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200 metres Butterfly, Women

Date19 – 20 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants36 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.

PosCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
1Misty HymanUSA2:07.87 (1 h3)2:07.96 (2 h2)2:05.88 (1)Gold
2Susie O'NeillAUS2:07.97 (1 h5)2:07.57 (1 h1)2:06.58 (2)Silver
3Petria ThomasAUS2:08.70 (=1 h4)2:07.63 (2 h1)2:07.12 (3)Bronze
4Mette JacobsenDEN2:09.30 (2 h3)2:08.11 (3 h2)2:08.24 (4)
5Otylia JędrzejczakPOL2:08.70 (=1 h4)2:07.81 (1 h2)2:08.48 (5)
6Kaitlin SandenoUSA2:09.92 (3 h5)2:09.40 (4 h2)2:08.81 (6)
7Yuko NakanishiJPN2:10.22 (3 h3)2:09.89 (4 h1)2:09.66 (7)
8Maki MitaJPN2:09.85 (2 h5)2:09.88 (3 h1)2:10.72 (8)
9Mireia GarcíaESP2:10.96 (4 h5)2:10.24 (5 h1)
10Georgina LeeGBR2:11.09 (4 h3)2:10.33 (5 h2)
11Margie PedderGBR2:11.59 (5 h4)2:10.49 (6 h2)
12Mandy LootsRSA2:11.38 (4 h4)2:10.58 (6 h1)
13Cécile JeansonFRA2:10.78 (1 h2)2:10.78 (7 h2)
14Sophia SkouDEN2:11.35 (5 h5)2:11.07 (8 h2)
15Liz van WelieNZL2:11.62 (5 h3)2:11.68 (7 h1)
16Éva RisztovHUN2:11.32 (3 h4)2:11.83 (8 h1)
17Jen ButtonCAN2:11.74 (6 h3)
18Yekaterina VinogradovaRUS2:11.94 (7 h3)
19Liu LiminCHN2:12.32 (6 h4)
20Mirjana BoševskaMKD2:12.59 (2 h2)
21Liu YinCHN2:12.79 (6 h5)
22Jessica DeglauCAN2:12.86 (7 h4)
23Petra ZahrlAUT2:13.29 (3 h2)
24Zhanna LozumyrskaUKR2:14.47 (4 h2)
25María PeláezESP2:14.66 (7 h5)
26Anna UryniukPOL2:14.87 (8 h5)
27Raquel FelgueirasPOR2:15.19 (5 h2)
28Franziska van AlmsickGER2:15.68 (8 h3)
29Hsieh Shu-TzuTPE2:16.23 (8 h4)
30Natalia RoumpinaCYP2:17.01 (6 h2)
31Zampia MelachroinouGRE2:17.60 (7 h2)
32Christel BouvronSGP2:17.62 (8 h2)
33Sandy ChanHKG2:19.86 (1 h1)
34Tinka DančevićCRO2:21.02 (2 h1)
35Ana Carolina AguileraARG2:21.23 (3 h1)
36Hana MajajJOR2:31.78 (4 h1)

Round One

Date19 September 2000
FormatFastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Misty HymanUSA2:07.87Q
2Susie O'NeillAUS2:07.97Q
=3Petria ThomasAUS2:08.70Q
=3Otylia JędrzejczakPOL2:08.70Q
5Mette JacobsenDEN2:09.30Q
6Maki MitaJPN2:09.85Q
7Kaitlin SandenoUSA2:09.92Q
8Yuko NakanishiJPN2:10.22Q
9Cécile JeansonFRA2:10.78Q
10Mireia GarcíaESP2:10.96Q
11Georgina LeeGBR2:11.09Q
12Éva RisztovHUN2:11.32Q
13Sophia SkouDEN2:11.35Q
14Mandy LootsRSA2:11.38Q
15Margie PedderGBR2:11.59Q
16Liz van WelieNZL2:11.62Q
17Jen ButtonCAN2:11.74
18Yekaterina VinogradovaRUS2:11.94
19Liu LiminCHN2:12.32
20Mirjana BoševskaMKD2:12.59
21Liu YinCHN2:12.79
22Jessica DeglauCAN2:12.86
23Petra ZahrlAUT2:13.29
24Zhanna LozumyrskaUKR2:14.47
25María PeláezESP2:14.66
26Anna UryniukPOL2:14.87
27Raquel FelgueirasPOR2:15.19
28Franziska van AlmsickGER2:15.68
29Hsieh Shu-TzuTPE2:16.23
30Natalia RoumpinaCYP2:17.01
31Zampia MelachroinouGRE2:17.60
32Christel BouvronSGP2:17.62
33Sandy ChanHKG2:19.86
34Tinka DančevićCRO2:21.02
35Ana Carolina AguileraARG2:21.23
36Hana MajajJOR2:31.78

