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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date11 – 13 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants38 from 29 countries

The long range favourite for the Olympic title was undoubtedly America’s Katie Hoff but the events of the first days of Olympic competition suggested that the double world champion in this event might not be the force she was expected to be. Allied to that was the fact that her crowded schedule meant that this was to be her second final within an hour. The final turned into a carbon copy of the 400 metres medley that had taken place three days earlier with Australia’s Steph Rice and Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe vying to be Olympic champion. Like the 400 Coventry opened up a lead but was pegged back and overtaken by Rice in the closing stages. This was the second of Rice’s three Olympic gold medals and the third silver medal won by Coventry in Beijing. Natalie Coughlin, who had made a last minute to race this event at the US trials, finished ahead of Hoff for the bronze medal.

PosCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
1Steph RiceAUS2:12.07 (2 h5)2:10.58 (2 h1)2:08.45 (1)Gold
2Kirsty CoventryZIM2:12.18 (3 h5)2:09.53 (1 h1)2:08.59 (2)Silver
3Natalie CoughlinUSA2:11.63 (1 h3)2:11.84 (1 h2)2:10.34 (3)Bronze
4Katie HoffUSA2:11.58 (2 h4)2:10.90 (3 h1)2:10.68 (4)
5Alicia CouttsAUS2:11.55 (1 h4)2:12.03 (=2 h2)2:11.43 (5)
6Asami KitagawaJPN2:12.47 (3 h3)2:12.18 (=4 h2)2:11.56 (6)
7Julia WilkinsonCAN2:12.56 (5 h3)2:12.03 (=2 h2)2:12.43 (7)
8Kasia BaranowskaPOL2:12.47 (4 h5)2:12.13 (4 h1)2:13.36 (8)
9Evelyn VerrasztóHUN2:12.52 (5 h5)2:12.18 (=4 h2)
10Julie Hjorth-HansenDEN2:11.99 (2 h3)2:12.26 (6 h2)
11Hannah MileyGBR2:11.72 (1 h5)2:12.35 (5 h1)
12Camille MuffatFRA2:12.16 (3 h4)2:12.36 (7 h2)
13Svetlana KarpeyevaRUS2:12.94 (4 h4)2:13.26 (6 h1)
14Mireia BelmonteESP2:12.75 (6 h3)2:13.45 (7 h1)
15Li JiaxingCHN2:12.53 (4 h3)2:13.47 (8 h1)
16Keri-Anne PayneGBR2:12.78 (7 h3)2:14.14 (8 h2)
17Katinka HosszúHUN2:13.05 (5 h4)
18Helen NorfolkNZL2:13.50 (6 h5)
19Erica MorningstarCAN2:14.11 (7 h5)
20Qi HuiCHN2:14.25 (6 h4)
21Cylia VabreFRA2:14.34 (7 h4)
22Joanna MaranhãoBRA2:14.97 (1 h2)
23Sara NordenstamNOR2:15.13 (2 h2)
24Choi Hye-RaKOR2:15.26 (3 h2)
25Anja KlinarSLO2:15.39 (4 h2)
26Jessica PengellyRSA2:15.80 (5 h2)
27María PeláezESP2:15.97 (8 h3)
28Femke HeemskerkNED2:16.28 (6 h2)
29Siow Yi TingMAS2:17.11 (7 h2)
30Katharina SchillerGER2:18.00 (8 h4)
31Hanna DzerkalUKR2:18.25 (1 h1)
32Erika StewartCOL2:18.54 (2 h1)
33Sherry TsaiHKG2:18.91 (3 h1)
34Sonja SchöberGER2:20.18 (8 h5)
35Erla HaraldsdóttirISL2:20.53 (4 h1)
36Lin Man-HsuTPE2:23.29 (5 h1)
37Georgina BardachARG2:25.74 (8 h2)
38Fibriani MaritaINA2:28.18 (6 h1)
DNSMaroua MathlouthiTUN– (DNS h1)

