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200 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	16 – 17 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	41 from 36 countries

The 200 metres freestyle was a difficult event to predict. The turnover between the 2003 World Championships final and the 2004 Olympic final was such that only two swimmers competed in both and all three of the 2003 medallists were eliminated at the semi-final stage in Athens. Italian Federica Pellegrini, at only 16-years-old, burst into contention for the title when she easily won the first semi-final with Solenne Figuès of France winning the second semi in a much slower time. As the early leaders dropped away in the final Pellegrini and Figuès battled away for the lead in the middle lanes and what seemed to be an Olympic title for one of them. What nobody could anticipate was the finishing kick of European champion Camelia Potec of Romania from out in the wastelands of lane one. Potec had crept into the final as the second slowest qualifier but, in a race that never threatened to produce a genuinely fast time; she took the lead in the last ten metres to record a victory that seemed impossible when the race started.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:00.50 (3 h4)	1:59.25 (5 h2)	1:58.03 (1)	Gold
2	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:59.80 (2 h5)	1:58.02 (1 h1)	1:58.22 (2)	Silver
3	Solenne Figuès	FRA	1:59.90 (2 h6)	1:58.65 (1 h2)	1:58.45 (3)	Bronze
4	Paulina Barzycka	POL	1:59.52 (1 h5)	1:59.10 (3 h2)	1:58.62 (4)
5	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:00.23 (5 h6)	1:59.13 (4 h2)	1:58.88 (5)
6	Dana Vollmer	USA	1:59.49 (1 h4)	1:59.04 (2 h2)	1:58.98 (6)
7	Pang Jiaying	CHN	2:00.80 (5 h5)	1:58.68 (2 h1)	1:59.16 (7)
8	Josefin Lillhage	SWE	2:00.04 (3 h6)	1:59.31 (3 h1)	1:59.20 (8)
9	Elka Graham	AUS	2:00.13 (2 h4)	1:59.44 (6 h2)	–
10	Claudia Poll	CRC	1:59.50 (1 h6)	1:59.79 (4 h1)	–
11	Alena Popchanka	BLR	2:00.67 (4 h5)	1:59.87 (5 h1)	–
12	Martina Moravcová	SVK	2:01.00 (5 h4)	1:59.96 (7 h2)	–
13	Tomoko Nagai	JPN	2:00.73 (4 h4)	2:00.09 (8 h2)	–
14	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.21 (4 h6)	2:00.22 (6 h1)	–
15	Yang Yu	CHN	2:01.33 (6 h4)	2:00.52 (7 h1)	–
16	Melanie Marshall	GBR	2:00.46 (3 h5)	2:01.06 (8 h1)	–
17	Brittany Reimer	CAN	2:01.39 (6 h6)	–	–
18	Sara Isakovič	SLO	2:01.71 (7 h4)	–	–
19	Linda MacKenzie	AUS	2:02.04 (7 h6)	–	–
20	Sara Harstick	GER	2:02.25 (6 h5)	–	–
21	Nataliya Shalagina	RUS	2:02.37 (7 h5)	–	–
22	Olena Lapunova	UKR	2:02.71 (1 h3)	–	–
23	Mariana Brochado	BRA	2:02.91 (8 h5)	–	–
24	Hanna Miluska	SUI	2:03.28 (2 h3)	–	–
25	Florencia Szigeti	ARG	2:03.29 (3 h3)	–	–
26	Kim Hyeon-Ju	KOR	2:03.33 (8 h4)	–	–
27	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	2:03.38 (8 h6)	–	–
28	Elina Partõka	EST	2:03.54 (4 h3)	–	–
29	Alison Fitch	NZL	2:03.58 (5 h3)	–	–
30	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	2:04.06 (6 h3)	–	–
31	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:04.22 (7 h3)	–	–
32	Petra Banović	CRO	2:04.24 (8 h3)	–	–
33	Jana Myšková	CZE	2:04.62 (1 h2)	–	–
34	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	2:04.64 (2 h2)	–	–
35	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	2:05.29 (1 h1)	–	–
36	Yang Chin-Kuei	TPE	2:05.65 (2 h1)	–	–
37	Louise Jansen	DEN	2:06.06 (3 h2)	–	–
38	Larisa Lăcusță	ROU	2:06.62 (4 h2)	–	–
39	Rosanna Sze	HKG	2:07.55 (5 h2)	–	–
40	Khadija Ciss	SEN	2:09.04 (6 h2)	–	–
41	Yuliya Risik	KAZ	2:09.93 (3 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	16 August 2004
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	Dana Vollmer	USA	1:59.49	Q
2	2	Claudia Poll	CRC	1:59.50	Q
3	7	Paulina Barzycka	POL	1:59.52	Q
4	6	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:59.80	Q
5	4	Solenne Figuès	FRA	1:59.90	Q
6	7	Josefin Lillhage	SWE	2:00.04	Q
7	6	Elka Graham	AUS	2:00.13	Q
8	4	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.21	Q
9	5	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:00.23	Q
10	4	Melanie Marshall	GBR	2:00.46	Q
11	5	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:00.50	Q
12	3	Alena Popchanka	BLR	2:00.67	Q
13	1	Tomoko Nagai	JPN	2:00.73	Q
14	5	Pang Jiaying	CHN	2:00.80	Q
15	3	Martina Moravcová	SVK	2:01.00	Q
16	4	Yang Yu	CHN	2:01.33	Q
17	8	Brittany Reimer	CAN	2:01.39
18	7	Sara Isakovič	SLO	2:01.71
19	6	Linda MacKenzie	AUS	2:02.04
20	2	Sara Harstick	GER	2:02.25
21	1	Nataliya Shalagina	RUS	2:02.37
22	5	Olena Lapunova	UKR	2:02.71
23	8	Mariana Brochado	BRA	2:02.91
24	3	Hanna Miluska	SUI	2:03.28
25	1	Florencia Szigeti	ARG	2:03.29
26	8	Kim Hyeon-Ju	KOR	2:03.33
27	1	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	2:03.38
28	4	Elina Partõka	EST	2:03.54
29	2	Alison Fitch	NZL	2:03.58
30	8	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	2:04.06
31	7	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:04.22
32	6	Petra Banović	CRO	2:04.24
33	2	Jana Myšková	CZE	2:04.62
34	4	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	2:04.64
35	3	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	2:05.29
36	4	Yang Chin-Kuei	TPE	2:05.65
37	3	Louise Jansen	DEN	2:06.06
38	5	Larisa Lăcusță	ROU	2:06.62
39	6	Rosanna Sze	HKG	2:07.55
40	7	Khadija Ciss	SEN	2:09.04
41	5	Yuliya Risik	KAZ	2:09.93

