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200 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	18 – 19 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	40 from 35 countries

Australia’s Susie O’Neill was known as “Madame Butterfly” due to her expertise at the stroke but it was at the 200 metres freestyle that she won her second gold medal in front of the home crowd in Sydney. O’Neill took the lead shortly before halfway and held off the challenge of the two women who had placed first and second at the 1998 World Championships Claudia Poll of Costa Rica and Martina Moravcová of Slovakia. As the crowd urged O’Neill onwards with shouts of “Susie, Susie, Susie” Moravcová closed the gap on the leader in the last 50 metres but had to settle for silver with Poll in third.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Susie O'Neill	AUS	1:59.14 (1 h6)	1:59.37 (1 h2)	1:58.24 (1)	Gold
2	Martina Moravcová	SVK	2:00.46 (3 h4)	1:59.75 (1 h1)	1:58.32 (2)	Silver
3	Claudia Poll	CRC	2:00.11 (1 h5)	1:59.63 (3 h2)	1:58.81 (3)	Bronze
=4	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	2:00.25 (3 h6)	1:59.78 (2 h1)	1:58.86 (=4)
=4	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	2:00.47 (3 h5)	1:59.69 (4 h2)	1:58.86 (=4)
6	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	2:00.58 (4 h4)	1:59.90 (3 h1)	1:59.28 (6)
7	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:00.18 (2 h4)	1:59.54 (2 h2)	1:59.46 (7)
8	Wang Luna	CHN	2:00.89 (5 h6)	1:59.97 (4 h1)	1:59.55 (8)
9	Heleen Muller	RSA	1:59.89 (1 h4)	2:00.04 (5 h1)	–
10	Sara Parise	ITA	2:01.31 (6 h4)	2:00.07 (6 h1)	–
11	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:00.37 (2 h5)	2:00.26 (5 h2)	–
12	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.13 (2 h6)	2:00.27 (7 h1)	–
13	Mandy Leach	ZIM	2:01.05 (5 h4)	2:00.60 (8 h1)	–
14	Giaan Rooney	AUS	2:00.99 (4 h5)	2:00.84 (6 h2)	–
15	Carla Geurts	NED	2:00.60 (4 h6)	2:00.88 (7 h2)	–
16	Rada Owen	USA	2:01.10 (5 h5)	2:03.34 (8 h2)	–
17	Yang Yu	CHN	2:01.34 (6 h5)	–	–
=18	Jessica Deglau	CAN	2:01.42 (6 h6)	–	–
=18	Karen Pickering	GBR	2:01.42 (7 h4)	–	–
20	Solenne Figuès	FRA	2:01.46 (8 h4)	–	–
21	Rania El-Wani	EGY	2:01.93 (1 h3)	–	–
22	Nina Van Koeckhoven	BEL	2:02.15 (7 h5)	–	–
23	Laura Nicholls	CAN	2:02.69 (7 h6)	–	–
24	Laura Roca	ESP	2:03.37 (8 h5)	–	–
25	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	2:04.06 (2 h3)	–	–
26	Olena Lapunova	UKR	2:04.39 (3 h3)	–	–
27	Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir	ISL	2:05.22 (1 h2)	–	–
28	Chantal Gibney	IRL	2:05.24 (4 h3)	–	–
29	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	2:05.58 (2 h2)	–	–
30	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	2:05.88 (5 h3)	–	–
31	Elina Partõka	EST	2:05.90 (6 h3)	–	–
32	Tsai Shu-Min	TPE	2:06.12 (7 h3)	–	–
33	No Ju-Hui	KOR	2:07.21 (8 h3)	–	–
34	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	2:07.61 (3 h2)	–	–
35	Anna Korshikova	KGZ	2:08.08 (4 h2)	–	–
36	Petra Banović	CRO	2:08.30 (5 h2)	–	–
37	Nisha Millet	IND	2:08.89 (1 h1)	–	–
38	Pamela Vásquez	HON	2:15.83 (2 h1)	–	–
39	Marella Mamoun	SYR	2:18.78 (3 h1)	–	–
DQ	Florencia Szigeti	ARG	– (DQ h2)	–	–
DNS	Karen Legg	GBR	– (DNS h6)	–	–

