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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	30 – 31 July 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	34 from 28 countries

Ye Shiwen of China had won this event at the 2011 World Championships, had already won the 400 IM in London, and was heavily favored when this final started. The defending champion was Australian Steph Rice, and she was back but was considered only a long shot for a medal. Rice led the field through the butterfly leg with the only sub-28 second split, but Ye moved ahead on the backstroke and Rice fell well back on the breaststroke leg. After 150 metres, the race was between Ye, Australian Alicia Coutts and American Caitlin Leverenz, but Ye was simply too strong for the others and pulled away to win in 2:07.57, with Coutts coming in second in 2:08.15. Leverenz was third, just ahead of Rice, equaling her result in both IMs from the 2010 Pan-Pacs. Ye’s time was an all-time textile best and an Olympic record.

Ye became the sixth swimmer to double in the 200/400 IM, and the fifth in a row. This had been done previously by Claudia Kolb (USA) in 1968, and since 1996, consecutively by Michelle Smith (IRL), Yana Klochkova (UKR) (2000-04), and Rice in 2008. Ye’s two gold medals while still only 16-years-old made her the first to do that since Diana Mocanu (ROU) in 2000.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:08.90 (1 h5)	2:08.39 (1 h2)	2:07.57 (1)	Gold
2	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:10.74 (3 h4)	2:09.83 (2 h2)	2:08.15 (2)	Silver
3	Caitlin Leverenz	USA	2:10.63 (1 h4)	2:10.06 (3 h2)	2:08.95 (3)	Bronze
4	Steph Rice	AUS	2:12.23 (3 h5)	2:10.80 (5 h2)	2:09.55 (4)
5	Ariana Kukors	USA	2:11.94 (2 h3)	2:10.08 (4 h2)	2:09.83 (5)
6	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:10.51 (2 h5)	2:10.93 (3 h1)	2:11.13 (6)
7	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:12.27 (4 h5)	2:10.89 (2 h1)	2:11.29 (7)
8	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:10.68 (2 h4)	2:10.74 (1 h1)	2:14.19 (8)
9	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:12.17 (3 h3)	2:11.53 (4 h1)	–
10	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:11.73 (1 h3)	2:11.54 (5 h1)	–
11	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:13.43 (6 h3)	2:12.69 (6 h2)	–
12	Theresa Michalak	GER	2:12.75 (4 h3)	2:13.24 (7 h2)	–
13	Amit Ivry	ISR	2:13.29 (5 h3)	2:13.31 (6 h1)	–
14	Izumi Kato	JPN	2:13.85 (5 h5)	2:14.47 (7 h1)	–
15	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:14.26 (7 h3)	2:14.74 (8 h1)	–
16	Beatriz Gómez	ESP	2:13.93 (4 h4)	2:15.12 (8 h2)	–
17	Erica Morningstar	CAN	2:14.32 (8 h3)	–	–
18	Hanna Dzerkal	UKR	2:14.55 (1 h2)	–	–
19	Lisa Zaiser	AUT	2:14.56 (2 h2)	–	–
20	Stina Gardell	SWE	2:14.70 (6 h5)	–	–
21	Sophie Allen	GBR	2:14.72 (5 h4)	–	–
22	Sycerika McMahon	IRL	2:14.76 (3 h2)	–	–
23	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:14.91 (6 h4)	–	–
24	Kathryn Meaklim	RSA	2:15.25 (7 h4)	–	–
25	Ranokhon Omonova	UZB	2:15.37 (4 h2)	–	–
26	Natalie Wiegersma	NZL	2:16.24 (7 h5)	–	–
27	Erica Dittmer	MEX	2:16.54 (5 h2)	–	–
28	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:16.81 (6 h2)	–	–
29	Katarína Listopadová	SVK	2:16.81 (1 h1)	–	–
30	Kim Daniela Pavlin	CRO	2:17.17 (7 h2)	–	–
31	Cheng Wan-Jung	TPE	2:17.39 (2 h1)	–	–
32	Barbora Závadová	CZE	2:17.54 (8 h4)	–	–
33	Emilia Pikkarainen	FIN	2:17.66 (3 h1)	–	–
34	Yekaterina Andreyeva	RUS	2:17.84 (8 h5)	–	–