Heat #1

Time	10:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	2:05.29	0.93	30.01 (2)	1:02.14 (3)	1:33.70 (1)	32.13 (3)	31.56 (1)	31.59 (1)
2	4	Yang Chin-Kuei	TPE	2:05.65	0.90	29.30 (1)	1:00.88 (1)	1:33.84 (2)	31.58 (1)	32.96 (2)	31.81 (2)
3	5	Yuliya Risik	KAZ	2:09.93	0.92	30.06 (3)	1:02.13 (2)	1:35.44 (3)	32.07 (2)	33.31 (3)	34.49 (3)

Heat #2

Time	10:04

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	2	Jana Myšková	CZE	2:04.62	0.91	28.82 (1)	1:00.90 (3)	1:32.57 (2)	32.08 (3)	31.67 (1)	32.05 (1)
2	4	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	2:04.64	0.79	29.06 (2)	59.75 (1)	1:32.09 (1)	30.69 (1)	32.34 (2)	32.55 (4)
3	3	Louise Jansen	DEN	2:06.06	0.78	29.31 (3)	1:00.77 (2)	1:33.24 (3)	31.46 (2)	32.47 (3)	32.82 (5)
4	5	Larisa Lăcusță	ROU	2:06.62	0.88	29.67 (4)	1:01.98 (4)	1:34.50 (4)	32.31 (6)	32.52 (4)	32.12 (2)
5	6	Rosanna Sze	HKG	2:07.55	0.81	29.85 (5)	1:02.03 (5)	1:35.24 (5)	32.18 (4)	33.21 (5)	32.31 (3)
6	7	Khadija Ciss	SEN	2:09.04	0.90	30.07 (6)	1:02.28 (6)	1:35.62 (6)	32.21 (5)	33.34 (6)	33.42 (6)