Round One

Date11 August 2008
FormatFastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Alicia CouttsAUS2:11.55Q
2Katie HoffUSA2:11.58Q
3Natalie CoughlinUSA2:11.63Q
4Hannah MileyGBR2:11.72Q
5Julie Hjorth-HansenDEN2:11.99Q
6Steph RiceAUS2:12.07Q
7Camille MuffatFRA2:12.16Q
8Kirsty CoventryZIM2:12.18Q
=9Asami KitagawaJPN2:12.47Q
=9Kasia BaranowskaPOL2:12.47Q
11Evelyn VerrasztóHUN2:12.52Q
12Li JiaxingCHN2:12.53Q
13Julia WilkinsonCAN2:12.56Q
14Mireia BelmonteESP2:12.75Q
15Keri-Anne PayneGBR2:12.78Q
16Svetlana KarpeyevaRUS2:12.94Q
17Katinka HosszúHUN2:13.05
18Helen NorfolkNZL2:13.50
19Erica MorningstarCAN2:14.11
20Qi HuiCHN2:14.25
21Cylia VabreFRA2:14.34
22Joanna MaranhãoBRA2:14.97
23Sara NordenstamNOR2:15.13
24Choi Hye-RaKOR2:15.26
25Anja KlinarSLO2:15.39
26Jessica PengellyRSA2:15.80
27María PeláezESP2:15.97
28Femke HeemskerkNED2:16.28
29Siow Yi TingMAS2:17.11
30Katharina SchillerGER2:18.00
31Hanna DzerkalUKR2:18.25
32Erika StewartCOL2:18.54
33Sherry TsaiHKG2:18.91
34Sonja SchöberGER2:20.18
35Erla HaraldsdóttirISL2:20.53
36Lin Man-HsuTPE2:23.29
37Georgina BardachARG2:25.74
38Fibriani MaritaINA2:28.18
DNSMaroua MathlouthiTUN

Heat #1

Time19:41
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Hanna DzerkalUKR2:18.250.8528.95 (1)1:04.69 (1)1:45.14 (1)35.74 (3)40.45 (1)33.11 (3)
2Erika StewartCOL2:18.540.7131.02 (5)1:05.21 (3)1:46.54 (2)34.19 (1)41.33 (3)32.00 (1)
3Sherry TsaiHKG2:18.910.7329.89 (3)1:04.85 (2)1:46.75 (3)34.96 (2)41.90 (4)32.16 (2)
4Erla HaraldsdóttirISL2:20.530.8629.36 (2)1:06.69 (4)1:47.24 (4)37.33 (6)40.55 (2)33.29 (=4)
5Lin Man-HsuTPE2:23.290.7430.75 (4)1:07.08 (5)1:50.00 (5)36.33 (4)42.92 (5)33.29 (=4)
6Fibriani MaritaINA2:28.180.9232.75 (6)1:09.46 (6)1:54.24 (6)36.71 (5)44.78 (6)33.94 (6)
DNSMaroua MathlouthiTUN– (–)– (–)– (–)

Heat #2

Time19:45
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Joanna MaranhãoBRA2:14.970.7529.28 (3)1:02.95 (2)1:43.77 (4)33.67 (1)40.82 (6)31.20 (1)
2Sara NordenstamNOR2:15.130.8629.39 (4)1:05.66 (6)1:42.65 (1)36.27 (7)36.99 (1)32.48 (6)
3Choi Hye-RaKOR2:15.260.8029.11 (2)1:04.04 (4)1:43.23 (3)34.93 (4)39.19 (4)32.03 (4)
4Anja KlinarSLO2:15.390.9029.84 (6)1:05.31 (5)1:44.09 (5)35.47 (5)38.78 (2)31.30 (2)
5Jessica PengellyRSA2:15.800.6929.44 (5)1:03.16 (3)1:43.08 (2)33.72 (2)39.92 (5)32.72 (7)
6Femke HeemskerkNED2:16.280.9028.64 (1)1:02.70 (1)1:44.27 (6)34.06 (3)41.57 (7)32.01 (3)
7Siow Yi TingMAS2:17.110.7430.06 (7)1:06.05 (7)1:45.01 (7)35.99 (6)38.96 (3)32.10 (5)
8Georgina BardachARG2:25.740.8331.00 (8)1:08.71 (8)1:50.69 (8)37.71 (8)41.98 (8)35.05 (8)

