Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley

Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Date July 30, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 31, 2012 (final)
Competitors 34 from 28 nations
Winning time 2:07.57 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ye Shiwen  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alicia Coutts  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Caitlin Leverenz  United States

The women's 200 metre individual medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 30–31 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Despite of allegations of doping, China's Ye Shiwen pulled away from the rest of the field to strike a medley double for the fifth straight time in Olympic history since Michelle Smith did so in 1996, Yana Klochkova in 2000 and 2004, and Australia's Stephanie Rice in 2008. Coming from third at the final turn, she opened up her lead with a superb freestyle leg to establish a new Olympic record and a sterling gold-medal time in 2:07.57.[2][3] Australia's Alicia Coutts produced a striking effort to claim the silver behind the Chinese teen in a lifetime best of 2:08.15, adding it to her Olympic hardware with a full set of medals.[4][5] Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Caitlin Leverenz stormed home on the rear of a dominant breaststroke leg to take the bronze in 2:08.95.[6][7]

Rice, the defending Olympic champion, finished fourth in 2:09.55, while U.S. world record holder Ariana Kukors lost her chance to climb the podium with a fifth-place time in 2:09.83.[8][9] Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry fell short in her second attempt for an Olympic medal, earning a sixth spot in 2:11.13. Great Britain's Hannah Miley (2:11.29) and Hungary's Katinka Hosszú (2:14.19) rounded out the field.[7]

Earlier in the semifinals, Ye threw down a fastest freestyle split of 30.59 to set an Olympic record and a textile best in 2:08.39, cutting off Rice's previous standard by six-hundredths of a second (0.06) in a since-banned high tech bodysuit.[9][10]

Records

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

World record Ariana Kukors (USA)2:06.15Rome, Italy27 July 2009
Olympic record Stephanie Rice (AUS)2:08.45Beijing, China13 August 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
July 30Semifinal 2Ye Shiwen China2:08.39OR
July 31FinalYe Shiwen China2:07.57OR

Results

Heats

[11]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Ye Shiwen China2:08.90Q
256Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe2:10.51Q
345Caitlin Leverenz United States2:10.63Q
443Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:10.68Q
544Alicia Coutts Australia2:10.74Q
635Mireia Belmonte García Spain2:11.73Q
734Ariana Kukors United States2:11.94Q
836Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary2:12.17Q
955Stephanie Rice Australia2:12.23Q
1053Hannah Miley Great Britain2:12.27Q
1132Theresa Michalak Germany2:12.75Q
1231Amit Ivry Israel2:13.29Q, NR
1337Li Jiaxing China2:13.43Q
1452Izumi Kato Japan2:13.85Q
1542Beatriz Gómez Cortes Spain2:13.93Q
1638Joanna Melo Brazil2:14.26Q
1733Erica Morningstar Canada2:14.32
1825Ganna Dzerkal Ukraine2:14.55
1924Lisa Zaiser Austria2:14.56
2057Stina Gardell Sweden2:14.70
2146Sophie Allen Great Britain2:14.72
2227Sycerika McMahon Ireland2:14.76
2347Choi Hye-ra South Korea2:14.91
2441Kathryn Meaklim South Africa2:15.25
2523Ranohon Amanova Uzbekistan2:15.37
2651Natalie Wiegersma New Zealand2:16.24
2722Erica Dittmer Mexico2:16.54NR
2826Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland2:16.81NR
14Katarína Listopadová Slovakia
3021Kim Daniela Pavlin Croatia2:17.17
3113Cheng Wan-jung Chinese Taipei2:17.39
3248Barbora Závadová Czech Republic2:17.54
3315Emilia Pikkarainen Finland2:17.66
3458Ekaterina Andreeva Russia2:17.84

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

[12]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:10.74Q
22Hannah Miley Great Britain2:10.89Q
34Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe2:10.93Q
46Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary2:11.53
53Mireia Belmonte García Spain2:11.54
67Amit Ivry Israel2:13.31
71Izumi Kato Japan2:14.47
88Joanna Melo Brazil2:14.74

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Ye Shiwen China2:08.39Q, OR
23Alicia Coutts Australia2:09.83Q
35Caitlin Leverenz United States2:10.06Q
46Ariana Kukors United States2:10.08Q
52Stephanie Rice Australia2:10.80Q
61Li Jiaxing China2:12.69
77Theresa Michalak Germany2:13.24
88Beatriz Gómez Cortes Spain2:15.12

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Ye Shiwen China2:07.57OR, AS
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Alicia Coutts Australia2:08.15
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Caitlin Leverenz United States2:08.95
47Stephanie Rice Australia2:09.55
56Ariana Kukors United States2:09.83
68Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe2:11.13
71Hannah Miley Great Britain2:11.29
82Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:14.19

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming: Results & Schedules". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Auerbach, Nicole (31 July 2012). "Ye Shiwen: Another gold, another record, more suspicion". USA Today. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. ↑ White, Duncan (31 July 2012). "Ye Shiwen hits out at doubters after claiming second swimming gold medal amid doping row". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Alicia Coutts adds silver to her London Olympics medal haul as Stephanie Rice narrowly misses bronze". The Courier-Mail. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Alicia Coutts's silver win in 200IM a 'fair fight' behind China's Ye Shiwen". The Australian. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  6. ↑ Das, Andrew (31 July 2012). "For Chinese Swimmer, Same Result". New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  7. 1 2 "2012 London Olympics: Ye Shiwen Uses Superb Freestyle Leg to Power to IM Sweep With Olympic Record in 200 IM; Alicia Coutts, Caitlin Leverenz 2-3; Ariana Kukors Fifth". Swimming World Magazine. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Coutts completes set with 200 IM silver". ABC News Australia. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Olympics swimming: Ye Shiwen wins second gold at London 2012". New York Times. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  10. ↑ Longman, Jere (30 July 2012). "China Pool Prodigy Churns Wave of Speculation". New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley – Heats". London 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley – Semifinals". London 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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