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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	2 – 3 August 2024
Status	Olympic
Location	Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre, France
Participants	34 from 27 countries

This race was expected to be a battle between Canada’s Summer McIntosh and Australia’s Kaylee McKeown. McIntosh had already won gold medals in Paris, in the 400 IM and the 200 butterfly. McKeown won this event at the 2022 World Championships and led the world list for 2024 coming into the Paris Olympics. Also expecting to contend for medals were the two Americans: Alex Walsh, the 2020 silver medalist, and Kate Douglass, the 2020 bronze medalist.

Walsh, McIntosh, and Douglass led the semi-final qualifying, as McKeown barely made the final, placing seventh. She swam that semi shortly after the 200 metre backstroke, in which she won gold, and then had to stand for the medal ceremony, shortening her warm-up.

Only seven swimmers would start the final, after Australia’s Ella Ramsay withdrew with an illness. Douglass took the final lead on the backstroke leg, but McIntosh moved ahead on the butterfly and would never be caught, coming home with her third gold medal at Paris 2024, in an Olympic record 2:06.56. Behind her, Douglass and Walsh fought out the other medals, with Douglass taking silver and Walsh seemingly giving the USA two medals, as they had in Tokyo. Within minutes, however, Walsh was disqualified for an illegal backstroke-to-breaststroke turn, and McKeown would move up to the bronze medal.

