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200 metres Butterfly, Women

Date	19 – 20 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	36 from 27 countries

To Australians Susie O’Neill was “Madame Butterfly”, the outstanding butterfly swimmer in the world over the years between Atlanta and Sydney and one of her nation’s most popular sports personalities. She was an odds-on favourite to win the Olympic title in front of her crowd and, if that wasn’t enough to satisfy Australian hopes, her closest rival appeared to be team-mate Petria Thomas. To add to the excitement the world record holder had already won gold in her “bonus event”, the 200 metre freestyle.

But the script did not go to plan. America’s Misty Hyman took the lead from the gun, held onto the lead, and despite intense pressure from O’Neill and Thomas over the last length, came home to produce one of the most shocking upsets in swimming history. O’Neill had been beaten in the event for the first time in six years in front of her own fans in an Olympic final. Hyman’s immediate response was simply to shout “Oh my God!” a dozen times whilst punching the air.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Misty Hyman	USA	2:07.87 (1 h3)	2:07.96 (2 h2)	2:05.88 (1)	Gold
2	Susie O'Neill	AUS	2:07.97 (1 h5)	2:07.57 (1 h1)	2:06.58 (2)	Silver
3	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:08.70 (=1 h4)	2:07.63 (2 h1)	2:07.12 (3)	Bronze
4	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:09.30 (2 h3)	2:08.11 (3 h2)	2:08.24 (4)
5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:08.70 (=1 h4)	2:07.81 (1 h2)	2:08.48 (5)
6	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:09.92 (3 h5)	2:09.40 (4 h2)	2:08.81 (6)
7	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:10.22 (3 h3)	2:09.89 (4 h1)	2:09.66 (7)
8	Maki Mita	JPN	2:09.85 (2 h5)	2:09.88 (3 h1)	2:10.72 (8)
9	Mireia García	ESP	2:10.96 (4 h5)	2:10.24 (5 h1)	–
10	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:11.09 (4 h3)	2:10.33 (5 h2)	–
11	Margaretha Pedder	GBR	2:11.59 (5 h4)	2:10.49 (6 h2)	–
12	Mandy Loots	RSA	2:11.38 (4 h4)	2:10.58 (6 h1)	–
13	Cécile Jeanson	FRA	2:10.78 (1 h2)	2:10.78 (7 h2)	–
14	Sophia Skou	DEN	2:11.35 (5 h5)	2:11.07 (8 h2)	–
15	Liz van Welie	NZL	2:11.62 (5 h3)	2:11.68 (7 h1)	–
16	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:11.32 (3 h4)	2:11.83 (8 h1)	–
17	Jen Button	CAN	2:11.74 (6 h3)	–	–
18	Yekaterina Vinogradova	RUS	2:11.94 (7 h3)	–	–
19	Liu Limin	CHN	2:12.32 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	2:12.59 (2 h2)	–	–
21	Liu Yin	CHN	2:12.79 (6 h5)	–	–
22	Jessica Deglau	CAN	2:12.86 (7 h4)	–	–
23	Petra Zahrl	AUT	2:13.29 (3 h2)	–	–
24	Zhanna Lozumyrska	UKR	2:14.47 (4 h2)	–	–
25	María Peláez	ESP	2:14.66 (7 h5)	–	–
26	Anna Uryniuk	POL	2:14.87 (8 h5)	–	–
27	Raquel Felgueiras	POR	2:15.19 (5 h2)	–	–
28	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:15.68 (8 h3)	–	–
29	Hsieh Shu-Tzu	TPE	2:16.23 (8 h4)	–	–
30	Natalia Roumpina	CYP	2:17.01 (6 h2)	–	–
31	Zampia Melachroinou	GRE	2:17.60 (7 h2)	–	–
32	Christel Bouvron	SGP	2:17.62 (8 h2)	–	–
33	Sandy Chan	HKG	2:19.86 (1 h1)	–	–
34	Tinka Dančević	CRO	2:21.02 (2 h1)	–	–
35	Ana Carolina Aguilera	ARG	2:21.23 (3 h1)	–	–
36	Hana Majaj	JOR	2:31.78 (4 h1)	–	–

