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

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Date July 30, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 31, 2012 (final)
Competitors 37 from 31 nations
Winning time 1:53.61 OR
Medalists
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1st Allison Schmitt  United States
2nd Camille Muffat  France
3rd Bronte Barratt  Australia
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Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

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]

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) 1:52.98 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009 [11][12]
Olympic record  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:54.82 Beijing, China 13 August 2008 [13]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
July 31 Final Allison Schmitt  United States 1:53.61 OR

Results

Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 5 Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:57.16 Q
2 5 4 Allison Schmitt  United States 1:57.33 Q
3 3 4 Missy Franklin  United States 1:57.62 Q
4 3 3 Veronika Popova  Russia 1:57.79 Q
4 5 7 Melania Costa Schmid  Spain 1:57.79 Q
6 3 6 Barbara Jardin  Canada 1:57.92 Q
7 5 5 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 1:58.03 Q
7 4 2 Caitlin McClatchey  Great Britain 1:58.03 Q
9 3 7 Samantha Cheverton  Canada 1:58.11 Q
10 4 3 Bronte Barratt  Australia 1:58.12 Q
11 5 3 Kylie Palmer  Australia 1:58.16 Q
12 4 4 Camille Muffat  France 1:58.49 Q
13 5 6 Silke Lippok  Germany 1:58.59 Q
14 4 6 Wang Shijia  China 1:58.73 Q
15 4 1 Hanae Ito  Japan 1:58.93 Q
16 5 1 Sara Isaković  Slovenia 1:58.96 Q
17 3 2 Rebecca Turner  Great Britain 1:58.98
18 3 1 Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne  France 1:59.15
19 4 8 Nina Rangelova  Bulgaria 1:59.21 NR
20 5 8 Karin Prinsloo  South Africa 1:59.24
21 4 7 Song Wenyan  China 1:59.47
22 5 2 Ágnes Mutina  Hungary 1:59.56
23 3 8 Sze Hang Yu  Hong Kong 1:59.92
24 2 5 Pernille Blume  Denmark 2:00.91
25 2 6 Camelia Potec  Romania 2:01.15
26 2 2 Liliana Ibanez  Mexico 2:01.36
27 2 1 Anna Stylianou  Cyprus 2:01.87
28 2 8 Katarína Filová  Slovakia 2:02.03
29 2 4 Jördis Steinegger  Austria 2:02.39
30 1 3 Natthanan Junkrajang  Thailand 2:02.49
31 1 5 Danielle Villars  Switzerland 2:03.55
32 2 7 Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland 2:04.21
33 1 4 Baek Il-Joo  South Korea 2:04.32
34 1 6 Heather Arseth  Mauritius 2:07.81
35 1 2 Aurelie Fanchette  Seychelles 2:23.49
2 3 Grainne Murphy  Ireland DNS
4 5 Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Bronte Barratt  Australia 1:56.08 Q
2 4 Allison Schmitt  United States 1:56.15 Q
3 7 Camille Muffat  France 1:56.18 Q
4 5 Veronika Popova  Russia 1:56.84 Q, NR
5 3 Barbara Jardin  Canada 1:57.91
6 6 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 1:58.12
7 8 Sara Isaković  Slovenia 1:58.47
8 1 Wang Shijia  China 1:58.63

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:56.67 Q
2 6 Caitlin McClatchey  Great Britain 1:57.33 Q
3 7 Kylie Palmer  Australia 1:57.44 Q
4 5 Missy Franklin  United States 1:57.57 Q
5 3 Melania Costa Schmid  Spain 1:57.76
6 2 Samantha Cheverton  Canada 1:57.98
7 1 Silke Lippok  Germany 1:58.24
8 8 Hanae Ito  Japan 1:59.62

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 5 Allison Schmitt  United States 1:53.61 OR, AM
2nd 3 Camille Muffat  France 1:55.58
3rd 4 Bronte Barratt  Australia 1:55.81
4 8 Missy Franklin  United States 1:55.82
5 6 Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:56.73
6 2 Veronika Popova  Russia 1:57.25
7 7 Caitlin McClatchey  Great Britain 1:57.60
8 1 Kylie Palmer  Australia 1:57.68

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