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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	11 – 13 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	38 from 29 countries

The long range favourite for the Olympic title was undoubtedly America’s Katie Hoff but the events of the first days of Olympic competition suggested that the double world champion in this event might not be the force she was expected to be. Allied to that was the fact that her crowded schedule meant that this was to be her second final within an hour. The final turned into a carbon copy of the 400 metres medley that had taken place three days earlier with Australia’s Steph Rice and Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe vying to be Olympic champion. Like the 400 Coventry opened up a lead but was pegged back and overtaken by Rice in the closing stages. This was the second of Rice’s three Olympic gold medals and the third silver medal won by Coventry in Beijing. Natalie Coughlin, who had made a last minute to race this event at the US trials, finished ahead of Hoff for the bronze medal.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Steph Rice	AUS	2:12.07 (2 h5)	2:10.58 (2 h1)	2:08.45 (1)	Gold
2	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:12.18 (3 h5)	2:09.53 (1 h1)	2:08.59 (2)	Silver
3	Natalie Coughlin	USA	2:11.63 (1 h3)	2:11.84 (1 h2)	2:10.34 (3)	Bronze
4	Katie Hoff	USA	2:11.58 (2 h4)	2:10.90 (3 h1)	2:10.68 (4)
5	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:11.55 (1 h4)	2:12.03 (=2 h2)	2:11.43 (5)
6	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:12.47 (3 h3)	2:12.18 (=4 h2)	2:11.56 (6)
7	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	2:12.56 (5 h3)	2:12.03 (=2 h2)	2:12.43 (7)
8	Kasia Baranowska	POL	2:12.47 (4 h5)	2:12.13 (4 h1)	2:13.36 (8)
9	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:12.52 (5 h5)	2:12.18 (=4 h2)	–
10	Julie Hjorth-Hansen	DEN	2:11.99 (2 h3)	2:12.26 (6 h2)	–
11	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:11.72 (1 h5)	2:12.35 (5 h1)	–
12	Camille Muffat	FRA	2:12.16 (3 h4)	2:12.36 (7 h2)	–
13	Svetlana Karpeyeva	RUS	2:12.94 (4 h4)	2:13.26 (6 h1)	–
14	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:12.75 (6 h3)	2:13.45 (7 h1)	–
15	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:12.53 (4 h3)	2:13.47 (8 h1)	–
16	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	2:12.78 (7 h3)	2:14.14 (8 h2)	–
17	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:13.05 (5 h4)	–	–
18	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:13.50 (6 h5)	–	–
19	Erica Morningstar	CAN	2:14.11 (7 h5)	–	–
20	Qi Hui	CHN	2:14.25 (6 h4)	–	–
21	Cylia Vabre	FRA	2:14.34 (7 h4)	–	–
22	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:14.97 (1 h2)	–	–
23	Sara Nordenstam	NOR	2:15.13 (2 h2)	–	–
24	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:15.26 (3 h2)	–	–
25	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:15.39 (4 h2)	–	–
26	Jessica Pengelly	RSA	2:15.80 (5 h2)	–	–
27	María Peláez	ESP	2:15.97 (8 h3)	–	–
28	Femke Heemskerk	NED	2:16.28 (6 h2)	–	–
29	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	2:17.11 (7 h2)	–	–
30	Katharina Schiller	GER	2:18.00 (8 h4)	–	–
31	Hanna Dzerkal	UKR	2:18.25 (1 h1)	–	–
32	Erika Stewart	COL	2:18.54 (2 h1)	–	–
33	Sherry Tsai	HKG	2:18.91 (3 h1)	–	–
34	Sonja Schöber	GER	2:20.18 (8 h5)	–	–
35	Erla Haraldsdóttir	ISL	2:20.53 (4 h1)	–	–
36	Lin Man-Hsu	TPE	2:23.29 (5 h1)	–	–
37	Georgina Bardach	ARG	2:25.74 (8 h2)	–	–
38	Fibriani Marita	INA	2:28.18 (6 h1)	–	–
DNS	Maroua Mathlouthi	TUN	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One (11 August 2008)

Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Heat One (19:41)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Hanna Dzerkal	UKR	28.95 (1) 35.74 (3)	1:04.69 (1) 40.45 (1)	1:45.14 (1) 33.11 (3)	2:18.25	0.85
2	2	Erika Stewart	COL	31.02 (5) 34.19 (1)	1:05.21 (3) 41.33 (3)	1:46.54 (2) 32.00 (1)	2:18.54	0.71
3	3	Sherry Tsai	HKG	29.89 (3) 34.96 (2)	1:04.85 (2) 41.90 (4)	1:46.75 (3) 32.16 (2)	2:18.91	0.73
4	4	Erla Haraldsdóttir	ISL	29.36 (2) 37.33 (6)	1:06.69 (4) 40.55 (2)	1:47.24 (4) 33.29 (=4)	2:20.53	0.86
5	7	Lin Man-Hsu	TPE	30.75 (4) 36.33 (4)	1:07.08 (5) 42.92 (5)	1:50.00 (5) 33.29 (=4)	2:23.29	0.74
6	1	Fibriani Marita	INA	32.75 (6) 36.71 (5)	1:09.46 (6) 44.78 (6)	1:54.24 (6) 33.94 (6)	2:28.18	0.92
DNS	5	Maroua Mathlouthi	TUN	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–	–

Heat Two (19:45)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	7	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	29.28 (3) 33.67 (1)	1:02.95 (2) 40.82 (6)	1:43.77 (4) 31.20 (1)	2:14.97	0.75
2	1	Sara Nordenstam	NOR	29.39 (4) 36.27 (7)	1:05.66 (6) 36.99 (1)	1:42.65 (1) 32.48 (6)	2:15.13	0.86
3	2	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	29.11 (2) 34.93 (4)	1:04.04 (4) 39.19 (4)	1:43.23 (3) 32.03 (4)	2:15.26	0.80
4	3	Anja Klinar	SLO	29.84 (6) 35.47 (5)	1:05.31 (5) 38.78 (2)	1:44.09 (5) 31.30 (2)	2:15.39	0.90
5	5	Jessica Pengelly	RSA	29.44 (5) 33.72 (2)	1:03.16 (3) 39.92 (5)	1:43.08 (2) 32.72 (7)	2:15.80	0.69
6	6	Femke Heemskerk	NED	28.64 (1) 34.06 (3)	1:02.70 (1) 41.57 (7)	1:44.27 (6) 32.01 (3)	2:16.28	0.90
7	8	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	30.06 (7) 35.99 (6)	1:06.05 (7) 38.96 (3)	1:45.01 (7) 32.10 (5)	2:17.11	0.74
8	4	Georgina Bardach	ARG	31.00 (8) 37.71 (8)	1:08.71 (8) 41.98 (8)	1:50.69 (8) 35.05 (8)	2:25.74	0.83

Heat Three (19:51)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Natalie Coughlin	USA	27.10 (1) 33.62 (3)	1:00.72 (1) 38.92 (4)	1:39.64 (1) 31.99 (7)	2:11.63	0.69	Q
2	6	Julie Hjorth-Hansen	DEN	28.38 (3) 34.28 (7)	1:02.66 (4) 37.77 (2)	1:40.43 (2) 31.56 (5)	2:11.99	0.78	Q
3	2	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	28.90 (6) 34.97 (8)	1:03.87 (8) 37.68 (1)	1:41.55 (5) 30.92 (3)	2:12.47	0.82	Q
4	1	Li Jiaxing	CHN	28.70 (4) 33.99 (5)	1:02.69 (5) 39.47 (5)	1:42.16 (6) 30.37 (1)	2:12.53	0.75	Q
5	7	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	29.25 (7) 33.39 (2)	1:02.64 (3) 39.54 (6)	1:42.18 (7) 30.38 (2)	2:12.56	0.80	Q
6	5	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	28.76 (5) 34.09 (6)	1:02.85 (6) 38.18 (3)	1:41.03 (3) 31.72 (6)	2:12.75	0.87	Q
7	3	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	28.32 (2) 32.86 (1)	1:01.18 (2) 40.05 (8)	1:41.23 (4) 31.55 (4)	2:12.78	0.72	Q
8	8	María Peláez	ESP	29.30 (8) 33.91 (4)	1:03.21 (7) 39.91 (7)	1:43.12 (8) 32.85 (8)	2:15.97	0.76