Heat #3

Time19:51
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Natalie CoughlinUSA2:11.630.6927.10 (1)1:00.72 (1)1:39.64 (1)33.62 (3)38.92 (4)31.99 (7)Q
2Julie Hjorth-HansenDEN2:11.990.7828.38 (3)1:02.66 (4)1:40.43 (2)34.28 (7)37.77 (2)31.56 (5)Q
3Asami KitagawaJPN2:12.470.8228.90 (6)1:03.87 (8)1:41.55 (5)34.97 (8)37.68 (1)30.92 (3)Q
4Li JiaxingCHN2:12.530.7528.70 (4)1:02.69 (5)1:42.16 (6)33.99 (5)39.47 (5)30.37 (1)Q
5Julia WilkinsonCAN2:12.560.8029.25 (7)1:02.64 (3)1:42.18 (7)33.39 (2)39.54 (6)30.38 (2)Q
6Mireia BelmonteESP2:12.750.8728.76 (5)1:02.85 (6)1:41.03 (3)34.09 (6)38.18 (3)31.72 (6)Q
7Keri-Anne PayneGBR2:12.780.7228.32 (2)1:01.18 (2)1:41.23 (4)32.86 (1)40.05 (8)31.55 (4)Q
8María PeláezESP2:15.970.7629.30 (8)1:03.21 (7)1:43.12 (8)33.91 (4)39.91 (7)32.85 (8)

Heat #4

Time19:56
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Alicia CouttsAUS2:11.550.8728.69 (2)1:02.72 (=4)1:40.39 (1)34.03 (4)37.67 (1)31.16 (3)Q
2Katie HoffUSA2:11.580.8128.75 (4)1:02.61 (3)1:41.22 (3)33.86 (3)38.61 (5)30.36 (1)Q
3Camille MuffatFRA2:12.160.8428.80 (5)1:02.04 (1)1:40.41 (2)33.24 (1)38.37 (4)31.75 (5)Q
4Svetlana KarpeyevaRUS2:12.940.7529.00 (8)1:03.45 (6)1:41.61 (4)34.45 (6)38.16 (3)31.33 (4)Q
5Katinka HosszúHUN2:13.050.8728.74 (3)1:02.25 (2)1:42.08 (=5)33.51 (2)39.83 (7)30.97 (2)
6Qi HuiCHN2:14.250.7828.93 (7)1:04.35 (8)1:42.21 (7)35.42 (7)37.86 (2)32.04 (6)
7Cylia VabreFRA2:14.340.7328.65 (1)1:02.72 (=4)1:42.08 (=5)34.07 (5)39.36 (6)32.26 (7)
8Katharina SchillerGER2:18.000.8228.82 (6)1:04.31 (7)1:44.15 (8)35.49 (8)39.84 (8)33.85 (8)

Heat #5

Time20:01
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Hannah MileyGBR2:11.720.7529.34 (7)1:02.03 (4)1:39.84 (1)32.69 (2)37.81 (1)31.88 (4)Q
2Steph RiceAUS2:12.070.9228.44 (1)1:01.79 (3)1:40.03 (3)33.35 (4)38.24 (2)32.04 (6)Q
3Kirsty CoventryZIM2:12.180.7429.13 (5)1:01.49 (1)1:39.91 (2)32.36 (1)38.42 (4)32.27 (7)Q
4Kasia BaranowskaPOL2:12.470.7828.71 (3)1:02.47 (5)1:40.80 (4)33.76 (6)38.33 (3)31.67 (3)Q
5Evelyn VerrasztóHUN2:12.520.8528.51 (2)1:01.51 (2)1:41.97 (6)33.00 (3)40.46 (8)30.55 (1)Q
6Helen NorfolkNZL2:13.500.8228.87 (4)1:02.55 (6)1:41.53 (5)33.68 (5)38.98 (5)31.97 (5)
7Erica MorningstarCAN2:14.110.8129.26 (6)1:03.44 (7)1:43.05 (7)34.18 (7)39.61 (6)31.06 (2)
8Sonja SchöberGER2:20.180.8029.54 (8)1:07.02 (8)1:46.98 (8)37.48 (8)39.96 (7)33.20 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date12 August 2008
FormatFastest eight swimmers advanced to final
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Kirsty CoventryZIM2:09.53QOR
2Steph RiceAUS2:10.58Q
3Katie HoffUSA2:10.90Q
4Natalie CoughlinUSA2:11.84Q
=5Julia WilkinsonCAN2:12.03Q
=5Alicia CouttsAUS2:12.03Q
7Kasia BaranowskaPOL2:12.13Q
=8Asami KitagawaJPN2:12.18Q
=8Evelyn VerrasztóHUN2:12.18
10Julie Hjorth-HansenDEN2:12.26
11Hannah MileyGBR2:12.35
12Camille MuffatFRA2:12.36
13Svetlana KarpeyevaRUS2:13.26
14Mireia BelmonteESP2:13.45
15Li JiaxingCHN2:13.47
16Keri-Anne PayneGBR2:14.14

