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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	18 – 19 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	36 from 28 countries

Wu Yanyan, the world champion from 1998, suffered a lapse in form in 1999 but then came back in May 2000 to set the fastest time of the year at the Chinese Olympic trials. Soon after the Chinese authorities announced that she had failed a dope test for anabolic steroids and was banned for four years.

With Wu absent, Ukraine’s Yana Klochkova, who had already won the 400 metres medley, went into the race as a clear favourite to add another gold medal to the tally. She led from the off and had a two-second lead at 100 metres and held the difference until the end of the race. Her victory made her the second women in history to win both medleys, joining Michelle Smith in performing the feat.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Yana Klochkova	UKR	2:13.83 (1 h5)	2:13.08 (1 h2)	2:10.68 (1)	Gold
2	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:13.72 (1 h4)	2:13.31 (1 h1)	2:12.57 (2)	Silver
3	Cristina Teuscher	USA	2:14.17 (2 h5)	2:13.47 (2 h2)	2:13.32 (3)	Bronze
4	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:15.07 (3 h4)	2:13.90 (3 h1)	2:13.44 (4)
5	Joanne Malar	CAN	2:13.92 (2 h4)	2:13.59 (2 h1)	2:13.70 (5)
6	Oksana Verevka	RUS	2:13.48 (1 h3)	2:14.04 (3 h2)	2:13.88 (6)
7	Gabrielle Rose	USA	2:15.55 (3 h3)	2:14.40 (4 h1)	2:14.82 (7)
8	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:15.16 (2 h3)	2:15.09 (4 h2)	2:15.64 (8)
9	Chen Yan	CHN	2:16.01 (3 h5)	2:15.27 (5 h2)	–
10	Federica Biscia	ITA	2:16.09 (4 h5)	2:15.71 (5 h1)	–
11	Elli Overton	AUS	2:16.76 (5 h5)	2:15.74 (6 h1)	–
12	Sue Rolph	GBR	2:16.43 (4 h4)	2:15.98 (6 h2)	–
13	Zhan Shu	CHN	2:16.63 (6 h4)	2:16.58 (7 h2)	–
14	Yseult Gervy	BEL	2:16.51 (5 h4)	2:17.19 (7 h1)	–
15	Sabine Klenz	GER	2:17.18 (6 h5)	2:17.51 (8 h1)	–
16	Nicole Hetzer	GER	2:16.98 (4 h3)	2:18.08 (8 h2)	–
17	Hana Černá	CZE	2:17.58 (1 h2)	–	–
18	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:17.73 (5 h3)	–	–
19	Alenka Kejžar	SLO	2:18.33 (2 h2)	–	–
20	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:18.90 (6 h3)	–	–
21	Vered Borochovsky	ISR	2:18.99 (7 h5)	–	–
22	Carolyn Adel	SUR	2:19.17 (3 h2)	–	–
23	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	2:19.18 (7 h4)	–	–
24	Kathryn Evans	GBR	2:19.41 (8 h5)	–	–
25	Anna Windsor	AUS	2:19.44 (8 h4)	–	–
26	Yasuko Tajima	JPN	2:21.65 (7 h3)	–	–
27	Nam Yu-Seon	KOR	2:22.53 (4 h2)	–	–
28	Marina Mulyayeva	KAZ	2:22.72 (1 h1)	–	–
29	María Garrone	ARG	2:22.98 (5 h2)	–	–
30	Katia Sarakatsani	GRE	2:23.05 (6 h2)	–	–
31	Sia Wai Yen	MAS	2:23.31 (7 h2)	–	–
32	Aleksandra Zertsalova	KGZ	2:24.09 (2 h1)	–	–
33	Smiljana Marinović	CRO	2:25.24 (8 h2)	–	–
34	Diana Mocanu	ROU	2:29.58 (8 h3)	–	–
35	Meritxell Sabaté	AND	2:30.41 (3 h1)	–	–
36	Fernanda José Cuadra	NCA	2:38.25 (4 h1)	–	–