Round One

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Susie O'Neill	AUS	1:59.14	Q
2	–	Heleen Muller	RSA	1:59.89	Q
3	–	Claudia Poll	CRC	2:00.11	Q
4	–	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.13	Q
5	–	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:00.18	Q
6	–	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	2:00.25	Q
7	–	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:00.37	Q
8	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	2:00.46	Q
9	–	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	2:00.47	Q
10	–	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	2:00.58	Q
11	–	Carla Geurts	NED	2:00.60	Q
12	–	Wang Luna	CHN	2:00.89	Q
13	–	Giaan Rooney	AUS	2:00.99	Q
14	–	Mandy Leach	ZIM	2:01.05	Q
15	–	Rada Owen	USA	2:01.10	Q
16	–	Sara Parise	ITA	2:01.31	Q
17	–	Yang Yu	CHN	2:01.34
=18	–	Karen Pickering	GBR	2:01.42
=18	–	Jessica Deglau	CAN	2:01.42
20	–	Solenne Figuès	FRA	2:01.46
21	–	Rania El-Wani	EGY	2:01.93
22	–	Nina Van Koeckhoven	BEL	2:02.15
23	–	Laura Nicholls	CAN	2:02.69
24	–	Laura Roca	ESP	2:03.37
25	–	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	2:04.06
26	–	Olena Lapunova	UKR	2:04.39
27	–	Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir	ISL	2:05.22
28	–	Chantal Gibney	IRL	2:05.24
29	–	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	2:05.58
30	–	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	2:05.88
31	–	Elina Partõka	EST	2:05.90
32	–	Tsai Shu-Min	TPE	2:06.12
33	–	No Ju-Hui	KOR	2:07.21
34	–	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	2:07.61
35	–	Anna Korshikova	KGZ	2:08.08
36	–	Petra Banović	CRO	2:08.30
37	–	Nisha Millet	IND	2:08.89
38	–	Pamela Vásquez	HON	2:15.83
39	–	Marella Mamoun	SYR	2:18.78
DQ	–	Florencia Szigeti	ARG	–		1
DNS	–	Karen Legg	GBR	–

Heat #1

Time	10:02

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	–	Nisha Millet	IND	2:08.89	0.89	30.16 (1)	1:02.49 (1)	1:35.65 (1)	32.33 (1)	33.16 (1)	33.24 (1)
2	–	Pamela Vásquez	HON	2:15.83	0.86	31.23 (2)	1:04.81 (2)	1:40.72 (2)	33.58 (2)	35.91 (3)	35.11 (2)
3	–	Marella Mamoun	SYR	2:18.78	0.97	31.83 (3)	1:07.02 (3)	1:42.70 (3)	35.19 (3)	35.68 (2)	36.08 (3)

Heat #2

Time	10:07

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	–	Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir	ISL	2:05.22	0.86	29.19 (2)	1:00.39 (1)	1:32.58 (1)	31.20 (1)	32.19 (2)	32.64 (2)
2	–	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	2:05.58	0.87	29.69 (4)	1:01.02 (4)	1:33.14 (2)	31.33 (2)	32.12 (1)	32.44 (1)
3	–	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	2:07.61	0.85	29.99 (5)	1:01.74 (5)	1:34.69 (5)	31.75 (4)	32.95 (3)	32.92 (3)
4	–	Anna Korshikova	KGZ	2:08.08	0.97	29.13 (1)	1:00.91 (3)	1:34.41 (4)	31.78 (5)	33.50 (5)	33.67 (4)
5	–	Petra Banović	CRO	2:08.30	0.80	29.40 (3)	1:00.83 (2)	1:34.09 (3)	31.43 (3)	33.26 (4)	34.21 (5)
DQ	–	Florencia Szigeti	ARG	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–	2

Heat #3

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	–	Rania El-Wani	EGY	2:01.93	0.73	28.09 (1)	59.32 (1)	1:30.26 (1)	31.23 (2)	30.94 (1)	31.67 (1)
2	–	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	2:04.06	0.87	28.77 (2)	1:00.02 (3)	1:31.84 (2)	31.25 (=3)	31.82 (2)	32.22 (4)
3	–	Olena Lapunova	UKR	2:04.39	0.87	28.94 (3)	59.78 (2)	1:32.11 (3)	30.84 (1)	32.33 (4)	32.28 (5)
4	–	Chantal Gibney	IRL	2:05.24	0.87	30.17 (8)	1:01.42 (8)	1:33.30 (4)	31.25 (=3)	31.88 (3)	31.94 (2)
5	–	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	2:05.88	0.87	29.24 (5)	1:00.86 (5)	1:33.75 (7)	31.62 (8)	32.89 (7)	32.13 (3)
6	–	Elina Partõka	EST	2:05.90	0.83	29.50 (6)	1:01.01 (6)	1:33.38 (5)	31.51 (6)	32.37 (5)	32.52 (7)
7	–	Tsai Shu-Min	TPE	2:06.12	0.79	29.83 (7)	1:01.2 (7)	1:33.73 (6)	31.37 (5)	32.53 (6)	32.39 (6)
8	–	No Ju-Hui	KOR	2:07.21	0.87	29.16 (4)	1:00.76 (4)	1:33.96 (8)	31.60 (7)	33.20 (8)	33.25 (8)

