Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Competitors	41 from 36 nations
Medalists
Camelia Potec   Romania   Federica Pellegrini   Italy   Solenne Figuès   France
«2000	2008»

Swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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

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.

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, ROM	Federica Pellegrini, ITA	Solenne Figuès, FRA

Heats

Heat 1

1. Pilin Tachakittiranan, Thailand 2:05.29
2. Chin-Kuei Yang, Chinese Taipei 2:05.65
3. Yuliya Rissik, Kazakhstan 2:09.93

Heat 2

1. Jana Myskova, Czech Republic 2:04.62
2. Vesna Stojanovska, Macedonia 2:04.64
3. Louise Jansen, Denmark 2:06.06
4. Larisa Lăcustă, Romania 2:06.62
5. Hang Yu Sze, Hong Kong 2:07.55
6. Khadija Ciss, Senegal 2:09.04

Heat 3

1. Olena Lapunova, Ukraine 2:02.71
2. Hanna Miluska, Switzerland 2:03.28
3. Florencia Szigeti, Argentina 2:03.29
4. Elina Partõka, Estonia 2:03.54
5. Alison Fitch, New Zealand 2:03.58
6. Janelle Atkinson, Jamaica 2:04.06
7. Katinka Hosszú, Hungary 2:04.22
8. Petra Banović, Croatia 2:04.24

Heat 4

1. Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.49 Q
2. Elka Graham, Australia 2:00.13 Q
3. Camelia Potec, Romania 2:00.50 Q
4. Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.73 Q
5. Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 2:01.00 Q
6. Yang Yu, China 2:01.33 Q
7. Sara Isakovič, Slovenia 2:01.71
8. Hyun-Ju Kim, South Korea 2:03.33

Heat 5

1. Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.52 Q
2. Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:59.80 Q
3. Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:00.46 Q
4. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 2:00.67 Q
5. Pang Jiaying, China 2:00.80 Q
6. Sara Harstick, Germany 2:02.25
7. Natalya Shalagina, Russia 2:02.37
8. Mariana Brochado, Brazil 2:02.91

Heat 6

1. Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.50 Q
2. Solenne Figuès, France 1:59.90 Q
3. Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 2:00.04 Q
4. Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.21 Q
5. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 2:00.23 Q
6. Brittany Reimer, Canada 2:01.39
7. Linda Mackenzie, Australia 2:02.04
8. Zoi Dimoschaki, Greece 2:03.38

Heats ranking

1. Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.49 Q
2. Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.50 Q
3. Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.52 Q
4. Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:59.80 Q
5. Solenne Figuès, France 1:59.90 Q
6. Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 2:00.04 Q
7. Elka Graham, Australia 2:00.13 Q
8. Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.21 Q
9. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 2:00.23 Q
10. Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:00.46 Q
11. Camelia Potec, Romania 2:00.50 Q
12. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 2:00.67 Q
13. Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.73 Q
14. Pang Jiaying, China 2:00.80 Q
15. Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 2:01.00 Q
16. Yang Yu, China 2:01.33 Q
17. Brittany Reimer, Canada 2:01.39
18. Sara Isakovič, Slovenia 2:01.71
19. Linda Mackenzie, Australia 2:02.04
20. Sara Harstick, Germany 2:02.25
21. Natalya Shalagina, Russia 2:02.37
22. Olena Lapunova, Ukraine 2:02.71
23. Mariana Brochado, Brazil 2:02.91
24. Hanna Miluska, Switzerland 2:03.28
25. Florencia Szigeti, Argentina 2:03.29
26. Hyun-Ju Kim, Korea 2:03.33
27. Zoi Dimoschaki, Greece 2:03.38
28. Elina Partõka, Estonia 2:03.54
29. Alison Fitch, New Zealand 2:03.58
30. Janelle Atkinson, Jamaica 2:04.06
31. Katinka Hosszu, Hungary 2:04.22
32. Petra Banović, Croatia 2:04.24
33. Jana Myskova, Czech Republic 2:04.62
34. Vesna Stojanovska, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2:04.64
35. Pilin Tachakittiranan, Thailand 2:05.29
36. Chin-Kuei Yang, Chinese Taipei 2:05.65
37. Louise Jansen, Denmark 2:06.06
38. Larisa Lăcustă, Romania 2:06.62
39. Hang Yu Sze, Hong Kong 2:07.55
40. Khadija Ciss, Senegal 2:09.04
41. Yuliya Rissik, Kazakhstan 2:09.93

Semi-finals

Semi-final heat 1

1. Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:58.02 Q
2. Pang Jiaying, China 1:58.68 Q
3. Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 1:59.31 Q
4. Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.79
5. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 1:59.87
6. Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.22
7. Yang Yu, China 2:00.52
8. Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:01.06

Semi-final heat 2

1. Solenne Figuès, France 1:58.65 Q
2. Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.04 Q
3. Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.10 Q
4. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 1:59.13 Q
5. Camelia Potec, Romania 1:59.25 Q
6. Elka Graham, Australia 1:59.44
7. Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 1:59.96
8. Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.09

Semifinal ranking

1. Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:58.02 '-Q
2. Solenne Figuès, France 1:58.65 '-Q
3. Pang Jiaying, China 1:58.68 '-Q
4. Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.04 '-Q
5. Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.10 '-Q
6. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 1:59.13 '-Q
7. Camelia Potec, Romania 1:59.25 '-Q
8. Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 1:59.31 '-Q
9. Elka Graham, Australia 1:59.44
10. Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.79
11. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 1:59.87
12. Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 1:59.96
13. Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.09
14. Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.22
15. Yang Yu, China 2:00.52
16. Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:01.06

Final

1. Camelia Potec, Romania 1:58.03
2. Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:58.22
3. Solenne Figuès, France 1:58.45
4. Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:58.62
5. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 1:58.88
6. Dana Vollmer, United States 1:58.98
7. Pang Jiaying, China 1:59.16
8. Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 1:59.20

References

• Official Olympic Report