The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 17 and 18.
Polish swimmer and world record holder Otylia Jędrzejczak added gold to her two silver medals by a storming victory in this event, and by becoming the nation's first ever swimming champion, in an outstanding time of 2:06.05. Three-time Olympian Petria Thomas of Australia managed to repeat her silver from Atlanta, lowering her time to 2:06.36. Japan's Yuko Nakanishi, on the other hand, took home the bronze at 2:08.04.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 4 || 4 ||align=left| Otylia Jędrzejczak ||align=left| || 2:09.64 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 4 || 5 ||align=left| Yuko Nakanishi ||align=left| || 2:10.04 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 2 || 4 ||align=left| Éva Risztov ||align=left| || 2:10.49 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 4 || 4 || 3 ||align=left| Kaitlin Sandeno ||align=left| || 2:10.50 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 5 || 3 || 4 ||align=left| Petria Thomas ||align=left| || 2:10.87 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 6 || 2 || 3 ||align=left| Georgina Lee ||align=left| || 2:10.99 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 7 || 3 || 5 ||align=left| Felicity Galvez ||align=left| || 2:11.17 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 8 || 4 || 2 ||align=left| Yukiko Osada ||align=left| || 2:11.20 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 9 || 3 || 6 ||align=left| Francesca Segat ||align=left| || 2:11.40 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 10 || 4 || 1 ||align=left| María Peláez ||align=left| || 2:11.66 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 11 || 3 || 1 ||align=left| Li Jie ||align=left| || 2:11.77 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 12 || 2 || 5 ||align=left| Dana Kirk ||align=left| || 2:11.96 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 13 || 4 || 6 ||align=left| Mette Jacobsen ||align=left| || 2:11.99 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 14 || 2 || 6 ||align=left| Annika Mehlhorn ||align=left| || 2:12.25 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 15 || 3 || 7 ||align=left| Aurore Mongel ||align=left| || 2:12.26 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 16 || 3 || 3 ||align=left| Paola Cavallino ||align=left| || 2:12.34 || Q
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| 17 || 2 || 7 ||align=left| Beatrix Boulsevicz ||align=left| || 2:12.54 ||
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| 18 || 1 || 5 ||align=left| Maria Bulakhova ||align=left| || 2:12.99 ||
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| 19 || 3 || 2 ||align=left| Roser Vives ||align=left| || 2:13.02 ||
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| 20 || 2 || 8 ||align=left| Raquel Felgueiras ||align=left| || 2:13.08 ||
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| 21 || 4 || 8 ||align=left| Georgina Bardach ||align=left| || 2:13.68 ||
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| 22 || 4 || 7 ||align=left| Vasiliki Angelopoulou ||align=left| || 2:13.88 ||
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| 23 || 2 || 2 ||align=left| Petra Zahrl ||align=left| || 2:13.92 ||
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| 24 || 2 || 1 ||align=left| Kwon You-ri ||align=left| || 2:14.30 ||
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| 25 || 1 || 3 ||align=left| Cheng Wan-jung ||align=left| || 2:16.25 ||
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| 26 || 3 || 8 ||align=left| Vesna Stojanovska ||align=left| || 2:16.51 ||
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| 27 || 1 || 2 ||align=left| Nataliya Samorodina ||align=left| || 2:17.15 ||
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| 28 || 1 || 4 ||align=left| Anja Klinar ||align=left| || 2:18.15 ||
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| 29 || 1 || 6 ||align=left| Chan Wing Suet ||align=left| || 2:18.45 ||
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| 30 || 1 || 1 ||align=left| Heather Roffey ||align=left| || 2:19.34 ||
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| 31 || 1 || 7 ||align=left| Gülşah Günenç ||align=left| || 2:20.17 ||
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| 32 || 1 || 8 ||align=left| Christel Bouvron ||align=left| || 2:26.21 ||
|}
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 5 ||align=left| Kaitlin Sandeno ||align=left| || 2:08.77 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 4 ||align=left| Yuko Nakanishi ||align=left| || 2:08.83 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 8 ||align=left| Paola Cavallino ||align=left| || 2:10.23 || Q
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| 4 || 7 ||align=left| Dana Kirk ||align=left| || 2:10.69 ||
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| 5 || 3 ||align=left| Georgina Lee ||align=left| || 2:10.93 ||
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| 6 || 6 ||align=left| Yukiko Osada ||align=left| || 2:11.35 ||
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| 7 || 1 ||align=left| Annika Mehlhorn ||align=left| || 2:11.37 ||
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| 8 || 2 ||align=left| María Peláez ||align=left| || 2:12.54 ||
|}
Semifinal 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 4 ||align=left| Otylia Jędrzejczak ||align=left| || 2:08.84 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 3 ||align=left| Petria Thomas ||align=left| || 2:09.24 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 6 ||align=left| Felicity Galvez ||align=left| || 2:09.54 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 4 || 5 ||align=left| Éva Risztov ||align=left| || 2:09.83 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 5 || 1 ||align=left| Mette Jacobsen ||align=left| || 2:10.47 || Q
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| 6 || 8 ||align=left| Aurore Mongel ||align=left| || 2:11.13 ||
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| 7 || 2 ||align=left| Francesca Segat ||align=left| || 2:11.18 ||
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| 8 || 7 ||align=left| Li Jie ||align=left| || 2:13.41 ||
|}
Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Swimmer !! Nation !! Time !! Notes
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| || 3 ||align=left| Otylia Jędrzejczak ||align=left| || 2:06.05 ||
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| || 6 ||align=left| Petria Thomas ||align=left| || 2:06.36 ||
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| || 5 ||align=left| Yuko Nakanishi ||align=left| || 2:08.04 ||
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| 4 || 4 ||align=left| Kaitlin Sandeno ||align=left| || 2:08.18 ||
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| 5 || 2 ||align=left| Felicity Galvez ||align=left| || 2:09.28 ||
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| 6 || 8 ||align=left| Mette Jacobsen ||align=left| || 2:10.01 ||
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| 7 || 1 ||align=left| Paola Cavallino ||align=left| || 2:10.14 ||
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| 8 || 7 ||align=left| Éva Risztov ||align=left| || 2:10.58 ||
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report