 2 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 2:09.33Q
17 3 5 Ellen Gandy  Great Britain 2:09.92
18 1 5 Ingvild Snildal  Norway 2:10.99 NR
19 4 7 Katerine Savard  Canada 2:11.05
20 3 7 Samantha Hamill  Australia 2:11.07
21 3 8 Denisa Smolenová  Slovakia 2:11.10
22 1 3 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 2:11.23 NR
23 4 8 Rita Medrano  Mexico 2:11.42
24 1 4 Sara Oliveira  Portugal 2:11.54
25 2 1 Martina van Berkel  Switzerland 2:12.25
26 3 1 Joanna Melo  Brazil 2:13.17
27 2 8 Emilia Pikkarainen  Finland 2:13.81
28 1 6 Cheng Wan-Jung  Chinese Taipei 2:14.29

Semifinals

[12]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jiao Liuyang  China 2:06.10 Q
2 3 Natsumi Hoshi  Japan 2:06.37 Q
3 6 Cammile Adams  United States 2:07.33 Q
4 5 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 2:07.69
5 1 Anja Klinar  Slovenia 2:07.84
6 7 Jessicah Schipper  Australia 2:08.21
7 2 Choi Hye-Ra  South Korea 2:08.32
8 8 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 2:13.09

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kathleen Hersey  United States 2:05.90 Q
2 2 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 2:06.62 Q
3 3 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 2:06.82 Q
4 7 Liu Zige  China 2:06.99 Q
5 5 Jemma Lowe  Great Britain 2:07.37 Q
6 1 Martina Granström  Sweden 2:07.83 NR
7 8 Audrey Lacroix  Canada 2:08.00
8 6 Judit Ignacio Sorribes  Spain 2:08.96

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Jiao Liuyang  China 2:04.06 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 2:05.25 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Natsumi Hoshi  Japan 2:05.48
4 4 Kathleen Hersey  United States 2:05.78
5 1 Cammile Adams  United States 2:06.78
6 8 Jemma Lowe  Great Britain 2:06.80
7 2 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 2:07.33
8 7 Liu Zige  China 2:07.77

References

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  2. "Swimming: China's Jiao wins 200m butterfly gold". Reuters. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. "World champion Jiao captures butterfly gold". Xinhua. China Daily. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. "Spain's Mireia Belmonte wins silver in 200m butterfly". EITB. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  5. Dillman, Lisa (1 August 2012). "London Olympics: Jiao wins 200 butterfly, Hersey places fourth". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  6. Odeven, Ed (3 August 2012). "Kitajima fourth in 200 as Tateishi gets bronze". The Japan Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  7. 1 2 "2012 London Olympics: China's Jiao Liuyang Goes Silver-to-Gold With Olympic Record in Women's 200 Fly; Kathleen Hersey, Cammile Adams Miss Podium". Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  8. "Swimming: Heartbroken Hersey falls short in final". Reuters. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  9. "London 2012 Olympics: Jemma Lowe finishes outside medals in 200m butterfly final". London Evening Standard. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  10. "2012 London Olympics: Kathleen Hersey Tops 200 Fly Semis; China's Jiao Liuyang Close Behind; Cammile Adams Makes Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  11. "Women's 200m Butterfly – Heats". London 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  12. "Women's 200m Butterfly – Semifinals". London 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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