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200 metres Butterfly, Women

Date	31 July – 1 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	28 from 21 countries

The favorite was China’s Jiao Liuyang, who had won the 2011 World title, but she was expected to be challenged by her countrywoman, defending gold medalist Liu Zige, still the world record holder from the skinsuit era. But the fastest qualifier for the final was surprising American Kathleen Hersey. The final was a tactical race with Jiao staying back in the field for the first 100 metres, as Liu and Spain’s Mireia Belmonte led. But Liu had nothing left for the last 100, and would finish last. Jiao came on strong on the last lap to pass Belmonte 25 metres from the finish and win gold in 2:04.06, a textile world best, and the third fastest mark ever. Belmonte hung on for the silver in the 9th fastest performance ever, with Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi winning bronze. Hersey was never a factor for a medal but placed fourth with a strong last lap.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:07.15 (1 h3)	2:06.10 (1 h1)	2:04.06 (1)	Gold
2	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:08.19 (3 h2)	2:06.62 (2 h2)	2:05.25 (2)	Silver
3	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:08.04 (1 h2)	2:06.37 (2 h1)	2:05.48 (3)	Bronze
4	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:06.41 (1 h4)	2:05.90 (1 h2)	2:05.78 (4)
5	Cammile Adams	USA	2:08.18 (3 h3)	2:07.33 (3 h1)	2:06.78 (5)
6	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:07.64 (2 h4)	2:07.37 (5 h2)	2:06.80 (6)
7	Zsu Jakabos	HUN	2:07.79 (3 h4)	2:06.82 (3 h2)	2:07.33 (7)
8	Liu Zige	CHN	2:08.72 (4 h4)	2:06.99 (4 h2)	2:07.77 (8)
9	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:07.75 (2 h3)	2:07.69 (4 h1)	–
10	Martina Granström	SWE	2:08.94 (4 h3)	2:07.83 (6 h2)	–
11	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:09.24 (5 h4)	2:07.84 (5 h1)	–
12	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:09.25 (6 h2)	2:08.00 (7 h2)	–
13	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:08.74 (5 h2)	2:08.21 (6 h1)	–
14	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:08.45 (4 h2)	2:08.32 (7 h1)	–
15	Judit Ignacio	ESP	2:08.14 (2 h2)	2:08.96 (8 h2)	–
16	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:09.33 (6 h4)	2:13.09 (8 h1)	–
17	Ellen Gandy	GBR	2:09.92 (5 h3)	–	–
18	Ingvild Snildal	NOR	2:10.99 (1 h1)	–	–
19	Katerine Savard	CAN	2:11.05 (7 h4)	–	–
20	Samantha Hamill	AUS	2:11.07 (6 h3)	–	–
21	Denisa Smolenová	SVK	2:11.10 (7 h3)	–	–
22	Andreína Pinto	VEN	2:11.23 (2 h1)	–	–
23	Rita Medrano	MEX	2:11.42 (8 h4)	–	–
24	Sara Oliveira	POR	2:11.54 (3 h1)	–	–
25	Martina van Berkel	SUI	2:12.25 (7 h2)	–	–
26	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:13.17 (8 h3)	–	–
27	Emilia Pikkarainen	FIN	2:13.81 (8 h2)	–	–
28	Cheng Wan-Jung	TPE	2:14.29 (4 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	31 July 2012 — 10:23
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:06.41	Q
2	–	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:07.15	Q
3	–	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:07.64	Q
4	–	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:07.75	Q
5	–	Zsu Jakabos	HUN	2:07.79	Q
6	–	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:08.04	Q
7	–	Judit Ignacio	ESP	2:08.14	Q
8	–	Cammile Adams	USA	2:08.18	Q
9	–	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:08.19	Q
10	–	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:08.45	Q
11	–	Liu Zige	CHN	2:08.72	Q
12	–	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:08.74	Q
13	–	Martina Granström	SWE	2:08.94	Q
14	–	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:09.24	Q
15	–	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:09.25	Q
16	–	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:09.33	Q
17	–	Ellen Gandy	GBR	2:09.92
18	–	Ingvild Snildal	NOR	2:10.99
19	–	Katerine Savard	CAN	2:11.05
20	–	Samantha Hamill	AUS	2:11.07
21	–	Denisa Smolenová	SVK	2:11.10
22	–	Andreína Pinto	VEN	2:11.23
23	–	Rita Medrano	MEX	2:11.42
24	–	Sara Oliveira	POR	2:11.54
25	–	Martina van Berkel	SUI	2:12.25
26	–	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:13.17
27	–	Emilia Pikkarainen	FIN	2:13.81
28	–	Cheng Wan-Jung	TPE	2:14.29

