Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 9 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
10 August 2016 (final)
Competitors 28 from 20 nations
Winning time 2:04.85
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Mireia Belmonte  Spain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Madeline Groves  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Natsumi Hoshi  Japan

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 9–10 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Spain's Mireia Belmonte stormed home on the final lap to upgrade her silver from London 2012 with an Olympic title in this event, writing a historic milestone to become the country's first female swimming champion.[2] Closing the gap between herself and Madeline Groves at the 150-metre turn, she pipped the Australian challenger with a half-stroke swim on the final stretch to a striking gold-medal triumph in 2:04.85.[3][4] Groves commanded a solid lead through the first half of the race, but could not catch the Spaniard near the wall, stopping just 0.03 seconds behind with a 2:04.88 for the silver.[5] Meanwhile, Japan's Natsumi Hoshi delivered a powerful back-half strategy to hold on the two leaders and repeat her bronze-medal feat from London 2012 in 2:05.20.[6][7]

Swimming in lane eight, Cammile Adams of the United States missed out on the podium by seven tenths of a second, as she moved up from the outside to fourth with a lifetime best of 2:05.90.[8] Separated from each other by a 0.03-second gap, Chinese duo Zhou Yilin (2:07.37) and Zhang Yufei (2:07.40) picked up the fifth and sixth spots respectively.[9] Adams' teammate Hali Flickinger (2:07.71) and Australian youngster Brianna Throssell (2:07.87) closed out the field.[7]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster, including British duo Hannah Miley and Aimee Willmott, Germany's Franziska Hentke, the reigning European champion, and Hungary's Katinka Hosszú, who later scratched the afternoon prelims to prepare herself instead for a historic medley double that happened in the evening session of the same day.[10]

Records

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

World record Liu Zige (CHN)2:01.81Jinan, China21 October 2009
Olympic record Jiao Liuyang (CHN)2:04.06London, United Kingdom1 August 2012

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145Mireia Belmonte Spain2:06.64Q
235Cammile Adams United States2:06.67Q
42Hali Flickinger United StatesQ
446Liliána Szilágyi Hungary2:06.99Q
544Madeline Groves Australia2:07.22Q
623Suzuka Hasegawa Japan2:07.35Q
734Natsumi Hoshi Japan2:07.37Q
825Zhang Yufei China2:07.55Q
924Franziska Hentke Germany2:07.59Q
1033Brianna Throssell Australia2:07.76Q
1141Martina van Berkel Switzerland2:08.00Q
1243Zhou Yilin China2:08.21Q
1327An Se-hyeon South Korea2:08.42Q
1431Anja Klinar Slovenia2:08.43Q
1526Alessia Polieri Italy2:08.95Q
1622Audrey Lacroix Canada2:09.21Q
1748Stefania Pirozzi Italy2:09.40
1837Lara Grangeon France2:09.69
1921Aimee Willmott Great Britain2:09.71
2032Judit Ignacio Spain2:09.82
2147Park Jin-young South Korea2:09.99
2215Nida Eliz Üstündağ Turkey2:10.02
2328Andreina Pinto Venezuela2:10.60
2438Joanna Maranhão Brazil2:10.69
2514Helena Gasson New Zealand2:12.18
2613Virginia Bardach Argentina2:13.58
2716María Far Núñez Panama2:23.89
Katinka Hosszú HungaryDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
17Zhou Yilin China2:06.52Q
26Zhang Yufei China2:06.95Q
32Brianna Throssell Australia2:07.19Q
44Cammile Adams United States2:07.22Q
53Suzuka Hasegawa Japan2:07.33
65Liliána Szilágyi Hungary2:07.34
71Anja Klinar Slovenia2:09.44
88Audrey Lacroix Canada2:09.95

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Madeline Groves Australia2:05.66Q
24Mireia Belmonte Spain2:06.06Q
36Natsumi Hoshi Japan2:06.74Q
45Hali Flickinger United States2:07.02Q
52Franziska Hentke Germany2:07.67
67Martina van Berkel Switzerland2:07.90NR
71An Se-hyeon South Korea2:08.69
88Alessia Polieri Italy2:09.35

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Mireia Belmonte Spain2:04.85
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Madeline Groves Australia2:04.88
3rd, bronze medalist(s)6Natsumi Hoshi Japan2:05.20
48Cammile Adams United States2:05.90
53Zhou Yilin China2:07.37
62Zhang Yufei China2:07.40
77Hali Flickinger United States2:07.71
81Brianna Throssell Australia2:07.87

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 200m Butterfly". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Catalan swimmer Mireia Belmonte brings first gold for Spain at Rio Olympics". Catalan News Agency. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Romano, Javier (10 August 2016). "Mireia Belmonte wins first Spanish medal of Rio 2016". Marca. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia earns her first gold with women's 200 butterfly victory". Los Angeles Times. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Rio 2016: Madeline Groves wins Olympic silver in 200 metres butterfly". ABC News Australia. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  6. ↑ McKirdy, Andrew (11 August 2016). "World champ Hoshi settles for bronze in 200 butterfly". The Japan Times. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Mireia Belmonte Powers To First In 200 Fly Finals; Earns Spain's First Gold Ever In 200 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Fowler, Scott (10 August 2016). "Charlotte swimmer Cammile Adams just misses a medal in 200 butterfly". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Male swimmers keep China's swimming dream alive". China News Service. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Katinka Hosszu Scratches 200 Fly Prelims; Schedule Down to Four Individual Events in Rio". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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