The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 16 and 17.
Ukraine's Yana Klochkova became the first woman to claim two consecutive Olympic titles in the individual medley, finishing the final race with a time of 2:11.14. American swimmer and three-time Olympian Amanda Beard took home the silver, in an American record time of 2:11.70, while Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, on the other hand, broke an African record of 2:12.72 to earn the bronze medal.
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 || 2 ||align=left| Kirsty Coventry ||align=left| || 2:13.33 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 4 || 4 ||align=left| Yana Klochkova ||align=left| || 2:13.40 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 4 || 5 ||align=left| Katie Hoff ||align=left| || 2:14.03 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 4 || 3 || 4 ||align=left| Amanda Beard ||align=left| || 2:14.49 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 5 || 2 || 3 ||align=left| Hanna Shcherba ||align=left| || 2:14.59 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 6 || 2 || 6 ||align=left| Beatrice Câșlaru ||align=left| || 2:14.70 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 7 || 3 || 6 ||align=left| Ágnes Kovács ||align=left| || 2:15.17 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 8 || 2 || 5 ||align=left| Zhou Yafei ||align=left| || 2:15.56 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 9 || 3 || 5 ||align=left| Alice Mills ||align=left| || 2:15.62 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 10 || 2 || 4 ||align=left| Teresa Rohmann ||align=left| || 2:16.06 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 11 || 4 || 6 ||align=left| Lara Carroll ||align=left| || 2:16.17 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 12 || 3 || 1 ||align=left| Joanna Melo ||align=left| || 2:16.21 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 13 || 3 || 2 ||align=left| Oxana Verevka ||align=left| || 2:16.63 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 14 || 4 || 7 ||align=left| Georgina Bardach ||align=left| || 2:16.68 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 15 || 4 || 3 ||align=left| Elizabeth Warden ||align=left| || 2:17.12 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 16 || 4 || 8 ||align=left| Helen Norfolk ||align=left| || 2:17.27 || Q
|-
| 17 || 2 || 7 ||align=left| Misa Amano ||align=left| || 2:17.88 ||
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| 18 || 2 || 2 ||align=left| Alenka Kejžar ||align=left| || 2:18.60 ||
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| 19 || 4 || 1 ||align=left| Joscelin Yeo ||align=left| || 2:18.61 ||
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| 20 || 2 || 8 ||align=left| Lin Man-hsu ||align=left| || 2:18.86 ||
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| 21 || 2 || 1 ||align=left| Alessia Filippi ||align=left| || 2:19.21 ||
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| 22 || 3 || 8 ||align=left| Siow Yi Ting ||align=left| || 2:19.52 ||
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| 23 || 3 || 7 ||align=left| Athina Tzavella ||align=left| || 2:20.30 ||
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| 24 || 1 || 2 ||align=left| Vered Borochovski ||align=left| || 2:20.62 ||
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| 25 || 1 || 4 ||align=left| Petra Banović ||align=left| || 2:20.83 ||
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| 26 || 1 || 5 ||align=left| Park Na-ri ||align=left| || 2:21.48 ||
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| 27 || 1 || 6 ||align=left| Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir ||align=left| || 2:22.00 ||
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| 28 || 1 || 7 ||align=left| Marina Mulyayeva ||align=left| || 2:24.25 ||
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| 29 || 3 || 3 ||align=left| Qi Hui ||align=left| || 2:26.02 ||
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| 30 || 1 || 3 ||align=left| Louise Mai Jansen ||align=left| || 2:27.08 ||
|}
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 4 ||align=left| Yana Klochkova ||align=left| || 2:13.30 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 5 ||align=left| Amanda Beard ||align=left| || 2:13.51 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 3 ||align=left| Beatrice Câșlaru ||align=left| || 2:14.25 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 4 || 2 ||align=left| Teresa Rohmann ||align=left| || 2:14.47 || Q
|-
| 5 || 7 ||align=left| Joanna Melo ||align=left| || 2:15.43 ||
|-
| 6 || 1 ||align=left| Georgina Bardach ||align=left| || 2:15.73 ||
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| 7 || 6 ||align=left| Zhou Yafei ||align=left| || 2:15.93 ||
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| 8 || 8 ||align=left| Helen Norfolk ||align=left| || 2:17.41 ||
|}
Semifinal 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 5 ||align=left| Katie Hoff ||align=left| || 2:13.60 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 4 ||align=left| Kirsty Coventry ||align=left| || 2:13.68 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 7 ||align=left| Lara Carroll ||align=left| || 2:13.80 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 4 || 6 ||align=left| Ágnes Kovács ||align=left| || 2:14.68 || Q
|-
| 5 || 3 ||align=left| Hanna Shcherba ||align=left| || 2:14.92 ||
|-
| 6 || 2 ||align=left| Alice Mills ||align=left| || 2:14.95 ||
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| 7 || 1 ||align=left| Oxana Verevka ||align=left| || 2:15.93 ||
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| 8 || 8 ||align=left| Elizabeth Warden ||align=left| || 2:17.32 ||
|}
Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Swimmer !! Nation !! Time !! Notes
|-
| || 4 ||align=left| Yana Klochkova ||align=left| || 2:11.14 ||
|-
| || 5 ||align=left| Amanda Beard ||align=left| || 2:11.70 || AM
|-
| || 6 ||align=left| Kirsty Coventry ||align=left| || 2:12.72 || AF
|-
| 4 || 8 ||align=left| Ágnes Kovács ||align=left| || 2:13.58 ||
|-
| 5 || 1 ||align=left| Teresa Rohmann ||align=left| || 2:13.74 ||
|-
| 6 || 2 ||align=left| Lara Carroll ||align=left| || 2:13.74 ||
|-
| 7 || 3 ||align=left| Katie Hoff ||align=left| || 2:13.97 ||
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| 8 || 7 ||align=left| Beatrice Câșlaru ||align=left| || 2:15.40 ||
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report