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Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates31 July 2024
(Heats and Semis)
1 August 2024
(Final)
Competitors23
Winning time2:19.24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kate Douglass  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatjana Smith  South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tes Schouten  Netherlands
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.


Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS) 2:17.55 Kazan, Russia 21 April 2023
Olympic record  Tatjana Smith (RSA) 2:18.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 July 2021

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[1][2]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[1]

Time standards

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The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[3]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Women's events
Event OQT* OCT^
200 m breaststroke 2:23.91 2:24.63

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

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The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
31 July 2024 10:00 Heats
19:37 Semifinals
1 August 2024 21:11 Final

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1 4 Tatjana Smith  South Africa 2:21.57 Q
2 2 4 Tes Schouten  Netherlands 2:23.08 Q
3 3 4 Kate Douglass  United States 2:23.44 Q
4 3 3 Ye Shiwen  China 2:23.67 Q
5 1 6 Kaylene Corbett  South Africa 2:23.85 Q
6 3 2 Satomi Suzuki  Japan 2:23.80 Q
7 1 5 Mona McSharry  Ireland 2:23.98 Q
8 2 3 Jenna Strauch  Australia 2:24.38 Q
9 2 7 Jessica Vall  Spain 2:24.52 Q
10 1 3 Kotryna Teterevkova  Lithuania 2:24.59 Q
11 3 5 Lilly King  United States 2:24.91 Q
12 2 2 Kelsey Wog  Canada 2:25.11 Q
13 2 6 Sydney Pickrem  Canada 2:25.45 Q
14 3 6 Ella Ramsay  Australia 2:25.61 Q
15 3 7 Francesca Fangio  Italy 2:25.85 Q
16 1 2 Kristýna Horská  Czech Republic 2:26.28 Q
17 2 1 Lisa Mamié  Switzerland 2:26.39
18 2 8 Macarena Ceballos  Argentina 2:26.55
19 2 5 Thea Blomsterberg  Denmark 2:27.81
20 1 1 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 2:28.10
21 1 7 Alina Zmushka  Individual Neutral Athletes 2:28.19
22 3 1 Letitia Sim  Singapore 2:29.46
23 3 8 Eneli Jefimova  Estonia 2:30.68

Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 5 Kate Douglass  United States 2:19.74 Q
2 2 4 Tatjana Smith  South Africa 2:19.94 Q
3 1 4 Tes Schouten  Netherlands 2:22.74 Q
4 1 3 Kaylene Corbett  South Africa 2:22.87 Q
5 1 5 Ye Shiwen  China 2:23.13 Q
6 2 7 Lilly King  United States 2:23.25 Q
7 1 2 Kotryna Teterevkova  Lithuania 2:23.42 Q
8 2 3 Satomi Suzuki  Japan 2:23.54 Q
9 2 1 Sydney Pickrem  Canada 2:24.03
10 1 6 Jenna Strauch  Australia 2:24.05
11 2 6 Mona McSharry  Ireland 2:24.48
12 1 1 Ella Ramsay  Australia 2:24.56
13 1 7 Kelsey Wog  Canada 2:24.82
14 2 8 Francesca Fangio  Italy 2:25.39
15 1 8 Kristýna Horská  Czech Republic 2:25.77
16 2 2 Jessica Vall  Spain 2:26.22

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Kate Douglass  United States 2:19.24 AM
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Tatjana Smith  South Africa 2:19.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Tes Schouten  Netherlands 2:21.05
4 8 Satomi Suzuki  Japan 2:22.54
5 1 Kotryna Teterevkova  Lithuania 2:23.75
6 2 Ye Shiwen  China 2:24.31
7 6 Kaylene Corbett  South Africa 2:24.46
8 7 Lilly King  United States 2:25.91

References

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  1. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.