Round One

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

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Oksana Verevka	RUS	2:13.48	Q
2	–	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:13.72	Q
3	–	Yana Klochkova	UKR	2:13.83	Q
4	–	Joanne Malar	CAN	2:13.92	Q
5	–	Cristina Teuscher	USA	2:14.17	Q
6	–	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:15.07	Q
7	–	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:15.16	Q
8	–	Gabrielle Rose	USA	2:15.55	Q
9	–	Chen Yan	CHN	2:16.01	Q
10	–	Federica Biscia	ITA	2:16.09	Q
11	–	Sue Rolph	GBR	2:16.43	Q
12	–	Yseult Gervy	BEL	2:16.51	Q
13	–	Zhan Shu	CHN	2:16.63	Q
14	–	Elli Overton	AUS	2:16.76	Q
15	–	Nicole Hetzer	GER	2:16.98	Q
16	–	Sabine Klenz	GER	2:17.18	Q
17	–	Hana Černá	CZE	2:17.58
18	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:17.73
19	–	Alenka Kejžar	SLO	2:18.33
20	–	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:18.90
21	–	Vered Borochovsky	ISR	2:18.99
22	–	Carolyn Adel	SUR	2:19.17
23	–	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	2:19.18
24	–	Kathryn Evans	GBR	2:19.41
25	–	Anna Windsor	AUS	2:19.44
26	–	Yasuko Tajima	JPN	2:21.65
27	–	Nam Yu-Seon	KOR	2:22.53
28	–	Marina Mulyayeva	KAZ	2:22.72
29	–	María Garrone	ARG	2:22.98
30	–	Katia Sarakatsani	GRE	2:23.05
31	–	Sia Wai Yen	MAS	2:23.31
32	–	Aleksandra Zertsalova	KGZ	2:24.09
33	–	Smiljana Marinović	CRO	2:25.24
34	–	Diana Mocanu	ROU	2:29.58
35	–	Meritxell Sabaté	AND	2:30.41
36	–	Fernanda José Cuadra	NCA	2:38.25

Heat #1

Time	11:08

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	–	Marina Mulyayeva	KAZ	2:22.72	0.87	31.56 (2)	1:09.58 (2)	1:49.99 (2)	38.02 (2)	40.41 (1)	32.73 (1)
2	–	Aleksandra Zertsalova	KGZ	2:24.09	0.91	30.72 (1)	1:07.18 (1)	1:49.20 (1)	36.46 (1)	42.02 (2)	34.89 (2)
3	–	Meritxell Sabaté	AND	2:30.41	1.05	32.09 (3)	1:10.27 (3)	1:54.31 (3)	38.18 (3)	44.04 (3)	36.10 (3)
4	–	Fernanda José Cuadra	NCA	2:38.25	0.95	34.42 (4)	1:17.07 (4)	2:01.46 (4)	42.65 (4)	44.39 (4)	36.79 (4)

Heat #2

Time	11:13

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	–	Hana Černá	CZE	2:17.58	0.89	30.54 (5)	1:05.75 (2)	1:45.76 (2)	35.21 (2)	40.01 (2)	31.82 (1)
2	–	Alenka Kejžar	SLO	2:18.33	0.79	30.41 (4)	1:05.09 (1)	1:44.80 (1)	34.68 (1)	39.71 (1)	33.53 (6)
3	–	Carolyn Adel	SUR	2:19.17	0.75	30.59 (6)	1:06.23 (4)	1:46.49 (3)	35.64 (3)	40.26 (3)	32.68 (2)
4	–	Nam Yu-Seon	KOR	2:22.53	0.92	30.19 (2)	1:07.14 (6)	1:48.81 (4)	36.95 (7)	41.67 (5)	33.72 (7)
5	–	María Garrone	ARG	2:22.98	0.83	29.74 (1)	1:06.01 (3)	1:49.73 (5)	36.27 (6)	43.72 (8)	33.25 (4)
6	–	Katia Sarakatsani	GRE	2:23.05	0.92	31.48 (8)	1:07.67 (7)	1:50.07 (7)	36.19 (5)	42.40 (6)	32.98 (3)
7	–	Sia Wai Yen	MAS	2:23.31	0.85	31.18 (7)	1:07.05 (5)	1:49.85 (6)	35.87 (4)	42.80 (7)	33.46 (5)
8	–	Smiljana Marinović	CRO	2:25.24	0.90	30.26 (3)	1:10.00 (8)	1:50.98 (8)	39.74 (8)	40.98 (4)	34.26 (8)

Heat #3

Time	11:18

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	–	Oksana Verevka	RUS	2:13.48	0.84	28.88 (2)	1:02.73 (2)	1:41.79 (1)	33.85 (2)	39.06 (1)	31.69 (2)	Q
2	–	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:15.16	0.80	28.67 (1)	1:01.82 (1)	1:41.91 (2)	33.15 (1)	40.09 (3)	33.25 (6)	Q
3	–	Gabrielle Rose	USA	2:15.55	0.76	29.21 (3)	1:04.84 (6)	1:44.18 (3)	35.63 (7)	39.34 (2)	31.37 (1)	Q
4	–	Nicole Hetzer	GER	2:16.98	0.87	29.93 (5)	1:03.79 (3)	1:44.74 (4)	33.86 (3)	40.95 (4)	32.24 (3)	Q
5	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:17.73	0.82	29.83 (4)	1:04.17 (4)	1:45.20 (5)	34.34 (5)	41.03 (6)	32.53 (4)
6	–	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:18.90	0.80	30.27 (6)	1:04.56 (5)	1:45.55 (6)	34.29 (4)	40.99 (5)	33.35 (7)
7	–	Yasuko Tajima	JPN	2:21.65	0.71	30.37 (7)	1:05.13 (7)	1:48.55 (7)	34.76 (6)	43.42 (7)	33.10 (5)
8	–	Diana Mocanu	ROU	2:29.58	0.88	32.02 (8)	1:09.07 (8)	1:54.52 (8)	37.05 (8)	45.45 (8)	35.06 (8)

