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

Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 8 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
9 August 2016 (final)
Competitors 40 from 27 nations
Winning time 2:06.58 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Katinka Hosszú
 Hungary
2nd, silver medalist(s) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor
 Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Maya DiRado
 United States

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 8–9 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Another medley double happened for the sixth straight time, as Hungary's Katinka Hosszú pulled away from the field to collect her third individual Olympic gold at these Games. Leading from the start, she threw down a gold-medal time in 2:06.58 to establish a new Olympic record, and to hold off a charging Great Britain's Siobhan-Marie O'Connor by three tenths of a second.[2][3] Unable to catch the Hungarian towards a sprint finish, O'Connor produced a new British record of 2:06.88 to take home the silver.[4][5] Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Maya DiRado added a bronze to her runner-up prize from the 400 m individual medley three days earlier with a time of 2:08.79, edging out her teammate Melanie Margalis (2:09.21) to fourth by almost half a second.[6][7]

Australia's Alicia Coutts, silver medalist from London 2012, culminated her Olympic career with a fifth-place time in 2:10.88, and was shortly followed in sixth by Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem (2:11.22).[8] Russia's Viktoriya Andreeva (2:12.28), and defending gold medalist Ye Shiwen of China (2:13.56) closed out the field.[7]

Hosszú also posted an Olympic record in 2:07.45 to lead all swimmers on the morning prelims, clipping 0.12 seconds off the previous mark set by Ye Shiwen in London four years earlier.[9][10]

In the medal ceremony, the medals for the competition were presented by Pál Schmitt, Hungary, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Mohamed Diop, Senegal, Bureau Member of FINA.

Records

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

World record Katinka Hosszú (HUN)2:06.12Kazan, Russia3 August 2015
Olympic record Ye Shiwen (CHN)2:07.57London, United kingdom31 July 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
8 AugustHeat 5Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:07.45OR
9 AugustFinalKatinka Hosszú Hungary2:06.58OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:07.45Q, OR
244Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Great Britain2:08.44Q
343Melanie Margalis United States2:09.62Q
434Maya DiRado United States2:10.24Q
545Miho Teramura Japan2:10.34Q
635Alicia Coutts Australia2:10.52Q
736Ye Shiwen China2:10.56Q
853Sydney Pickrem Canada2:11.06Q
956Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary2:11.69Q
1022Kim Seo-yeong South Korea2:11.75Q
1157Runa Imai Japan2:11.78Q
1233Hannah Miley Great Britain2:11.84Q
1352Alexandra Wenk Germany2:12.46Q
1441Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson Canada2:12.56Q
1542Mireia Belmonte Garcia Spain2:12.58Q
1655Viktoriya Andreeva Russia2:13.01Q
1746Kotuku Ngawati Australia2:13.05
1851Joanna Maranhão Brazil2:13.06
1924Maria Ugolkova Switzerland2:13.77
2028Stina Gardell Sweden2:14.41
2132Barbora Závadová Czech Republic2:14.45
2223Luisa Trombetti Italy2:14:66
2347Zhou Min China2:14.81
2427África Zamorano Spain2:14.87
2512Tanja Kylliäinen Finland2:14.97
2648Lisa Zaiser Austria2:15.23
2718Anja Crevar Serbia2:15.33
2858Sara Franceschi Italy2:15.61
2925Louise Hansson Sweden2:15.66
3015Fantine Lesaffre France2:15.71
38Lena Kreundl Austria
3214Nam Yoo-sun South Korea2:16.11
3337Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên Vietnam2:16.20
3413Marrit Steenbergen Netherlands2:16.59
3511Victoria Kaminskaya Portugal2:16.78
3616Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic2:17.21
3721Virginia Bardach Argentina2:17.94
3831Ranohon Amanova Uzbekistan2:18.97
3917Katarzyna Baranowska Poland2:19.03
26Siobhan Haughey Hong KongDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Great Britain2:07.57Q, NR
235Maya DiRado United States2:08.91Q
333Alicia Coutts Australia2:10.35Q
456Sydney Pickrem Canada2:10.57Q
558Viktoriya Andreeva Russia2:10.87Q
622Kim Seo-yeong South Korea2:12.15
37Hannah Miley Great Britain
841Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson Canada2:12.25

Semifinal 2

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:08.13Q
236Ye Shiwen China2:09.33Q
345Melanie Margalis United States2:10.10Q
443Miho Teramura Japan2:11.03
552Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary2:12.05
651Alexandra Wenk Germany2:12.13
727Runa Imai Japan2:12.53
848Mireia Belmonte García Spain2:13.33

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:06.58OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Great Britain2:06.88NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Maya DiRado United States2:08.79
42Melanie Margalis United States2:09.21
57Alicia Coutts Australia2:10.88
61Sydney Pickrem Canada2:11.22
78Viktoriya Andreeva Russia2:12.28
86Ye Shiwen China2:13.56

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Baldwin, Alan (10 August 2016). "Swimming: Hosszu completes her golden treble". Reuters. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu wins 200 IM, third gold of Rio Games". Olympics. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Yorke, Harry (10 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Team GB's Siobhan-Marie O'Connor wins silver before men's relay team doubles medal haul for the evening". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Swimmer Siobhan-Marie O'Connor's family 'ecstatic' over Rio silver". BBC Sport. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Lutz, Rachel (10 August 2016). "Katinka Hosszu wins 200m IM, third gold of Rio Olympics". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Katinka Hosszu Edges Past 200 IM Olympic Record For Third Individual Gold". Swimming World Magazine. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Barrett, Chris (10 August 2016). "Emma McKeon claims bronze behind Katie Ledecky in 200m freestyle at Rio Olympics". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Katinka Hosszu Breaks 200 IM Olympic Record in Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Stubbs, Roman (10 August 2016). "Katinka Hosszu sets Olympic record in 200-meter individual medley prelims". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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