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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	16 – 17 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	30 from 27 countries

As an 18-year-old, Ukraine’s Yana Klochkova won both medley races at the Sydney Olympics. By the time of the Athens Games she had been long established as the best medley swimmer in the world but in the shorter of the two medley races she appeared under threat by the American pairing of Amanda Beard and Katie Hoff who were ranked first and third in the world pre-Athens.

Hoff did not live up to her form at the US trials but Beard was a different matter. Klochkova and Beard pulled away from the rest of the competitors and fought out the finish. The Ukrainian held out to record the victory and become only the second swimmer after Tamás Darnyi to retain both Olympic relay titles.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Yana Klochkova	UKR	2:13.40 (2 h4)	2:13.30 (1 h1)	2:11.14 (1)	Gold
2	Amanda Beard	USA	2:14.49 (1 h3)	2:13.51 (2 h1)	2:11.70 (2)	Silver
3	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:13.33 (1 h4)	2:13.68 (2 h2)	2:12.72 (3)	Bronze
4	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	2:15.17 (2 h3)	2:14.68 (4 h2)	2:13.58 (4)
5	Teresa Rohmann	GER	2:16.06 (4 h2)	2:14.47 (4 h1)	2:13.70 (5)
6	Lara Carroll	AUS	2:16.17 (4 h4)	2:13.80 (3 h2)	2:13.74 (6)
7	Katie Hoff	USA	2:14.03 (3 h4)	2:13.60 (1 h2)	2:13.97 (7)
8	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:14.70 (2 h2)	2:14.25 (3 h1)	2:15.40 (8)
9	Hanna Shcherba	BLR	2:14.59 (1 h2)	2:14.92 (5 h2)	–
10	Alice Mills	AUS	2:15.62 (3 h3)	2:14.95 (6 h2)	–
11	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:16.21 (4 h3)	2:15.43 (5 h1)	–
12	Oksana Verevka	RUS	2:16.63 (5 h3)	2:15.45 (7 h2)	–
13	Georgina Bardach	ARG	2:16.68 (5 h4)	2:15.73 (6 h1)	–
14	Zhou Yafei	CHN	2:15.56 (3 h2)	2:15.93 (7 h1)	–
15	Elizabeth Warden	CAN	2:17.12 (6 h4)	2:17.32 (8 h2)	–
16	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:17.27 (7 h4)	2:17.41 (8 h1)	–
17	Misa Amano	JPN	2:17.88 (5 h2)	–	–
18	Alenka Kejžar	SLO	2:18.60 (6 h2)	–	–
19	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	2:18.61 (8 h4)	–	–
20	Lin Man-Hsu	TPE	2:18.86 (7 h2)	–	–
21	Alessia Filippi	ITA	2:19.29 (8 h2)	–	–
22	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	2:19.52 (6 h3)	–	–
23	Athina Tzavella	GRE	2:20.30 (7 h3)	–	–
24	Vered Borochovsky	ISR	2:20.62 (1 h1)	–	–
25	Petra Banović	CRO	2:20.83 (2 h1)	–	–
26	Park Na-Ri	KOR	2:21.48 (3 h1)	–	–
27	Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir	ISL	2:22.00 (4 h1)	–	–
28	Marina Mulyayeva	KAZ	2:24.25 (5 h1)	–	–
29	Qi Hui	CHN	2:26.02 (8 h3)	–	–
30	Louise Jansen	DEN	2:27.08 (6 h1)	–	–

Round One (16 August 2004)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (10:46)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	2	Vered Borochovsky	ISR	31.40 (4) 36.64 (5)	1:08.04 (5) 40.78 (1)	1:48.82 (4) 31.80 (1)	2:20.62	0.98
2	4	Petra Banović	CRO	30.27 (2) 35.12 (1)	1:05.39 (1) 42.53 (4)	1:47.92 (1) 32.91 (2)	2:20.83	0.78
3	5	Park Na-Ri	KOR	30.23 (1) 35.81 (3)	1:06.04 (2) 41.91 (3)	1:47.95 (2) 33.53 (4)	2:21.48	1.05
4	6	Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir	ISL	30.62 (3) 36.26 (4)	1:06.88 (3) 41.18 (2)	1:48.06 (3) 33.94 (6)	2:22.00	0.81
5	7	Marina Mulyayeva	KAZ	31.53 (5) 35.69 (2)	1:07.22 (4) 43.31 (5)	1:50.53 (5) 33.72 (5)	2:24.25	0.76
6	3	Louise Jansen	DEN	31.85 (6) 38.46 (6)	1:10.31 (6) 43.53 (6)	1:53.84 (6) 33.24 (3)	2:27.08	0.81

