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200 metres Butterfly, Women

Date	12 – 14 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	34 from 26 countries

The 200 metres butterfly was host to the biggest shock of the swimming programme of the Beijing Olympic Games which, since it was the only home victory in the pool, was also the most popular win of the entire schedule. As in the 100 metres butterfly the favourite was an Australian, in this case the world champion and world record holder Jess Schipper. Her main rivals appeared to be former world champion Otylia Jędrzejczak of Poland and the home favourite, Jiao Liuyang.

The other Chinese swimmer, Liu Zige, was a relative unknown having missed the 2007 World Championship after having made little impression in 2005. However Liu had a secret weapon – the training plan that Schipper had used to make her mark in the event. To the consternation of the Australian swimming authorities Schipper’s coach, Ken Wood, had sold the document to the coaches of the Chinese swimmer. It was a move that led to Schipper dropping Wood as her coach following the Olympics.

Liu broke her personal best time in heat and semi-final and then broke Schipper’s record by posting a time of 2:04.18 to win the gold medal ahead of compatriot Jiao with the Australian, who had led to the 150 metre mark, fading badly but still holding onto third.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Liu Zige	CHN	2:06.46 (1 h3)	2:06.25 (1 h2)	2:04.18 (1)	Gold
2	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:06.89 (2 h5)	2:06.42 (1 h1)	2:04.72 (2)	Silver
3	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:08.11 (4 h4)	2:06.34 (2 h2)	2:06.26 (3)	Bronze
4	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:06.91 (3 h5)	2:06.78 (3 h2)	2:07.02 (4)
5	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:06.62 (2 h3)	2:06.96 (=4 h2)	2:07.32 (5)
6	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:06.49 (1 h5)	2:07.21 (2 h1)	2:07.36 (6)
7	Elaine Breeden	USA	2:07.92 (4 h5)	2:07.73 (6 h2)	2:07.57 (7)
8	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:07.65 (1 h4)	2:06.96 (=4 h2)	2:08.23 (8)
9	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:08.07 (3 h4)	2:07.87 (3 h1)	–
10	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:07.02 (3 h3)	2:07.93 (4 h1)	–
11	Micha Østergaard	DEN	2:07.77 (2 h4)	2:09.29 (5 h1)	–
12	Samantha Hamill	AUS	2:08.83 (5 h5)	2:09.58 (7 h2)	–
13	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:08.54 (5 h4)	2:09.74 (6 h1)	–
14	Petra Granlund	SWE	2:08.97 (6 h4)	2:09.79 (7 h1)	–
15	Ellen Gandy	GBR	2:08.98 (7 h4)	2:10.60 (8 h2)	–
16	Kathryn Meaklim	RSA	2:09.41 (1 h2)	2:11.74 (8 h1)	–
17	Nina Dittrich	AUT	2:09.85 (2 h2)	–	–
18	Beatrix Boulsevicz	HUN	2:10.00 (6 h5)	–	–
19	Sara Oliveira	POR	2:10.14 (3 h2)	–	–
20	Stephanie Horner	CAN	2:10.33 (4 h3)	–	–
21	Paola Cavallino	ITA	2:10.46 (5 h3)	–	–
22	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:10.64 (7 h5)	–	–
23	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:11.42 (8 h5)	–	–
24	Tetiana Khala	UKR	2:12.16 (4 h2)	–	–
25	Yana Martynova	RUS	2:12.47 (8 h4)	–	–
26	Tao Li	SGP	2:12.63 (5 h2)	–	–
27	Emese Kovács	HUN	2:12.73 (6 h3)	–	–
28	Magali Rousseau	FRA	2:13.12 (7 h3)	–	–
29	Yang Chin-Kuei	TPE	2:13.26 (6 h2)	–	–
30	Elvira Efstathiou	GRE	2:13.27 (1 h1)	–	–
31	Denisa Smolenová	SVK	2:13.81 (7 h2)	–	–
32	Gülşah Günenç	TUR	2:14.44 (2 h1)	–	–
33	Ingvild Snildal	NOR	2:14.53 (3 h1)	–	–
34	Kristina Lennox-Silva	PUR	2:17.27 (4 h1)	–	–
DNS	Georgina Bardach	ARG	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Sara Isakovič	SLO	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	12 August 2008
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	Liu Zige	CHN	2:06.46	Q
2	5	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:06.49	Q
3	4	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:06.62	Q
4	6	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:06.89	Q
5	4	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:06.91	Q
6	6	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:07.02	Q
7	6	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:07.65	Q
8	7	Micha Østergaard	DEN	2:07.77	Q
9	3	Elaine Breeden	USA	2:07.92	Q
10	5	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:08.07	Q
11	4	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:08.11	Q
12	3	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:08.54	Q
13	2	Samantha Hamill	AUS	2:08.83	Q
14	8	Petra Granlund	SWE	2:08.97	Q
15	2	Ellen Gandy	GBR	2:08.98	Q
16	6	Kathryn Meaklim	RSA	2:09.41	Q
17	4	Nina Dittrich	AUT	2:09.85
18	7	Beatrix Boulsevicz	HUN	2:10.00
19	5	Sara Oliveira	POR	2:10.14
20	8	Stephanie Horner	CAN	2:10.33
21	7	Paola Cavallino	ITA	2:10.46
22	8	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:10.64
23	1	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:11.42
24	8	Tetiana Khala	UKR	2:12.16
25	1	Yana Martynova	RUS	2:12.47
26	7	Tao Li	SGP	2:12.63
27	5	Emese Kovács	HUN	2:12.73
28	1	Magali Rousseau	FRA	2:13.12
29	2	Yang Chin-Kuei	TPE	2:13.26
30	5	Elvira Efstathiou	GRE	2:13.27
31	1	Denisa Smolenová	SVK	2:13.81
32	6	Gülşah Günenç	TUR	2:14.44
33	4	Ingvild Snildal	NOR	2:14.53
34	3	Kristina Lennox-Silva	PUR	2:17.27
DNS	3	Georgina Bardach	ARG	–
DNS	3	Sara Isakovič	SLO	–

