Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Date August 12, 2008 (heats)
August 13, 2008 (semifinals)
August 14, 2008 (final)
Competitors 36 from 28 nations
Winning time 2:04.18 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Liu Zige  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jiao Liuyang  China
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jessicah Schipper  Australia

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 12–14 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]

In front of a large home crowd inside the Water Cube, Liu Zige powered past the entire field to capture a first gold medal for the host nation in swimming. She set a new world record of 2:04.18 to cut off a 1.32-second standard set by Australia's Jessicah Schipper at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She also enjoyed her teammate Jiao Liuyang handing an entire medal haul for China with a one–two finish. Jiao earned a silver medal as she overhauled Schipper on the final lap, and touched the wall in 2:04.72.[2][3] Meanwhile, Schipper added a second bronze to her hardware from the 100 m butterfly, outside the record time of 2:06.26.[4]

Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak, the defending Olympic champion, finished outside the medals in fourth place at 2:07.02. Having won a bronze medal from Athens four years earlier, Japan's Yuko Nakanishi earned a fifth spot in 2:07.32, holding off France's Aurore Mongel (2:07.36) to sixth by four hundredths of a second (0.04). Americans Elaine Breeden (2:07.57) and Kathleen Hersey (2:08.23) closed out the field.[4][5]

Records

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

World record Jessicah Schipper (AUS)2:05.40Victoria, Canada17 August 2006
Olympic record Misty Hyman (USA)2:05.88Sydney, Australia20 September 2000

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 14FinalLiu Zige China2:04.18WR, OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
132Liu Zige China2:06.46Q
255Aurore Mongel France2:06.49Q, NR
334Yuko Nakanishi Japan2:06.62Q
456Jiao Liuyang China2:06.89Q
554Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:06.91Q
636Natsumi Hoshi Japan2:07.02Q
746Kathleen Hersey United States2:07.65Q
847Micha Østergaard Denmark2:07.77Q, NR
953Elaine Breeden United States2:07.92Q
1045Jemma Lowe Great Britain2:08.07Q
1144Jessicah Schipper Australia2:08.11Q
1243Audrey Lacroix Canada2:08.54Q
1352Samantha Hamill Australia2:08.83Q
1448Petra Granlund Sweden2:08.97Q
1542Ellen Gandy Great Britain2:08.98Q
1626Kathryn Meaklim South Africa2:09.41Q, AF
1724Nina Dittrich Austria2:09.85NR
1857Beatrix Boulsevicz Hungary2:10.00
1925Sara Oliveira Portugal2:10.14NR
2038Stephanie Horner Canada2:10.33
2137Paola Cavallino Italy2:10.46
2258Joanna Melo Brazil2:10.64
2351Choi Hye-ra South Korea2:11.42
2428Tetyana Khala Ukraine2:12.16
2541Yana Martynova Russia2:12.47
2627Tao Li Singapore2:12.63NR
2735Emese Kovács Hungary2:12.73
2831Magali Rousseau France2:13.12
2922Yang Chin-Kuei Chinese Taipei2:13.26
3015Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou Greece2:13.27
3121Denisa Smolenová Slovakia2:13.81
3216Gülşah Günenç Turkey2:14.44NR
3314Ingvild Snildal Norway2:14.53
3413Kristina Lennox-Silva Puerto Rico2:17.27
23Georgina Bardach ArgentinaDNS
33Sara Isakovič SloveniaDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 5 Jiao Liuyang  China 2:06.42 Q
2 4 Aurore Mongel  France 2:07.21 Q
3 2 Jemma Lowe  Great Britain 2:07.87
4 3 Natsumi Hoshi  Japan 2:07.93
5 6 Micha Østergaard  Denmark 2:09.29
6 7 Audrey Lacroix  Canada 2:09.74
7 1 Petra Granlund  Sweden 2:09.79
8 8 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:11.74

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 4 Liu Zige  China 2:06.25 Q, AS
2 7 Jessicah Schipper  Australia 2:06.34 Q
3 3 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 2:06.78 Q
4 5 Yuko Nakanishi  Japan 2:06.96 Q
6 Kathleen Hersey  United States Q
6 2 Elaine Breeden  United States 2:07.73 Q
7 1 Samantha Hamill  Australia 2:09.58
8 8 Ellen Gandy  Great Britain 2:10.60

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Liu Zige China2:04.18WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)3Jiao Liuyang China2:04.72
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Jessicah Schipper Australia2:06.26
46Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:07.02
52Yuko Nakanishi Japan2:07.32
61Aurore Mongel France2:07.36
78Elaine Breeden United States2:07.57
87Kathleen Hersey United States2:08.23

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Double delight for China". South China Morning Post. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Liu captures China's first Beijing swimming gold". NDTV. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 Lohn, John (13 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Liu Zige of China Sets World Record in Women's 200 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "China goes 1–2 in women's 200 butterfly". USA Today. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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