Heat #4

Time	11:24

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	–	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:13.72	0.83	29.51 (5)	1:03.88 (3)	1:41.84 (1)	34.37 (=2)	37.96 (1)	31.88 (4)	Q
2	–	Joanne Malar	CAN	2:13.92	0.83	29.81 (7)	1:04.18 (5)	1:42.52 (2)	34.37 (=2)	38.34 (2)	31.40 (2)	Q
3	–	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:15.07	0.86	29.20 (2)	1:03.61 (1)	1:43.27 (3)	34.41 (4)	39.66 (4)	31.80 (3)	Q
4	–	Sue Rolph	GBR	2:16.43	0.83	29.37 (4)	1:04.05 (4)	1:44.10 (6)	34.68 (6)	40.05 (5)	32.33 (5)	Q
5	–	Yseult Gervy	BEL	2:16.51	0.83	30.75 (8)	1:05.02 (6)	1:43.94 (4)	34.27 (1)	38.92 (3)	32.57 (6)	Q
6	–	Zhan Shu	CHN	2:16.63	0.75	29.08 (1)	1:03.65 (2)	1:43.95 (5)	34.57 (5)	40.30 (6)	32.68 (7)	Q
7	–	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	2:19.18	0.79	29.24 (3)	1:07.52 (8)	1:47.86 (8)	38.28 (8)	40.34 (7)	31.32 (1)
8	–	Anna Windsor	AUS	2:19.44	0.80	29.79 (6)	1:05.20 (7)	1:46.47 (7)	35.41 (7)	41.27 (8)	32.97 (8)

Heat #5

Time	11:30

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	–	Yana Klochkova	UKR	2:13.83	0.85	29.22 (2)	1:03.34 (1)	1:42.68 (2)	34.12 (1)	39.34 (4)	31.15 (1)	Q
2	–	Cristina Teuscher	USA	2:14.17	0.81	29.54 (3)	1:03.78 (2)	1:42.53 (1)	34.24 (2)	38.75 (2)	31.64 (3)	Q
3	–	Chen Yan	CHN	2:16.01	0.80	29.94 (5)	1:04.85 (7)	1:44.61 (5)	34.91 (6)	39.76 (5)	31.40 (2)	Q
4	–	Federica Biscia	ITA	2:16.09	0.86	30.27 (7)	1:04.68 (5)	1:43.08 (3)	34.41 (3)	38.40 (1)	33.01 (=7)	Q
5	–	Elli Overton	AUS	2:16.76	0.78	29.58 (4)	1:04.44 (4)	1:43.75 (4)	34.86 (5)	39.31 (3)	33.01 (=7)	Q
6	–	Sabine Klenz	GER	2:17.18	0.86	29.97 (6)	1:04.76 (6)	1:45.47 (6)	34.79 (4)	40.71 (6)	31.71 (4)	Q
7	–	Vered Borochovsky	ISR	2:18.99	0.94	28.97 (1)	1:04.38 (3)	1:46.84 (7)	35.41 (8)	42.46 (8)	32.15 (5)
8	–	Kathryn Evans	GBR	2:19.41	0.90	30.31 (8)	1:05.24 (8)	1:47.08 (8)	34.93 (7)	41.84 (7)	32.33 (6)

Semi-Finals

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

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Yana Klochkova	UKR	2:13.08	Q
2	–	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:13.31	Q
3	–	Cristina Teuscher	USA	2:13.47	Q
4	–	Joanne Malar	CAN	2:13.59	Q
5	–	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:13.90	Q
6	–	Oksana Verevka	RUS	2:14.04	Q
7	–	Gabrielle Rose	USA	2:14.40	Q
8	–	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:15.09	Q
9	–	Chen Yan	CHN	2:15.27
10	–	Federica Biscia	ITA	2:15.71
11	–	Elli Overton	AUS	2:15.74
12	–	Sue Rolph	GBR	2:15.98
13	–	Zhan Shu	CHN	2:16.58
14	–	Yseult Gervy	BEL	2:17.19
15	–	Sabine Klenz	GER	2:17.51
16	–	Nicole Hetzer	GER	2:18.08

