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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jiao Liuyang  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mireia Belmonte Garcia  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natsumi Hoshi  Japan
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Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

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

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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 [11][12]
Olympic record  Liu Zige (CHN) 2:04.18 Beijing, China 14 August 2008 [13]

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

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 6 Kathleen Hersey  United States 2:06.41 Q
2 3 4 Jiao Liuyang  China 2:07.15 Q
3 4 5 Jemma Lowe  Great Britain 2:07.64 Q
4 3 6 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 2:07.75 Q
5 4 3 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 2:07.79 Q
6 2 4 Natsumi Hoshi  Japan 2:08.04 Q
7 2 6 Judit Ignacio Sorribes  Spain 2:08.14 Q
8 3 3 Cammile Adams  United States 2:08.18 Q
9 2 5 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 2:08.19 Q
10 2 7 Choi Hye-ra  South Korea 2:08.45 Q
11 4 4 Liu Zige  China 2:08.72 Q
12 2 3 Jessicah Schipper  Australia 2:08.74 Q
13 3 2 Martina Granström  Sweden 2:08.94 Q
14 4 1 Anja Klinar  Slovenia 2:09.24 Q
15 2 2 Audrey Lacroix  Canada 2:09.25 Q
16 4 2 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 2:09.33 Q
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

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Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Jiao Liuyang  China 2:04.06 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 2:05.25 NR
3rd place, 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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  1. ^ "Swimming: Results & Schedules". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  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. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. 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. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Chinese National Games: Liu Zige Shocks World With Astounding 200 Fly World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Chinese Olympic champion Liu Zige breaks women's 200m butterfly world record". People's Daily. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Double delight for China". South China Morning Post. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Women's 200m Butterfly – Heats". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  15. ^ "Women's 200m Butterfly – Semifinals". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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