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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 29 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968.

The medals for the competition were presented by Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Andrey Kryukov, Kazakhstan; FINA Bureau Member.

Records

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 [2][3]
Olympic record  Jiao Liuyang (CHN) 2:04.06 London, United Kingdom 1 August 2012 [4]

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
29 July Final Zhang Yufei  China 2:03.86 OR

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 2:08.43. 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 2:12.28. 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

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

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
27 July 19:25 Heats
28 July 10:57 Semifinals
29 July 11:28 Final

Results

Heats

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

As Katinka Hosszú withdrew before the event, all sixteen remaining swimmers were guaranteed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Although FINA rules would have allowed the Heats to be scratched and two straight semi-finals held, the decision was made to keep the original schedule.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 3 4 Zhang Yufei  China 2:07.50 Q
2 2 4 Hali Flickinger  United States 2:08.31 Q
3 1 5 Yu Liyan  China 2:08.36 Q
4 1 4 Regan Smith  United States 2:08.46 Q
5 3 5 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 2:08.58 Q
6 1 6 Svetlana Chimrova  ROC 2:08.84 Q
7 3 3 Laura Stephens  Great Britain 2:09.00 Q
8 2 6 Alys Thomas  Great Britain 2:09.06 Q
9 2 3 Brianna Throssell  Australia 2:09.34 Q
10 2 2 Helena Bach  Denmark 2:09.37 Q
11 3 6 Franziska Hentke  Germany 2:09.98 Q
12 1 2 Defne Taçyıldız  Turkey 2:10.00 Q
13 1 3 Suzuka Hasegawa  Japan 2:10.43 Q
14 3 2 Ana Monteiro  Portugal 2:11.45 Q
15 3 7 Remedy Rule  Philippines 2:12.23 Q
16 2 7 Julimar Ávila  Honduras 2:15.36 Q, NR
2 5 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary DNS

Semifinals

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 Zhang Yufei  China 2:04.89 Q
2 1 4 Hali Flickinger  United States 2:06.23 Q
3 2 3 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 2:06.59 Q
4 1 5 Regan Smith  United States 2:06.64 Q
5 2 5 Yu Liyan  China 2:07.04 Q
6 2 2 Brianna Throssell  Australia 2:08.41 Q
7 1 3 Svetlana Chimrova  ROC 2:08.62 Q
8 1 6 Alys Thomas  Great Britain 2:09.07 Q
9 2 1 Suzuka Hasegawa  Japan 2:09.42
10 2 6 Laura Stephens  Great Britain 2:09.49
11 1 1 Ana Monteiro  Portugal 2:09.82
12 1 2 Helena Bach  Denmark 2:10.05
13 2 7 Franziska Hentke  Germany 2:10.89
14 1 7 Defne Taçyıldız  Turkey 2:11.27
15 2 8 Remedy Rule  Philippines 2:12.89
16 1 8 Julimar Ávila  Honduras 2:16.38

Final

[9]

Rank Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Zhang Yufei  China 2:03.86 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Regan Smith  United States 2:05.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Hali Flickinger  United States 2:05.65
4 3 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 2:06.53
5 1 Svetlana Chimrova  ROC 2:07.70
6 2 Yu Liyan  China 2:07.85
7 8 Alys Thomas  Great Britain 2:07.90
8 7 Brianna Throssell  Australia 2:09.48

References

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Chinese Olympic champion Liu Zige breaks women's 200m butterfly world record". People's Daily. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ^ "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.
  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 23 August 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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