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

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 31, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
August 1, 2012 (final)
Competitors28 from 21 nations
Winning time2:04.06 OR
Medalists
Jiao Liuyang  China
Mireia Belmonte Garcia  Spain
Natsumi Hoshi  Japan
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

China's Jiao Liuyang stormed home on the final stretch to upgrade her silver from Beijing four years earlier with an Olympic title in the event. She produced a striking effort on the last lap to come from behind and demolish the field with a gold-medal time and a new Olympic record in 2:04.06, shaving 0.12 seconds off the standard set by teammate Liu Zige.[2][3] Meanwhile, Mireia Belmonte García made an Olympic milestone to become Spain's first ever female medalist and fourth overall in swimming, as she brought home the silver in 2:05.25, the ninth-fastest of all time.[4][5] Japan's Natsumi Hoshi added a sixth bronze to her swimming squad at these Games, in a sterling time of 2:05.48.[6][7]

Leading through the prelims and the semifinals, U.S. swimmer Kathleen Hersey finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 2:05.78, a full second ahead of her teammate Cammile Adams (2:06.78).[8] Great Britain's Jemma Lowe (2:06.80), Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:07.33) and defending champion Liu Zige (2:07.77) rounded out the field.[7][9]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster featuring Australia's Jessicah Schipper, a former world record holder; and Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak, a 2004 Olympic champion, both of whom placed thirteenth (2:08.21) and sixteenth (2:13.09) respectively in the semifinals.[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[11][12]
Olympic record Liu Zige (CHN)2:04.18Beijing, China14 August 2008[13]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 1FinalJiao Liuyang China2:04.06OR

Results

Heats

[14]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
146Kathleen Hersey United States2:06.41Q
234Jiao Liuyang China2:07.15Q
345Jemma Lowe Great Britain2:07.64Q
436Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:07.75Q
543Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary2:07.79Q
624Natsumi Hoshi Japan2:08.04Q
726Judit Ignacio Sorribes Spain2:08.14Q
833Cammile Adams United States2:08.18Q
925Mireia Belmonte García Spain2:08.19Q
1027Choi Hye-ra South Korea2:08.45Q
1144Liu Zige China2:08.72Q
1223Jessicah Schipper Australia2:08.74Q
1332Martina Granström Sweden2:08.94Q
1441Anja Klinar Slovenia2:09.24Q
1522Audrey Lacroix Canada2:09.25Q
1642Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:09.33Q
1735Ellen Gandy Great Britain2:09.92
1815Ingvild Snildal Norway2:10.99NR
1947Katerine Savard Canada2:11.05
2037Samantha Hamill Australia2:11.07
2138Denisa Smolenová Slovakia2:11.10
2213Andreina Pinto Venezuela2:11.23NR
2348Rita Medrano Mexico2:11.42
2414Sara Oliveira Portugal2:11.54
2521Martina van Berkel Switzerland2:12.25
2631Joanna Melo Brazil2:13.17
2728Emilia Pikkarainen Finland2:13.81
2816Cheng Wan-jung Chinese Taipei2:14.29

Semifinals

[15]

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Jiao Liuyang China2:06.10Q
23Natsumi Hoshi Japan2:06.37Q
36Cammile Adams United States2:07.33Q
45Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:07.69
51Anja Klinar Slovenia2:07.84
67Jessicah Schipper Australia2:08.21
72Choi Hye-Ra South Korea2:08.32
88Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland2:13.09

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Kathleen Hersey United States2:05.90Q
22Mireia Belmonte García Spain2:06.62Q
33Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary2:06.82Q
47Liu Zige China2:06.99Q
55Jemma Lowe Great Britain2:07.37Q
61Martina Granström Sweden2:07.83NR
78Audrey Lacroix Canada2:08.00
86Judit Ignacio Sorribes Spain2:08.96

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Jiao Liuyang China2:04.06OR
6Mireia Belmonte García Spain2:05.25NR
3Natsumi Hoshi Japan2:05.48
44Kathleen Hersey United States2:05.78
51Cammile Adams United States2:06.78
68Jemma Lowe Great Britain2:06.80
72Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary2:07.33
87Liu Zige China2:07.77

References
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  3. "World champion Jiao captures butterfly gold". Xinhua. China Daily. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. "Spain's Mireia Belmonte wins silver in 200m butterfly". EITB. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  5. Dillman, Lisa (1 August 2012). "London Olympics: Jiao wins 200 butterfly, Hersey places fourth". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  6. Odeven, Ed (3 August 2012). "Kitajima fourth in 200 as Tateishi gets bronze". The Japan Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  7. "2012 London Olympics: China's Jiao Liuyang Goes Silver-to-Gold With Olympic Record in Women's 200 Fly; Kathleen Hersey, Cammile Adams Miss Podium". Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  8. "Swimming: Heartbroken Hersey falls short in final". Reuters. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  9. "London 2012 Olympics: Jemma Lowe finishes outside medals in 200m butterfly final". London Evening Standard. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  10. "2012 London Olympics: Kathleen Hersey Tops 200 Fly Semis; China's Jiao Liuyang Close Behind; Cammile Adams Makes Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  11. "Chinese National Games: Liu Zige Shocks World With Astounding 200 Fly World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  12. "Chinese Olympic champion Liu Zige breaks women's 200m butterfly world record". People's Daily. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  13. "Double delight for China". South China Morning Post. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  14. "Women's 200m Butterfly – Heats". London 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  15. "Women's 200m Butterfly – Semifinals". London 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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