Heat #4

Time	10:17

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	–	Heleen Muller	RSA	1:59.89	0.70	27.57 (1)	57.31 (1)	1:27.74 (1)	29.74 (1)	30.43 (1)	32.15 (8)	Q
2	–	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:00.18	0.90	28.42 (4)	59.01 (3)	1:29.68 (3)	30.59 (4)	30.67 (2)	30.50 (4)	Q
3	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	2:00.46	0.83	28.41 (3)	58.75 (2)	1:29.66 (2)	30.34 (3)	30.91 (5)	30.80 (5)	Q
4	–	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	2:00.58	0.81	28.49 (5)	59.12 (5)	1:30.19 (6)	30.63 (5)	31.07 (=7)	30.39 (=2)	Q
5	–	Mandy Leach	ZIM	2:01.05	0.73	29.03 (8)	59.82 (7)	1:30.84 (7)	30.79 (6)	31.02 (6)	30.21 (1)	Q
6	–	Sara Parise	ITA	2:01.31	0.81	28.27 (2)	59.17 (6)	1:29.91 (4)	30.90 (7)	30.74 (3)	31.40 (6)	Q
7	–	Karen Pickering	GBR	2:01.42	0.77	29.00 (7)	59.96 (8)	1:31.03 (8)	30.96 (8)	31.07 (=7)	30.39 (=2)
8	–	Solenne Figuès	FRA	2:01.46	0.78	28.91 (6)	59.09 (4)	1:29.98 (5)	30.18 (2)	30.89 (4)	31.48 (7)

Heat #5

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	–	Claudia Poll	CRC	2:00.11	0.96	28.62 (4)	59.27 (4)	1:30.12 (4)	30.65 (5)	30.85 (1)	29.99 (1)	Q
2	–	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:00.37	0.86	28.50 (2)	59.38 (7)	1:30.33 (6)	30.88 (7)	30.95 (=2)	30.04 (2)	Q
3	–	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	2:00.47	0.88	28.53 (3)	58.81 (1)	1:29.81 (1)	30.28 (1)	31.00 (=5)	30.66 (3)	Q
4	–	Giaan Rooney	AUS	2:00.99	0.77	28.37 (1)	59.04 (2)	1:30.04 (2)	30.67 (6)	31.00 (=5)	30.95 (5)	Q
5	–	Rada Owen	USA	2:01.10	0.77	28.70 (6)	59.32 (5)	1:30.27 (5)	30.62 (4)	30.95 (=2)	30.83 (4)	Q
6	–	Yang Yu	CHN	2:01.34	0.80	28.67 (5)	59.13 (3)	1:30.11 (3)	30.46 (2)	30.98 (4)	31.23 (6)
7	–	Nina Van Koeckhoven	BEL	2:02.15	0.85	28.80 (7)	59.36 (6)	1:30.47 (7)	30.56 (3)	31.11 (7)	31.68 (8)
8	–	Laura Roca	ESP	2:03.37	0.89	29.25 (8)	1:00.28 (8)	1:31.80 (8)	31.03 (8)	31.52 (8)	31.57 (7)

Heat #6

Time	10:29

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	–	Susie O'Neill	AUS	1:59.14	0.82	28.47 (1)	58.99 (1)	1:29.06 (1)	30.52 (2)	30.07 (1)	30.08 (2)	Q
2	–	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.13	0.83	28.70 (5)	59.20 (2)	1:29.99 (=2)	30.50 (1)	30.79 (4)	30.14 (3)	Q
3	–	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	2:00.25	0.89	28.62 (3)	59.46 (5)	1:30.35 (5)	30.84 (6)	30.89 (=5)	29.90 (1)	Q
4	–	Carla Geurts	NED	2:00.60	0.72	28.51 (2)	59.22 (3)	1:29.99 (=2)	30.71 (4)	30.77 (3)	30.61 (5)	Q
5	–	Wang Luna	CHN	2:00.89	0.78	28.67 (4)	59.42 (4)	1:30.32 (4)	30.75 (5)	30.90 (7)	30.57 (4)	Q
6	–	Jessica Deglau	CAN	2:01.42	0.80	29.14 (6)	59.83 (6)	1:30.52 (6)	30.69 (3)	30.69 (2)	30.90 (6)
7	–	Laura Nicholls	CAN	2:02.69	0.89	29.33 (7)	1:00.61 (7)	1:31.50 (7)	31.28 (7)	30.89 (=5)	31.19 (7)
DNS	–	Karen Legg	GBR	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Susie O'Neill	AUS	1:59.37	Q
2	–	Camelia Potec	ROU	1:59.54	Q
3	–	Claudia Poll	CRC	1:59.63	Q
4	–	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	1:59.69	Q
5	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	1:59.75	Q
6	–	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	1:59.78	Q
7	–	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	1:59.90	Q
8	–	Wang Luna	CHN	1:59.97	Q
9	–	Heleen Muller	RSA	2:00.04
10	–	Sara Parise	ITA	2:00.07
11	–	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:00.26
12	–	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.27
13	–	Mandy Leach	ZIM	2:00.60
14	–	Giaan Rooney	AUS	2:00.84
15	–	Carla Geurts	NED	2:00.88
16	–	Rada Owen	USA	2:03.34