Heat #1

Time	19:01

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Elvira Efstathiou	GRE	2:13.27	0.75	30.13 (3)	1:03.67 (2)	1:38.81 (2)	33.54 (2)	35.14 (3)	34.46 (1)
2	6	Gülşah Günenç	TUR	2:14.44	0.77	30.62 (4)	1:04.46 (4)	1:39.52 (4)	33.84 (3)	35.06 (2)	34.92 (2)
3	4	Ingvild Snildal	NOR	2:14.53	0.80	29.07 (1)	1:02.15 (1)	1:36.71 (1)	33.08 (1)	34.56 (1)	37.82 (3)
4	3	Kristina Lennox-Silva	PUR	2:17.27	0.74	29.86 (2)	1:03.79 (3)	1:39.30 (3)	33.93 (4)	35.51 (4)	37.97 (4)

Heat #2

Time	19:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Kathryn Meaklim	RSA	2:09.41	0.79	29.20 (2)	1:02.32 (2)	1:35.74 (2)	33.12 (4)	33.42 (1)	33.67 (1)	Q
2	4	Nina Dittrich	AUT	2:09.85	0.77	29.16 (1)	1:02.09 (1)	1:35.68 (1)	32.93 (2)	33.59 (2)	34.17 (3)
3	5	Sara Oliveira	POR	2:10.14	0.80	29.58 (3)	1:02.48 (3)	1:36.24 (3)	32.90 (1)	33.76 (3)	33.90 (2)
4	8	Tetiana Khala	UKR	2:12.16	0.88	29.70 (5)	1:02.73 (4)	1:37.07 (4)	33.03 (3)	34.34 (6)	35.09 (5)
5	7	Tao Li	SGP	2:12.63	0.72	29.67 (4)	1:03.43 (6)	1:37.85 (6)	33.76 (6)	34.42 (7)	34.78 (4)
6	2	Yang Chin-Kuei	TPE	2:13.26	0.78	29.92 (6)	1:03.18 (5)	1:37.24 (5)	33.26 (5)	34.06 (5)	36.02 (7)
7	1	Denisa Smolenová	SVK	2:13.81	0.87	30.04 (7)	1:03.99 (7)	1:38.00 (7)	33.95 (7)	34.01 (4)	35.81 (6)
DNS	3	Georgina Bardach	ARG	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Time	19:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	2	Liu Zige	CHN	2:06.46	0.78	27.95 (1)	1:00.12 (1)	1:32.99 (1)	32.17 (3)	32.87 (2)	33.47 (3)	Q
2	4	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:06.62	0.71	28.25 (2)	1:00.32 (2)	1:33.61 (2)	32.07 (1)	33.29 (4)	33.01 (2)	Q
3	6	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:07.02	0.73	28.80 (4)	1:01.35 (5)	1:34.23 (4)	32.55 (4)	32.88 (3)	32.79 (1)	Q
4	8	Stephanie Horner	CAN	2:10.33	0.76	29.10 (5)	1:01.24 (4)	1:34.10 (3)	32.14 (2)	32.86 (1)	36.23 (6)
5	7	Paola Cavallino	ITA	2:10.46	0.81	29.71 (6)	1:02.31 (6)	1:36.00 (5)	32.60 (5)	33.69 (5)	34.46 (4)
6	5	Emese Kovács	HUN	2:12.73	0.82	28.39 (3)	1:01.19 (3)	1:36.01 (6)	32.80 (6)	34.82 (7)	36.72 (7)
7	1	Magali Rousseau	FRA	2:13.12	0.89	30.24 (7)	1:04.35 (7)	1:38.53 (7)	34.11 (7)	34.18 (6)	34.59 (5)
DNS	3	Sara Isakovič	SLO	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #4

