Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.

Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 24, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 25, 2011 (final)
Competitors38 from 30 nations
Winning time2:08.90
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    United States
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Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
Championship record
Ariana Kukors   United States 2:06.15 Rome July 27, 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

38 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 3 Caitlin Leverenz   United States 2:11.01 Q
2 3 5 Mireia Belmonte Garcia   Spain 2:11.38 Q
3 3 4 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:11.53 Q
4 5 4 Ye Shiwen   China 2:11.63 Q
5 4 4 Alicia Coutts   Australia 2:11.64 Q
6 4 5 Ariana Kukors   United States 2:11.84 Q
7 3 3 Hannah Miley   Great Britain 2:11.95 Q
8 5 3 Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:12.68 Q
9 3 2 Choi Hye-Ra   South Korea 2:13.00 Q
10 3 6 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 2:13.16 Q
11 5 2 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:13.32 Q
12 5 5 Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary 2:13.33 Q
13 5 6 Erica Morningstar   Canada 2:13.71 Q
14 4 8 Barbora Závadová   Czech Republic 2:14.08 Q
15 4 7 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor   Great Britain 2:14.30 Q
16 3 1 Fanny Lecluyse   Belgium 2:14.97 Q
17 4 2 Zhu Xiaoya   China 2:14.98
18 5 8 Katheryn Anne Meaklim   South Africa 2:15.15
19 5 1 Stina Gardell   Sweden 2:15.45
20 5 7 Yuliya Efimova   Russia 2:15.56
21 2 4 Ganna Dzerkal   Ukraine 2:16.17
22 2 2 Ranohon Amanova   Uzbekistan 2:16.75
23 4 1 Ida Sandin   Sweden 2:16.87
24 3 8 Jördis Steinegger   Austria 2:17.09
25 2 3 Tanja Smid   Slovenia 2:17.45
26 2 8 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir   Iceland 2:18.20 NR
27 3 7 Alessia Polieri   Italy 2:18.69
28 2 1 Nadia Vieira   Portugal 2:19.74
29 2 6 Emilia Pikkarainen   Finland 2:19.94
30 2 5 Cheng Wan-jung   Chinese Taipei 2:20.20
31 1 4 Natthanan Junkrajang   Thailand 2:20.38
32 2 7 Erla Haraldsdóttir   Iceland 2:21.86
33 1 5 Samantha Arevalo   Ecuador 2:22.39 NR
34 1 6 Ma Cheok Mei   Macau 2:27.59
35 1 3 Nibal Yamout   Lebanon 2:27.93
36 1 7 Daniella van den Berg   Aruba 2:30.02
37 1 2 Loreen Whitfield   American Samoa 2:31.97
4 6 Rita Medrano   Mexico DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held at 18:24.[2]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:09.65 Q
2 3 Ariana Kukors   United States 2:09.83 Q
3 5 Ye Shiwen   China 2:10.08 Q
4 2 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 2:11.76 Q
5 4 Mireia Belmonte Garcia   Spain 2:12.37
6 7 Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary 2:12.51
7 8 Fanny Lecluyse   Belgium 2:13.68 NR
8 1 Barbora Závadová   Czech Republic 2:14.03

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Alicia Coutts   Australia 2:10.65 Q
2 6 Hannah Miley   Great Britain 2:10.95 Q
3 5 Caitlin Leverenz   United States 2:11.15 Q
4 5 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:11.71 Q
5 7 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2:12.21
6 1 Erica Morningstar   Canada 2:12.67
7 8 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor   Great Britain 2:13.26
8 2 Choi Hye-Ra   South Korea 2:15.90

Final edit

The final was held 19:17.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Ye Shiwen   China 2:08.90
  6 Alicia Coutts   Australia 2:09.00
  5 Ariana Kukors   United States 2:09.12
4 4 Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:09.65
5 7 Caitlin Leverenz   United States 2:10.40
6 1 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:11.24
7 2 Hannah Miley   Great Britain 2:11.36
8 8 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 2:16.18

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-24.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-25.

External links edit