Heat #1

Time	19:55

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	–	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:13.31	0.83	29.61 (4)	1:03.73 (2)	1:41.61 (1)	34.12 (2)	37.88 (1)	31.70 (3)	Q
2	–	Joanne Malar	CAN	2:13.59	0.80	29.78 (5)	1:04.21 (5)	1:42.35 (3)	34.43 (4)	38.14 (2)	31.24 (2)	Q
3	–	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:13.90	0.82	29.02 (2)	1:02.85 (1)	1:42.01 (2)	33.83 (1)	39.16 (4)	31.89 (5)	Q
4	–	Gabrielle Rose	USA	2:14.40	0.77	28.94 (1)	1:03.85 (4)	1:43.24 (6)	34.91 (8)	39.39 (6)	31.16 (1)	Q
5	–	Federica Biscia	ITA	2:15.71	0.84	30.11 (6)	1:04.43 (6)	1:42.92 (4)	34.32 (3)	38.49 (3)	32.79 (8)
6	–	Elli Overton	AUS	2:15.74	0.75	29.16 (3)	1:03.79 (3)	1:43.02 (5)	34.63 (6)	39.23 (5)	32.72 (7)
7	–	Yseult Gervy	BEL	2:17.19	0.86	30.58 (8)	1:05.09 (8)	1:44.66 (7)	34.51 (5)	39.57 (7)	32.53 (6)
8	–	Sabine Klenz	GER	2:17.51	0.84	30.17 (7)	1:04.93 (7)	1:45.74 (8)	34.76 (7)	40.81 (8)	31.77 (4)

Heat #2

Time	20:01

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	–	Yana Klochkova	UKR	2:13.08	0.83	28.78 (1)	1:02.32 (2)	1:41.43 (1)	33.54 (2)	39.11 (3)	31.65 (3)	Q
2	–	Cristina Teuscher	USA	2:13.47	0.83	29.46 (7)	1:03.57 (5)	1:42.33 (3)	34.11 (5)	38.76 (1)	31.14 (1)	Q
3	–	Oksana Verevka	RUS	2:14.04	0.88	29.04 (4)	1:02.64 (3)	1:41.68 (2)	33.60 (3)	39.04 (2)	32.36 (5)	Q
4	–	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:15.09	0.76	28.79 (2)	1:02.15 (1)	1:42.49 (4)	33.36 (1)	40.34 (7)	32.60 (7)	Q
5	–	Chen Yan	CHN	2:15.27	0.80	29.30 (6)	1:04.11 (7)	1:43.65 (6)	34.81 (8)	39.54 (4)	31.62 (2)
6	–	Sue Rolph	GBR	2:15.98	0.81	28.97 (3)	1:03.41 (4)	1:43.16 (5)	34.44 (6)	39.75 (5)	32.82 (8)
7	–	Zhan Shu	CHN	2:16.58	0.76	29.25 (5)	1:03.83 (6)	1:44.16 (7)	34.58 (7)	40.33 (6)	32.42 (6)
8	–	Nicole Hetzer	GER	2:18.08	0.87	30.23 (8)	1:04.13 (8)	1:45.88 (8)	33.90 (4)	41.75 (8)	32.20 (4)

Final Round

Date	19 September 2000 — 19:39

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	–	Yana Klochkova	UKR	2:10.68	0.82	28.70 (2)	1:01.78 (1)	1:40.05 (1)	33.08 (1)	38.27 (3)	30.63 (1)	OR
2	–	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:12.57	0.84	29.50 (7)	1:03.77 (6)	1:41.45 (2)	34.27 (6)	37.68 (1)	31.12 (2)
3	–	Cristina Teuscher	USA	2:13.32	0.82	29.20 (6)	1:03.31 (5)	1:41.99 (6)	34.11 (5)	38.68 (4)	31.33 (4)
4	–	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:13.44	0.81	28.89 (4)	1:02.80 (3)	1:41.87 (5)	33.91 (3)	39.07 (6)	31.57 (6)
5	–	Joanne Malar	CAN	2:13.70	0.80	29.69 (8)	1:04.04 (8)	1:42.26 (7)	34.35 (7)	38.22 (2)	31.44 (5)
6	–	Oksana Verevka	RUS	2:13.88	0.81	28.84 (3)	1:02.89 (4)	1:41.71 (4)	34.05 (4)	38.82 (5)	32.17 (7)
7	–	Gabrielle Rose	USA	2:14.82	0.76	29.06 (5)	1:04.03 (7)	1:43.53 (8)	34.97 (8)	39.50 (7)	31.29 (3)
8	–	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:15.64	0.80	28.67 (1)	1:02.02 (2)	1:41.67 (3)	33.35 (2)	39.65 (8)	33.97 (8)