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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates9 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
10 August 2016 (final)
Competitors28 from 20 nations
Winning time2:04.85
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mireia Belmonte  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Madeline Groves  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natsumi Hoshi  Japan
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Swimming at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 9–10 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Summary

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Spain's Mireia Belmonte stormed home on the final lap to upgrade her silver from London 2012 with an Olympic title in this event, writing a historic milestone to become the country's first female swimming champion.[2] Closing the gap between herself and Madeline Groves at the 150-metre turn, she pipped the Australian challenger with a half-stroke swim on the final stretch to a striking gold-medal triumph in 2:04.85.[3][4] Groves commanded a solid lead through the first half of the race, but could not catch the Spaniard near the wall, stopping just 0.03 seconds behind with a 2:04.88 for the silver.[5] Meanwhile, Japan's Natsumi Hoshi delivered a powerful back-half strategy to hold on the two leaders and repeat her bronze-medal feat from London 2012 in 2:05.20.[6][7]

Swimming in lane eight, Cammile Adams of the United States missed out on the podium by seven tenths of a second, as she moved up from the outside to fourth with a lifetime best of 2:05.90.[8] Separated from each other by a 0.03-second gap, Chinese duo Zhou Yilin (2:07.37) and Zhang Yufei (2:07.40) picked up the fifth and sixth spots respectively.[9] Adams' teammate Hali Flickinger (2:07.71) and Australian youngster Brianna Throssell (2:07.87) closed out the field.[7]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster, including British duo Hannah Miley and Aimee Willmott, Germany's Franziska Hentke, the reigning European champion, and Hungary's Katinka Hosszú, who later scratched the afternoon prelims to prepare herself instead for a historic medley double that happened in the evening session of the same day.[10]

Records

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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 [11][12]
Olympic record  Jiao Liuyang (CHN) 2:04.06 London, United Kingdom 1 August 2012 [13]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Mireia Belmonte  Spain 2:06.64 Q
2 3 5 Cammile Adams  United States 2:06.67 Q
4 2 Hali Flickinger  United States Q
4 4 6 Liliána Szilágyi  Hungary 2:06.99 Q
5 4 4 Madeline Groves  Australia 2:07.22 Q
6 2 3 Suzuka Hasegawa  Japan 2:07.35 Q
7 3 4 Natsumi Hoshi  Japan 2:07.37 Q
8 2 5 Zhang Yufei  China 2:07.55 Q
9 2 4 Franziska Hentke  Germany 2:07.59 Q
10 3 3 Brianna Throssell  Australia 2:07.76 Q
11 4 1 Martina van Berkel  Switzerland 2:08.00 Q
12 4 3 Zhou Yilin  China 2:08.21 Q
13 2 7 An Se-hyeon  South Korea 2:08.42 Q
14 3 1 Anja Klinar  Slovenia 2:08.43 Q
15 2 6 Alessia Polieri  Italy 2:08.95 Q
16 2 2 Audrey Lacroix  Canada 2:09.21 Q
17 4 8 Stefania Pirozzi  Italy 2:09.40
18 3 7 Lara Grangeon  France 2:09.69
19 2 1 Aimee Willmott  Great Britain 2:09.71
20 3 2 Judit Ignacio  Spain 2:09.82
21 4 7 Park Jin-young  South Korea 2:09.99
22 1 5 Nida Eliz Üstündağ  Turkey 2:10.02
23 2 8 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 2:10.60
24 3 8 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil 2:10.69
25 1 4 Helena Gasson  New Zealand 2:12.18
26 1 3 Virginia Bardach  Argentina 2:13.58
27 1 6 María Far Núñez  Panama 2:23.89
Katinka Hosszú  Hungary DNS

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Zhou Yilin  China 2:06.52 Q
2 6 Zhang Yufei  China 2:06.95 Q
3 2 Brianna Throssell  Australia 2:07.19 Q
4 4 Cammile Adams  United States 2:07.22 Q
5 3 Suzuka Hasegawa  Japan 2:07.33
6 5 Liliána Szilágyi  Hungary 2:07.34
7 1 Anja Klinar  Slovenia 2:09.44
8 8 Audrey Lacroix  Canada 2:09.95

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Madeline Groves  Australia 2:05.66 Q
2 4 Mireia Belmonte  Spain 2:06.06 Q
3 6 Natsumi Hoshi  Japan 2:06.74 Q
4 5 Hali Flickinger  United States 2:07.02 Q
5 2 Franziska Hentke  Germany 2:07.67
6 7 Martina van Berkel  Switzerland 2:07.90 NR
7 1 An Se-hyeon  South Korea 2:08.69
8 8 Alessia Polieri  Italy 2:09.35

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Mireia Belmonte  Spain 2:04.85
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Madeline Groves  Australia 2:04.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Natsumi Hoshi  Japan 2:05.20
4 8 Cammile Adams  United States 2:05.90
5 3 Zhou Yilin  China 2:07.37
6 2 Zhang Yufei  China 2:07.40
7 7 Hali Flickinger  United States 2:07.71
8 1 Brianna Throssell  Australia 2:07.87

References

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  1. ^ a b "Women's 200m Butterfly". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Catalan swimmer Mireia Belmonte brings first gold for Spain at Rio Olympics". Catalan News Agency. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ Romano, Javier (10 August 2016). "Mireia Belmonte wins first Spanish medal of Rio 2016". Marca. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia earns her first gold with women's 200 butterfly victory". Los Angeles Times. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016: Madeline Groves wins Olympic silver in 200 metres butterfly". ABC News Australia. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  6. ^ McKirdy, Andrew (11 August 2016). "World champ Hoshi settles for bronze in 200 butterfly". The Japan Times. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Mireia Belmonte Powers To First In 200 Fly Finals; Earns Spain's First Gold Ever In 200 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  8. ^ Fowler, Scott (10 August 2016). "Charlotte swimmer Cammile Adams just misses a medal in 200 butterfly". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Male swimmers keep China's swimming dream alive". China News Service. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Katinka Hosszu Scratches 200 Fly Prelims; Schedule Down to Four Individual Events in Rio". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Chinese Olympic champion Liu Zige breaks women's 200m butterfly world record". People's Daily. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  13. ^ "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.
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