Round One

Date	30 July 2012 — 10:00
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:08.90	Q
2	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:10.51	Q
3	–	Caitlin Leverenz	USA	2:10.63	Q
4	–	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:10.68	Q
5	–	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:10.74	Q
6	–	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:11.73	Q
7	–	Ariana Kukors	USA	2:11.94	Q
8	–	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:12.17	Q
9	–	Steph Rice	AUS	2:12.23	Q
10	–	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:12.27	Q
11	–	Theresa Michalak	GER	2:12.75	Q
12	–	Amit Ivry	ISR	2:13.29	Q
13	–	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:13.43	Q
14	–	Izumi Kato	JPN	2:13.85	Q
15	–	Beatriz Gómez	ESP	2:13.93	Q
16	–	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:14.26	Q
17	–	Erica Morningstar	CAN	2:14.32
18	–	Hanna Dzerkal	UKR	2:14.55
19	–	Lisa Zaiser	AUT	2:14.56
20	–	Stina Gardell	SWE	2:14.70
21	–	Sophie Allen	GBR	2:14.72
22	–	Sycerika McMahon	IRL	2:14.76
23	–	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:14.91
24	–	Kathryn Meaklim	RSA	2:15.25
25	–	Ranokhon Omonova	UZB	2:15.37
26	–	Natalie Wiegersma	NZL	2:16.24
27	–	Erica Dittmer	MEX	2:16.54
=28	–	Katarína Listopadová	SVK	2:16.81
=28	–	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:16.81
30	–	Kim Daniela Pavlin	CRO	2:17.17
31	–	Cheng Wan-Jung	TPE	2:17.39
32	–	Barbora Závadová	CZE	2:17.54
33	–	Emilia Pikkarainen	FIN	2:17.66
34	–	Yekaterina Andreyeva	RUS	2:17.84

Heat #1

Time	10:00

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	–	Katarína Listopadová	SVK	2:16.81	0.72	28.88 (1)	1:03.51 (1)	1:45.13 (=2)	34.63	41.62	31.68
2	–	Cheng Wan-Jung	TPE	2:17.39	0.77	29.50 (3)	1:04.72 (3)	1:45.09 (1)	35.22	40.37	32.30
3	–	Emilia Pikkarainen	FIN	2:17.66	0.66	28.90 (2)	1:04.41 (2)	1:45.13 (=2)	35.51	40.72	32.53

Heat #2

Time	10:04

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	–	Hanna Dzerkal	UKR	2:14.55	0.77	29.18 (4)	1:05.31 (6)	1:43.49 (4)	36.13	38.18	31.06
2	–	Lisa Zaiser	AUT	2:14.56	0.64	28.89 (1)	1:03.08 (1)	1:42.76 (2)	34.19	39.68	31.80
3	–	Sycerika McMahon	IRL	2:14.76	0.66	28.97 (2)	1:04.72 (5)	1:42.67 (1)	35.75	37.95	32.09
4	–	Ranokhon Omonova	UZB	2:15.37	0.73	28.99 (3)	1:03.14 (2)	1:43.17 (3)	34.15	40.03	32.20
5	–	Erica Dittmer	MEX	2:16.54	0.81	29.92 (=6)	1:06.03 (7)	1:44.15 (5)	36.11	38.12	32.39
6	–	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:16.81	0.80	29.23 (5)	1:03.21 (3)	1:44.67 (7)	33.98	41.46	32.14
7	–	Kim Daniela Pavlin	CRO	2:17.17	0.71	29.92 (=6)	1:03.62 (4)	1:44.33 (6)	33.70	40.71	32.84

