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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley

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Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates26 July 2021 (heats)
27 July 2021 (semifinals)
28 July 2021 (final)
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time2:08.52
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yui Ohashi  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alex Walsh  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kate Douglass  United States
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Heats

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The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 5 Kate Douglass  United States 2:09.16 Q
2 4 4 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 2:09.70 Q
3 3 5 Abbie Wood  Great Britain 2:09.94 Q
4 5 Alex Walsh  United States Q
5 3 2 Maria Ugolkova  Switzerland 2:10.04 Q, NR
6 3 4 Sydney Pickrem  Canada 2:10.13 Q
7 3 6 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 2:10.21 Q
8 2 3 Yu Yiting  China 2:10.22 Q
9 3 3 Alicia Wilson  Great Britain 2:10.39 Q
10 2 4 Yui Ohashi  Japan 2:10.77 Q
11 4 7 Cyrielle Duhamel  France 2:11.11 Q
12 4 3 Miho Teramura  Japan 2:11.22 Q
13 2 2 Ilaria Cusinato  Italy 2:11.41 Q
14 4 2 Sara Franceschi  Italy 2:11.47 Q
15 4 6 Kim Seo-yeong  South Korea 2:11.54 Q
16 4 8 Kristýna Horská  Czech Republic 2:12.21 Q
17 2 7 Dalma Sebestyén  Hungary 2:12.42
18 2 6 Bailey Andison  Canada 2:12.52
19 4 1 Ellen Walshe  Ireland 2:13.34
20 3 8 África Zamorano  Spain 2:13.81
21 3 7 Fantine Lesaffre  France 2:14.20
22 3 1 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş  Turkey 2:14.41
23 2 8 Rebecca Meder  South Africa 2:14.79
24 1 5 McKenna DeBever  Peru 2:15.86
25 2 1 Diana Petkova  Bulgaria 2:16.70
26 1 4 Anja Crevar  Serbia 2:17.62
27 1 3 Nicole Frank  Uruguay 2:18.93

Semifinals

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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

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Yui Ohashi  Japan 2:08.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Alex Walsh  United States 2:08.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Baldwin, Alan (10 August 2016). "Swimming: Hosszu completes her golden treble". Reuters. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ^ "'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu wins 200 IM, third gold of Rio Games". Olympics. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.