Heat #1

Time	19:27

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	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	1:59.75	0.82	28.04 (1)	58.34 (1)	1:29.07 (1)	30.30 (3)	30.73 (4)	30.68 (8)	Q
2	–	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	1:59.78	0.90	28.87 (8)	59.57 (7)	1:30.23 (8)	30.70 (7)	30.66 (3)	29.55 (1)	Q
3	–	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	1:59.90	0.80	28.73 (7)	59.59 (8)	1:30.14 (=6)	30.86 (8)	30.55 (1)	29.76 (2)	Q
4	–	Wang Luna	CHN	1:59.97	0.80	28.22 (2)	58.70 (2)	1:29.52 (3)	30.48 (5)	30.82 (5)	30.45 (4)	Q
5	–	Heleen Muller	RSA	2:00.04	0.71	28.66 (5)	58.89 (4)	1:29.47 (2)	30.23 (2)	30.58 (2)	30.57 (6)
6	–	Sara Parise	ITA	2:00.07	0.80	28.69 (6)	59.01 (5)	1:29.87 (5)	30.32 (4)	30.86 (=6)	30.20 (3)
7	–	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.27	0.81	28.59 (3)	58.79 (3)	1:29.65 (4)	30.20 (1)	30.86 (=6)	30.62 (7)
8	–	Mandy Leach	ZIM	2:00.60	0.74	28.61 (4)	59.16 (6)	1:30.14 (=6)	30.55 (6)	30.98 (8)	30.46 (5)

Heat #2

Time	19:32

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	–	Susie O'Neill	AUS	1:59.37	0.81	28.49 (=5)	59.11 (6)	1:29.41 (3)	30.62 (5)	30.30 (1)	29.96 (1)	Q
2	–	Camelia Potec	ROU	1:59.54	0.86	28.18 (2)	58.65 (2)	1:29.40 (2)	30.47 (2)	30.75 (4)	30.14 (4)	Q
3	–	Claudia Poll	CRC	1:59.63	0.90	28.40 (4)	58.88 (4)	1:29.62 (4)	30.48 (3)	30.74 (3)	30.01 (2)	Q
4	–	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	1:59.69	0.87	28.49 (=5)	58.72 (3)	1:29.27 (1)	30.23 (1)	30.55 (2)	30.42 (6)	Q
5	–	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:00.26	0.85	27.98 (1)	58.55 (1)	1:30.00 (5)	30.57 (4)	31.45 (7)	30.26 (5)
6	–	Giaan Rooney	AUS	2:00.84	0.78	28.23 (3)	59.01 (5)	1:30.10 (6)	30.78 (6)	31.09 (5)	30.74 (7)
7	–	Carla Geurts	NED	2:00.88	0.70	28.62 (8)	59.49 (8)	1:30.79 (7)	30.87 (8)	31.30 (6)	30.09 (3)
8	–	Rada Owen	USA	2:03.34	0.77	28.53 (7)	59.38 (7)	1:30.96 (8)	30.85 (7)	31.58 (8)	32.38 (8)

Final Round

Date	19 September 2000 — 19:13

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	–	Susie O'Neill	AUS	1:58.24	0.83	27.77 (2)	57.68 (1)	1:27.90 (1)	29.91 (1)	30.22 (1)	30.34 (6)
2	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	1:58.32	0.81	27.65 (1)	57.85 (2)	1:28.45 (2)	30.20 (4)	30.60 (=7)	29.87 (2)
3	–	Claudia Poll	CRC	1:58.81	0.94	27.92 (3)	58.24 (3)	1:28.68 (3)	30.32 (7)	30.44 (5)	30.13 (4)
=4	–	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	1:58.86	0.85	28.40 (6)	58.52 (5)	1:28.81 (4)	30.12 (2)	30.29 (2)	30.05 (3)
=4	–	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	1:58.86	0.90	28.58 (8)	59.00 (8)	1:29.59 (8)	30.42 (8)	30.59 (6)	29.27 (1)
6	–	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	1:59.28	0.82	28.47 (7)	58.76 (7)	1:29.13 (7)	30.29 (=5)	30.37 (3)	30.15 (5)
7	–	Camelia Potec	ROU	1:59.46	0.89	28.11 (4)	58.29 (4)	1:28.89 (5)	30.18 (3)	30.60 (=7)	30.57 (8)
8	–	Wang Luna	CHN	1:59.55	0.78	28.32 (5)	58.61 (6)	1:29.02 (6)	30.29 (=5)	30.41 (4)	30.53 (7)