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

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

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 30, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 31, 2012 (final)
Competitors37 from 31 nations
Winning time1:53.61 OR
Medalists
Allison Schmitt  United States
Camille Muffat  France
Bronte Barratt  Australia
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

U.S. swimmer Allison Schmitt blasted a new Olympic record with a stunning effort to capture the gold medal in the event for the first time, since Nicole Haislett topped the podium in 1992. She pulled away from a tightly-packed field on the final lap to hit the wall first in a sterling time of 1:53.61, shaving 1.21 seconds off the record set by Italy's Federica Pellegrini from Beijing in 2008.[2][3] After defeating Schmitt in a close duel to grab the 400 m freestyle title two days earlier, France's Camille Muffat trailed behind her rival by almost a body length for the silver in 1:55.58.[4] Meanwhile, Australia's Bronte Barratt produced a striking touch to take home the bronze in 1:55.81, edging out American teenage star Missy Franklin by a hundredth of a second.[5][6][7]

Franklin missed a chance to add her third career medal with a fourth-place time in 1:55.82, while Pellegrini, the defending Olympic champion, dropped off the podium to fifth in 1:56.73.[8][9] Russia's Veronika Popova (1:57.25), Great Britain's home favorite Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.60) and Barratt's teammate Kylie Palmer (1:57.68) closed out the field.[5][7]

Notable swimmers failed to reach the top-eight final roster including Slovenia's Sara Isaković, the defending silver medalist, who placed fourteenth (1:58.47) in the semifinals; and Romania's Camelia Potec, a four-time Olympian and 2004 Olympic champion, who posted a twenty-fifth place time (2:01.15) on the morning prelims.[10]

Records

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

World record Federica Pellegrini (ITA)1:52.98Rome, Italy29 July 2009[11][12]
Olympic record Federica Pellegrini (ITA)1:54.82Beijing, China13 August 2008[13]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
July 31FinalAllison Schmitt United States1:53.61OR

Results

Heats

[14]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135Federica Pellegrini Italy1:57.16Q
254Allison Schmitt United States1:57.33Q
334Missy Franklin United States1:57.62Q
433Veronika Popova Russia1:57.79Q
57Melania Costa Schmid SpainQ
636Barbara Jardin Canada1:57.92Q
755Sarah Sjöström Sweden1:58.03Q
42Caitlin McClatchey Great BritainQ
937Samantha Cheverton Canada1:58.11Q
1043Bronte Barratt Australia1:58.12Q
1153Kylie Palmer Australia1:58.16Q
1244Camille Muffat France1:58.49Q
1356Silke Lippok Germany1:58.59Q
1446Wang Shijia China1:58.73Q
1541Hanae Ito Japan1:58.93Q
1651Sara Isaković Slovenia1:58.96Q
1732Rebecca Turner Great Britain1:58.98
1831Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne France1:59.15
1948Nina Rangelova Bulgaria1:59.21NR
2058Karin Prinsloo South Africa1:59.24
2147Song Wenyan China1:59.47
2252Ágnes Mutina Hungary1:59.56
2338Sze Hang Yu Hong Kong1:59.92
2425Pernille Blume Denmark2:00.91
2526Camelia Potec Romania2:01.15
2622Liliana Ibanez Mexico2:01.36
2721Anna Stylianou Cyprus2:01.87
2828Katarína Filová Slovakia2:02.03
2924Jördis Steinegger Austria2:02.39
3013Natthanan Junkrajang Thailand2:02.49
3115Danielle Villars Switzerland2:03.55
3227Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland2:04.21
3314Baek Il-joo South Korea2:04.32
3416Heather Arseth Mauritius2:07.81
3512Aurelie Fanchette Seychelles2:23.49
23Grainne Murphy IrelandDNS
45Femke Heemskerk NetherlandsDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Bronte Barratt Australia1:56.08Q
24Allison Schmitt United States1:56.15Q
37Camille Muffat France1:56.18Q
45Veronika Popova Russia1:56.84Q, NR
53Barbara Jardin Canada1:57.91
66Sarah Sjöström Sweden1:58.12
78Sara Isaković Slovenia1:58.47
81Wang Shijia China1:58.63

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Federica Pellegrini Italy1:56.67Q
26Caitlin McClatchey Great Britain1:57.33Q
37Kylie Palmer Australia1:57.44Q
45Missy Franklin United States1:57.57Q
53Melania Costa Schmid Spain1:57.76
62Samantha Cheverton Canada1:57.98
71Silke Lippok Germany1:58.24
88Hanae Ito Japan1:59.62

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Allison Schmitt United States1:53.61OR, AM
3Camille Muffat France1:55.58
4Bronte Barratt Australia1:55.81
48Missy Franklin United States1:55.82
56Federica Pellegrini Italy1:56.73
62Veronika Popova Russia1:57.25
77Caitlin McClatchey Great Britain1:57.60
81Kylie Palmer Australia1:57.68

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