Heat #1

Time10:38
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Sandy ChanHKG2:19.860.8231.11 (1)1:06.70 (1)1:43.07 (1)35.59 (3)36.37 (2)36.79 (1)
2Tinka DančevićCRO2:21.020.8131.69 (2)1:07.05 (2)1:43.34 (2)35.36 (1)36.29 (1)37.68 (3)
3Ana Carolina AguileraARG2:21.230.8732.18 (3)1:07.59 (3)1:44.21 (3)35.41 (2)36.62 (3)37.02 (2)
4Hana MajajJOR2:31.781.0233.56 (4)1:11.38 (4)1:51.09 (4)37.82 (4)39.71 (4)40.69 (4)

Heat #2

Time10:42
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Cécile JeansonFRA2:10.780.7429.87 (2)1:03.35 (2)1:36.09 (1)33.48 (2)32.74 (1)34.69 (2)Q
2Mirjana BoševskaMKD2:12.590.7830.10 (4)1:04.04 (4)1:38.06 (3)33.94 (5)34.02 (2)34.53 (1)
3Petra ZahrlAUT2:13.290.8329.25 (1)1:02.11 (1)1:36.88 (2)32.86 (1)34.77 (3)36.41 (6)
4Zhanna LozumyrskaUKR2:14.470.9230.04 (3)1:03.81 (3)1:38.62 (4)33.77 (3)34.81 (4)35.85 (5)
5Raquel FelgueirasPOR2:15.190.8830.24 (6)1:04.21 (6)1:39.43 (5)33.97 (6)35.22 (5)35.76 (4)
6Natalia RoumpinaCYP2:17.010.8030.60 (7)1:04.52 (7)1:39.80 (7)33.92 (4)35.28 (6)37.21 (7)
7Zampia MelachroinouGRE2:17.600.7830.12 (5)1:04.12 (5)1:39.56 (6)34.00 (7)35.44 (8)38.04 (8)
8Christel BouvronSGP2:17.620.9031.63 (8)1:06.67 (8)1:42.06 (8)35.04 (8)35.39 (7)35.56 (3)

Heat #3

Time10:46
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Misty HymanUSA2:07.870.8228.90 (1)1:01.06 (1)1:34.13 (1)32.16 (1)33.07 (2)33.74 (1)Q
2Mette JacobsenDEN2:09.300.8829.22 (2)1:01.84 (2)1:35.28 (2)32.62 (2)33.44 (3)34.02 (2)Q
3Yuko NakanishiJPN2:10.220.7529.75 (5)1:03.12 (5)1:36.14 (4)33.37 (7)33.02 (1)34.08 (3)Q
4Georgina LeeGBR2:11.090.7929.80 (=6)1:02.87 (4)1:36.74 (5)33.07 (4)33.87 (=6)34.35 (5)Q
5Liz van WelieNZL2:11.620.8830.45 (8)1:03.69 (8)1:37.34 (7)33.24 (5)33.65 (5)34.28 (4)Q
6Jen ButtonCAN2:11.740.7729.80 (=6)1:03.15 (6)1:37.02 (6)33.35 (6)33.87 (=6)34.72 (6)
7Yekaterina VinogradovaRUS2:11.940.9029.33 (3)1:02.24 (3)1:35.84 (3)32.91 (3)33.60 (4)36.10 (7)
8Franziska van AlmsickGER2:15.680.8629.64 (4)1:03.39 (7)1:38.90 (8)33.75 (8)35.51 (8)36.78 (8)