Heat #3

Time	10:08

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	–	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:11.73	0.70	28.89 (8)	1:02.76 (6)	1:41.05 (3)	33.87	38.29	30.68	Q
2	–	Ariana Kukors	USA	2:11.94	0.76	28.49 (4)	1:01.95 (3)	1:40.12 (1)	33.46	38.17	31.82	Q
3	–	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:12.17	0.73	28.27 (2)	1:01.27 (1)	1:41.11 (4)	33.00	39.84	31.06	Q
4	–	Theresa Michalak	GER	2:12.75	0.68	28.35 (3)	1:03.10 (8)	1:41.21 (5)	34.75	38.11	31.54	Q
5	–	Amit Ivry	ISR	2:13.29	0.70	28.24 (1)	1:01.72 (2)	1:40.39 (2)	33.48	38.67	32.90	Q
6	–	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:13.43	0.71	28.65 (5)	1:02.71 (5)	1:42.24 (7)	34.06	39.53	31.19	Q
7	–	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:14.26	0.76	28.72 (6)	1:03.08 (7)	1:43.48 (8)	34.36	40.40	30.78	Q
8	–	Erica Morningstar	CAN	2:14.32	0.76	28.83 (7)	1:02.48 (4)	1:41.33 (6)	33.65	38.85	32.99

Heat #4

Time	10:12

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 Leverenz	USA	2:10.63	0.71	28.43 (2)	1:02.51 (3)	1:39.38 (1)	34.08	36.87	31.25	Q
2	–	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:10.68	0.73	28.44 (3)	1:02.19 (2)	1:40.71 (3)	33.75	38.52	29.97	Q
3	–	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:10.74	0.75	28.23 (1)	1:01.61 (1)	1:40.17 (2)	33.38	38.56	30.57	Q
4	–	Beatriz Gómez	ESP	2:13.93	0.72	29.06 (7)	1:04.27 (8)	1:41.80 (4)	35.21	37.53	32.13	Q
5	–	Sophie Allen	GBR	2:14.72	0.69	28.62 (4)	1:03.60 (7)	1:42.14 (5)	34.98	38.54	32.58
6	–	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:14.91	0.75	29.24 (8)	1:03.12 (5)	1:43.27 (7)	33.88	40.15	31.64
7	–	Kathryn Meaklim	RSA	2:15.25	0.82	29.01 (6)	1:03.41 (6)	1:42.58 (6)	34.40	39.17	32.67
8	–	Barbora Závadová	CZE	2:17.54	0.77	28.67 (5)	1:02.99 (4)	1:44.42 (8)	34.32	41.43	33.12

Heat #5

Time	10:15

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	–	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:08.90	0.76	28.16 (1)	1:00.54 (1)	1:38.17 (1)	37.63	30.73	–	Q
2	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:10.51	0.76	29.28 (6)	1:01.58 (2)	1:39.47 (2)	32.30	37.89	31.04	Q
3	–	Steph Rice	AUS	2:12.23	0.74	28.53 (2)	1:02.17 (4)	1:40.96 (3)	33.64	38.79	31.27	Q
4	–	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:12.27	0.68	29.27 (5)	1:02.60 (5)	1:41.03 (4)	33.33	38.43	31.24	Q
5	–	Izumi Kato	JPN	2:13.85	0.74	28.99 (4)	1:03.44 (6)	1:41.81 (5)	34.45	38.37	32.04	Q
6	–	Stina Gardell	SWE	2:14.70	0.68	28.60 (3)	1:02.11 (3)	1:42.10 (6)	33.51	39.99	32.60
7	–	Natalie Wiegersma	NZL	2:16.24	0.68	29.73 (8)	1:04.57 (8)	1:43.89 (7)	34.84	39.32	32.35
8	–	Yekaterina Andreyeva	RUS	2:17.84	0.81	29.39 (7)	1:04.52 (7)	1:44.30 (8)	35.13	39.78	33.54

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 2012 — 20:55
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:08.39	QOR
2	–	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:09.83	Q
3	–	Caitlin Leverenz	USA	2:10.06	Q
4	–	Ariana Kukors	USA	2:10.08	Q
5	–	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:10.74	Q
6	–	Steph Rice	AUS	2:10.80	Q
7	–	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:10.89	Q
8	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:10.93	Q
9	–	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:11.53
10	–	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:11.54
11	–	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:12.69
12	–	Theresa Michalak	GER	2:13.24
13	–	Amit Ivry	ISR	2:13.31
14	–	Izumi Kato	JPN	2:14.47
15	–	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:14.74
16	–	Beatriz Gómez	ESP	2:15.12