Heat Two (10:51)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Hanna Shcherba	BLR	29.09 (2) 33.95 (1)	1:03.04 (1) 39.72 (4)	1:42.76 (1) 31.83 (2)	2:14.59	0.77	Q
2	6	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	29.74 (3) 34.84 (6)	1:04.58 (3) 38.37 (1)	1:42.95 (2) 31.75 (1)	2:14.70	0.80	Q
3	5	Zhou Yafei	CHN	28.67 (1) 34.61 (5)	1:03.28 (2) 40.35 (=6)	1:43.63 (3) 31.93 (3)	2:15.56	0.74	Q
4	4	Teresa Rohmann	GER	30.16 (5) 34.51 (4)	1:04.67 (4) 39.27 (3)	1:43.94 (4) 32.12 (4)	2:16.06	0.91	Q
5	7	Misa Amano	JPN	30.88 (8) 35.48 (8)	1:06.36 (8) 39.16 (2)	1:45.52 (7) 32.36 (6)	2:17.88	0.81
6	2	Alenka Kejžar	SLO	29.87 (4) 35.11 (7)	1:04.98 (7) 39.84 (5)	1:44.82 (5) 33.78 (7)	2:18.60	0.88
7	8	Lin Man-Hsu	TPE	30.26 (6) 34.46 (3)	1:04.72 (5) 40.35 (=6)	1:45.07 (6) 33.79 (8)	2:18.86	0.79
8	1	Alessia Filippi	ITA	30.53 (7) 34.22 (2)	1:04.75 (6) 42.21 (8)	1:46.96 (8) 32.33 (5)	2:19.29	0.97

Heat Three (10:56)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Amanda Beard	USA	29.29 (2) 36.27 (6)	1:05.56 (4) 37.26 (1)	1:42.82 (1) 31.67 (2)	2:14.49	0.73	Q
2	6	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	29.37 (3) 35.30 (4)	1:04.67 (2) 38.30 (2)	1:42.97 (2) 32.20 (5)	2:15.17	0.82	Q
3	5	Alice Mills	AUS	28.55 (1) 34.54 (1)	1:03.09 (1) 40.83 (6)	1:43.92 (3) 31.70 (3)	2:15.62	0.77	Q
4	1	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	30.04 (4) 34.91 (2)	1:04.95 (3) 40.46 (5)	1:45.41 (5) 30.80 (1)	2:16.21	0.73	Q
5	2	Oksana Verevka	RUS	30.55 (6) 35.04 (3)	1:05.59 (5) 39.25 (3)	1:44.84 (4) 31.79 (4)	2:16.63	0.89	Q
6	8	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	30.81 (8) 36.46 (7)	1:07.27 (7) 39.67 (4)	1:46.94 (6) 32.58 (6)	2:19.52	0.80
7	7	Athina Tzavella	GRE	30.67 (7) 35.65 (5)	1:06.32 (6) 41.14 (7)	1:47.46 (7) 32.84 (7)	2:20.30	0.82
8	3	Qi Hui	CHN	30.33 (5) 38.71 (8)	1:09.04 (8) 41.19 (8)	1:50.23 (8) 35.79 (8)	2:26.02	0.82

Heat Four (11:01)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	2	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	30.61 (8) 33.72 (2)	1:04.33 (4) 38.36 (1)	1:42.69 (3) 30.64 (1)	2:13.33	0.78	Q
2	4	Yana Klochkova	UKR	29.13 (1) 34.10 (4)	1:03.23 (2) 39.29 (4)	1:42.52 (2) 30.88 (2)	2:13.40	0.91	Q
3	5	Katie Hoff	USA	29.18 (2) 34.00 (3)	1:03.18 (1) 39.17 (3)	1:42.35 (1) 31.68 (5)	2:14.03	0.83	Q
4	6	Lara Carroll	AUS	30.18 (5) 33.11 (1)	1:03.29 (3) 39.44 (5)	1:42.73 (4) 33.44 (8)	2:16.17	0.91	Q
5	7	Georgina Bardach	ARG	30.43 (7) 35.38 (7)	1:05.81 (7) 39.57 (6)	1:45.38 (7) 31.30 (4)	2:16.68	0.90	Q
6	3	Elizabeth Warden	CAN	30.23 (6) 34.22 (5)	1:04.45 (5) 40.02 (7)	1:44.47 (5) 32.65 (7)	2:17.12	1.00	Q
7	8	Helen Norfolk	NZL	30.05 (4) 34.80 (6)	1:04.85 (6) 40.35 (8)	1:45.20 (6) 32.07 (6)	2:17.27	0.85	Q
8	1	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	29.33 (3) 39.21 (8)	1:08.54 (8) 38.93 (2)	1:47.47 (8) 31.14 (3)	2:18.61	0.77

