Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
| Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
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| Date | September 19, 2000 (heats & semifinals) September 20, 2000 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:05.88 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming events at the 2000 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 | ||
The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19–20 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]
U.S. swimmer Misty Hyman stunned Australia's defending champion Susie O'Neill to claim the Olympic title in front of a raucous home crowd. Seen as almost a lock victory for O'Neill, Hyman seized off a powerful lead and held a full body length over the champion at the 150-metre turn to maintain her relentless pace and touch the wall first in one of the oldest Olympic records in the book. She improved a sterling lifetime best of 2:05.88 to erase Mary T. Meagher's 1984 record by 1.02 seconds, but her time was just a 0.07-margin closer to O'Neill's world record.[2][3] In a signature race, O'Neill ended up with only a silver in 2:06.58, adding it to her gold from Atlanta in 1996 and bronze from Barcelona in 1992. Meanwhile, Petria Thomas took home the bronze in 2:07.12, handing the entire medal lock for the Aussies with a two–three finish.[4][5][6]
Danish star Mette Jacobsen, competing in her fourth Olympics, finished off the podium by over a second in 2:08.24, while Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak posted a fifth-place time of 2:08.48. Racing next to her teammate Hyman in lane seven, Kaitlin Sandeno picked up a sixth spot with a time of 2:08.81.[7] Japanese duo Yuko Nakanishi (2:09.66) and Maki Mita (2:10.72) closed out the field.[6]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Susie O'Neill (AUS) | 2:05.81 | Sydney, Australia | 17 May 2000 | [8] |
| Olympic record |  Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 2:06.90 | Los Angeles, United States | 4 August 1984 | [8] |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September | Final | Misty Hyman | United States | 2:05.88 | OR |
Results
Heats
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Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 2:07.57 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 2:07.63 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Maki Mita |  Japan | 2:09.88 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Yuko Nakanishi | Japan | 2:09.89 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Mireia García |  Spain | 2:10.24 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mandy Loots |  South Africa | 2:10.58 | AF |
| 7 | 8 | Elizabeth van Welie |  New Zealand | 2:11.68 | |
| 8 | 7 | Éva Risztov |  Hungary | 2:11.83 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Otylia Jędrzejczak |  Poland | 2:07.81 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Misty Hyman | United States | 2:07.96 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Mette Jacobsen |  Denmark | 2:08.11 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 6 | Kaitlin Sandeno | United States | 2:09.40 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Georgina Lee |  Great Britain | 2:10.33 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Margaretha Pedder | Great Britain | 2:10.49 | |
| 7 | 2 | Cécile Jeanson |  France | 2:10.78 | =NR |
| 8 | 1 | Sophia Skou | Denmark | 2:11.07 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | Misty Hyman | United States | 2:05.88 | OR* |
 | 4 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 2:06.58 | |
 | 5 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 2:07.12 | |
| 4 | 2 | Mette Jacobsen | Denmark | 2:08.24 | |
| 5 | 3 | Otylia Jędrzejczak | Poland | 2:08.48 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kaitlin Sandeno | United States | 2:08.81 | |
| 7 | 8 | Yuko Nakanishi | Japan | 2:09.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | Maki Mita | Japan | 2:10.72 |
* Also an American record.
References
- ↑ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ↑ "Hyman, Van den Hoogenband win gold". ESPN. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Frank (20 September 2000). "Misty Hops Up A Golden Mountain Hyman Tops Aussie Icon In Butterfly". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ↑ "Misty day: American Hyman upsets O'Neill in 200 butterfly". Sports Illustrated (CNN). 20 September 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ↑ Longman, Jere (20 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; Hyman, in Surprise, Joins No. 1 van den Hoogenband". New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- 1 2 Whitten, Phillip (20 September 2000). "Olympic Day 5 Finals (200 Breast, 100 Free, 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay)". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ↑ "Thompson Wins Seventh Swimming Gold". ABC News. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 235–236. Retrieved 21 June 2013.