Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place 8–9 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
9 August 2016 (final)
Competitors43 from 28 nations
Winning time1:53.73
Medalists
Katie Ledecky  United States
Sarah Sjöström  Sweden
Emma McKeon  Australia
Swimming at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

Summary

After a world-record breaking victory in the 400 m freestyle two days earlier, U.S. distance ace Katie Ledecky pulled away from the field to capture the Olympic mid-distance freestyle crown and her second individual gold at these Games. Hanging with the leaders at the 150-metre turn, Ledecky fended off Sweden's Sarah Sjöström towards a gold-medal finish in 1:53.73.[2][3] Despite trying to hold on Ledecky at the final lap, Sjöström was unable to catch her near the wall, and settled for the silver in 1:54.08.[4] Meanwhile, Australia's Emma McKeon moved up from one of the outside lanes to take home the bronze in 1:54.92.[5][6]

Italy's world-record holder Federica Pellegrini dropped off the podium for the second straight Olympics to fourth in 1:55.18, charging a 0.07-second edge ahead of China's Shen Duo and McKeon's countrywoman Bronte Barratt, bronze medalist from London 2012, both of whom shared the fifth-place time with a matching 1:55.25.[6] Sjöström's teammate Michelle Coleman grabbed the penultimate spot of the top eight in 1:56.27, with France's Charlotte Bonnet (1:56.29) narrowly trailing her by 0.02 of a second to round out the field.[5]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster, including four-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin, who tied for thirteenth with Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey (1:57.56) in the semifinals.[7]

In the medal ceremony, the medals for the competition were presented by Franco Carraro, Italy, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Paolo Barelli, Italy, Honorary Secretary of FINA.

Records

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

World record Federica Pellegrini (ITA)1:52.98Rome, Italy29 July 2009[8][9]
Olympic record Allison Schmitt (USA)1:53.61London, United Kingdom31 July 2012[10]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Katie Ledecky United States1:55.01Q
255Emma McKeon Australia1:55.80Q
364Sarah Sjöström Sweden1:56.11Q
466Charlotte Bonnet France1:56.26Q
544Federica Pellegrini Italy1:56.37Q
663Shen Duo China1:56.52Q
753Michelle Coleman Sweden1:56.54Q
846Ai Yanhan China1:56.77Q
936Siobhan Haughey Hong Kong1:56.91Q, NR
1056Bronte Barratt Australia1:56.93Q
1143Veronika Popova Russia1:57.08Q
1245Missy Franklin United States1:57.12Q
1335Katerine Savard Canada1:57.15Q
1468Manuella Lyrio Brazil1:57.28Q, SA
1565Femke Heemskerk Netherlands1:57.68Q
1662Brittany MacLean Canada1:57.74Q
1761Chihiro Igarashi Japan1:57.88
1847Arina Openysheva Russia1:58.05
1951Melania Costa Schmid Spain1:58.19
2037Annika Bruhn Germany1:58.48
2157Rikako Ikee Japan1:58.49
2253Nina Rangelova Bulgaria1:58.57
2352Coralie Balmy France1:58.83
2442Alice Mizzau Italy1:59.16
2548Ajna Késely Hungary1:59.20
2641Robin Neumann Netherlands1:59.23
2732Georgia Coates Great Britain1:59.33
2834Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary1:59.44
2938Camille Cheng Hong Kong1:59.71
3024Katarina Simonović Serbia2:00.06
3123Barbora Seemanová Czech Republic2:00.26
3258Eleanor Faulkner Great Britain2:00.51
3326Anastasia Bogdanovski Macedonia2:00.52NR
3431Patricia Castro Spain2:00.71
3567Larissa Oliveira Brazil2:00.76
3627Elisbet Gámez Cuba2:01.08
3722Joanna Evans Bahamas2:01.27NR
3821Sara Pastrana Honduras2:03.19
3928Andrea Cedrón Peru2:05.33
4015Matelita Buadromo Fiji2:05.49
4114Shivani Kataria India2:09.30
4213Kaya Forson Ghana2:16.02
25Andrea Murez IsraelDNS

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Shen Duo China1:56.03Q
24Emma McKeon Australia1:56.29Q
35Charlotte Bonnet France1:56.38Q
42Bronte Barratt Australia1:56.63Q
58Brittany MacLean Canada1:57.36
66Ai Yanhan China1:57.41
71Manuella Lyrio Brazil1:57.43
87Missy Franklin United States1:57.56

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Sarah Sjöström Sweden1:54.65Q
24Katie Ledecky United States1:54.81Q
33Federica Pellegrini Italy1:55.42Q
46Michelle Coleman Sweden1:56.05Q
57Veronika Popova Russia1:57.22
62Siobhan Haughey Hong Kong1:57.56
71Katerine Savard Canada1:57.80
88Femke Heemskerk Netherlands1:57.82

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Katie Ledecky United States1:53.73
4Sarah Sjöström Sweden1:54.08NR
7Emma McKeon Australia1:54.92
43Federica Pellegrini Italy1:55.18
56Shen Duo China1:55.25
8Bronte Barratt Australia
72Michelle Coleman Sweden1:56.27
81Charlotte Bonnet France1:56.29

References
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  6. Pentony, Luke (9 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Australia's Emma McKeon takes out bronze in women's 200m freestyle fina". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. Fenno, Nathan (9 August 2016). "Missy Franklin fails to advance in 200 freestyle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  8. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Federica Pellegrini Puts on Show for Home Crowd With World Record, U.S. Goes 2-3 With American Record". Swimming World Magazine. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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