Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre individual medley
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These are the results of the Women's 200 metre individual medley, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
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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
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
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Records
| World Record | Yanyan Wu (CHN) | Shanghai, China | 2:09.72 | 17 October 1997 |
| Olympic Record | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Sydney, Australia | 2:10.68 | 19 September 2000 |
Medalists
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 Ukraine Yana KlochkovaYana Klochkova Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold.Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter... , UKR |
 United States Amanda BeardAmanda Beard Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke .... , USA |
 Zimbabwe Kirsty CoventryKirsty Coventry Kirsty Leigh Coventry is a Zimbabwean swimmer and world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States... , ZIM |
Heat 1
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Israel Vered BorochovskiVered BorochovskiVered Borochovski is a former Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She also holds three Israeli swimming records.In December 2002 she competed at the Jerusalem Cup. She swam a time of 27.38 in the 50m fly....
, IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
2:20.62 -
Independent State of Croatia 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 ...
2:20.83 -
South Korea Na-Ri Park, 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...
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Iceland Lara Hrund Bjargardottir, IcelandIcelandIceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
2:22.00 -
Kazakhstan Marina Mulyayeva, 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...
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Denmark 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...
2:27.08
Heat 2
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Belarus Hanna Shcherba, 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 ,...
2:14.59 -Q -
Kingdom of Romania Beatrice CăslaruBeatrice CaslaruBeatrice Căslaru-Coadă is a former medley swimmer from Romania, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996...
, 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...
2:14.70 -Q -
People's Republic of China Yafei Zhou, 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...
2:15.56 -Q -
Germany Teresa RohmannTeresa RohmannTeresa Rohmann is a medley swimmer from Germany. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in fifth place in the women's 200m individual medley event.-References:*...
, 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...
2:16.06 -Q -
Japan Misa Amano, 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...
2:17.88 -
Slovenia Alenka KejžarAlenka KejžarAlenka Kejžar is an Olympic class swimmer. She was born February 15, 1979 in Kranj, Slovenia. Kejžar attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She was a Golden Key member....
, 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...
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Chinese Taipei Man Hsu Lin, 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...
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Italy Alessia FilippiAlessia FilippiAlessia Filippi is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle ....
, 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...
2:19.29
Heat 3
- United States Amanda BeardAmanda BeardAmanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
2:14.49 -Q -
Hungary Ágnes KovácsÁgnes KovácsÁgnes Kovács is a former Hungarian swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in 200 m breaststroke....
, 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...
2:15.17 -Q -
Australia Alice MillsAlice MillsAlice Mary Mills OAM is an Australian sprint freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer who represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning two relay gold medals....
, 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...
2:15.62 -Q -
Brazil Joanna MaranhãoJoanna MaranhãoJoanna de Albuquerque Maranhão Bezerra de Melo, or Joanna Maranhão is a medley swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400m individual medley 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...
2:16.21 -Q -
Russia Oxana VerevkaOxana VerevkaOksana Aleksandrovna Verevka is a retired medley swimmer from Russia. She twice competed at the Summer Olympics , and is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 200 m individual medley at the 1997 European Championships ....
, 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...
2:16.63 -Q -
Malaysia Yi Ting Siow, Malaysia 2:19.52 -
Greece Athina Tzavella, GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
2:20.30 - People's Republic of China Qi Hui, China 2:26.02
Heat 4
- Zimbabwe Kirsty CoventryKirsty CoventryKirsty Leigh Coventry is a Zimbabwean swimmer and world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States...
, ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
2:13.33 -Q African Record - Ukraine Yana KlochkovaYana KlochkovaYana Oleksandrivna Klochkova is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold.Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter...
, 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...
2:13.40 -Q - United States Katie HoffKatie HoffKathryn "Katie" Elise Hoff is an American swimmer. Hoff is strongest in the 200 and 400 meter individual medley, though she is a very capable swimmer in many events, ranging from the four 200 meter events to the 800 meter freestyle...
, United States 2:14.03 -Q - Australia Lara CarrollLara CarrollLara Carroll is an Australian swimmer living in Perth, Australia.She attended Leeming Senior High School in the Suburb of Leeming....
, Australia 2:16.17 -Q -
Argentina Georgina BardachGeorgina BardachGeorgina Bardach Martin is a swimmer from Argentina. At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, she finished third in the 400 m Individual Medley race...
, 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...
2:16.68 -Q -
Canada Elizabeth Warden, 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...
2:17.12 -Q -
New Zealand Helen NorfolkHelen NorfolkHelen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch 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...