Heat #4

Time10:51
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
=1Petria ThomasAUS2:08.700.7728.60 (1)1:01.26 (2)1:34.45 (2)32.66 (2)33.19 (1)34.25 (2)Q
=1Otylia JędrzejczakPOL2:08.700.8828.96 (2)1:01.09 (1)1:34.44 (1)32.13 (1)33.35 (2)34.26 (3)Q
3Éva RisztovHUN2:11.320.8829.62 (4)1:02.66 (4)1:36.57 (3)33.04 (4)33.91 (5)34.75 (5)Q
4Mandy LootsRSA2:11.380.8029.39 (3)1:02.37 (3)1:36.83 (=5)32.98 (3)34.46 (7)34.55 (4)Q
5Margie PedderGBR2:11.590.8130.34 (8)1:03.50 (8)1:37.39 (7)33.16 (6)33.89 (4)34.20 (1)Q
6Liu LiminCHN2:12.320.7729.68 (=6)1:03.14 (6)1:36.79 (4)33.46 (7)33.65 (3)35.53 (6)
7Jessica DeglauCAN2:12.860.8129.68 (=6)1:02.73 (5)1:36.83 (=5)33.05 (5)34.10 (6)36.03 (7)
8Hsieh Shu-TzuTPE2:16.230.8629.67 (5)1:03.42 (7)1:39.30 (8)33.75 (8)35.88 (8)36.93 (8)

Heat #5

Time10:56
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Susie O'NeillAUS2:07.970.8729.05 (1)1:01.23 (1)1:34.20 (1)32.18 (1)32.97 (1)33.77 (2)Q
2Maki MitaJPN2:09.850.7929.35 (2)1:02.15 (3)1:35.55 (2)32.80 (3)33.40 (3)34.30 (3)Q
3Kaitlin SandenoUSA2:09.920.7929.80 (6)1:03.02 (7)1:36.17 (4)33.22 (7)33.15 (2)33.75 (1)Q
4Mireia GarcíaESP2:10.960.7629.60 (5)1:02.14 (2)1:36.27 (5)32.54 (2)34.13 (5)34.69 (4)Q
5Sophia SkouDEN2:11.350.9029.41 (3)1:02.26 (4)1:35.96 (3)32.85 (4)33.70 (4)35.39 (5)Q
6Liu YinCHN2:12.790.8329.43 (4)1:02.44 (5)1:36.95 (6)33.01 (6)34.51 (6)35.84 (6)
7María PeláezESP2:14.660.8229.97 (8)1:02.97 (6)1:37.89 (7)33.00 (5)34.92 (7)36.77 (8)
8Anna UryniukPOL2:14.870.8429.92 (7)1:03.35 (8)1:38.47 (8)33.43 (8)35.12 (8)36.40 (7)

Semi-Finals

Date19 September 2000
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Susie O'NeillAUS2:07.57Q
2Petria ThomasAUS2:07.63Q
3Otylia JędrzejczakPOL2:07.81Q
4Misty HymanUSA2:07.96Q
5Mette JacobsenDEN2:08.11Q
6Kaitlin SandenoUSA2:09.40Q
7Maki MitaJPN2:09.88Q
8Yuko NakanishiJPN2:09.89Q
9Mireia GarcíaESP2:10.24
10Georgina LeeGBR2:10.33
11Margie PedderGBR2:10.49
12Mandy LootsRSA2:10.58
13Cécile JeansonFRA2:10.78
14Sophia SkouDEN2:11.07
15Liz van WelieNZL2:11.68
16Éva RisztovHUN2:11.83