Semi-Finals (16 August 2004)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:53)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yana Klochkova	UKR	28.50 (2) 33.94 (1)	1:02.44 (1) 39.20 (5)	1:41.64 (1) 31.66 (3)	2:13.30	0.82	Q
2	5	Amanda Beard	USA	29.36 (3) 35.48 (8)	1:04.84 (6) 37.14 (1)	1:41.98 (2) 31.53 (2)	2:13.51	0.73	Q
3	3	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	29.68 (4) 34.13 (2)	1:03.81 (3) 38.74 (4)	1:42.55 (3) 31.70 (5)	2:14.25	0.82	Q
4	2	Teresa Rohmann	GER	30.01 (8) 34.87 (5)	1:04.88 (7) 37.91 (2)	1:42.79 (4) 31.68 (4)	2:14.47	0.94	Q
5	7	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	29.75 (5) 34.65 (4)	1:04.40 (4) 40.21 (6)	1:44.61 (7) 30.82 (1)	2:15.43	0.73
6	1	Georgina Bardach	ARG	29.80 (6) 35.30 (7)	1:05.10 (8) 38.71 (3)	1:43.81 (5) 31.92 (6)	2:15.73	0.85
7	6	Zhou Yafei	CHN	28.31 (1) 35.16 (6)	1:03.47 (2) 40.49 (7)	1:43.96 (6) 31.97 (7)	2:15.93	0.73
8	8	Helen Norfolk	NZL	29.88 (7) 34.55 (3)	1:04.43 (5) 40.86 (8)	1:45.29 (8) 32.12 (8)	2:17.41	0.74

Heat Two (20:59)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Katie Hoff	USA	28.87 (2) 33.93 (2)	1:02.80 (2) 39.02 (3)	1:41.82 (2) 31.78 (4)	2:13.60	0.82	Q
2	4	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	30.18 (8) 34.14 (3)	1:04.32 (8) 39.12 (4)	1:43.44 (6) 30.24 (1)	2:13.68	0.72	Q
3	7	Lara Carroll	AUS	30.02 (7) 32.77 (1)	1:02.79 (1) 38.74 (2)	1:41.53 (1) 32.27 (6)	2:13.80	0.82	Q
4	6	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	29.02 (3) 34.93 (8)	1:03.95 (7) 38.06 (1)	1:42.01 (3) 32.67 (7)	2:14.68	0.79	Q
5	3	Hanna Shcherba	BLR	29.57 (6) 34.32 (5)	1:03.89 (=5) 39.33 (5)	1:43.22 (4) 31.70 (3)	2:14.92	0.78
6	2	Alice Mills	AUS	28.64 (1) 34.88 (7)	1:03.52 (3) 40.14 (7)	1:43.66 (7) 31.29 (2)	2:14.95	0.81
7	1	Oksana Verevka	RUS	29.25 (4) 34.64 (6)	1:03.89 (=5) 39.51 (6)	1:43.40 (5) 32.05 (5)	2:15.45	0.89
8	8	Elizabeth Warden	CAN	29.29 (5) 34.30 (4)	1:03.59 (4) 40.67 (8)	1:44.26 (8) 33.06 (8)	2:17.32	0.75

Final (17 August 2004 — 20:43)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yana Klochkova	UKR	28.26 (1) 33.41 (3)	1:01.67 (1) 38.73 (5)	1:40.40 (1) 30.74 (2)	2:11.14	0.79
2	5	Amanda Beard	USA	29.17 (4) 34.56 (5)	1:03.73 (5) 36.92 (1)	1:40.65 (2) 31.05 (3)	2:11.70	0.72
3	6	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	29.96 (6) 32.79 (2)	1:02.75 (=3) 38.67 (4)	1:41.42 (4) 31.30 (4)	2:12.72	0.73
4	8	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	28.73 (3) 35.05 (7)	1:03.78 (6) 37.37 (2)	1:41.15 (3) 32.43 (8)	2:13.58	0.81
5	1	Teresa Rohmann	GER	30.06 (7) 35.11 (8)	1:05.17 (8) 37.82 (3)	1:42.99 (7) 30.71 (1)	2:13.70	0.93
6	2	Lara Carroll	AUS	30.17 (8) 32.58 (1)	1:02.75 (=3) 38.81 (6)	1:41.56 (5) 32.18 (6)	2:13.74	0.83
7	3	Katie Hoff	USA	28.60 (2) 33.69 (4)	1:02.29 (2) 39.28 (8)	1:41.57 (6) 32.40 (7)	2:13.97	0.78
8	7	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	29.56 (5) 34.78 (6)	1:04.34 (7) 39.19 (7)	1:43.53 (8) 31.87 (5)	2:15.40	0.81