Heat #1

Time	10:23

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	–	Ingvild Snildal	NOR	2:10.99	0.81	29.12 (1)	1:02.34 (1)	1:36.29 (1)	33.22	33.95	34.70
2	–	Andreína Pinto	VEN	2:11.23	0.79	29.92 (4)	1:03.17 (4)	1:37.00 (3)	33.25	33.83	34.23
3	–	Sara Oliveira	POR	2:11.54	0.76	29.35 (2)	1:02.76 (2)	1:36.64 (2)	33.41	33.88	34.90
4	–	Cheng Wan-Jung	TPE	2:14.29	0.74	29.48 (3)	1:02.98 (3)	1:38.39 (4)	33.50	35.41	35.90

Heat #2

Time	10:27

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	–	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:08.04	0.77	29.00 (2)	1:01.61 (=2)	1:34.75 (1)	32.61	33.14	33.29	Q
2	–	Judit Ignacio	ESP	2:08.14	0.72	29.01 (3)	1:01.51 (1)	1:34.78 (2)	32.50	33.27	33.36	Q
3	–	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:08.19	0.75	29.58 (7)	1:02.70 (6)	1:35.54 (6)	33.12	32.84	32.65	Q
4	–	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:08.45	0.73	29.07 (=4)	1:02.04 (5)	1:34.97 (4)	32.97	32.93	33.48	Q
5	–	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:08.74	0.64	28.84 (1)	1:01.61 (=2)	1:34.84 (3)	32.77	33.23	33.90	Q
6	–	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:09.25	0.76	29.07 (=4)	1:01.75 (4)	1:35.03 (5)	32.68	33.28	34.22	Q
7	–	Martina van Berkel	SUI	2:12.25	0.72	29.64 (8)	1:02.81 (7)	1:36.84 (7)	33.17	34.03	35.41
8	–	Emilia Pikkarainen	FIN	2:13.81	0.69	29.48 (6)	1:02.95 (8)	1:37.67 (8)	33.47	34.72	36.14

Heat #3

Time	10:31

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	–	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:07.15	0.69	28.45 (2)	1:01.32 (2)	1:34.32 (2)	32.87	33.00	32.83	Q
2	–	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:07.75	0.77	28.86 (3)	1:01.34 (3)	1:34.71 (3)	32.48	33.37	33.04	Q
3	–	Cammile Adams	USA	2:08.18	0.75	29.70 (8)	1:02.09 (4)	1:35.13 (4)	32.39	33.04	33.05	Q
4	–	Martina Granström	SWE	2:08.94	0.77	29.41 (6)	1:02.22 (6)	1:35.55 (5)	32.81	33.33	33.39	Q
5	–	Ellen Gandy	GBR	2:09.92	0.75	28.41 (1)	1:00.89 (1)	1:34.31 (1)	32.48	33.42	35.61
6	–	Samantha Hamill	AUS	2:11.07	0.73	29.21 (4)	1:02.27 (8)	1:36.21 (6)	33.06	33.94	34.86
7	–	Denisa Smolenová	SVK	2:11.10	0.83	29.23 (5)	1:02.18 (5)	1:36.66 (8)	32.95	34.48	34.44
8	–	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:13.17	0.77	29.50 (7)	1:02.25 (7)	1:36.45 (7)	32.75	34.20	36.72

Heat #4

Time	10:35

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	–	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:06.41	0.75	28.57 (3)	1:00.52 (2)	1:33.36 (1)	32.84	33.05	–	Q
2	–	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:07.64	0.70	28.66 (4)	1:00.68 (3)	1:33.88 (2)	32.02	33.20	33.76	Q
3	–	Zsu Jakabos	HUN	2:07.79	0.73	28.49 (2)	1:00.91 (5)	1:33.93 (4)	32.42	33.02	33.86	Q
4	–	Liu Zige	CHN	2:08.72	0.83	28.31 (1)	1:00.44 (1)	1:33.91 (3)	32.13	33.47	34.81	Q
5	–	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:09.24	0.85	29.37 (8)	1:01.88 (7)	1:35.28 (7)	32.51	33.40	33.96	Q
6	–	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:09.33	0.75	28.75 (5)	1:00.84 (4)	1:34.31 (5)	32.09	33.47	35.02	Q
7	–	Katerine Savard	CAN	2:11.05	0.66	28.93 (6)	1:01.61 (6)	1:35.03 (6)	32.68	33.42	36.02
8	–	Rita Medrano	MEX	2:11.42	0.74	29.36 (7)	1:02.44 (8)	1:36.32 (8)	33.08	33.88	35.10