Heat #1

Time11:27
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Kirsty CoventryZIM2:09.530.7229.17 (6)1:01.25 (2)1:39.29 (1)32.08 (1)38.04 (2)30.24 (1)QOR
2Steph RiceAUS2:10.580.9828.04 (1)1:00.94 (1)1:39.79 (2)32.90 (2)38.85 (6)30.79 (4)Q
3Katie HoffUSA2:10.900.7728.52 (3)1:01.53 (3)1:40.40 (3)33.01 (3)38.87 (7)30.50 (3)Q
4Kasia BaranowskaPOL2:12.130.7828.40 (2)1:02.24 (4)1:40.88 (4)33.84 (5)38.64 (5)31.25 (6)Q
5Hannah MileyGBR2:12.350.7329.56 (8)1:02.77 (5)1:41.23 (5)33.21 (4)38.46 (4)31.12 (5)
6Svetlana KarpeyevaRUS2:13.260.8028.94 (4)1:03.54 (7)1:41.90 (6)34.60 (7)38.36 (3)31.36 (7)
7Mireia BelmonteESP2:13.450.8829.26 (7)1:04.02 (8)1:41.95 (7)34.76 (8)37.93 (1)31.50 (8)
8Li JiaxingCHN2:13.470.7528.97 (5)1:03.14 (6)1:43.09 (8)34.17 (6)39.95 (8)30.38 (2)

Heat #2

Time11:33
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Natalie CoughlinUSA2:11.840.6827.56 (1)1:01.24 (1)1:40.28 (=1)33.68 (=5)39.04 (6)31.56 (7)Q
=2Julia WilkinsonCAN2:12.030.8129.14 (7)1:02.42 (5)1:41.39 (6)33.28 (2)38.97 (5)30.64 (2)Q
=2Alicia CouttsAUS2:12.030.7928.70 (4)1:02.16 (3)1:40.28 (=1)33.46 (3)38.12 (2)31.75 (8)Q
=4Asami KitagawaJPN2:12.180.7528.82 (5)1:03.77 (8)1:41.22 (5)34.95 (8)37.45 (1)30.96 (3)Q
=4Evelyn VerrasztóHUN2:12.180.8228.95 (6)1:01.75 (2)1:41.86 (7)32.80 (1)40.11 (8)30.32 (1)
6Julie Hjorth-HansenDEN2:12.260.8428.44 (2)1:02.54 (6)1:40.88 (3)34.10 (7)38.34 (3)31.38 (5)
7Camille MuffatFRA2:12.360.8128.62 (3)1:02.30 (4)1:40.94 (4)33.68 (=5)38.64 (4)31.42 (6)
8Keri-Anne PayneGBR2:14.140.7029.21 (8)1:02.86 (7)1:42.80 (8)33.65 (4)39.94 (7)31.34 (4)

Swim-Off 8-9

Time12:10
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Asami KitagawaJPN2:12.020.7728.35 (1)1:02.92 (2)1:40.39 (1)34.57 (2)37.47 (1)31.63 (2)Q
2Evelyn VerrasztóHUN2:14.960.8529.16 (2)1:02.41 (1)1:44.08 (2)33.25 (1)41.67 (2)30.88 (1)

Final Round

Date13 August 2008 — 11:14
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Steph RiceAUS2:08.450.8527.84 (2)1:00.68 (2)1:38.36 (2)32.84 (3)37.68 (2)30.09 (1)WR
2Kirsty CoventryZIM2:08.590.7328.47 (5)1:00.16 (1)1:38.27 (1)31.69 (1)38.11 (4)30.32 (2)
3Natalie CoughlinUSA2:10.340.6827.29 (1)1:01.08 (4)1:39.67 (3)33.79 (6)38.59 (5)30.67 (3)
4Katie HoffUSA2:10.680.7828.30 (3)1:00.95 (3)1:39.85 (4)32.65 (2)38.90 (6)30.83 (5)
5Alicia CouttsAUS2:11.430.8128.58 (6)1:02.07 (5)1:40.06 (5)33.49 (5)37.99 (3)31.37 (8)
6Asami KitagawaJPN2:11.560.7528.42 (4)1:03.18 (8)1:40.23 (6)34.76 (8)37.05 (1)31.33 (6)
7Julia WilkinsonCAN2:12.430.7629.42 (8)1:02.52 (6)1:41.73 (7)33.10 (4)39.21 (8)30.70 (4)
8Kasia BaranowskaPOL2:13.360.7728.86 (7)1:02.98 (7)1:42.00 (8)34.12 (7)39.02 (7)31.36 (7)