Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | London Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | August 1, 2012 (heats & semifinals) August 2, 2012 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:19.59 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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 |
Marathon | ||
10 km | men | women |
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the
U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni cleared a 2:20-barrier in a remarkable world record to defend her Olympic title for the first time in the event's history. Dominating the race from the start, she threw down a stunning time of 2:19.59 to open up a full-body length gap over the rest of the field on the final stretch.[2][3] Meanwhile, Japan's Satomi Suzuki powered home with silver in a scorching time of 2:20.72 to match an Asian record previously held by Rie Kaneto in 2009.[4] Russia's Yuliya Yefimova, who trained with Soni at the Trojan Swim Club, snatched the bronze medal with an astonishing European record in 2:20.92.[5][6]
Denmark's
Before the breakthrough finale, Soni scorched the field with a world-record time in 2:20.00 to pick up a top seed in the semifinals, slicing 0.12 seconds off the standard set by Canada's Annamay Pierse in a since-banned high tech bodysuit from the 2009 World Championships.[9][10]
Other notable swimmers missed the final roster featuring Serbia's Nađa Higl, the 2009 world champion; Norway's Sara Nordenstam, the defending bronze medalist; and Jamaica's Alia Atkinson, fourth-place finalist in the 100 m breaststroke.[11]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Annamay Pierse (CAN) | 2:20.12 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 | [12][13] |
Olympic record | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2:20.22 | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 | [14] |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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August 1 | Semifinal 2 | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:20.00 | WR |
August 2 | Final | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:19.59 | WR |
Results
Heats
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | 4 | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:21.40 | Q |
2 | 5 | 6 | Rikke Pedersen |
Denmark | 2:22.69 | Q, NR |
3 | 3 | 4 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 2:23.22 | Q |
4 | 5 | 5 | Micah Lawrence | United States | 2:24.50 | Q |
5 | 5 | 3 | Anastasia Chaun | Russia | 2:25.39 | Q |
6 | 4 | 1 | Joline Höstman | Sweden | 2:25.44 | Q |
7 | 3 | 3 | Ji Liping | China | 2:25.76 | Q |
3 | 1 | Back Su-yeon | South Korea | Q | ||
9 | 3 | 2 | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 2:25.94 | Q |
10 | 3 | 6 | Sally Foster | Australia | 2:26.04 | Q |
11 | 3 | 7 | Sara El Bekri | Morocco | 2:26.05 | Q, NR |
12 | 4 | 5 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 2:26.38 | Q |
13 | 4 | 6 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:26.39 | Q |
14 | 4 | 4 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:26.83 | Q |
4 | 7 | Jeong Da-rae | South Korea | Q | ||
16 | 5 | 1 | Tessa Wallace | Australia | 2:26.94 | Q |
17 | 2 | 5 | Ganna Dzerkal |
Ukraine | 2:27.09 | NR |
18 | 4 | 8 | Stacey Tadd | Great Britain | 2:27.18 | |
19 | 5 | 7 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:27.30 | |
20 | 5 | 2 | Marina Garcia Urzainqui |
Spain | 2:27.57 | |
21 | 3 | 5 | Tera van Beilen | Canada | 2:27.70 | |
22 | 5 | 8 | Chiara Boggiatto | Italy | 2:27.74 | |
23 | 3 | 8 | Sara Nordenstam | Norway | 2:27.90 | |
24 | 4 | 3 | Sun Ye | China | 2:27.94 | |
25 | 4 | 2 | Nađa Higl | Serbia | 2:28.38 | |
26 | 2 | 6 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 2:28.54 | |
27 | 1 | 5 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:28.77 | NR |
28 | 2 | 4 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 2:29.60 | |
29 | 1 | 4 | Anna Sztankovics | Hungary | 2:29.67 | |
30 | 2 | 7 | Dilara Buse Günaydin |
Turkey | 2:30.64 | |
31 | 2 | 1 | Sarra Lajnef | Tunisia | 2:31.15 | |
32 | 2 | 2 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:31.23 | |
33 | 2 | 3 | Tanja Šmid | Slovenia | 2:32.19 | |
34 | 1 | 3 | Dariya Talanova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:38.01 |
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Rikke Pedersen |
Denmark | 2:22.23 | Q, NR |
2 | 1 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:23.02 | Q |
3 | 5 | Micah Lawrence | United States | 2:23.39 | Q |
4 | 2 | Sally Foster | Australia | 2:24.46 | Q |
5 | 6 | Back Su-Yeon |
South Korea | 2:24.67 | |
6 | 3 | Joline Höstman | Sweden | 2:24.77 | |
7 | 7 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 2:27.32 | |
8 | 8 | Tessa Wallace | Australia | 2:27.38 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:20.00 | Q, WR |
2 | 5 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 2:22.40 | Q |
3 | 2 | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 2:23.21 | Q, AF |
4 | 1 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:24.09 | Q |
5 | 7 | Sara El Bekri | Morocco | 2:25.86 | NR |
6 | 3 | Anastasia Chaun | Russia | 2:26.08 | |
7 | 6 | Ji Liping | China | 2:27.26 | |
8 | 8 | Jeong Da-Rae |
South Korea | 2:28.74 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:19.59 | WR | |
3 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 2:20.72 | =AS | |
6 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:20.92 | EU | |
4 | 5 | Rikke Pedersen |
Denmark | 2:21.65 | NR |
5 | 1 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:23.16 | |
6 | 7 | Micah Lawrence | United States | 2:23.27 | |
7 | 2 | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 2:23.72 | |
8 | 8 | Sally Foster | Australia | 2:26.00 |
References
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- ^ "Swimmers Irie, Suzuki add silver to Japan's medal count". The Japan Times. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "US swimmer Rebecca Soni sets another world record in the 200-meter breaststroke". Fox News. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Swimming World Magazine. 2 August 2012. Archived from the originalon 2013-01-28. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- The Vancouver Sun. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Van Biljon falls short in final". Sport24. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2012. Archived from the originalon 2013-01-28. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Soni sets world record in 200 breast semifinals". Gillette News-Record. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2012. Archived from the originalon 28 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Pierse sets world breaststroke record". CBC Sports. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Canadian Pierse sets world swim record". CBC Sports. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Rebecca Soni breaks 200m breaststroke record". France 24. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- LOCOG. Archived from the originalon 9 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.