Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley
| Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 16, 2004 (heats & semifinals) August 17, 2004 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:11.14 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 |
The women's 200 metre 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 16 and 17.[1]
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.[2][3]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Wu Yanyan (CHN) |
2:09.72 | Shanghai, China | 17 October 1997 |
| Olympic record |  Yana Klochkova (UKR) |
2:10.68 | Sydney, Australia | 19 September 2000 |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Yana Klochkova | Ukraine |
2:13.30 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Amanda Beard |  United States |
2:13.51 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Beatrice Câșlaru |  Romania |
2:14.25 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Teresa Rohmann |  Germany |
2:14.47 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Joanna Melo |
 Brazil |
2:15.43 | |
| 6 | 1 | Georgina Bardach |  Argentina |
2:15.73 | |
| 7 | 6 | Zhou Yafei |  China |
2:15.93 | |
| 8 | 8 | Helen Norfolk |  New Zealand |
2:17.41 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Katie Hoff | United States |
2:13.60 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Kirsty Coventry |  Zimbabwe |
2:13.68 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Lara Carroll |  Australia |
2:13.80 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Ágnes Kovács |  Hungary |
2:14.68 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Hanna Shcherba |  Belarus |
2:14.92 | |
| 6 | 2 | Alice Mills | Australia |
2:14.95 | |
| 7 | 1 | Oxana Verevka |  Russia |
2:15.93 | |
| 8 | 8 | Elizabeth Warden |  Canada |
2:17.32 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Yana Klochkova | Ukraine |
2:11.14 | |
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5 | Amanda Beard | United States |
2:11.70 | AM |
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6 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe |
2:12.72 | AF |
| 4 | 8 | Ágnes Kovács | Hungary |
2:13.58 | |
| 5 | 1 | Teresa Rohmann | Germany |
2:13.74 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lara Carroll | Australia |
2:13.74 | |
| 7 | 3 | Katie Hoff | United States |
2:13.97 | |
| 8 | 7 | Beatrice Câșlaru | Romania |
2:15.40 |
References
- ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
- ^ "Klochkova golden in 200 IM". USA Today. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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