Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre freestyle
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These are the results of the Women's 200 metre freestyle, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
.
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens
Athens
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Records
World Record | Franziska van Almsick (GER) | Berlin, Germany | 1:56.64 | 3 August 2002 |
Olympic Record | Heike Friedrich (GDR) | Seoul, South Korea | 1:57.65 | 21 September 1988 |
Medalists
Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
Camelia Potec Camelia Potec Camelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *... , ROM |
Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder... , ITA |
Solenne Figuès Solenne Figuès Solenne Figuès is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays... , FRA |
Heat 1
- Pilin Tachakittiranan, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
2:05.29 - Chin-Kuei Yang, Chinese TaipeiChinese TaipeiChinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
2:05.65 - Yuliya Rissik, KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
2:09.93
Heat 2
- Jana Myskova, Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
2:04.62 - Vesna Stojanovska, MacedoniaRepublic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
2:04.64 - Louise Jansen, DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
2:06.06 - Larisa LăcustăLarisa LacustaLarisa Lăcustă is a retired breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Romania, who has competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1996 and 2004. She is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.-References:*...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
2:06.62 - Hang Yu Sze, Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
2:07.55 - Khadija Ciss, SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
2:09.04
Heat 3
- Olena Lapunova, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
2:02.71 - Hanna Miluska, SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
2:03.28 - Florencia SzigetiFlorencia SzigetiFlorencia Szigeti is a female freestyle swimmer from Argentina. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics , and won a silver medal in the women's 100 m freestyle event at the 2003 Pan American Games.A 1999 graduate of Colegio Universitario Central Szigetei was a member...
, ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
2:03.29 - Elina Partõka, EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
2:03.54 - Alison FitchAlison FitchAlison Rachel Fitch is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
2:03.58 - Janelle AtkinsonJanelle AtkinsonJanelle Anya Monique Atkinson-Wignall is a Jamaican freestyle swimmer who won three silver medals at the 1999 Pan American Games.Atkinson represented Jamaica at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics...
, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
2:04.06 - Katinka HosszúKatinka HosszúKatinka Hosszú is a female Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.- Swimming career :...
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
2:04.22 - Petra BanovićPetra BanovicPetra Banović is a freestyle and medley swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in Sydney 2000. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2004 as an honor student.-External links:*...
, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
2:04.24
Heat 4
- Dana VollmerDana VollmerDana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
1:59.49 Q - Elka GrahamElka GrahamElka Whalan is a retired Australian swimmer who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200m and 400m freestyle events, also swimming the 800m freestyle...
, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
2:00.13 Q - Camelia PotecCamelia PotecCamelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...
, Romania 2:00.50 Q - Tomoko Nagai, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
2:00.73 Q - Martina MoravcováMartina MoravcováMartina Moravcová is a medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Slovakia. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics...
, SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
2:01.00 Q - Yang Yu, ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
2:01.33 Q - Sara IsakovičSara IsakovicSara Isakovič is a freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. She spent much of her childhood in Dubai. Isakovič was a member of the Žito Gorenjka Radovljica Swimming Club from Radovljica, Slovenia and trained under the supervision of coach Miha Potočnik.Isakovič competed for Slovenia at the 2004 Summer...
, SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
2:01.71 - Hyun-Ju Kim, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
2:03.33
Heat 5
- Paulina Barzycka, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
1:59.52 Q - Federica PellegriniFederica PellegriniFederica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
1:59.80 Q - Melanie MarshallMelanie MarshallMelanie Marshall is a former British swimmer.Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, brought up in Wrangle and currently residing in Loughborough with her two dogs, Missy and Jetson, she is 1.7 m , 62 kg...
, Great BritainUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
2:00.46 Q - Alena PopchankaAlena PopchankaAlena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics...
, BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
2:00.67 Q - Pang JiayingPang JiayingPang Jiaying is a female Chinese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Pang is one of the best Chinese women in middle and long-distance freestyle swimming....
, China 2:00.80 Q - Sara HarstickSara HarstickSara Harstick is a former German freestyle swimmer, who won bronze medals in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics....
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
2:02.25 - Natalya Shalagina, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
2:02.37 - Mariana BrochadoMariana BrochadoMariana Nery Brochado is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 200 m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
2:02.91
Heat 6
- Claudia PollClaudia PollClaudia Maria Poll Ahrens is an Olympic gold-medalist and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. To date , she is Costa Rica's only gold-medalist, having won the country first gold Olympic medal at the 1996 Olympics in the 200 meter freestyle. Her sister, Silvia, won Costa Rica's first...
, Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
1:59.50 Q - Solenne FiguèsSolenne FiguèsSolenne Figuès is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
1:59.90 Q - Josefin LillhageJosefin LillhageJosefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...
, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
2:00.04 Q - Lindsay BenkoLindsay BenkoLindsay Mintenko is a freestyle swimmer from the United States, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . There she was a member of the gold medal winning 4×200 m freestyle relay...
, United States 2:00.21 Q - Franziska van AlmsickFranziska van AlmsickFranziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
, Germany 2:00.23 Q - Brittany ReimerBrittany ReimerBrittany Reimer is a former Canadian long-distance swimmer. She is a two-time medallist at the World Aquatics Championships and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
2:01.39 - Linda MackenzieLinda MackenzieLinda June Mackenzie OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer. She tends to prefer the longer 200m/400m/800m events and has won the Australian 400m national title five years in a row...
, Australia 2:02.04 - Zoi DimoschakiZoi DimoschakiZoi Dimoschaki is a Greek freestyle swimmer. Dimoschaki administered the Olympic Oath at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics....
, GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
2:03.38
Heats ranking
- Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.49 Q
- Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.50 Q
- Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.52 Q
- Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:59.80 Q
- Solenne Figuès, France 1:59.90 Q
- Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 2:00.04 Q
- Elka Graham, Australia 2:00.13 Q
- Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.21 Q
- Franziska van Almsick, Germany 2:00.23 Q
- Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:00.46 Q
- Camelia Potec, Romania 2:00.50 Q
- Alena Popchanka, Belarus 2:00.67 Q
- Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.73 Q
- Pang Jiaying, China 2:00.80 Q
- Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 2:01.00 Q
- Yang Yu, China 2:01.33 Q
- Brittany Reimer, Canada 2:01.39
- Sara Isakovič, Slovenia 2:01.71
- Linda Mackenzie, Australia 2:02.04
- Sara Harstick, Germany 2:02.25
- Natalya Shalagina, Russia 2:02.37
- Olena Lapunova, Ukraine 2:02.71
- Mariana Brochado, Brazil 2:02.91
- Hanna Miluska, Switzerland 2:03.28
- Florencia Szigeti, Argentina 2:03.29
- Hyun-Ju Kim, Korea 2:03.33
- Zoi Dimoschaki, Greece 2:03.38
- Elina Partõka, Estonia 2:03.54
- Alison Fitch, New Zealand 2:03.58
- Janelle Atkinson, Jamaica 2:04.06
- Katinka Hosszu, Hungary 2:04.22
- Petra Banović, Croatia 2:04.24
- Jana Myskova, Czech Republic 2:04.62
- Vesna Stojanovska, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2:04.64
- Pilin Tachakittiranan, Thailand 2:05.29
- Chin-Kuei Yang, Chinese Taipei 2:05.65
- Louise Jansen, Denmark 2:06.06
- Larisa Lăcustă, Romania 2:06.62
- Hang Yu Sze, Hong Kong 2:07.55
- Khadija Ciss, Senegal 2:09.04
- Yuliya Rissik, Kazakhstan 2:09.93
Semi-final heat 1
- Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:58.02 Q
- Pang Jiaying, China 1:58.68 Q
- Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 1:59.31 Q
- Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.79
- Alena Popchanka, Belarus 1:59.87
- Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.22
- Yang Yu, China 2:00.52
- Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:01.06
Semi-final heat 2
- Solenne Figuès, France 1:58.65 Q
- Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.04 Q
- Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.10 Q
- Franziska van Almsick, Germany 1:59.13 Q
- Camelia Potec, Romania 1:59.25 Q
- Elka Graham, Australia 1:59.44
- Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 1:59.96
- Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.09
Semifinal ranking
- Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:58.02 -Q
- Solenne Figuès, France 1:58.65 -Q
- Pang Jiaying, China 1:58.68 -Q
- Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.04 -Q
- Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.10 -Q
- Franziska van Almsick, Germany 1:59.13 -Q
- Camelia Potec, Romania 1:59.25 -Q
- Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 1:59.31 -Q
- Elka Graham, Australia 1:59.44
- Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.79
- Alena Popchanka, Belarus 1:59.87
- Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 1:59.96
- Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.09
- Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.22
- Yang Yu, China 2:00.52
- Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:01.06
Final
- Camelia Potec, Romania 1:58.03
- Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:58.22
- Solenne Figuès, France 1:58.45
- Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:58.62
- Franziska van Almsick, Germany 1:58.88
- Dana Vollmer, United States 1:58.98
- Pang Jiaying, China 1:59.16
- Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 1:59.20