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200 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	30 – 31 July 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	35 from 29 countries

The defending gold medalist and World Champion was Italy’s Federica Pellegrini but the favorite was American Allison Schmitt, who had starred at the US Olympic Trials in June. They were expected to be challenged by Schmitt’s teammate, Missy Franklin, who was swimming an ambitious seven-event schedule in London. Franklin started the final fast, passing 50 metres under the world record split, but she could not hold that and Schmitt moved ahead by 100 metres. She continued to open up, winning the gold medal by almost two seconds over France’s Camille Muffat, bronze medalist in the 200 and 400 frees at the 2011 Worlds, and earlier the gold medalist in London in the 400 free. Australian Bronte Barratt, better known for her efforts in relays, won the bronze medal, beating Franklin by only 1/100th of a second. Pellegrini was never a factor for the medals and placed fifth.

This was Schmitt’s third medal of the London Olympics, after a silver in the 400 free behind Muffat and a bronze in the 4×100 free relay. She had also won a bronze in 2008 as part of the 4×200 relay. She would finish London 2012 with five medals and three golds, later adding gold medals in the medley relay and the 4×200.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Allison Schmitt	USA	1:57.33 (1 h5)	1:56.15 (2 h1)	1:53.61 (1)	Gold
2	Camille Muffat	FRA	1:58.49 (3 h4)	1:56.18 (3 h1)	1:55.58 (2)	Silver
3	Bronte Barratt	AUS	1:58.12 (2 h4)	1:56.08 (1 h1)	1:55.81 (3)	Bronze
4	Missy Franklin	USA	1:57.62 (2 h3)	1:57.57 (4 h2)	1:55.82 (4)
5	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:57.16 (1 h3)	1:56.67 (1 h2)	1:56.73 (5)
6	Veronika Popova	RUS	1:57.79 (3 h3)	1:56.84 (4 h1)	1:57.25 (6)
7	Caitlin McClatchey	GBR	1:58.03 (1 h4)	1:57.33 (2 h2)	1:57.60 (7)
8	Kylie Palmer	AUS	1:58.16 (4 h5)	1:57.44 (3 h2)	1:57.68 (8)
9	Melani Costa	ESP	1:57.79 (2 h5)	1:57.76 (5 h2)	–
10	Barbara Jardin	CAN	1:57.92 (4 h3)	1:57.91 (5 h1)	–
11	Samantha Cheverton	CAN	1:58.11 (5 h3)	1:57.98 (6 h2)	–
12	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	1:58.03 (3 h5)	1:58.12 (6 h1)	–
13	Silke Lippok	GER	1:58.59 (5 h5)	1:58.24 (7 h2)	–
14	Sara Isakovič	SLO	1:58.96 (6 h5)	1:58.47 (7 h1)	–
15	Wang Shijia	CHN	1:58.73 (4 h4)	1:58.63 (8 h1)	–
16	Hanae Ito	JPN	1:58.93 (5 h4)	1:59.62 (8 h2)	–
17	Becki Turner	GBR	1:58.98 (6 h3)	–	–
18	Ophélie Etienne	FRA	1:59.15 (7 h3)	–	–
19	Nina Rangelova	BUL	1:59.21 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	1:59.24 (7 h5)	–	–
21	Song Wenyan	CHN	1:59.47 (7 h4)	–	–
22	Ágnes Mutina	HUN	1:59.56 (8 h5)	–	–
23	Rosanna Sze	HKG	1:59.92 (8 h3)	–	–
24	Pernille Blume	DEN	2:00.91 (1 h2)	–	–
25	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:01.15 (2 h2)	–	–
26	Liliana Ibáñez	MEX	2:01.36 (3 h2)	–	–
27	Anna Stylianou	CYP	2:01.87 (4 h2)	–	–
28	Katarína Filová	SVK	2:02.03 (5 h2)	–	–
29	Jördis Steinegger	AUT	2:02.39 (6 h2)	–	–
30	Natthanan Chankrajang	THA	2:02.49 (1 h1)	–	–
31	Danielle Villars	SUI	2:03.55 (2 h1)	–	–
32	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	FIN	2:04.21 (7 h2)	–	–
33	Baek Il-Ju	KOR	2:04.32 (3 h1)	–	–
34	Heather Arseth	MRI	2:07.81 (4 h1)	–	–
35	Aurelie Fanchette	SEY	2:23.49 (5 h1)	–	–
DNS	Femke Heemskerk	NED	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Gráinne Murphy	IRL	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	30 July 2012 — 10:41
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:57.16	Q
2	–	Allison Schmitt	USA	1:57.33	Q
3	–	Missy Franklin	USA	1:57.62	Q
=4	–	Veronika Popova	RUS	1:57.79	Q
=4	–	Melani Costa	ESP	1:57.79	Q
6	–	Barbara Jardin	CAN	1:57.92	Q
=7	–	Caitlin McClatchey	GBR	1:58.03	Q
=7	–	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	1:58.03	Q
9	–	Samantha Cheverton	CAN	1:58.11	Q
10	–	Bronte Barratt	AUS	1:58.12	Q
11	–	Kylie Palmer	AUS	1:58.16	Q
12	–	Camille Muffat	FRA	1:58.49	Q
13	–	Silke Lippok	GER	1:58.59	Q
14	–	Wang Shijia	CHN	1:58.73	Q
15	–	Hanae Ito	JPN	1:58.93	Q
16	–	Sara Isakovič	SLO	1:58.96	Q
17	–	Becki Turner	GBR	1:58.98
18	–	Ophélie Etienne	FRA	1:59.15
19	–	Nina Rangelova	BUL	1:59.21
20	–	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	1:59.24
21	–	Song Wenyan	CHN	1:59.47
22	–	Ágnes Mutina	HUN	1:59.56
23	–	Rosanna Sze	HKG	1:59.92
24	–	Pernille Blume	DEN	2:00.91
25	–	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:01.15
26	–	Liliana Ibáñez	MEX	2:01.36
27	–	Anna Stylianou	CYP	2:01.87
28	–	Katarína Filová	SVK	2:02.03
29	–	Jördis Steinegger	AUT	2:02.39
30	–	Natthanan Chankrajang	THA	2:02.49
31	–	Danielle Villars	SUI	2:03.55
32	–	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	FIN	2:04.21
33	–	Baek Il-Ju	KOR	2:04.32
34	–	Heather Arseth	MRI	2:07.81
35	–	Aurelie Fanchette	SEY	2:23.49
DNS	–	Gráinne Murphy	IRL	–
DNS	–	Femke Heemskerk	NED	–

