Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics ? Women's 200 metre individual medley

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Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Date August 11, 2008 (heats)
August 12, 2008 (semifinals)
August 13, 2008 (final)
Competitors 39 from 30 nations
Winning time 2:08.45 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stephanie Rice   Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalie Coughlin   United States
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Swimming at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Qualification
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m men women
4 × 200 m men women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11?13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China . [1]

Australia's Stephanie Rice became the third swimmer in Olympic history to strike a medley double, since Michelle Smith did so in 1996 and Yana Klochkova in 2000 and 2004. She established a sterling time of 2:08.45 to lower her world record from the Olympic trials by almost half a second (0.50). [2] [3] Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry added a third silver to her collection, finishing with an African record of 2:08.59. U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin , who held the lead on the backstroke leg, picked up a bronze medal in 2:10.34. [4] [5]

Completing the second half of a difficult double, American Katie Hoff produced the same result from the 200 m freestyle , as she finished again in fourth place with a time of 2:10.68. [6] Australia's Alicia Coutts placed fifth in 2:11.43, while Japan's Asami Kitagawa swam the outside lane to finish the race in sixth place at 2:11.56. On the strength of the breaststroke leg, Kitagawa won a swimoff for the last slot in the top 8 final over Hungary's Evelyn Verraszto . [7] Canada's Julia Wilkinson (2:12.43) and Poland's Katarzyna Baranowska (2:13.36) closed out the field. [4]

Earlier in the semifinals, Coventry established an Olympic standard of 2:09.53 to cut off Yana Klochkova 's eight-year record by a 1.15-second deficit. [7] [8]

Records [ edit ]

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

World record   Stephanie Rice   ( AUS ) 2:08.92 Sydney , Australia 25 March 2008 [9]
Olympic record   Yana Klochkova   ( UKR ) 2:10.68 Sydney , Australia 19 September 2000 -

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 12 Semifinal 1 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:09.53 OR
August 13 Final Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:08.45 WR

Results [ edit ]

Heats [ edit ]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 3 Alicia Coutts   Australia 2:11.55 Q
2 4 4 Katie Hoff   United States 2:11.58 Q
3 3 4 Natalie Coughlin   United States 2:11.63 Q
4 5 3 Hannah Miley   Great Britain 2:11.72 Q
5 3 6 Julie Hjorth-Hansen   Denmark 2:11.99 Q
6 5 4 Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:12.07 Q
7 4 5 Camille Muffat   France 2:12.16 Q
8 5 5 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:12.18 Q
9 3 2 Asami Kitagawa   Japan 2:12.47 Q, NR
5 6 Katarzyna Baranowska   Poland Q
11 5 2 Evelyn Verraszto   Hungary 2:12.52 Q
12 3 1 Li Jiaxing   China 2:12.53 Q
13 3 7 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 2:12.56 Q
14 3 5 Mireia Belmonte Garcia   Spain 2:12.75 Q
15 3 3 Keri-Anne Payne   Great Britain 2:12.78 Q
16 4 1 Svetlana Karpeeva   Russia 2:12.94 Q
17 4 8 Katinka Hosszu   Hungary 2:13.05
18 5 1 Helen Norfolk   New Zealand 2:13.50
19 5 7 Erica Morningstar   Canada 2:14.11
20 4 6 Qi Hui   China 2:14.25
21 4 2 Cylia Vabre   France 2:14.34
22 2 7 Joanna Maranhao   Brazil 2:14.97
23 2 1 Sara Nordenstam   Norway 2:15.13 NR
24 2 2 Choi Hye-Ra   South Korea 2:15.26
25 2 3 Anja Klinar   Slovenia 2:15.39
26 2 5 Jessica Pengelly   South Africa 2:15.80
27 3 8 Maria Pelaez   Spain 2:15.97
28 2 6 Femke Heemskerk   Netherlands 2:16.28
29 2 8 Siow Yi Ting   Malaysia 2:17.11
30 4 7 Katharina Schiller   Germany 2:18.00
31 1 6 Ganna Dzerkal   Ukraine 2:18.25
32 1 2 Erika Stewart   Colombia 2:18.54 NR
33 1 3 Sherry Tsai   Hong Kong 2:18.91
34 5 8 Sonja Schober   Germany 2:20.18
35 1 4 Erla Dogg Haraldsdottir   Iceland 2:20.53
36 1 7 Lin Man-Hsu   Chinese Taipei 2:23.29
37 2 4 Georgina Bardach   Argentina 2:25.74
38 1 1 Fibriani Ratna Marita   Indonesia 2:28.18
1 5 Maroua Mathlouthi   Tunisia DNS

Semifinals [ edit ]

Semifinal 1 [ edit ]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:09.53 Q, OR
2 3 Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:10.58 Q
3 4 Katie Hoff   United States 2:10.90 Q
4 2 Katarzyna Baranowska   Poland 2:12.13 Q, NR
5 5 Hannah Miley   Great Britain 2:12.35
6 8 Svetlana Karpeeva   Russia 2:13.26
7 1 Mireia Belmonte Garcia   Spain 2:13.45
8 7 Li Jiaxing   China 2:13.47

Semifinal 2 [ edit ]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Natalie Coughlin   United States 2:11.84 Q
2 1 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 2:12.03 Q
4 Alicia Coutts   Australia Q
4 2 Asami Kitagawa   Japan 2:12.18 QSO , NR
7 Evelyn Verraszto   Hungary QSO
6 3 Julie Hjorth-Hansen   Denmark 2:12.26
7 6 Camille Muffat   France 2:12.36
8 8 Keri-Anne Payne   Great Britain 2:14.14

Swimoff [ edit ]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Asami Kitagawa   Japan 2:12.02 Q, NR
2 4 Evelyn Verraszto   Hungary 2:14.96

Final [ edit ]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:08.45 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:08.59 AF
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Natalie Coughlin   United States 2:10.34
4 3 Katie Hoff   United States 2:10.68
5 2 Alicia Coutts   Australia 2:11.43
6 8 Asami Kitagawa   Japan 2:11.56 NR
7 7 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 2:12.43
8 1 Katarzyna Baranowska   Poland 2:13.36

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Olympic Swimming Schedule" . USA Today . 9 August 2008 . Retrieved 14 May 2013 .
  2. ^ Cowley, Michael (14 August 2008). "Rice and shine" . Brisbane Times . Retrieved 17 May 2013 .
  3. ^ "Rice claims medley double" . ABC News . 13 August 2008 . Retrieved 20 May 2013 .
  4. ^ a b Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Stephanie Rice Clocks World Record to Win 200 IM" . Swimming World Magazine . Archived from the original on 8 May 2013 . Retrieved 17 May 2013 .
  5. ^ "Rice edges thrilling medley final" . BBC Sport . 13 August 2008 . Retrieved 20 May 2013 .
  6. ^ "World records fall in women's 200 free, 200 IM" . ESPN . 13 August 2008 . Retrieved 20 May 2013 .
  7. ^ a b Lohn, John (11 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Kirsty Coventry Clocks Olympic Record in 200 IM Semis" . Swimming World Magazine . Archived from the original on 2 May 2012 . Retrieved 20 May 2013 .
  8. ^ "Rice out-touches Coventry for gold medal, Julia's rise through world rankings meteoric" . Stratford Beacon-Herald . 13 August 2008 . Retrieved 20 May 2013 .
  9. ^ "Rice claims new world mark for medley" . The Age . 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012 . Retrieved 6 August 2008 .

External links [ edit ]

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