Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley
| Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
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| Date | September 18, 2000 (heats & semifinals) September 19, 2000 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 28 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:10.68 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 individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 18–19 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]
Yana Klochkova, Ukraine's swimming pride and three-time European champion, became the fourth swimmer in Olympic history to strike a medley double, since Claudia Kolb did so in 1968, Tracy Caulkins in 1984, and Michelle Smith in 1996. Leading from start to finish, she established a sterling time of 2:10.68 to cut off Lin Li's eight-year Olympic record by a comfortable margin of 0.95 seconds.[2][3] Romania's Beatrice Căslaru, who shared the European title with Klochkova in the event, raced to silver with a national record of 2:12.57 on the rear of a dominant breaststroke leg. Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Cristina Teuscher took home the bronze in 2:13.32 to touch out Canada's Marianne Limpert (2:13.44) by 12-hundredths of a second.[4][5][6]
Limpert was followed in fifth by her teammate Joanne Malar (2:13.70) and in sixth by Russia's Oxana Verevka (2:13.88). Previously competed for Brazil in Atlanta four years earlier, Gabrielle Rose finished seventh in 2:14.82, while Japan's Tomoko Hagiwara rounded out the field with an eighth-place time of 2:15.64.[6]
Notable swimmers missed out the top 8 final, featuring China's Chen Yan, who recorded the second fastest time ever in the event's history but faded badly to place ninth (2:15.27); and Australia's home favorite Elli Overton, who finished her semifinal run with an eleventh-place effort (2:15.74).[7]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:09.72 | Shanghai, China | 17 October 1997 | [8] |
| Olympic record | Lin Li (CHN) | 2:11.65 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 1992 | [8] |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September | Final | Yana Klochkova |  Ukraine | 2:10.68 | OR |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Beatrice Căslaru |  Romania | 2:13.31 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Joanne Malar |  Canada | 2:13.59 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Marianne Limpert | Canada | 2:13.90 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Gabrielle Rose |  United States | 2:14.40 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Federica Biscia |  Italy | 2:15.71 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Elli Overton |  Australia | 2:15.74 | |
| 7 | 7 | Yseult Gervy | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 2:17.19 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sabine Herbst |  Germany | 2:17.51 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Yana Klochkova | Ukraine | 2:13.08 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Cristina Teuscher | United States | 2:13.47 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Oxana Verevka |  Russia | 2:14.04 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Tomoko Hagiwara |  Japan | 2:15.09 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Chen Yan | China | 2:15.27 | |
| 6 | 7 | Sue Rolph |  Great Britain | 2:15.98 | |
| 7 | 1 | Zhan Shu | China | 2:16.58 | |
| 8 | 8 | Nicole Hetzer | Germany | 2:18.08 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Yana Klochkova | Ukraine | 2:10.68 | OR* |
 | 5 | Beatrice Căslaru | Romania | 2:12.57 | NR |
 | 3 | Cristina Teuscher | United States | 2:13.32 | |
| 4 | 2 | Marianne Limpert | Canada | 2:13.44 | |
| 5 | 6 | Joanne Malar | Canada | 2:13.70 | |
| 6 | 7 | Oxana Verevka | Russia | 2:13.88 | |
| 7 | 1 | Gabrielle Rose | United States | 2:14.82 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:15.64 |
* Also a European and a Ukrainian record.
References
- ↑ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ↑ "Klochkova completes golden double". BBC Sport. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Franz (19 September 2000). "U.S.' Malchow Beats Odds To Grab Gold". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Aussies rule relays". Sports Illustrated (CNN). 20 September 2000. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ "Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly". ESPN. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- 1 2 Whitten, Phillip (19 September 2000). "Olympic Day 4 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ↑ Whitten, Phillip (18 September 2000). "Olympic Day 3 Finals (100 Breast, 100 Back M, 100 Back W, 200 Free)". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 326–327. Retrieved 23 June 2013.