Heat #1

Time	10:41

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	–	Natthanan Chankrajang	THA	2:02.49	0.73	28.69 (2)	1:00.05 (2)	1:31.52 (1)	31.36	31.47	30.97
2	–	Danielle Villars	SUI	2:03.55	0.70	28.96 (3)	1:00.06 (3)	1:31.98 (3)	31.10	31.92	31.57
3	–	Baek Il-Ju	KOR	2:04.32	0.75	28.61 (1)	59.78 (1)	1:31.94 (2)	31.17	32.16	32.38
4	–	Heather Arseth	MRI	2:07.81	0.66	30.16 (4)	1:02.59 (4)	1:35.51 (4)	32.43	32.92	32.30
5	–	Aurelie Fanchette	SEY	2:23.49	0.77	32.08 (5)	1:06.91 (5)	1:44.46 (5)	34.83	37.55	39.03

Heat #2

Time	10:45

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	–	Pernille Blume	DEN	2:00.91	0.72	28.28 (3)	59.05 (2)	1:30.21 (1)	30.77	31.16	30.70
2	–	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:01.15	0.80	28.92 (7)	59.56 (6)	1:30.68 (5)	30.64	31.12	30.47
3	–	Liliana Ibáñez	MEX	2:01.36	0.74	28.56 (4)	59.15 (3)	1:30.66 (4)	30.59	31.51	30.70
4	–	Anna Stylianou	CYP	2:01.87	0.76	28.63 (5)	59.19 (4)	1:30.65 (3)	30.56	31.46	31.22
5	–	Katarína Filová	SVK	2:02.03	0.72	27.90 (1)	58.80 (1)	1:30.37 (2)	30.90	31.57	31.66
6	–	Jördis Steinegger	AUT	2:02.39	0.78	28.78 (6)	59.68 (7)	1:31.09 (6)	30.90	31.41	31.30
7	–	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	FIN	2:04.21	0.71	28.22 (2)	59.54 (5)	1:31.95 (7)	31.32	32.41	32.26
DNS	–	Gráinne Murphy	IRL	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #3

