Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 17 and 18.[1]

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 17, 2004 (heats & semifinals)
August 18, 2004 (final)
Competitors32 from 26 nations
Winning time2:06.05
Medalists
Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland
Petria Thomas  Australia
Yuko Nakanishi  Japan

Polish swimmer and world record holder Otylia Jędrzejczak added gold to her two silver medals by a storming victory in this event, and by becoming the nation's first ever swimming champion, in an outstanding time of 2:06.05.[2][3] Three-time Olympian Petria Thomas of Australia managed to repeat her silver from Atlanta, lowering her time to 2:06.36. Japan's Yuko Nakanishi, on the other hand, took home the bronze at 2:08.04.[4]

Records

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

World record Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL)2:05.78Berlin, Germany4 August 2002
Olympic record Misty Hyman (USA)2:05.88Sydney, Australia20 September 2000

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:09.64Q
245Yuko Nakanishi Japan2:10.04Q
324Éva Risztov Hungary2:10.49Q
443Kaitlin Sandeno United States2:10.50Q
534Petria Thomas Australia2:10.87Q
623Georgina Lee Great Britain2:10.99Q
735Felicity Galvez Australia2:11.17Q
842Yukiko Osada Japan2:11.20Q
936Francesca Segat Italy2:11.40Q
1041María Peláez Spain2:11.66Q
1131Li Jie China2:11.77Q
1225Dana Kirk United States2:11.96Q
1346Mette Jacobsen Denmark2:11.99Q
1426Annika Mehlhorn Germany2:12.25Q
1537Aurore Mongel France2:12.26Q
1633Paola Cavallino Italy2:12.34Q
1727Beatrix Boulsevicz Hungary2:12.54
1815Maria Bulakhova Russia2:12.99
1932Roser Vives Spain2:13.02
2028Raquel Felgueiras Portugal2:13.08
2148Georgina Bardach Argentina2:13.68
2247Vasiliki Angelopoulou Greece2:13.88
2322Petra Zahrl Austria2:13.92
2421Kwon You-ri South Korea2:14.30
2513Cheng Wan-jung Chinese Taipei2:16.25
2638Vesna Stojanovska Macedonia2:16.51
2712Nataliya Samorodina Ukraine2:17.15
2814Anja Klinar Slovenia2:18.15
2916Chan Wing Suet Hong Kong2:18.45
3011Heather Roffey Cayman Islands2:19.34
3117Gülşah Günenç Turkey2:20.17
3218Christel Bouvron Singapore2:26.21

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Kaitlin Sandeno United States2:08.77Q
24Yuko Nakanishi Japan2:08.83Q
38Paola Cavallino Italy2:10.23Q
47Dana Kirk United States2:10.69
53Georgina Lee Great Britain2:10.93
66Yukiko Osada Japan2:11.35
71Annika Mehlhorn Germany2:11.37
82María Peláez Spain2:12.54

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:08.84Q
23Petria Thomas Australia2:09.24Q
36Felicity Galvez Australia2:09.54Q
45Éva Risztov Hungary2:09.83Q
51Mette Jacobsen Denmark2:10.47Q
68Aurore Mongel France2:11.13
72Francesca Segat Italy2:11.18
87Li Jie China2:13.41

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
3Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:06.05
6Petria Thomas Australia2:06.36
5Yuko Nakanishi Japan2:08.04
44Kaitlin Sandeno United States2:08.18
52Felicity Galvez Australia2:09.28
68Mette Jacobsen Denmark2:10.01
71Paola Cavallino Italy2:10.14
87Éva Risztov Hungary2:10.58

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Andersson, Astrid (21 December 2004). "Olympic champion's heart of gold". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Jedrzejczak Powers to Great Win in 200 Fly and Poland's First-Ever Olympic Gold Medal in the Pool". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. "Otylia Jedrzejczak of Poland wins women's 200m butterfly gold". Xinhua News Agency. People's Daily. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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