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.
Summary
[edit]Japan's home favourite Yui Ohashi pulled away from a tight field to strike a medley double for the seventh straight Olympics, having already won gold in the 400 m race. Second at the final turn behind the U.S.' Alex Walsh, Ohashi narrowly eclipsed the American to win gold in 2:08.52. While leading at the 150, Walsh faded over the closing stages to claim silver in a personal best time of 2:08.65. Walsh's teammate Kate Douglass moved through the field in the breaststroke, before charging home in the freestyle leg to take the bronze in 2:09.04. Third at the final turn, Great Britain's Abbie Wood could not hold off Douglass at the finish and settled for fourth 11 hundredths of a second back in 2:09.15.
China's Yu Yiting, the early leader after the butterfly and backstroke legs, fell of the pace to come fifth in a world junior record of 2:09.57. Canada's 2019 World Championships bronze medallist Sydney Pickrem repeated her sixth-place finish from Rio five years earlier, touching in 2:10.05. Hungary's defending champion and world record holder Katinka Hosszú was unable to replicate her sterling Rio performance and claimed a distant seventh in 2:12.78. Wood's teammate Alicia Wilson (2:12.86) rounded out the championship field.
The medals for competition were presented by Hungary's Dániel Gyurta, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Uruguay's Verónica Stanham, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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3 | Alex Walsh | United States |
2:08.65 | |
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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.
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