McIntosh ended her Paris Olympics with four medals, three of them gold medals. Douglass would also take home four Olympic medals, winning gold in the 200 breaststroke and the women’s medley relay. McKeown would have the biggest medal haul in Paris, winning five, including golds in both backstroke events. This gave her a career total of nine medals – in nine Olympic events.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Summer McIntosh	CAN	2:09.90 (1 h3)	2:08.30 (2 h2)	2:06.56 (1)	Gold
2	Kate Douglass	USA	2:10.70 (2 h4)	2:08.59 (3 h2)	2:06.92 (2)	Silver
3	Kaylee McKeown	AUS	2:11.26 (3 h5)	2:09.97 (5 h2)	2:08.08 (3)	Bronze
4	Yu Yiting	CHN	2:10.28 (2 h3)	2:09.74 (2 h1)	2:08.49 (4)
5	Abbie Wood	GBR	2:10.95 (4 h3)	2:09.64 (4 h2)	2:09.51 (5)
6	Sydney Pickrem	CAN	2:10.63 (1 h4)	2:09.65 (1 h1)	2:09.74 (6)
7	Ella Ramsay	AUS	2:10.75 (3 h3)	2:10.16 (3 h1)	– (DNS)
8	Alex Walsh	USA	2:10.48 (1 h5)	2:07.45 (1 h2)	– (DQ)
9	Anastasia Gorbenko	ISR	2:11.53 (4 h5)	2:10.32 (6 h2)	–
10	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:10.96 (2 h5)	2:10.45 (4 h1)	–
11	Rebecca Meder	RSA	2:11.96 (4 h4)	2:10.67 (5 h1)	–
12	Yui Ohashi	JPN	2:11.70 (5 h5)	2:10.94 (6 h1)	–
13	Ellen Walshe	IRL	2:11.81 (6 h5)	2:11.35 (7 h2)	–
14	Shiho Matsumoto	JPN	2:11.67 (3 h4)	2:11.85 (8 h2)	–
15	Emma Carrasco	ESP	2:11.54 (6 h3)	2:12.25 (7 h1)	–
16	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	2:11.47 (5 h3)	2:12.80 (8 h1)	–
17	Kim Seo-Yeong	KOR	2:12.42 (7 h5)	–	–
=18	Sara Franceschi	ITA	2:12.88 (=5 h4)	–	–
=18	Freya Colbert	GBR	2:12.88 (=5 h4)	–	–
20	Marrit Steenbergen	NED	2:13.21 (7 h4)	–	–
21	Kristen Romano	PUR	2:13.32 (1 h2)	–	–
22	Barbora Seemanová	CZE	2:13.47 (8 h4)	–	–
23	Tamara Potocká	SVK	2:14.20 (7 h3)	–	–
24	Lena Kreundl	AUT	2:15.04 (2 h2)	–	–
25	Dalma Sebestyén	HUN	2:15.16 (8 h3)	–	–
26	Ieva Maļuka	LAT	2:15.79 (3 h2)	–	–
27	Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên	VIE	2:17.18 (4 h2)	–	–
28	Lea Polonsky	ISR	2:17.53 (8 h5)	–	–
29	McKenna DeBever	PER	2:17.61 (5 h2)	–	–
30	Nicole Frank	URU	2:18.00 (6 h2)	–	–
31	Azzahra Permatahani	INA	2:20.51 (1 h1)	–	–
32	Valerie Tarazi	PLE	2:20.56 (2 h1)	–	–
33	Jayla Pina	CPV	2:24.51 (3 h1)	–	–
DQ	Han An-Chi	TPE	– (DQ h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	2 August 2024 — 11:17
Format	Top 16 finishers advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Summer McIntosh	CAN	2:09.90	Q
2	–	Yu Yiting	CHN	2:10.28	Q
3	–	Alex Walsh	USA	2:10.48	Q
4	–	Sydney Pickrem	CAN	2:10.63	Q
5	–	Kate Douglass	USA	2:10.70	Q
6	–	Ella Ramsay	AUS	2:10.75	Q
7	–	Abbie Wood	GBR	2:10.95	Q
8	–	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:10.96	Q
9	–	Kaylee McKeown	AUS	2:11.26	Q
10	–	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	2:11.47	Q
11	–	Anastasia Gorbenko	ISR	2:11.53	Q
12	–	Emma Carrasco	ESP	2:11.54	Q
13	–	Shiho Matsumoto	JPN	2:11.67	Q
14	–	Yui Ohashi	JPN	2:11.70	Q
15	–	Ellen Walshe	IRL	2:11.81	Q
16	–	Rebecca Meder	RSA	2:11.96	Q
17	–	Kim Seo-Yeong	KOR	2:12.42
=18	–	Sara Franceschi	ITA	2:12.88
=18	–	Freya Colbert	GBR	2:12.88
20	–	Marrit Steenbergen	NED	2:13.21
21	–	Kristen Romano	PUR	2:13.32
22	–	Barbora Seemanová	CZE	2:13.47
23	–	Tamara Potocká	SVK	2:14.20
24	–	Lena Kreundl	AUT	2:15.04
25	–	Dalma Sebestyén	HUN	2:15.16
26	–	Ieva Maļuka	LAT	2:15.79
27	–	Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên	VIE	2:17.18
28	–	Lea Polonsky	ISR	2:17.53
29	–	McKenna DeBever	PER	2:17.61
30	–	Nicole Frank	URU	2:18.00
31	–	Azzahra Permatahani	INA	2:20.51
32	–	Valerie Tarazi	PLE	2:20.56
33	–	Jayla Pina	CPV	2:24.51
DQ	–	Han An-Chi	TPE	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Azzahra Permatahani	INA	2:20.51	0.68	29.58 (1)	1:05.41 (1)	1:46.66 (2)	35.83 (2)	41.25 (2)	33.85 (1)
2	–	Valerie Tarazi	PLE	2:20.56	0.71	30.39 (2)	1:05.67 (2)	1:46.27 (1)	35.28 (1)	40.60 (1)	34.29 (2)
3	–	Jayla Pina	CPV	2:24.51	0.67	30.52 (3)	1:07.75 (3)	1:49.27 (3)	37.23 (3)	41.52 (3)	35.24 (3)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kristen Romano	PUR	2:13.32	0.73	28.18 (2)	1:01.65 (1)	1:40.99 (1)	33.47 (2)	39.34 (1)	32.33 (1)
2	–	Lena Kreundl	AUT	2:15.04	0.67	28.15 (1)	1:02.28 (3)	1:41.74 (2)	34.13 (4)	39.46 (2)	33.30 (4)
3	–	Ieva Maļuka	LAT	2:15.79	0.69	28.46 (3)	1:01.75 (2)	1:43.15 (3)	33.29 (1)	41.40 (6)	32.64 (3)
4	–	Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên	VIE	2:17.18	0.67	28.92 (4)	1:04.42 (6)	1:44.59 (6)	35.50 (6)	40.17 (4)	32.59 (2)
5	–	McKenna DeBever	PER	2:17.61	0.68	28.96 (5)	1:03.02 (4)	1:43.97 (5)	34.06 (3)	40.95 (5)	33.64 (5)
6	–	Nicole Frank	URU	2:18.00	0.67	29.34 (6)	1:03.74 (5)	1:43.57 (4)	34.40 (5)	39.83 (3)	34.43 (6)
DQ	–	Han An-Chi	TPE	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Summer McIntosh	CAN	2:09.90	0.77	27.48 (2)	59.80 (1)	1:38.41 (1)	32.32 (1)	38.61 (6)	31.49 (4)	Q
2	–	Yu Yiting	CHN	2:10.28	0.68	27.97 (4)	1:01.16 (2)	1:39.16 (4)	33.19 (3)	38.00 (4)	31.12 (1)	Q
3	–	Ella Ramsay	AUS	2:10.75	0.64	28.12 (=5)	1:01.32 (4)	1:38.64 (2)	33.20 (4)	37.32 (1)	32.11 (=5)	Q
4	–	Abbie Wood	GBR	2:10.95	0.70	28.23 (7)	1:01.58 (5)	1:39.52 (5)	33.35 (5)	37.94 (3)	31.43 (3)	Q
5	–	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	2:11.47	0.70	27.58 (3)	1:01.84 (7)	1:40.17 (6)	34.26 (7)	38.33 (5)	31.30 (2)	Q
6	–	Emma Carrasco	ESP	2:11.54	0.63	28.12 (=5)	1:01.18 (3)	1:38.90 (3)	33.06 (2)	37.72 (2)	32.64 (7)	Q
7	–	Tamara Potocká	SVK	2:14.20	0.67	27.46 (1)	1:01.67 (6)	1:41.48 (7)	34.21 (6)	39.81 (8)	32.72 (8)
8	–	Dalma Sebestyén	HUN	2:15.16	0.73	28.63 (8)	1:03.33 (8)	1:43.05 (8)	34.70 (8)	39.72 (7)	32.11 (=5)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Sydney Pickrem	CAN	2:10.63	0.70	28.19 (5)	1:02.03 (4)	1:39.08 (1)	33.84 (3)	37.05 (2)	31.55 (5)	Q
2	–	Kate Douglass	USA	2:10.70	0.70	27.69 (2)	1:02.91 (8)	1:39.60 (3)	35.22 (8)	36.69 (1)	31.10 (3)	Q
3	–	Shiho Matsumoto	JPN	2:11.67	0.62	28.14 (4)	1:01.85 (2)	1:40.07 (4)	33.71 (2)	38.22 (4)	31.60 (6)	Q
4	–	Rebecca Meder	RSA	2:11.96	0.70	27.73 (3)	1:01.61 (1)	1:39.59 (2)	33.88 (5)	37.98 (3)	32.37 (8)	Q
=5	–	Sara Franceschi	ITA	2:12.88	0.71	28.73 (7)	1:02.59 (6)	1:41.38 (6)	33.86 (4)	38.79 (6)	31.50 (4)
=5	–	Freya Colbert	GBR	2:12.88	0.69	29.13 (8)	1:02.20 (5)	1:41.89 (7)	33.07 (1)	39.69 (7)	30.99 (2)
7	–	Marrit Steenbergen	NED	2:13.21	0.75	28.32 (6)	1:02.73 (7)	1:41.32 (5)	34.41 (7)	38.59 (5)	31.89 (7)
8	–	Barbora Seemanová	CZE	2:13.47	0.64	27.60 (1)	1:01.90 (3)	1:42.67 (8)	34.30 (6)	40.77 (8)	30.80 (1)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Alex Walsh	USA	2:10.48	0.74	27.38 (1)	1:00.82 (1)	1:38.17 (1)	33.44 (4)	37.35 (1)	32.31 (7)	Q
2	–	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:10.96	0.70	28.53 (6)	1:01.00 (2)	1:39.41 (2)	32.47 (1)	38.41 (4)	31.55 (4)	Q
3	–	Kaylee McKeown	AUS	2:11.26	0.67	28.10 (=4)	1:01.55 (5)	1:40.06 (4)	33.45 (5)	38.51 (5)	31.20 (2)	Q
4	–	Anastasia Gorbenko	ISR	2:11.53	0.68	28.56 (7)	1:02.43 (7)	1:40.79 (7)	33.87 (6)	38.36 (=2)	30.74 (1)	Q
5	–	Yui Ohashi	JPN	2:11.70	0.67	28.09 (3)	1:01.15 (3)	1:39.68 (3)	33.06 (2)	38.53 (6)	32.02 (6)	Q
6	–	Ellen Walshe	IRL	2:11.81	0.65	28.10 (=4)	1:02.00 (6)	1:40.36 (5)	33.90 (7)	38.36 (=2)	31.45 (3)	Q
7	–	Kim Seo-Yeong	KOR	2:12.42	0.63	27.81 (2)	1:01.17 (4)	1:40.74 (6)	33.36 (3)	39.57 (7)	31.68 (5)
8	–	Lea Polonsky	ISR	2:17.53	0.68	29.28 (8)	1:03.63 (8)	1:43.90 (8)	34.35 (8)	40.27 (8)	33.63 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	2 August 2024 — 21:31
Format	Top eight finishers advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Alex Walsh	USA	2:07.45	Q
2	–	Summer McIntosh	CAN	2:08.30	Q
3	–	Kate Douglass	USA	2:08.59	Q
4	–	Abbie Wood	GBR	2:09.64	Q
5	–	Sydney Pickrem	CAN	2:09.65	Q
6	–	Yu Yiting	CHN	2:09.74	Q
7	–	Kaylee McKeown	AUS	2:09.97	Q
8	–	Ella Ramsay	AUS	2:10.16	Q
9	–	Anastasia Gorbenko	ISR	2:10.32
10	–	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:10.45
11	–	Rebecca Meder	RSA	2:10.67
12	–	Yui Ohashi	JPN	2:10.94
13	–	Ellen Walshe	IRL	2:11.35
14	–	Shiho Matsumoto	JPN	2:11.85
15	–	Emma Carrasco	ESP	2:12.25
16	–	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	2:12.80

