Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Date September 19, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 20, 2000 (final)
Competitors 36 from 27 nations
Winning time 2:05.88 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Misty Hyman  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Susie O'Neill  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Petria Thomas  Australia

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19–20 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

U.S. swimmer Misty Hyman stunned Australia's defending champion Susie O'Neill to claim the Olympic title in front of a raucous home crowd. Seen as almost a lock victory for O'Neill, Hyman seized off a powerful lead and held a full body length over the champion at the 150-metre turn to maintain her relentless pace and touch the wall first in one of the oldest Olympic records in the book. She improved a sterling lifetime best of 2:05.88 to erase Mary T. Meagher's 1984 record by 1.02 seconds, but her time was just a 0.07-margin closer to O'Neill's world record.[2][3] In a signature race, O'Neill ended up with only a silver in 2:06.58, adding it to her gold from Atlanta in 1996 and bronze from Barcelona in 1992. Meanwhile, Petria Thomas took home the bronze in 2:07.12, handing the entire medal lock for the Aussies with a two–three finish.[4][5][6]

Danish star Mette Jacobsen, competing in her fourth Olympics, finished off the podium by over a second in 2:08.24, while Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak posted a fifth-place time of 2:08.48. Racing next to her teammate Hyman in lane seven, Kaitlin Sandeno picked up a sixth spot with a time of 2:08.81.[7] Japanese duo Yuko Nakanishi (2:09.66) and Maki Mita (2:10.72) closed out the field.[6]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Susie O'Neill (AUS)2:05.81Sydney, Australia17 May 2000
Olympic record Mary T. Meagher (USA)2:06.90Los Angeles, United States4 August 1984

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
20 SeptemberFinalMisty Hyman United States2:05.88OR

Results

Heats

[8]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135Misty Hyman United States2:07.87Q
254Susie O'Neill Australia2:07.97Q
344Petria Thomas Australia2:08.70Q
45Otylia Jędrzejczak PolandQ
534Mette Jacobsen Denmark2:09.30Q
655Maki Mita Japan2:09.85Q
753Kaitlin Sandeno United States2:09.92Q
833Yuko Nakanishi Japan2:10.22Q
923Cécile Jeanson France2:10.78Q, NR
1056Mireia García Spain2:10.96Q
1132Georgina Lee Great Britain2:11.09Q
1242Éva Risztov Hungary2:11.32Q
1352Sophia Skou Denmark2:11.35Q
1447Mandy Loots South Africa2:11.38Q, AF
1546Margaretha Pedder Great Britain2:11.59Q
1638Elizabeth van Welie New Zealand2:11.62Q, NR
1737Jen Button Canada2:11.74
1831Yekaterina Vinogradova Russia2:11.94
1941Liu Limin China2:12.32
2021Mirjana Boševska Macedonia2:12.59NR
2151Liu Yin China2:12.79
2243Jessica Deglau Canada2:12.86
2324Petra Zahrl Austria2:13.29NR
2425Zhanna Lozumyrska Ukraine2:14.47
2557María Peláez Spain2:14.66
2658Anna Uryniuk Poland2:14.87
2726Raquel Felgueiras Portugal2:15.19
2836Franziska van Almsick Germany2:15.68
2948Hsieh Shu-tzu Chinese Taipei2:16.23
3027Natalia Roubina Cyprus2:17.01
3122Zampia Melachroinou Greece2:17.60
3228Christel Bouvron Singapore2:17.62
3313Chan Wing Suet Hong Kong2:19.86
3415Tinka Dančević Croatia2:21.02
3514Ana Carolina Aguilera Argentina2:21.23
3616Hana Majaj Jordan2:31.78

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Susie O'Neill Australia2:07.57Q
25Petria Thomas Australia2:07.63Q
33Maki Mita Japan2:09.88Q
46Yuko Nakanishi Japan2:09.89Q
52Mireia García Spain2:10.24
61Mandy Loots South Africa2:10.58AF
78Elizabeth van Welie New Zealand2:11.68
87Éva Risztov Hungary2:11.83

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:07.81Q, EU
24Misty Hyman United States2:07.96Q
33Mette Jacobsen Denmark2:08.11Q, NR
46Kaitlin Sandeno United States2:09.40Q
57Georgina Lee Great Britain2:10.33NR
68Margaretha Pedder Great Britain2:10.49
72Cécile Jeanson France2:10.78=NR
81Sophia Skou Denmark2:11.07

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)6Misty Hyman United States2:05.88OR*
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Susie O'Neill Australia2:06.58
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Petria Thomas Australia2:07.12
42Mette Jacobsen Denmark2:08.24
53Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:08.48
67Kaitlin Sandeno United States2:08.81
78Yuko Nakanishi Japan2:09.66
81Maki Mita Japan2:10.72

* Also an American record.

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Hyman, Van den Hoogenband win gold". ESPN. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Frank (20 September 2000). "Misty Hops Up A Golden Mountain Hyman Tops Aussie Icon In Butterfly". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Misty day: American Hyman upsets O'Neill in 200 butterfly". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Longman, Jere (20 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; Hyman, in Surprise, Joins No. 1 van den Hoogenband". New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 Whitten, Phillip (20 September 2000). "Olympic Day 5 Finals (200 Breast, 100 Free, 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Thompson Wins Seventh Swimming Gold". ABC News. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  8. ↑
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