2:17.27 -Q -
Singapore Joscelin YeoJoscelin YeoJoscelin Yeo Wei Ling is a Nominated Member of Parliament and a former competitive swimmer from Singapore. Yeo won 40 gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games, as well as represented the Republic in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Summer Olympics...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
2:18.61
Heats ranking
- Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 2:13.33 -Q
- Ukraine Yana Klochkova, Ukraine 2:13.40 -Q
- United States Katie Hoff, United States 2:14.03 -Q
- United States Amanda Beard, United States 2:14.49 -Q
- Belarus Hanna Shcherba, Belarus 2:14.59 -Q
- Kingdom of Romania Beatrice Căslaru, Romania 2:14.70 -Q
- Hungary Ágnes Kovács, Hungary 2:15.17 -Q
- People's Republic of China Yafei Zhou, China 2:15.56 -Q
- Australia Alice Mills, Australia 2:15.62 -Q
- Germany Teresa Rohmann, Germany 2:16.06 -Q
- Australia Lara Carroll, Australia 2:16.17 -Q
- Brazil Joanna Maranhão, Brazil 2:16.21 -Q
- Russia Oxana Verevka, Russia 2:16.63 -Q
- Argentina Georgina Bardach, Argentina 2:16.68 -Q
- Canada Elizabeth Warden, Canada 2:17.12 -Q
- New Zealand Helen Norfolk, New Zealand 2:17.27 -Q
- Japan Misa Amano, Japan 2:17.88
- Slovenia Alenka Kejzar, Slovenia 2:18.60
- Singapore Joscelin Yeo, Singapore 2:18.61
- Chinese Taipei Man Hsu Lin, Chinese Taipei 2:18.86
- Italy Alessia Filippi, Italy 2:19.29
- Malaysia Yi Ting Siow, Malaysia 2:19.52
- Greece Athina Tzavella, Greece 2:20.30
- Israel Vered Borochovski, Israel 2:20.62
- Independent State of Croatia Petra Banović, Croatia 2:20.83
- South Korea Na-Ri Park, Korea 2:21.48
- Iceland Lara Hrund Bjargardottir, Iceland 2:22.00
- Kazakhstan Marina Mulyayeva, Kazakhstan 2:24.25
- People's Republic of China Qi Hui, China 2:26.02
- Denmark Louise Jansen, Denmark 2:27.08
Semi-final 1
- Ukraine Yana Klochkova, Ukraine 2:13.30 -Q
- United States Amanda Beard, United States 2:13.51 -Q
- Kingdom of Romania Beatrice Căslaru, Romania 2:14.25 -Q
- Germany Teresa Rohmann, Germany 2:14.47 -Q
- Brazil Joanna Maranhão, Brazil 2:15.43
- Argentina Georgina Bardach, Argentina 2:15.73
- People's Republic of China Yafei Zhou, China 2:15.93
- New Zealand Helen Norfolk, New Zealand 2:17.41
Semi-final 2
- United States Katie Hoff, United States 2:13.60 -Q
- Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 2:13.68 -Q
- Australia Lara Carroll, Australia 2:13.80 -Q
- Hungary Ágnes Kovács, Hungary 2:14.68 -Q
- Belarus Hanna Shcherba, Belarus 2:14.92
- Australia Alice Mills, Australia 2:14.95
- Russia Oxana Verevka, Russia 2:15.45
- Canada Elizabeth Warden, Canada 2:17.32
Semi-final ranking
- Ukraine Yana Klochkova, Ukraine 2:13.30 -Q
- United States Amanda Beard, United States 2:13.51 -Q
- United States Katie Hoff, United States 2:13.60 -Q
- Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 2:13.68 -Q
- Australia Lara Carroll, Australia 2:13.80 -Q
- Kingdom of Romania Beatrice Căslaru, Romania 2:14.25 -Q
- Germany Teresa Rohmann, Germany 2:14.47 -Q
- Hungary Ágnes Kovács, Hungary 2:14.68 -Q
- Belarus Hanna Shcherba, Belarus 2:14.92
- Australia Alice Mills, Australia 2:14.95
- Brazil Joanna Maranhão, Brazil 2:15.43
- Russia Oxana Verevka, Russia 2:15.45
- Argentina Georgina Bardach, Argentina 2:15.73
- People's Republic of China Yafei Zhou, China 2:15.93
- Canada Elizabeth Warden, Canada 2:17.32
- New Zealand Helen Norfolk, New Zealand 2:17.41
Final
- Ukraine Yana Klochkova, Ukraine 2:11.14
- United States Amanda Beard, United States 2:11.70 American Record
- Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 2:12.72 African Record
- Hungary Ágnes Kovács, Hungary 2:13.58
- Germany Teresa Rohmann, Germany 2:13.70
- Australia Lara Carroll, Australia 2:13.74
- United States Katie Hoff, United States 2:13.97
- Kingdom of Romania Beatrice Căslaru, Romania 2:15.40