Time	10:49

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	–	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:57.16	0.70	27.93 (5)	57.42 (3)	1:27.68 (3)	29.49	30.26	29.48	Q
2	–	Missy Franklin	USA	1:57.62	0.76	27.60 (2)	57.12 (1)	1:27.64 (1)	29.52	30.52	29.98	Q
3	–	Veronika Popova	RUS	1:57.79	0.73	27.63 (3)	57.38 (2)	1:27.72 (=4)	29.75	30.34	30.07	Q
4	–	Barbara Jardin	CAN	1:57.92	0.73	28.12 (7)	57.62 (5)	1:27.72 (=4)	29.50	30.10	30.20	Q
5	–	Samantha Cheverton	CAN	1:58.11	0.72	27.91 (4)	57.50 (4)	1:27.65 (2)	29.59	30.15	30.46	Q
6	–	Becki Turner	GBR	1:58.98	0.64	27.96 (6)	58.05 (7)	1:28.99 (8)	30.09	30.94	29.99
7	–	Ophélie Etienne	FRA	1:59.15	0.73	28.23 (8)	58.27 (8)	1:28.90 (6)	30.04	30.63	30.25
8	–	Rosanna Sze	HKG	1:59.92	0.68	27.44 (1)	57.73 (6)	1:28.92 (7)	30.29	31.19	31.00

Heat #4

Time	10:53

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	–	Caitlin McClatchey	GBR	1:58.03	0.73	28.10 (6)	58.15 (4)	1:28.51 (4)	30.05	30.36	29.52	Q
2	–	Bronte Barratt	AUS	1:58.12	0.71	28.05 (5)	58.12 (=2)	1:28.32 (1)	30.07	30.20	29.80	Q
3	–	Camille Muffat	FRA	1:58.49	0.69	27.65 (2)	58.30 (6)	1:28.49 (3)	30.65	30.19	30.00	Q
4	–	Wang Shijia	CHN	1:58.73	0.71	27.62 (1)	57.63 (1)	1:28.65 (6)	30.01	31.02	30.08	Q
5	–	Hanae Ito	JPN	1:58.93	0.75	28.02 (4)	58.27 (5)	1:28.62 (5)	30.25	30.35	30.31	Q
6	–	Nina Rangelova	BUL	1:59.21	0.78	28.00 (3)	58.12 (=2)	1:28.40 (2)	30.12	30.28	30.81
7	–	Song Wenyan	CHN	1:59.47	0.75	28.55 (7)	58.85 (7)	1:29.18 (7)	30.30	30.33	30.29
DNS	–	Femke Heemskerk	NED	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #5

Time	10:57

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	–	Allison Schmitt	USA	1:57.33	0.78	27.09 (1)	56.23 (1)	1:26.72 (1)	29.14	30.49	30.61	Q
2	–	Melani Costa	ESP	1:57.79	0.71	28.12 (5)	57.94 (5)	1:28.15 (4)	29.82	30.21	29.64	Q
3	–	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	1:58.03	0.73	27.41 (2)	56.86 (2)	1:27.26 (2)	29.45	30.40	30.77	Q
4	–	Kylie Palmer	AUS	1:58.16	0.73	28.29 (8)	58.33 (7)	1:28.50 (7)	30.04	30.17	29.66	Q
5	–	Silke Lippok	GER	1:58.59	0.79	28.19 (6)	58.08 (6)	1:28.16 (5)	29.89	30.08	30.43	Q
6	–	Sara Isakovič	SLO	1:58.96	0.70	27.97 (4)	57.69 (4)	1:27.94 (3)	29.72	30.25	31.02	Q
7	–	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	1:59.24	0.85	27.72 (3)	57.53 (3)	1:28.37 (6)	29.81	30.84	30.87
8	–	Ágnes Mutina	HUN	1:59.56	0.68	28.28 (7)	58.44 (8)	1:29.10 (8)	30.16	30.66	30.46

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 2012 — 19:30
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Bronte Barratt	AUS	1:56.08	Q
2	–	Allison Schmitt	USA	1:56.15	Q
3	–	Camille Muffat	FRA	1:56.18	Q
4	–	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:56.67	Q
5	–	Veronika Popova	RUS	1:56.84	Q
6	–	Caitlin McClatchey	GBR	1:57.33	Q
7	–	Kylie Palmer	AUS	1:57.44	Q
8	–	Missy Franklin	USA	1:57.57	Q
9	–	Melani Costa	ESP	1:57.76
10	–	Barbara Jardin	CAN	1:57.91
11	–	Samantha Cheverton	CAN	1:57.98
12	–	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	1:58.12
13	–	Silke Lippok	GER	1:58.24
14	–	Sara Isakovič	SLO	1:58.47
15	–	Wang Shijia	CHN	1:58.63
16	–	Hanae Ito	JPN	1:59.62

