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

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 27, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 28, 2011 (final)
Competitors33 from 24 nations
Winning time2:05.55
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    China
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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 Liu Zige   China 2:01.81 Jinan October 21, 2009
Championship record Jessicah Schipper   Australia 2:03.41 Rome July 30, 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

33 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Natsumi Hoshi   Japan 2:07.34 Q
2 4 6 Zsuzsanna Jakabos   Hungary 2:07.60 Q
3 5 6 Kathleen Hersey   United States 2:07.91 Q
4 5 5 Ellen Gandy   Great Britain 2:08.14 Q
5 5 4 Liu Zige   China 2:08.28 Q
6 3 5 Mireia Belmonte García   Spain 2:08.34 Q
7 4 2 Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:08.43 Q
8 4 4 Jiao Liuyang   China 2:08.47 Q
9 4 3 Jessicah Schipper   Australia 2:08.62 Q
10 3 3 Teresa Crippen   United States 2:08.63 Q
11 3 4 Jemma Lowe   Great Britain 2:08.67 Q
12 3 6 Audrey Lacroix   Canada 2:08.88 Q
13 3 7 Otylia Jędrzejczak   Poland 2:09.01 Q
14 3 2 Martina Granström   Sweden 2:09.12 Q
15 5 7 Choi Hye-Ra   South Korea 2:09.33 Q
16 5 1 Ida Marko-Varga   Sweden 2:09.38 Q
17 4 1 Katerine Savard   Canada 2:09.41
18 3 8 Martina van Berkel    Switzerland 2:09.68 NR
19 5 3 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 2:10.48
19 5 2 Judit Ignacio Sorribes   Spain 2:10.48
21 4 8 Mirela Olczak   Poland 2:10.69
22 4 7 Anja Klinar   Slovenia 2:10.83
23 2 6 Rita Medrano   Mexico 2:10.84
24 2 4 Sara Oliveira   Portugal 2:11.37
25 5 8 Yana Martynova   Russia 2:11.82
26 2 3 Emilia Pikkarainen   Finland 2:12.44
27 3 1 Alessia Polieri   Italy 2:13.65
28 2 2 Sara Nordenstam   Norway 2:16.09
29 2 5 Cheng Wan-Jung   Chinese Taipei 2:16.63
30 2 7 Katarina Listopadova   Slovakia 2:17.72
31 1 4 Simona Muccioli   San Marino 2:22.03
32 1 3 Marie Laura Meza   Costa Rica 2:23.68
33 1 5 Noel Borshi   Albania 2:29.16

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held at 19:03.[2]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Ellen Gandy   Great Britain 2:06.73 Q
2 4 Zsuzsanna Jakabos   Hungary 2:06.77 Q
3 6 Jiao Liuyang   China 2:06.99 Q
4 3 Mireia Belmonte Garcia   Spain 2:07.94
5 1 Martina Granström   Sweden 2:08.01 NR
6 7 Audrey Lacroix   Canada 2:08.70
7 2 Teresa Crippen   United States 2:09.27
8 8 Ida Marko-Varga   Sweden 2:09.56

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Jemma Lowe   Great Britain 2:06.30 Q
2 4 Natsumi Hoshi   Japan 2:06.65 Q
3 3 Liu Zige   China 2:06.69 Q
4 2 Jessicah Schipper   Australia 2:06.93 Q
5 6 Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:07.32 Q
6 5 Kathleen Hersey   United States 2:07.94
7 8 Choi Hye-Ra   South Korea 2:08.81
8 1 Otylia Jędrzejczak   Poland 2:09.27

Final edit

The final was held at 18:48. [3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  1 Jiao Liuyang   China 2:05.55
  6 Ellen Gandy   Great Britain 2:05.59
  3 Liu Zige   China 2:05.90
4 5 Natsumi Hoshi   Japan 2:05.91 NR
5 8 Stephanie Rice   Australia 2:06.08
6 2 Zsuzsanna Jakabos   Hungary 2:06.35
7 4 Jemma Lowe   Great Britain 2:06.64
7 7 Jessicah Schipper   Australia 2:06.64

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-27.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-27.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-28.

External links edit