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Sydney Pickrem	CAN	2:09.65	0.70	27.99 (6)	1:01.39 (3)	1:38.08 (2)	33.40 (5)	36.69 (1)	31.57 (4)	Q
2	–	Yu Yiting	CHN	2:09.74	0.68	27.08 (1)	1:00.47 (1)	1:37.99 (1)	33.39 (4)	37.52 (3)	31.75 (5)	Q
3	–	Ella Ramsay	AUS	2:10.16	0.64	27.69 (4)	1:00.99 (2)	1:38.35 (3)	33.30 (2)	37.36 (2)	31.81 (6)	Q
4	–	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:10.45	0.69	28.45 (8)	1:01.55 (7)	1:39.64 (5)	33.10 (1)	38.09 (4)	30.81 (2)
5	–	Rebecca Meder	RSA	2:10.67	0.70	27.45 (3)	1:01.50 (6)	1:39.88 (7)	34.05 (7)	38.38 (7)	30.79 (1)
6	–	Yui Ohashi	JPN	2:10.94	0.72	27.97 (5)	1:01.46 (5)	1:39.66 (6)	33.49 (6)	38.20 (6)	31.28 (3)
7	–	Emma Carrasco	ESP	2:12.25	0.62	28.05 (7)	1:01.42 (4)	1:39.60 (4)	33.37 (3)	38.18 (5)	32.65 (8)
8	–	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	2:12.80	0.70	27.36 (2)	1:01.62 (8)	1:40.98 (8)	34.26 (8)	39.36 (8)	31.82 (7)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Alex Walsh	USA	2:07.45	0.74	27.19 (3)	59.92 (8)	1:36.62 (1)	32.73 (4)	36.70 (1)	30.83 (3)	Q
2	–	Summer McIntosh	CAN	2:08.30	0.76	26.94 (1)	59.04 (1)	1:37.70 (2)	32.10 (1)	38.66 (8)	30.60 (1)	Q
3	–	Kate Douglass	USA	2:08.59	0.65	27.07 (2)	1:00.90 (4)	1:37.96 (3)	33.83 (8)	37.06 (2)	30.63 (2)	Q
4	–	Abbie Wood	GBR	2:09.64	0.69	27.70 (4)	1:00.97 (5)	1:38.57 (4)	33.27 (5)	37.60 (3)	31.07 (5)	Q
5	–	Kaylee McKeown	AUS	2:09.97	0.65	28.14 (7)	1:00.77 (3)	1:38.96 (6)	32.63 (3)	38.19 (4)	31.01 (4)	Q
6	–	Anastasia Gorbenko	ISR	2:10.32	0.67	27.84 (6)	1:00.31 (2)	1:38.67 (5)	32.47 (2)	38.36 (7)	31.65 (7)
7	–	Ellen Walshe	IRL	2:11.35	0.66	28.24 (8)	1:01.59 (7)	1:39.92 (8)	33.35 (6)	38.33 (5)	31.43 (6)
8	–	Shiho Matsumoto	JPN	2:11.85	0.60	27.74 (5)	1:01.33 (6)	1:39.68 (7)	33.59 (7)	38.35 (6)	32.17 (8)