Heat #1

Time	19:30

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	–	Bronte Barratt	AUS	1:56.08	0.72	27.63 (5)	56.80 (4)	1:26.34 (3)	29.17	29.54	29.74	Q
2	–	Allison Schmitt	USA	1:56.15	0.79	27.39 (2)	56.39 (2)	1:26.26 (2)	29.00	29.87	29.89	Q
3	–	Camille Muffat	FRA	1:56.18	0.64	27.08 (1)	56.19 (1)	1:25.72 (1)	29.11	29.53	30.46	Q
4	–	Veronika Popova	RUS	1:56.84	0.72	27.48 (3)	56.77 (3)	1:26.81 (4)	29.29	30.04	30.03	Q
5	–	Barbara Jardin	CAN	1:57.91	0.75	27.94 (6)	57.25 (5)	1:27.64 (5)	29.31	30.39	30.27
6	–	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	1:58.12	0.74	27.56 (4)	57.56 (6)	1:28.12 (6)	30.00	30.56	30.00
7	–	Sara Isakovič	SLO	1:58.47	0.69	28.09 (8)	58.33 (8)	1:28.46 (8)	30.24	30.13	30.01
8	–	Wang Shijia	CHN	1:58.63	0.73	27.96 (7)	57.76 (7)	1:28.27 (7)	29.80	30.51	30.36

Heat #2

Time	19:38

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	–	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:56.67	0.67	27.97 (4)	57.63 (3)	1:27.64 (2)	29.66	30.01	29.03	Q
2	–	Caitlin McClatchey	GBR	1:57.33	0.71	27.96 (3)	57.52 (2)	1:27.43 (1)	29.56	29.91	29.90	Q
3	–	Kylie Palmer	AUS	1:57.44	0.75	28.14 (8)	57.86 (4)	1:27.85 (4)	29.72	29.99	29.59	Q
4	–	Missy Franklin	USA	1:57.57	0.77	28.08 (7)	57.96 (6)	1:27.98 (5)	29.88	30.02	29.59	Q
5	–	Melani Costa	ESP	1:57.76	0.74	28.00 (5)	57.88 (5)	1:28.21 (6)	29.88	30.33	29.55
6	–	Samantha Cheverton	CAN	1:57.98	0.73	28.05 (6)	58.23 (8)	1:28.30 (7)	30.18	30.07	29.68
7	–	Silke Lippok	GER	1:58.24	0.71	27.52 (1)	57.46 (1)	1:27.73 (3)	29.94	30.27	30.51
8	–	Hanae Ito	JPN	1:59.62	0.74	27.93 (2)	58.13 (7)	1:28.64 (8)	30.20	30.51	30.98

Final Round

Date	31 July 2012 — 19:41

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	–	Allison Schmitt	USA	1:53.61	0.75	27.18 (4)	55.38 (1)	1:24.35 (1)	28.20	28.97	29.26	OR
2	–	Camille Muffat	FRA	1:55.58	0.65	27.15 (3)	56.38 (3)	1:25.92 (2)	29.23	29.54	29.66
3	–	Bronte Barratt	AUS	1:55.81	0.71	27.52 (5)	56.52 (4)	1:26.16 (4)	29.00	29.64	29.65
4	–	Missy Franklin	USA	1:55.82	0.76	27.02 (1)	56.23 (2)	1:25.96 (3)	29.21	29.73	29.86
5	–	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:56.73	0.69	27.80 (8)	56.98 (7)	1:26.83 (6)	29.18	29.85	29.90
6	–	Veronika Popova	RUS	1:57.25	0.73	27.13 (2)	56.64 (5)	1:26.53 (5)	29.51	29.89	30.72
7	–	Caitlin McClatchey	GBR	1:57.60	0.72	27.63 (7)	57.35 (8)	1:27.72 (8)	29.72	30.37	29.88
8	–	Kylie Palmer	AUS	1:57.68	0.75	27.54 (6)	56.93 (6)	1:26.94 (7)	29.39	30.01	30.74