Round One (19 September 2000)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (10:38)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Sandy Chan	HKG	31.11 (1) 35.59 (3)	1:06.70 (1) 36.37 (2)	1:43.07 (1) 36.79 (1)	2:19.86	0.82
2	5	Tinka Dančević	CRO	31.69 (2) 35.36 (1)	1:07.05 (2) 36.29 (1)	1:43.34 (2) 37.68 (3)	2:21.02	0.81
3	4	Ana Carolina Aguilera	ARG	32.18 (3) 35.41 (2)	1:07.59 (3) 36.62 (3)	1:44.21 (3) 37.02 (2)	2:21.23	0.87
4	6	Hana Majaj	JOR	33.56 (4) 37.82 (4)	1:11.38 (4) 39.71 (4)	1:51.09 (4) 40.69 (4)	2:31.78	1.02

Heat Two (10:42)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Cécile Jeanson	FRA	29.87 (2) 33.48 (2)	1:03.35 (2) 32.74 (1)	1:36.09 (1) 34.69 (2)	2:10.78	0.74	Q
2	1	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	30.10 (4) 33.94 (5)	1:04.04 (4) 34.02 (2)	1:38.06 (3) 34.53 (1)	2:12.59	0.78
3	4	Petra Zahrl	AUT	29.25 (1) 32.86 (1)	1:02.11 (1) 34.77 (3)	1:36.88 (2) 36.41 (6)	2:13.29	0.83
4	5	Zhanna Lozumyrska	UKR	30.04 (3) 33.77 (3)	1:03.81 (3) 34.81 (4)	1:38.62 (4) 35.85 (5)	2:14.47	0.92
5	6	Raquel Felgueiras	POR	30.24 (6) 33.97 (6)	1:04.21 (6) 35.22 (5)	1:39.43 (5) 35.76 (4)	2:15.19	0.88
6	7	Natalia Roumpina	CYP	30.60 (7) 33.92 (4)	1:04.52 (7) 35.28 (6)	1:39.80 (7) 37.21 (7)	2:17.01	0.80
7	2	Zampia Melachroinou	GRE	30.12 (5) 34.00 (7)	1:04.12 (5) 35.44 (8)	1:39.56 (6) 38.04 (8)	2:17.60	0.78
8	8	Christel Bouvron	SGP	31.63 (8) 35.04 (8)	1:06.67 (8) 35.39 (7)	1:42.06 (8) 35.56 (3)	2:17.62	0.90

Heat Three (10:46)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Misty Hyman	USA	28.90 (1) 32.16 (1)	1:01.06 (1) 33.07 (2)	1:34.13 (1) 33.74 (1)	2:07.87	0.82	Q
2	4	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	29.22 (2) 32.62 (2)	1:01.84 (2) 33.44 (3)	1:35.28 (2) 34.02 (2)	2:09.30	0.88	Q
3	3	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	29.75 (5) 33.37 (7)	1:03.12 (5) 33.02 (1)	1:36.14 (4) 34.08 (3)	2:10.22	0.75	Q
4	2	Georgina Lee	GBR	29.80 (=6) 33.07 (4)	1:02.87 (4) 33.87 (=6)	1:36.74 (5) 34.35 (5)	2:11.09	0.79	Q
5	8	Liz van Welie	NZL	30.45 (8) 33.24 (5)	1:03.69 (8) 33.65 (5)	1:37.34 (7) 34.28 (4)	2:11.62	0.88	Q
6	7	Jen Button	CAN	29.80 (=6) 33.35 (6)	1:03.15 (6) 33.87 (=6)	1:37.02 (6) 34.72 (6)	2:11.74	0.77
7	1	Yekaterina Vinogradova	RUS	29.33 (3) 32.91 (3)	1:02.24 (3) 33.60 (4)	1:35.84 (3) 36.10 (7)	2:11.94	0.90
8	6	Franziska van Almsick	GER	29.64 (4) 33.75 (8)	1:03.39 (7) 35.51 (8)	1:38.90 (8) 36.78 (8)	2:15.68	0.86

