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

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 30–31 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 30, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 31, 2012 (final)
Competitors37 from 31 nations
Winning time1:53.61 OR
Medalists
Allison Schmitt  United States
Camille Muffat  France
Bronte Barratt  Australia

U.S. swimmer Allison Schmitt blasted a new Olympic record with a stunning effort to capture the gold medal in the event for the first time, since Nicole Haislett topped the podium in 1992. She pulled away from a tightly-packed field on the final lap to hit the wall first in a sterling time of 1:53.61, shaving 1.21 seconds off the record set by Italy's Federica Pellegrini from Beijing in 2008.[2][3] After defeating Schmitt in a close duel to grab the 400 m freestyle title two days earlier, France's Camille Muffat trailed behind her rival by almost a body length for the silver in 1:55.58.[4] Meanwhile, Australia's Bronte Barratt produced a striking touch to take home the bronze in 1:55.81, edging out American teenage star Missy Franklin by a hundredth of a second.[5][6][7]

Franklin missed a chance to add her third career medal with a fourth-place time in 1:55.82, while Pellegrini, the defending Olympic champion, dropped off the podium to fifth in 1:56.73.[8][9] Russia's Veronika Popova (1:57.25), Great Britain's home favorite Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.60) and Barratt's teammate Kylie Palmer (1:57.68) closed out the field.[5][7]

Notable swimmers failed to reach the top-eight final roster including Slovenia's Sara Isaković, the defending silver medalist, who placed fourteenth (1:58.47) in the semifinals; and Romania's Camelia Potec, a four-time Olympian and 2004 Olympic champion, who posted a twenty-fifth place time (2:01.15) on the morning prelims.[10]

Records

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

World record Federica Pellegrini (ITA)1:52.98Rome, Italy29 July 2009[11][12]
Olympic record Federica Pellegrini (ITA)1:54.82Beijing, China13 August 2008[13]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
July 31FinalAllison Schmitt United States1:53.61OR

Results

Heats

[14]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135Federica Pellegrini Italy1:57.16Q
254Allison Schmitt United States1:57.33Q
334Missy Franklin United States1:57.62Q
433Veronika Popova Russia1:57.79Q
57Melania Costa Schmid SpainQ
636Barbara Jardin Canada1:57.92Q
755Sarah Sjöström Sweden1:58.03Q
42Caitlin McClatchey Great BritainQ
937Samantha Cheverton Canada1:58.11Q
1043Bronte Barratt Australia1:58.12Q
1153Kylie Palmer Australia1:58.16Q
1244Camille Muffat France1:58.49Q
1356Silke Lippok Germany1:58.59Q
1446Wang Shijia China1:58.73Q
1541Hanae Ito Japan1:58.93Q
1651Sara Isaković Slovenia1:58.96Q
1732Rebecca Turner Great Britain1:58.98
1831Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne France1:59.15
1948Nina Rangelova Bulgaria1:59.21NR
2058Karin Prinsloo South Africa1:59.24
2147Song Wenyan China1:59.47
2252Ágnes Mutina Hungary1:59.56
2338Sze Hang Yu Hong Kong1:59.92
2425Pernille Blume Denmark2:00.91
2526Camelia Potec Romania2:01.15
2622Liliana Ibanez Mexico2:01.36
2721Anna Stylianou Cyprus2:01.87
2828Katarína Filová Slovakia2:02.03
2924Jördis Steinegger Austria2:02.39
3013Natthanan Junkrajang Thailand2:02.49
3115Danielle Villars Switzerland2:03.55
3227Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland2:04.21
3314Baek Il-joo South Korea2:04.32
3416Heather Arseth Mauritius2:07.81
3512Aurelie Fanchette Seychelles2:23.49
23Grainne Murphy IrelandDNS
45Femke Heemskerk NetherlandsDNS

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Bronte Barratt Australia1:56.08Q
24Allison Schmitt United States1:56.15Q
37Camille Muffat France1:56.18Q
45Veronika Popova Russia1:56.84Q, NR
53Barbara Jardin Canada1:57.91
66Sarah Sjöström Sweden1:58.12
78Sara Isaković Slovenia1:58.47
81Wang Shijia China1:58.63

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Federica Pellegrini Italy1:56.67Q
26Caitlin McClatchey Great Britain1:57.33Q
37Kylie Palmer Australia1:57.44Q
45Missy Franklin United States1:57.57Q
53Melania Costa Schmid Spain1:57.76
62Samantha Cheverton Canada1:57.98
71Silke Lippok Germany1:58.24
88Hanae Ito Japan1:59.62

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Allison Schmitt United States1:53.61OR, AM
3Camille Muffat France1:55.58
4Bronte Barratt Australia1:55.81
48Missy Franklin United States1:55.82
56Federica Pellegrini Italy1:56.73
62Veronika Popova Russia1:57.25
77Caitlin McClatchey Great Britain1:57.60
81Kylie Palmer Australia1:57.68

References

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  9. Auerbach, Nicole (31 July 2012). "Missy Franklin finishes fourth in 200 free in London". USA Today. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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