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 2012 — 19:57
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:05.90	Q
2	–	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:06.10	Q
3	–	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:06.37	Q
4	–	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:06.62	Q
5	–	Zsu Jakabos	HUN	2:06.82	Q
6	–	Liu Zige	CHN	2:06.99	Q
7	–	Cammile Adams	USA	2:07.33	Q
8	–	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:07.37	Q
9	–	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:07.69
10	–	Martina Granström	SWE	2:07.83
11	–	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:07.84
12	–	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:08.00
13	–	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:08.21
14	–	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:08.32
15	–	Judit Ignacio	ESP	2:08.96
16	–	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:13.09

Heat #1

Time	19:57

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	–	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:06.10	0.65	27.82 (1)	59.99 (1)	1:33.15 (1)	32.17	33.16	32.95	Q
2	–	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:06.37	0.71	28.41 (2)	1:00.38 (2)	1:33.51 (2)	31.97	33.13	32.86	Q
3	–	Cammile Adams	USA	2:07.33	0.77	29.53 (7)	1:02.07 (7)	1:34.48 (4)	32.54	32.41	32.85	Q
4	–	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:07.69	0.73	28.70 (3)	1:01.14 (4)	1:34.64 (=5)	32.44	33.50	33.05
5	–	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:07.84	0.84	29.20 (6)	1:01.60 (5)	1:34.64 (=5)	32.40	33.04	33.20
6	–	Jess Schipper	AUS	2:08.21	0.64	29.12 (5)	1:01.91 (6)	1:35.05 (7)	32.79	33.14	33.16
7	–	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:08.32	0.77	28.72 (4)	1:00.92 (3)	1:33.79 (3)	32.20	32.87	34.53
8	–	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:13.09	0.78	29.66 (8)	1:02.81 (8)	1:37.02 (8)	33.15	34.21	36.07

Heat #2

Time	20:05

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	–	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:05.90	0.74	28.87 (=5)	1:00.49 (3)	1:33.01 (1)	32.52	32.89	–	Q
2	–	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:06.62	0.74	28.83 (4)	1:01.15 (4)	1:33.73 (4)	32.32	32.58	32.89	Q
3	–	Zsu Jakabos	HUN	2:06.82	0.79	28.45 (2)	1:00.45 (2)	1:33.24 (3)	32.00	32.79	33.58	Q
4	–	Liu Zige	CHN	2:06.99	0.82	27.99 (1)	1:00.03 (1)	1:33.02 (2)	32.04	32.99	33.97	Q
5	–	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:07.37	0.72	29.06 (8)	1:01.47 (7)	1:34.39 (5)	32.41	32.92	32.98	Q
6	–	Martina Granström	SWE	2:07.83	0.75	28.96 (7)	1:01.27 (6)	1:34.48 (7)	32.31	33.21	33.35
7	–	Audrey Lacroix	CAN	2:08.00	0.73	28.87 (=5)	1:01.59 (8)	1:34.40 (6)	32.72	32.81	33.60
8	–	Judit Ignacio	ESP	2:08.96	0.73	28.59 (3)	1:01.17 (5)	1:34.78 (8)	32.58	33.61	34.18

Final Round

Date	1 August 2012 — 20:12

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	–	Jiao Liuyang	CHN	2:04.06	0.7	28.49 (5)	1:00.62 (5)	1:32.75 (2)	32.13	32.13	31.31	OR
2	–	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:05.25	0.73	28.32 (2)	59.75 (1)	1:31.91 (1)	31.43	32.16	33.34
3	–	Natsumi Hoshi	JPN	2:05.48	0.73	28.61 (6)	1:00.66 (6)	1:32.98 (5)	32.05	32.32	32.50
4	–	Kathleen Hersey	USA	2:05.78	0.72	28.62 (7)	1:00.26 (4)	1:32.96 (4)	31.64	32.70	32.82
5	–	Cammile Adams	USA	2:06.78	0.78	29.11 (8)	1:01.71 (8)	1:34.55 (8)	32.60	32.84	32.23
6	–	Jemma Lowe	GBR	2:06.80	0.72	28.36 (3)	1:00.15 (3)	1:33.04 (6)	31.79	32.89	33.76
7	–	Zsu Jakabos	HUN	2:07.33	0.74	28.45 (4)	1:00.68 (7)	1:33.43 (7)	32.23	32.75	33.90
8	–	Liu Zige	CHN	2:07.77	0.82	28.08 (1)	59.81 (2)	1:32.81 (3)	31.73	33.00	34.96