Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley
Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Center | ||||||||||||
Date | August 11, 2008 (heats) August 12, 2008 (semifinals) August 13, 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:08.45 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
Marathon | ||
10 km | men | women |
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11–13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]
Australia's Stephanie Rice became the third swimmer in Olympic history to strike a medley double, since Michelle Smith did so in 1996 and Yana Klochkova in 2000 and 2004. She established a sterling time of 2:08.45 to lower her world record from the Olympic trials by almost half a second (0.50).[2][3] Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry added a third silver to her collection, finishing with an African record of 2:08.59. U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who held the lead on the backstroke leg, picked up a bronze medal in 2:10.34.[4][5]
Completing the second half of a difficult double, American Katie Hoff produced the same result from the 200 m freestyle, as she finished again in fourth place with a time of 2:10.68.[6] Australia's Alicia Coutts placed fifth in 2:11.43, while Japan's Asami Kitagawa swam the outside lane to finish the race in sixth place at 2:11.56. On the strength of the breaststroke leg, Kitagawa won a swimoff for the last slot in the top 8 final over Hungary's Evelyn Verrasztó.[7] Canada's Julia Wilkinson (2:12.43) and Poland's Katarzyna Baranowska (2:13.36) closed out the field.[4]
Earlier in the semifinals, Coventry established an Olympic standard of 2:09.53 to cut off Yana Klochkova's eight-year record by a 1.15-second deficit.[7][8]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
2:08.92 | Sydney, Australia | 25 March 2008 | [9] |
Olympic record | ![]() |
2:10.68 | Sydney, Australia | 19 September 2000 | - |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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August 12 | Semifinal 1 | Kirsty Coventry | ![]() |
2:09.53 | OR |
August 13 | Final | Stephanie Rice | ![]() |
2:08.45 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 6 | Kirsty Coventry | ![]() |
2:09.53 | Q, OR |
2 | 3 | Stephanie Rice | ![]() |
2:10.58 | Q |
3 | 4 | Katie Hoff | ![]() |
2:10.90 | Q |
4 | 2 | Katarzyna Baranowska | ![]() |
2:12.13 | Q, NR |
5 | 5 | Hannah Miley | ![]() |
2:12.35 | |
6 | 8 | Svetlana Karpeeva | ![]() |
2:13.26 | |
7 | 1 | Mireia Belmonte García | ![]() |
2:13.45 | |
8 | 7 | Li Jiaxing | ![]() |
2:13.47 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Natalie Coughlin | ![]() |
2:11.84 | Q |
2 | 1 | Julia Wilkinson | ![]() |
2:12.03 | Q |
4 | Alicia Coutts | ![]() |
Q | ||
4 | 2 | Asami Kitagawa | ![]() |
2:12.18 | QSO, NR |
7 | Evelyn Verrasztó | ![]() |
QSO | ||
6 | 3 | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | ![]() |
2:12.26 | |
7 | 6 | Camille Muffat | ![]() |
2:12.36 | |
8 | 8 | Keri-Anne Payne | ![]() |
2:14.14 |
Swimoff
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Asami Kitagawa | ![]() |
2:12.02 | Q, NR |
2 | 4 | Evelyn Verrasztó | ![]() |
2:14.96 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Stephanie Rice | ![]() |
2:08.45 | WR |
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4 | Kirsty Coventry | ![]() |
2:08.59 | AF |
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6 | Natalie Coughlin | ![]() |
2:10.34 | |
4 | 3 | Katie Hoff | ![]() |
2:10.68 | |
5 | 2 | Alicia Coutts | ![]() |
2:11.43 | |
6 | 8 | Asami Kitagawa | ![]() |
2:11.56 | NR |
7 | 7 | Julia Wilkinson | ![]() |
2:12.43 | |
8 | 1 | Katarzyna Baranowska | ![]() |
2:13.36 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ Cowley, Michael (14 August 2008). "Rice and shine". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Rice claims medley double". ABC News. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ a b Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Stephanie Rice Clocks World Record to Win 200 IM". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Rice edges thrilling medley final". BBC Sport. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "World records fall in women's 200 free, 200 IM". ESPN. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ a b Lohn, John (11 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Kirsty Coventry Clocks Olympic Record in 200 IM Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "Rice out-touches Coventry for gold medal, Julia's rise through world rankings meteoric". Stratford Beacon-Herald. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "Rice claims new world mark for medley". The Age. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2008.