Heat #1

Time20:19
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Susie O'NeillAUS2:07.570.8529.16 (2)1:01.73 (2)1:34.35 (2)32.57 (2)32.62 (1)33.22 (1)Q
2Petria ThomasAUS2:07.630.7628.39 (1)1:00.93 (1)1:34.13 (1)32.54 (1)33.20 (3)33.50 (2)Q
3Maki MitaJPN2:09.880.7529.65 (6)1:02.69 (6)1:35.78 (3)33.04 (4)33.09 (2)34.10 (5)Q
4Yuko NakanishiJPN2:09.890.7029.34 (3)1:02.66 (5)1:36.04 (4)33.32 (8)33.38 (4)33.85 (3)Q
5Mireia GarcíaESP2:10.240.7429.54 (5)1:02.49 (3)1:36.23 (5)32.95 (3)33.74 (6)34.01 (4)
6Mandy LootsRSA2:10.580.7629.39 (4)1:02.61 (4)1:36.46 (6)33.22 (6)33.85 (7)34.12 (6)
7Liz van WelieNZL2:11.680.8330.44 (8)1:03.61 (8)1:37.30 (8)33.17 (5)33.69 (5)34.38 (7)
8Éva RisztovHUN2:11.830.8829.72 (7)1:03.00 (7)1:36.87 (7)33.28 (7)33.87 (8)34.96 (8)

Heat #2

Time20:25
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Otylia JędrzejczakPOL2:07.810.9328.63 (1)1:01.04 (2)1:34.35 (2)32.41 (3)33.31 (3)33.46 (3)Q
2Misty HymanUSA2:07.960.8228.76 (2)1:00.92 (1)1:34.03 (1)32.16 (1)33.11 (2)33.93 (5)Q
3Mette JacobsenDEN2:08.110.9029.05 (3)1:01.74 (3)1:34.69 (3)32.69 (4)32.95 (1)33.42 (2)Q
4Kaitlin SandenoUSA2:09.400.7329.77 (7)1:02.76 (=6)1:36.22 (5)32.99 (6)33.46 (4)33.18 (1)Q
5Georgina LeeGBR2:10.330.8029.97 (8)1:02.76 (=6)1:36.25 (6)32.79 (5)33.49 (5)34.08 (6)
6Margie PedderGBR2:10.490.8229.71 (6)1:02.81 (8)1:36.58 (8)33.10 (8)33.77 (6)33.91 (4)
7Cécile JeansonFRA2:10.780.7829.65 (5)1:02.71 (5)1:36.51 (7)33.06 (7)33.80 (7)34.27 (7)
8Sophia SkouDEN2:11.070.9829.45 (4)1:01.85 (4)1:35.82 (4)32.40 (2)33.97 (8)35.25 (8)

Final Round

Date20 September 2000 — 19:46
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)
1Misty HymanUSA2:05.880.8228.38 (2)59.91 (1)1:32.44 (1)31.53 (1)32.53 (2)33.44 (2)OR
2Susie O'NeillAUS2:06.580.8428.75 (4)1:00.68 (3)1:33.04 (2)31.93 (2)32.36 (1)33.54 (3)
3Petria ThomasAUS2:07.120.7328.35 (1)1:00.34 (2)1:33.38 (3)31.99 (3)33.04 (3)33.74 (5)
4Mette JacobsenDEN2:08.240.8729.10 (5)1:01.51 (5)1:34.60 (5)32.41 (5)33.09 (4)33.64 (4)
5Otylia JędrzejczakPOL2:08.480.9128.61 (3)1:00.79 (4)1:34.56 (4)32.18 (4)33.77 (8)33.92 (6)
6Kaitlin SandenoUSA2:08.810.7329.56 (7)1:02.26 (=6)1:35.42 (6)32.70 (6)33.16 (5)33.39 (1)
7Yuko NakanishiJPN2:09.660.7629.46 (6)1:02.26 (=6)1:35.43 (7)32.80 (7)33.17 (6)34.23 (8)
8Maki MitaJPN2:10.720.7829.59 (8)1:02.97 (8)1:36.70 (8)33.38 (8)33.73 (7)34.02 (7)