Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley
Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 26 July 2021 (heats) 27 July 2021 (semifinals) 28 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:08.52 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
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 | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 26 to 28 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's twelfth appearance, having been first held in 1968 and 1972 and then at every edition since 1984.
The medals for the competition were presented by Dániel Gyurta, Hungary; IOC Member, Olympian, Gold Medalist and Silver Medalists, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Verónica Stanham, Uruguay; FINA Bureau Member.
Records[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.12 | Kazan, Russia | 3 August 2015 | [2] |
Olympic record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.58 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9 August 2016 | [3][4] |
No new records were set during the competition.
Qualification[edit]
The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 2:12.56. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 2:16.54. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[5]
Competition format[edit]
The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[6]
Schedule[edit]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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26 July | 19:00 | Heats |
27 July | 11:58 | Semifinals |
28 July | 11:45 | Final |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]
Semifinals[edit]
The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[8]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:09.21 | Q |
2 | 2 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:09.56 | Q |
3 | 1 | 5 | Alex Walsh | United States | 2:09.57 | Q |
4 | 1 | 6 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:09.72 | Q |
5 | 1 | 2 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:09.79 | Q |
6 | 1 | 3 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:09.94 | Q |
7 | 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.22 | Q |
8 | 2 | 2 | Alicia Wilson | Great Britain | 2:10.59 | Q |
9 | 2 | 3 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:10.65 | |
10 | 2 | 6 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.70 | |
11 | 2 | 7 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:10.84 | |
12 | 2 | 8 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:11.38 | |
13 | 1 | 1 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:11.71 | |
14 | 2 | 1 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:12.10 | |
15 | 1 | 7 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 2:12.14 | |
16 | 1 | 8 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:12.85 |
Final[edit]
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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2 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:08.52 | ||
3 | Alex Walsh | United States | 2:08.65 | ||
4 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:09.04 | ||
4 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:09.15 | |
5 | 6 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:09.57 | WJ |
6 | 7 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.05 | |
7 | 1 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:12.38 | |
8 | 8 | Alicia Wilson | Great Britain | 2:12.86 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Katinka Hosszu Stuns, Takes Down Techsuited World Record in 200 IM at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Baldwin, Alan (10 August 2016). "Swimming: Hosszu completes her golden treble". Reuters. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu wins 200 IM, third gold of Rio Games". Olympics. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.