Heat Four (19:56)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Alicia Coutts	AUS	28.69 (2) 34.03 (4)	1:02.72 (=4) 37.67 (1)	1:40.39 (1) 31.16 (3)	2:11.55	0.87	Q
2	4	Katie Hoff	USA	28.75 (4) 33.86 (3)	1:02.61 (3) 38.61 (5)	1:41.22 (3) 30.36 (1)	2:11.58	0.81	Q
3	5	Camille Muffat	FRA	28.80 (5) 33.24 (1)	1:02.04 (1) 38.37 (4)	1:40.41 (2) 31.75 (5)	2:12.16	0.84	Q
4	1	Svetlana Karpeyeva	RUS	29.00 (8) 34.45 (6)	1:03.45 (6) 38.16 (3)	1:41.61 (4) 31.33 (4)	2:12.94	0.75	Q
5	8	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	28.74 (3) 33.51 (2)	1:02.25 (2) 39.83 (7)	1:42.08 (=5) 30.97 (2)	2:13.05	0.87
6	6	Qi Hui	CHN	28.93 (7) 35.42 (7)	1:04.35 (8) 37.86 (2)	1:42.21 (7) 32.04 (6)	2:14.25	0.78
7	2	Cylia Vabre	FRA	28.65 (1) 34.07 (5)	1:02.72 (=4) 39.36 (6)	1:42.08 (=5) 32.26 (7)	2:14.34	0.73
8	7	Katharina Schiller	GER	28.82 (6) 35.49 (8)	1:04.31 (7) 39.84 (8)	1:44.15 (8) 33.85 (8)	2:18.00	0.82

Heat Five (20:01)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Hannah Miley	GBR	29.34 (7) 32.69 (2)	1:02.03 (4) 37.81 (1)	1:39.84 (1) 31.88 (4)	2:11.72	0.75	Q
2	4	Steph Rice	AUS	28.44 (1) 33.35 (4)	1:01.79 (3) 38.24 (2)	1:40.03 (3) 32.04 (6)	2:12.07	0.92	Q
3	5	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	29.13 (5) 32.36 (1)	1:01.49 (1) 38.42 (4)	1:39.91 (2) 32.27 (7)	2:12.18	0.74	Q
4	6	Kasia Baranowska	POL	28.71 (3) 33.76 (6)	1:02.47 (5) 38.33 (3)	1:40.80 (4) 31.67 (3)	2:12.47	0.78	Q
5	2	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	28.51 (2) 33.00 (3)	1:01.51 (2) 40.46 (8)	1:41.97 (6) 30.55 (1)	2:12.52	0.85	Q
6	1	Helen Norfolk	NZL	28.87 (4) 33.68 (5)	1:02.55 (6) 38.98 (5)	1:41.53 (5) 31.97 (5)	2:13.50	0.82
7	7	Erica Morningstar	CAN	29.26 (6) 34.18 (7)	1:03.44 (7) 39.61 (6)	1:43.05 (7) 31.06 (2)	2:14.11	0.81
8	8	Sonja Schöber	GER	29.54 (8) 37.48 (8)	1:07.02 (8) 39.96 (7)	1:46.98 (8) 33.20 (8)	2:20.18	0.80

Semi-Finals (12 August 2008)

Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Heat One (11:27)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	29.17 (6) 32.08 (1)	1:01.25 (2) 38.04 (2)	1:39.29 (1) 30.24 (1)	2:09.53	0.72	QOR
2	3	Steph Rice	AUS	28.04 (1) 32.90 (2)	1:00.94 (1) 38.85 (6)	1:39.79 (2) 30.79 (4)	2:10.58	0.98	Q
3	4	Katie Hoff	USA	28.52 (3) 33.01 (3)	1:01.53 (3) 38.87 (7)	1:40.40 (3) 30.50 (3)	2:10.90	0.77	Q
4	2	Kasia Baranowska	POL	28.40 (2) 33.84 (5)	1:02.24 (4) 38.64 (5)	1:40.88 (4) 31.25 (6)	2:12.13	0.78	Q
5	5	Hannah Miley	GBR	29.56 (8) 33.21 (4)	1:02.77 (5) 38.46 (4)	1:41.23 (5) 31.12 (5)	2:12.35	0.73
6	8	Svetlana Karpeyeva	RUS	28.94 (4) 34.60 (7)	1:03.54 (7) 38.36 (3)	1:41.90 (6) 31.36 (7)	2:13.26	0.80
7	1	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	29.26 (7) 34.76 (8)	1:04.02 (8) 37.93 (1)	1:41.95 (7) 31.50 (8)	2:13.45	0.88
8	7	Li Jiaxing	CHN	28.97 (5) 34.17 (6)	1:03.14 (6) 39.95 (8)	1:43.09 (8) 30.38 (2)	2:13.47	0.75