Heat Four (10:51)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
=1	4	Petria Thomas	AUS	28.60 (1) 32.66 (2)	1:01.26 (2) 33.19 (1)	1:34.45 (2) 34.25 (2)	2:08.70	0.77	Q
=1	5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	28.96 (2) 32.13 (1)	1:01.09 (1) 33.35 (2)	1:34.44 (1) 34.26 (3)	2:08.70	0.88	Q
3	2	Éva Risztov	HUN	29.62 (4) 33.04 (4)	1:02.66 (4) 33.91 (5)	1:36.57 (3) 34.75 (5)	2:11.32	0.88	Q
4	7	Mandy Loots	RSA	29.39 (3) 32.98 (3)	1:02.37 (3) 34.46 (7)	1:36.83 (=5) 34.55 (4)	2:11.38	0.80	Q
5	6	Margaretha Pedder	GBR	30.34 (8) 33.16 (6)	1:03.50 (8) 33.89 (4)	1:37.39 (7) 34.20 (1)	2:11.59	0.81	Q
6	1	Liu Limin	CHN	29.68 (=6) 33.46 (7)	1:03.14 (6) 33.65 (3)	1:36.79 (4) 35.53 (6)	2:12.32	0.77
7	3	Jessica Deglau	CAN	29.68 (=6) 33.05 (5)	1:02.73 (5) 34.10 (6)	1:36.83 (=5) 36.03 (7)	2:12.86	0.81
8	8	Hsieh Shu-Tzu	TPE	29.67 (5) 33.75 (8)	1:03.42 (7) 35.88 (8)	1:39.30 (8) 36.93 (8)	2:16.23	0.86

Heat Five (10:56)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	29.05 (1) 32.18 (1)	1:01.23 (1) 32.97 (1)	1:34.20 (1) 33.77 (2)	2:07.97	0.87	Q
2	5	Maki Mita	JPN	29.35 (2) 32.80 (3)	1:02.15 (3) 33.40 (3)	1:35.55 (2) 34.30 (3)	2:09.85	0.79	Q
3	3	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	29.80 (6) 33.22 (7)	1:03.02 (7) 33.15 (2)	1:36.17 (4) 33.75 (1)	2:09.92	0.79	Q
4	6	Mireia García	ESP	29.60 (5) 32.54 (2)	1:02.14 (2) 34.13 (5)	1:36.27 (5) 34.69 (4)	2:10.96	0.76	Q
5	2	Sophia Skou	DEN	29.41 (3) 32.85 (4)	1:02.26 (4) 33.70 (4)	1:35.96 (3) 35.39 (5)	2:11.35	0.90	Q
6	1	Liu Yin	CHN	29.43 (4) 33.01 (6)	1:02.44 (5) 34.51 (6)	1:36.95 (6) 35.84 (6)	2:12.79	0.83
7	7	María Peláez	ESP	29.97 (8) 33.00 (5)	1:02.97 (6) 34.92 (7)	1:37.89 (7) 36.77 (8)	2:14.66	0.82
8	8	Anna Uryniuk	POL	29.92 (7) 33.43 (8)	1:03.35 (8) 35.12 (8)	1:38.47 (8) 36.40 (7)	2:14.87	0.84