Heat #3

Time	10:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Olena Lapunova	UKR	2:02.71	0.89	28.57 (=3)	59.24 (4)	1:31.01 (2)	30.67 (3)	31.77 (2)	31.70 (1)
2	3	Hanna Miluska	SUI	2:03.28	0.88	28.39 (1)	59.20 (2)	1:31.27 (4)	30.81 (5)	32.07 (7)	32.01 (3)
3	1	Florencia Szigeti	ARG	2:03.29	0.75	28.91 (6)	59.25 (5)	1:31.09 (3)	30.34 (1)	31.84 (4)	32.20 (6)
4	4	Elina Partõka	EST	2:03.54	0.84	28.68 (5)	59.59 (6)	1:31.48 (5)	30.91 (7)	31.89 (5)	32.06 (4)
5	2	Alison Fitch	NZL	2:03.58	0.93	28.57 (=3)	59.01 (1)	1:30.57 (1)	30.44 (2)	31.56 (1)	33.01 (8)
6	8	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	2:04.06	0.67	29.15 (7)	1:00.25 (7)	1:32.23 (8)	31.10 (8)	31.98 (6)	31.83 (2)
7	7	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:04.22	0.95	28.52 (2)	59.21 (3)	1:31.64 (6)	30.69 (4)	32.43 (8)	32.58 (7)
8	6	Petra Banović	CRO	2:04.24	0.81	29.43 (8)	1:00.32 (8)	1:32.12 (7)	30.89 (6)	31.80 (3)	32.12 (5)

Heat #4

Time	10:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	2	Dana Vollmer	USA	1:59.49	0.72	28.23 (2)	58.34 (1)	1:28.95 (1)	30.11 (1)	30.61 (1)	30.54 (3)	Q
2	6	Elka Graham	AUS	2:00.13	0.86	28.76 (6)	59.17 (6)	1:29.99 (4)	30.41 (=2)	30.82 (3)	30.14 (1)	Q
3	5	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:00.50	0.92	29.02 (8)	59.46 (7)	1:30.24 (6)	30.44 (=4)	30.78 (2)	30.26 (2)	Q
4	1	Tomoko Nagai	JPN	2:00.73	0.75	28.09 (1)	58.59 (2)	1:29.44 (2)	30.50 (6)	30.85 (4)	31.29 (7)	Q
5	3	Martina Moravcová	SVK	2:01.00	0.83	28.36 (4)	58.80 (3)	1:29.84 (3)	30.44 (=4)	31.04 (5)	31.16 (5)	Q
6	4	Yang Yu	CHN	2:01.33	0.75	28.41 (5)	58.82 (4)	1:30.09 (5)	30.41 (=2)	31.27 (6)	31.24 (6)	Q
7	7	Sara Isakovič	SLO	2:01.71	0.89	28.91 (7)	59.51 (8)	1:30.85 (7)	30.60 (7)	31.34 (7)	30.86 (4)
8	8	Kim Hyeon-Ju	KOR	2:03.33	0.77	28.34 (3)	58.97 (5)	1:30.95 (8)	30.63 (8)	31.98 (8)	32.38 (8)