Final

Date	3 August 2024 — 21:08

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Summer McIntosh	CAN	2:06.56	0.73	26.80 (2)	58.60 (1)	1:36.13 (1)	31.80 (2)	37.53 (4)	30.43 (2)	OR
2	Kate Douglass	USA	2:06.92	0.68	26.73 (1)	1:01.05 (6)	1:36.80 (2)	34.32 (6)	35.75 (1)	30.12 (1)
3	Kaylee McKeown	AUS	2:08.08	0.65	27.59 (5)	59.27 (2)	1:37.04 (3)	31.68 (1)	37.77 (5)	31.04 (3)
4	Yu Yiting	CHN	2:08.49	0.67	27.31 (3)	1:00.05 (3)	1:37.42 (4)	32.74 (4)	37.37 (3)	31.07 (4)
5	Abbie Wood	GBR	2:09.51	0.69	27.43 (4)	1:00.21 (4)	1:38.08 (6)	32.78 (5)	37.87 (6)	31.43 (5)
6	Sydney Pickrem	CAN	2:09.74	0.70	27.89 (6)	1:00.36 (5)	1:37.55 (5)	32.47 (3)	37.19 (2)	32.19 (6)
DQ	Alex Walsh	USA	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DNS	Ella Ramsay	AUS	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–