Time	19:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:07.65	0.80	29.20 (7)	1:01.12 (3)	1:34.01 (2)	31.92 (1)	32.89 (2)	33.64 (2)	Q
2	7	Micha Østergaard	DEN	2:07.77	0.73	28.31 (1)	1:00.39 (1)	1:33.50 (1)	32.08 (=2)	33.11 (4)	34.27 (6)	Q
3	5	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:08.07	0.68	28.78 (3)	1:01.13 (4)	1:34.65 (6)	32.35 (5)	33.52 (7)	33.42 (1)	Q
4	4	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:08.11	0.67	28.56 (2)	1:00.64 (2)	1:34.05 (3)	32.08 (=2)	33.41 (6)	34.06 (3)	Q
5	3	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:08.54	0.72	29.04 (5)	1:01.46 (6)	1:34.29 (4)	32.42 (6)	32.83 (1)	34.25 (5)	Q
6	8	Petra Granlund	SWE	2:08.97	0.77	28.98 (4)	1:01.51 (7)	1:34.85 (7)	32.53 (7)	33.34 (5)	34.12 (4)	Q
7	2	Ellen Gandy	GBR	2:08.98	0.79	29.16 (6)	1:01.40 (5)	1:34.31 (5)	32.24 (4)	32.91 (3)	34.67 (7)	Q
8	1	Yana Martynova	RUS	2:12.47	0.83	29.71 (8)	1:02.77 (8)	1:37.36 (8)	33.06 (8)	34.59 (8)	35.11 (8)

Heat #5

Time	19:19

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:06.49	0.79	28.46 (2)	1:00.82 (3)	1:34.05 (3)	32.36 (2)	33.23 (3)	32.44 (1)	Q
2	6	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:06.89	0.77	27.82 (1)	1:00.51 (1)	1:33.91 (2)	32.69 (6)	33.40 (5)	32.98 (2)	Q
3	4	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:06.91	0.78	28.73 (=4)	1:00.62 (2)	1:33.51 (1)	31.89 (1)	32.89 (1)	33.40 (3)	Q
4	3	Elaine Breeden	USA	2:07.92	0.69	28.73 (=4)	1:01.29 (5)	1:34.38 (4)	32.56 (5)	33.09 (2)	33.54 (4)	Q
5	2	Samantha Hamill	AUS	2:08.83	0.75	29.07 (6)	1:01.53 (6)	1:34.80 (5)	32.46 (4)	33.27 (4)	34.03 (5)	Q
6	7	Beatrix Boulsevicz	HUN	2:10.00	0.66	28.71 (3)	1:01.13 (4)	1:34.99 (6)	32.42 (3)	33.86 (6)	35.01 (8)
7	8	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:10.64	0.75	29.58 (8)	1:02.46 (8)	1:36.40 (7)	32.88 (7)	33.94 (7)	34.24 (6)
8	1	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:11.42	0.78	29.23 (7)	1:02.40 (7)	1:36.46 (8)	33.17 (8)	34.06 (8)	34.96 (7)

Semi-Finals

Date	13 August 2008
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Liu Zige	CHN	2:06.25	Q
2	7	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:06.34	Q
3	5	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:06.42	Q
4	3	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:06.78	Q
=5	5	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:06.96	Q
=5	6	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:06.96	Q
7	4	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:07.21	Q
8	2	Elaine Breeden	USA	2:07.73	Q
9	2	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:07.87
10	3	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:07.93
11	6	Micha Østergaard	DEN	2:09.29
12	1	Samantha Hamill	AUS	2:09.58
13	7	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:09.74
14	1	Petra Granlund	SWE	2:09.79
15	8	Ellen Gandy	GBR	2:10.60
16	8	Kathryn Meaklim	RSA	2:11.74