Heat Two (11:33)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Natalie Coughlin	USA	27.56 (1) 33.68 (=5)	1:01.24 (1) 39.04 (6)	1:40.28 (=1) 31.56 (7)	2:11.84	0.68	Q
=2	1	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	29.14 (7) 33.28 (2)	1:02.42 (5) 38.97 (5)	1:41.39 (6) 30.64 (2)	2:12.03	0.81	Q
=2	4	Alicia Coutts	AUS	28.70 (4) 33.46 (3)	1:02.16 (3) 38.12 (2)	1:40.28 (=1) 31.75 (8)	2:12.03	0.79	Q
=4	2	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	28.82 (5) 34.95 (8)	1:03.77 (8) 37.45 (1)	1:41.22 (5) 30.96 (3)	2:12.18	0.75	Q
=4	7	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	28.95 (6) 32.80 (1)	1:01.75 (2) 40.11 (8)	1:41.86 (7) 30.32 (1)	2:12.18	0.82
6	3	Julie Hjorth-Hansen	DEN	28.44 (2) 34.10 (7)	1:02.54 (6) 38.34 (3)	1:40.88 (3) 31.38 (5)	2:12.26	0.84
7	6	Camille Muffat	FRA	28.62 (3) 33.68 (=5)	1:02.30 (4) 38.64 (4)	1:40.94 (4) 31.42 (6)	2:12.36	0.81
8	8	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	29.21 (8) 33.65 (4)	1:02.86 (7) 39.94 (7)	1:42.80 (8) 31.34 (4)	2:14.14	0.70

Swim-Off (12:10)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	28.35 (1) 34.57 (2)	1:02.92 (2) 37.47 (1)	1:40.39 (1) 31.63 (2)	2:12.02	0.77	Q
2	4	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	29.16 (2) 33.25 (1)	1:02.41 (1) 41.67 (2)	1:44.08 (2) 30.88 (1)	2:14.96	0.85

Final (13 August 2008 — 11:14)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Steph Rice	AUS	27.84 (2) 32.84 (3)	1:00.68 (2) 37.68 (2)	1:38.36 (2) 30.09 (1)	2:08.45	0.85	WR
2	4	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	28.47 (5) 31.69 (1)	1:00.16 (1) 38.11 (4)	1:38.27 (1) 30.32 (2)	2:08.59	0.73
3	6	Natalie Coughlin	USA	27.29 (1) 33.79 (6)	1:01.08 (4) 38.59 (5)	1:39.67 (3) 30.67 (3)	2:10.34	0.68
4	3	Katie Hoff	USA	28.30 (3) 32.65 (2)	1:00.95 (3) 38.90 (6)	1:39.85 (4) 30.83 (5)	2:10.68	0.78
5	2	Alicia Coutts	AUS	28.58 (6) 33.49 (5)	1:02.07 (5) 37.99 (3)	1:40.06 (5) 31.37 (8)	2:11.43	0.81
6	8	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	28.42 (4) 34.76 (8)	1:03.18 (8) 37.05 (1)	1:40.23 (6) 31.33 (6)	2:11.56	0.75
7	7	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	29.42 (8) 33.10 (4)	1:02.52 (6) 39.21 (8)	1:41.73 (7) 30.70 (4)	2:12.43	0.76
8	1	Kasia Baranowska	POL	28.86 (7) 34.12 (7)	1:02.98 (7) 39.02 (7)	1:42.00 (8) 31.36 (7)	2:13.36	0.77