Heat #5

Time	10:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	7	Paulina Barzycka	POL	1:59.52	0.88	28.43 (4)	58.68 (3)	1:29.27 (1)	30.25 (=5)	30.59 (2)	30.25 (1)	Q
2	6	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:59.80	0.85	29.01 (7)	59.02 (6)	1:29.39 (2)	30.01 (1)	30.37 (1)	30.41 (2)	Q
3	4	Melanie Marshall	GBR	2:00.46	0.71	28.28 (1)	58.52 (1)	1:29.69 (3)	30.24 (4)	31.17 (4)	30.77 (4)	Q
4	3	Alena Popchanka	BLR	2:00.67	0.75	28.57 (5)	58.79 (4)	1:30.15 (5)	30.22 (3)	31.36 (5)	30.52 (3)	Q
5	5	Pang Jiaying	CHN	2:00.80	0.82	28.39 (=2)	58.64 (2)	1:29.76 (4)	30.25 (=5)	31.12 (3)	31.04 (5)	Q
6	2	Sara Harstick	GER	2:02.25	0.87	28.77 (6)	59.23 (7)	1:30.74 (6)	30.46 (7)	31.51 (6)	31.51 (7)
7	1	Nataliya Shalagina	RUS	2:02.37	0.86	29.30 (8)	59.49 (8)	1:31.01 (8)	30.19 (2)	31.52 (7)	31.36 (6)
8	8	Mariana Brochado	BRA	2:02.91	0.79	28.39 (=2)	58.94 (5)	1:30.85 (7)	30.55 (8)	31.91 (8)	32.06 (8)

Heat #6

Time	10:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	2	Claudia Poll	CRC	1:59.50	0.87	28.69 (5)	58.94 (5)	1:29.39 (2)	30.25 (4)	30.45 (1)	30.11 (1)	Q
2	3	Solenne Figuès	FRA	1:59.90	0.85	28.61 (3)	58.37 (2)	1:29.18 (1)	29.76 (1)	30.81 (3)	30.72 (5)	Q
3	7	Josefin Lillhage	SWE	2:00.04	0.81	28.66 (4)	58.86 (3)	1:29.58 (4)	30.20 (3)	30.72 (2)	30.46 (3)	Q
4	4	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.21	0.79	28.37 (1)	58.34 (1)	1:29.40 (3)	29.97 (2)	31.06 (5)	30.81 (6)	Q
5	5	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:00.23	0.89	28.38 (2)	58.87 (4)	1:29.74 (5)	30.49 (5)	30.87 (4)	30.49 (4)	Q
6	8	Brittany Reimer	CAN	2:01.39	0.91	29.20 (7)	59.71 (7)	1:31.01 (7)	30.51 (6)	31.30 (6)	30.38 (2)
7	6	Linda MacKenzie	AUS	2:02.04	0.78	28.80 (6)	59.50 (6)	1:30.95 (6)	30.70 (8)	31.45 (=7)	31.09 (7)
8	1	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	2:03.38	0.86	29.59 (8)	1:00.27 (8)	1:31.72 (8)	30.68 (7)	31.45 (=7)	31.66 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	16 August 2004
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:58.02	Q
2	3	Solenne Figuès	FRA	1:58.65	Q
3	1	Pang Jiaying	CHN	1:58.68	Q
4	4	Dana Vollmer	USA	1:59.04	Q
5	5	Paulina Barzycka	POL	1:59.10	Q
6	2	Franziska van Almsick	GER	1:59.13	Q
7	7	Camelia Potec	ROU	1:59.25	Q
8	3	Josefin Lillhage	SWE	1:59.31	Q
9	6	Elka Graham	AUS	1:59.44
10	4	Claudia Poll	CRC	1:59.79
11	7	Alena Popchanka	BLR	1:59.87
12	8	Martina Moravcová	SVK	1:59.96
13	1	Tomoko Nagai	JPN	2:00.09
14	6	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.22
15	8	Yang Yu	CHN	2:00.52
16	2	Melanie Marshall	GBR	2:01.06

