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

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 16, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 17, 2004 (final)
Competitors41 from 36 nations
Winning time1:58.03
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Camelia Potec  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Federica Pellegrini  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Solenne Figuès  France
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2008 →
Swimming at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 16 and 17.[1]

Camelia Potec became the second Romanian swimmer to claim a gold medal in swimming (the first being done by Diana Mocanu in Sydney), outside the record time of 1:58.03. The silver medal was awarded to 15-year-old Federica Pellegrini of Italy, who finished behind Potec by 0.19 of a second, clocking at 1:58.22. France's Solenne Figuès, on the other hand, took home the bronze in 1:58.45. World record holder Franziska van Almsick, however, finished outside of medals in fifth place, with a time of 1:58.88.[2][3]

Records

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

World record  Franziska van Almsick (GER) 1:56.64 Berlin, Germany 3 August 2002
Olympic record  Heike Friedrich (GDR) 1:57.65 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 2 Dana Vollmer  United States 1:59.49 Q
2 6 2 Claudia Poll  Costa Rica 1:59.50 Q
3 5 7 Paulina Barzycka  Poland 1:59.52 Q
4 5 6 Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:59.80 Q
5 6 3 Solenne Figuès  France 1:59.90 Q
6 6 7 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 2:00.04 Q
7 4 6 Elka Graham  Australia 2:00.13 Q
8 6 4 Lindsay Benko  United States 2:00.21 Q
9 6 5 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 2:00.23 Q
10 5 4 Melanie Marshall  Great Britain 2:00.46 Q
11 4 5 Camelia Potec  Romania 2:00.50 Q
12 5 3 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 2:00.67 Q
13 4 1 Tomoko Nagai  Japan 2:00.73 Q
14 5 5 Pang Jiaying  China 2:00.80 Q
15 4 3 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 2:01.00 Q
16 4 4 Yang Yu  China 2:01.33 Q
17 6 8 Brittany Reimer  Canada 2:01.39
18 4 7 Sara Isaković  Slovenia 2:01.71
19 6 6 Linda Mackenzie  Australia 2:02.04
20 5 2 Sara Harstick  Germany 2:02.25
21 5 1 Nataliya Shalagina  Russia 2:02.37
22 3 5 Olena Lapunova  Ukraine 2:02.71
23 5 8 Mariana Brochado  Brazil 2:02.91
24 3 3 Hanna Miluska  Switzerland 2:03.28
25 3 1 Florencia Szigeti  Argentina 2:03.29
26 4 8 Kim Hyun-joo  South Korea 2:03.33
27 6 1 Zoi Dimoschaki  Greece 2:03.38
28 3 4 Elina Partõka  Estonia 2:03.54
29 3 2 Alison Fitch  New Zealand 2:03.58
30 3 8 Janelle Atkinson  Jamaica 2:04.06
31 3 7 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 2:04.22
32 3 6 Petra Banović  Croatia 2:04.24
33 2 2 Jana Myšková  Czech Republic 2:04.62
34 2 4 Vesna Stojanovska  Macedonia 2:04.64
35 1 3 Pilin Tachakittiranan  Thailand 2:05.29
36 1 4 Yang Chin-kuei  Chinese Taipei 2:05.65
37 2 3 Louise Mai Jansen  Denmark 2:06.06
38 2 5 Larisa Lăcustă  Romania 2:06.62
39 2 6 Sze Hang Yu  Hong Kong 2:07.55
40 2 7 Khadija Ciss  Senegal 2:09.04
41 1 5 Yuliya Rissik  Kazakhstan 2:09.93

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:58.02 Q
2 1 Pang Jiaying  China 1:58.68 Q
3 3 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 1:59.31 Q
4 4 Claudia Poll  Costa Rica 1:59.79
5 7 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 1:59.87
6 6 Lindsay Benko  United States 2:00.22
7 8 Yang Yu  China 2:00.52
8 2 Melanie Marshall  Great Britain 2:01.06

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Solenne Figuès  France 1:58.65 Q
2 4 Dana Vollmer  United States 1:59.04 Q
3 5 Paulina Barzycka  Poland 1:59.10 Q
4 2 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 1:59.13 Q
5 7 Camelia Potec  Romania 1:59.25 Q
6 6 Elka Graham  Australia 1:59.44
7 8 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 1:59.96
8 1 Tomoko Nagai  Japan 2:00.09

Final

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Camelia Potec  Romania 1:58.03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:58.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Solenne Figuès  France 1:58.45
4 2 Paulina Barzycka  Poland 1:58.62
5 7 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 1:58.88
6 6 Dana Vollmer  United States 1:58.98
7 3 Pang Jiaying  China 1:59.16
8 8 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 1:59.20

References

  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. ^ "Potec wins freestyle gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Camelia Potec Takes 200 Freestyle from Lane Ones". Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2013.