Semi-Finals (19 September 2000)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:19)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	29.16 (2) 32.57 (2)	1:01.73 (2) 32.62 (1)	1:34.35 (2) 33.22 (1)	2:07.57	0.85	Q
2	5	Petria Thomas	AUS	28.39 (1) 32.54 (1)	1:00.93 (1) 33.20 (3)	1:34.13 (1) 33.50 (2)	2:07.63	0.76	Q
3	3	Maki Mita	JPN	29.65 (6) 33.04 (4)	1:02.69 (6) 33.09 (2)	1:35.78 (3) 34.10 (5)	2:09.88	0.75	Q
4	6	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	29.34 (3) 33.32 (8)	1:02.66 (5) 33.38 (4)	1:36.04 (4) 33.85 (3)	2:09.89	0.70	Q
5	2	Mireia García	ESP	29.54 (5) 32.95 (3)	1:02.49 (3) 33.74 (6)	1:36.23 (5) 34.01 (4)	2:10.24	0.74
6	1	Mandy Loots	RSA	29.39 (4) 33.22 (6)	1:02.61 (4) 33.85 (7)	1:36.46 (6) 34.12 (6)	2:10.58	0.76
7	8	Liz van Welie	NZL	30.44 (8) 33.17 (5)	1:03.61 (8) 33.69 (5)	1:37.30 (8) 34.38 (7)	2:11.68	0.83
8	7	Éva Risztov	HUN	29.72 (7) 33.28 (7)	1:03.00 (7) 33.87 (8)	1:36.87 (7) 34.96 (8)	2:11.83	0.88

Heat Two (20:25)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	28.63 (1) 32.41 (3)	1:01.04 (2) 33.31 (3)	1:34.35 (2) 33.46 (3)	2:07.81	0.93	Q
2	4	Misty Hyman	USA	28.76 (2) 32.16 (1)	1:00.92 (1) 33.11 (2)	1:34.03 (1) 33.93 (5)	2:07.96	0.82	Q
3	3	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	29.05 (3) 32.69 (4)	1:01.74 (3) 32.95 (1)	1:34.69 (3) 33.42 (2)	2:08.11	0.90	Q
4	6	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	29.77 (7) 32.99 (6)	1:02.76 (=6) 33.46 (4)	1:36.22 (5) 33.18 (1)	2:09.40	0.73	Q
5	7	Georgina Lee	GBR	29.97 (8) 32.79 (5)	1:02.76 (=6) 33.49 (5)	1:36.25 (6) 34.08 (6)	2:10.33	0.80
6	8	Margaretha Pedder	GBR	29.71 (6) 33.10 (8)	1:02.81 (8) 33.77 (6)	1:36.58 (8) 33.91 (4)	2:10.49	0.82
7	2	Cécile Jeanson	FRA	29.65 (5) 33.06 (7)	1:02.71 (5) 33.80 (7)	1:36.51 (7) 34.27 (7)	2:10.78	0.78
8	1	Sophia Skou	DEN	29.45 (4) 32.40 (2)	1:01.85 (4) 33.97 (8)	1:35.82 (4) 35.25 (8)	2:11.07	0.98

Final (20 September 2000 — 19:46)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Misty Hyman	USA	28.38 (2) 31.53 (1)	59.91 (1) 32.53 (2)	1:32.44 (1) 33.44 (2)	2:05.88	0.82	OR
2	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	28.75 (4) 31.93 (2)	1:00.68 (3) 32.36 (1)	1:33.04 (2) 33.54 (3)	2:06.58	0.84
3	5	Petria Thomas	AUS	28.35 (1) 31.99 (3)	1:00.34 (2) 33.04 (3)	1:33.38 (3) 33.74 (5)	2:07.12	0.73
4	2	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	29.10 (5) 32.41 (5)	1:01.51 (5) 33.09 (4)	1:34.60 (5) 33.64 (4)	2:08.24	0.87
5	3	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	28.61 (3) 32.18 (4)	1:00.79 (4) 33.77 (8)	1:34.56 (4) 33.92 (6)	2:08.48	0.91
6	7	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	29.56 (7) 32.70 (6)	1:02.26 (=6) 33.16 (5)	1:35.42 (6) 33.39 (1)	2:08.81	0.73
7	8	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	29.46 (6) 32.80 (7)	1:02.26 (=6) 33.17 (6)	1:35.43 (7) 34.23 (8)	2:09.66	0.76
8	1	Maki Mita	JPN	29.59 (8) 33.38 (8)	1:02.97 (8) 33.73 (7)	1:36.70 (8) 34.02 (7)	2:10.72	0.78