Heat #1

Time	10:28

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:06.42	0.79	28.37 (3)	1:01.52 (5)	1:34.22 (3)	33.15 (7)	32.70 (1)	32.20 (1)	Q
2	4	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:07.21	0.83	28.75 (4)	1:01.11 (2)	1:34.20 (2)	32.36 (3)	33.09 (3)	33.01 (2)	Q
3	2	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:07.87	0.70	28.04 (1)	59.97 (1)	1:33.03 (1)	31.93 (1)	33.06 (2)	34.84 (8)
4	3	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:07.93	0.72	28.79 (5)	1:01.35 (4)	1:34.66 (4)	32.56 (4)	33.31 (4)	33.27 (3)
5	6	Micha Østergaard	DEN	2:09.29	0.77	28.20 (2)	1:01.15 (3)	1:34.86 (5)	32.95 (5)	33.71 (6)	34.43 (5)
6	7	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:09.74	0.80	29.23 (7)	1:01.53 (6)	1:34.94 (6)	32.30 (2)	33.41 (5)	34.80 (7)
7	1	Petra Granlund	SWE	2:09.79	0.80	29.20 (6)	1:02.31 (7)	1:36.34 (7)	33.11 (6)	34.03 (7)	33.45 (4)
8	8	Kathryn Meaklim	RSA	2:11.74	0.86	29.79 (8)	1:02.99 (8)	1:37.29 (8)	33.20 (8)	34.30 (8)	34.45 (6)

Heat #2

Time	10:34

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Liu Zige	CHN	2:06.25	0.81	27.89 (2)	59.72 (2)	1:32.66 (2)	31.83 (2)	32.94 (4)	33.59 (5)	Q
2	7	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:06.34	0.66	27.83 (1)	59.21 (1)	1:32.31 (1)	31.38 (1)	33.10 (6)	34.03 (7)	Q
3	3	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:06.78	0.79	28.99 (5)	1:01.20 (4)	1:33.82 (3)	32.21 (4)	32.62 (1)	32.96 (2)	Q
=4	5	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:06.96	0.69	28.64 (3)	1:00.86 (3)	1:33.91 (4)	32.22 (5)	33.05 (5)	33.05 (3)	Q
=4	6	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:06.96	0.82	29.16 (6)	1:01.36 (5)	1:34.16 (5)	32.20 (3)	32.80 (3)	32.80 (1)	Q
6	2	Elaine Breeden	USA	2:07.73	0.66	28.95 (4)	1:01.64 (6)	1:34.37 (6)	32.69 (=7)	32.73 (2)	33.36 (4)	Q
7	1	Samantha Hamill	AUS	2:09.58	0.75	29.23 (7)	1:01.92 (7)	1:35.82 (8)	32.69 (=7)	33.90 (8)	33.76 (6)
8	8	Ellen Gandy	GBR	2:10.60	0.84	29.36 (8)	1:02.01 (8)	1:35.75 (7)	32.65 (6)	33.74 (7)	34.85 (8)

Final Round

Date	14 August 2008 — 10:44

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Liu Zige	CHN	2:04.18	0.83	27.80 (2)	59.37 (2)	1:31.59 (1)	31.57 (2)	32.22 (1)	32.59 (2)	WR
2	3	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:04.72	0.83	28.19 (3)	1:00.36 (4)	1:32.68 (3)	32.17 (5)	32.32 (2)	32.04 (1)
3	5	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:06.26	0.63	27.75 (1)	58.99 (1)	1:32.06 (2)	31.24 (1)	33.07 (6)	34.20 (8)
4	6	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:07.02	0.76	28.89 (7)	1:01.21 (7)	1:33.57 (5)	32.32 (6)	32.36 (3)	33.45 (4)
5	2	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:07.32	0.70	28.42 (5)	1:00.82 (6)	1:33.94 (7)	32.40 (8)	33.12 (7)	33.38 (3)
6	1	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:07.36	0.82	28.20 (4)	59.96 (3)	1:33.41 (4)	31.76 (3)	33.45 (8)	33.95 (7)
7	8	Elaine Breeden	USA	2:07.57	0.69	28.56 (6)	1:00.65 (5)	1:33.64 (6)	32.09 (4)	32.99 (5)	33.93 (6)
8	7	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:08.23	0.80	29.16 (8)	1:01.50 (8)	1:34.47 (8)	32.34 (7)	32.97 (4)	33.76 (5)