Heat #1

Time	19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:58.02	0.82	28.39 (=5)	58.34 (4)	1:28.23 (1)	29.95 (1)	29.89 (1)	29.79 (2)	Q
2	1	Pang Jiaying	CHN	1:58.68	0.77	28.15 (3)	58.25 (2)	1:28.98 (=4)	30.10 (3)	30.73 (5)	29.70 (1)	Q
3	3	Josefin Lillhage	SWE	1:59.31	0.85	28.45 (7)	58.64 (6)	1:28.98 (=4)	30.19 (4)	30.34 (2)	30.33 (4)	Q
4	4	Claudia Poll	CRC	1:59.79	0.89	28.47 (8)	58.88 (8)	1:29.49 (7)	30.41 (7)	30.61 (3)	30.30 (3)
5	7	Alena Popchanka	BLR	1:59.87	0.73	28.08 (2)	58.51 (5)	1:29.40 (6)	30.43 (8)	30.89 (6)	30.47 (5)
6	6	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.22	0.81	28.18 (4)	58.27 (3)	1:28.92 (2)	30.09 (2)	30.65 (4)	31.30 (7)
7	8	Yang Yu	CHN	2:00.52	0.74	28.39 (=5)	58.78 (7)	1:29.74 (8)	30.39 (6)	30.96 (7)	30.78 (6)
8	2	Melanie Marshall	GBR	2:01.06	0.71	27.46 (1)	57.66 (1)	1:28.96 (3)	30.20 (5)	31.30 (8)	32.10 (8)

Heat #2

Time	19:38

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Solenne Figuès	FRA	1:58.65	0.81	28.23 (4)	57.95 (1)	1:28.54 (1)	29.72 (1)	30.59 (3)	30.11 (4)	Q
2	4	Dana Vollmer	USA	1:59.04	0.74	28.27 (5)	58.19 (3)	1:28.83 (3)	29.92 (2)	30.64 (4)	30.21 (5)	Q
3	5	Paulina Barzycka	POL	1:59.10	0.87	28.35 (6)	58.67 (5)	1:29.32 (4)	30.32 (3)	30.65 (5)	29.78 (1)	Q
4	2	Franziska van Almsick	GER	1:59.13	0.86	27.66 (1)	58.06 (2)	1:28.79 (2)	30.40 (4)	30.73 (6)	30.34 (7)	Q
5	7	Camelia Potec	ROU	1:59.25	0.89	28.54 (7)	59.08 (8)	1:29.44 (5)	30.54 (7)	30.36 (1)	29.81 (2)	Q
6	6	Elka Graham	AUS	1:59.44	0.86	28.59 (8)	59.05 (7)	1:29.61 (7)	30.46 (6)	30.56 (2)	29.83 (3)
7	8	Martina Moravcová	SVK	1:59.96	0.73	28.19 (2)	58.86 (6)	1:29.72 (8)	30.67 (8)	30.86 (7)	30.24 (6)
8	1	Tomoko Nagai	JPN	2:00.09	0.73	28.21 (3)	58.62 (4)	1:29.49 (6)	30.41 (5)	30.87 (8)	30.60 (8)

Final Round

Date	17 August 2004 — 19:43

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	1	Camelia Potec	ROU	1:58.03	0.90	28.24 (4)	58.38 (6)	1:28.35 (3)	30.14 (7)	29.97 (1)	29.68 (2)
2	4	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:58.22	0.86	28.27 (6)	58.08 (4)	1:28.20 (1)	29.81 (2)	30.12 (2)	30.02 (3)
3	5	Solenne Figuès	FRA	1:58.45	0.82	28.26 (5)	57.91 (3)	1:28.33 (2)	29.65 (1)	30.42 (5)	30.12 (4)
4	2	Paulina Barzycka	POL	1:58.62	0.90	28.28 (7)	58.63 (8)	1:29.01 (8)	30.35 (8)	30.38 (4)	29.61 (1)
5	7	Franziska van Almsick	GER	1:58.88	0.85	27.66 (2)	57.64 (1)	1:28.60 (5)	29.98 (=3)	30.96 (8)	30.28 (6)
6	6	Dana Vollmer	USA	1:58.98	0.75	27.65 (1)	57.73 (2)	1:28.36 (4)	30.08 (5)	30.63 (6)	30.62 (8)
7	3	Pang Jiaying	CHN	1:59.16	0.78	28.45 (8)	58.56 (7)	1:28.90 (7)	30.11 (6)	30.34 (3)	30.26 (5)
8	8	Josefin Lillhage	SWE	1:59.20	0.86	28.12 (3)	58.10 (5)	1:28.83 (6)	29.98 (=3)	30.73 (7)	30.37 (7)