Heat #1

Time	20:55

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	–	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:10.74	0.74	28.26 (1)	1:01.74 (3)	1:40.42 (3)	33.48	38.68	30.32	Q
2	–	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:10.89	0.71	29.13 (7)	1:02.05 (5)	1:39.95 (1)	32.92	37.90	30.94	Q
3	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:10.93	0.78	29.39 (8)	1:01.67 (1)	1:39.99 (2)	32.28	38.32	30.94	Q
4	–	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:11.53	0.73	28.40 (3)	1:01.72 (2)	1:41.20 (6)	33.32	39.48	30.33
5	–	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:11.54	0.71	28.63 (5)	1:02.08 (6)	1:40.53 (4)	33.45	38.45	31.01
6	–	Amit Ivry	ISR	2:13.31	0.64	28.33 (2)	1:01.88 (4)	1:40.56 (5)	33.55	38.68	32.75
7	–	Izumi Kato	JPN	2:14.47	0.75	28.96 (6)	1:03.80 (8)	1:42.35 (7)	34.84	38.55	32.12
8	–	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:14.74	0.77	28.53 (4)	1:02.51 (7)	1:43.54 (8)	33.98	41.03	31.20

Heat #2

Time	21:03

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	–	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:08.39	0.76	28.00 (2)	1:00.42 (1)	1:37.80 (1)	37.38	30.59	–	QOR
2	–	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:09.83	0.74	27.80 (1)	1:00.94 (2)	1:39.12 (4)	33.14	38.18	30.71	Q
3	–	Caitlin Leverenz	USA	2:10.06	0.71	28.32 (4)	1:02.34 (5)	1:38.93 (2)	34.02	36.59	31.13	Q
4	–	Ariana Kukors	USA	2:10.08	0.76	28.33 (5)	1:01.45 (4)	1:39.05 (3)	33.12	37.60	31.03	Q
5	–	Steph Rice	AUS	2:10.80	0.77	28.02 (3)	1:00.96 (3)	1:39.64 (5)	32.94	38.68	31.16	Q
6	–	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:12.69	0.75	28.47 (6)	1:02.85 (6)	1:41.68 (6)	34.38	38.83	31.01
7	–	Theresa Michalak	GER	2:13.24	0.71	28.84 (7)	1:03.59 (7)	1:41.79 (7)	34.75	38.20	31.45
8	–	Beatriz Gómez	ESP	2:15.12	0.69	29.11 (8)	1:04.52 (8)	1:43.15 (8)	35.41	38.63	31.97

Final Round

Date	31 July 2012 — 20:43

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	–	Ye Shiwen	CHN	2:07.57	0.79	28.25 (4)	1:00.83 (1)	1:38.25 (3)	32.58	37.42	29.32	OR
2	–	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:08.15	0.76	28.12 (3)	1:01.22 (5)	1:38.24 (2)	33.10	37.02	29.91
3	–	Caitlin Leverenz	USA	2:08.95	0.73	28.08 (2)	1:01.80 (6)	1:37.94 (1)	33.72	36.14	31.01
4	–	Steph Rice	AUS	2:09.55	0.76	27.98 (1)	1:00.84 (2)	1:38.67 (4)	32.86	37.83	30.88
5	–	Ariana Kukors	USA	2:09.83	0.75	28.3 (5)	1:00.98 (4)	1:38.73 (5)	32.68	37.75	31.10
6	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:11.13	0.75	28.74 (7)	1:00.91 (3)	1:39.55 (6)	32.17	38.64	31.58
7	–	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:11.29	0.69	29.18 (8)	1:02.57 (8)	1:40.45 (7)	33.39	37.88	30.84
8	–	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:14.19	0.74	28.39 (6)	1:02.27 (7)	1:42.79 (8)	33.88	40.52	31.40