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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	Competitor	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

Date	11 August 2008
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

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

Heat #1

Time	19:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Hanna Dzerkal	UKR	2:18.25	0.85	28.95 (1)	1:04.69 (1)	1:45.14 (1)	35.74 (3)	40.45 (1)	33.11 (3)
2	2	Erika Stewart	COL	2:18.54	0.71	31.02 (5)	1:05.21 (3)	1:46.54 (2)	34.19 (1)	41.33 (3)	32.00 (1)
3	3	Sherry Tsai	HKG	2:18.91	0.73	29.89 (3)	1:04.85 (2)	1:46.75 (3)	34.96 (2)	41.90 (4)	32.16 (2)
4	4	Erla Haraldsdóttir	ISL	2:20.53	0.86	29.36 (2)	1:06.69 (4)	1:47.24 (4)	37.33 (6)	40.55 (2)	33.29 (=4)
5	7	Lin Man-Hsu	TPE	2:23.29	0.74	30.75 (4)	1:07.08 (5)	1:50.00 (5)	36.33 (4)	42.92 (5)	33.29 (=4)
6	1	Fibriani Marita	INA	2:28.18	0.92	32.75 (6)	1:09.46 (6)	1:54.24 (6)	36.71 (5)	44.78 (6)	33.94 (6)
DNS	5	Maroua Mathlouthi	TUN	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #2

Time	19:45

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	7	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:14.97	0.75	29.28 (3)	1:02.95 (2)	1:43.77 (4)	33.67 (1)	40.82 (6)	31.20 (1)
2	1	Sara Nordenstam	NOR	2:15.13	0.86	29.39 (4)	1:05.66 (6)	1:42.65 (1)	36.27 (7)	36.99 (1)	32.48 (6)
3	2	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:15.26	0.80	29.11 (2)	1:04.04 (4)	1:43.23 (3)	34.93 (4)	39.19 (4)	32.03 (4)
4	3	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:15.39	0.90	29.84 (6)	1:05.31 (5)	1:44.09 (5)	35.47 (5)	38.78 (2)	31.30 (2)
5	5	Jessica Pengelly	RSA	2:15.80	0.69	29.44 (5)	1:03.16 (3)	1:43.08 (2)	33.72 (2)	39.92 (5)	32.72 (7)
6	6	Femke Heemskerk	NED	2:16.28	0.90	28.64 (1)	1:02.70 (1)	1:44.27 (6)	34.06 (3)	41.57 (7)	32.01 (3)
7	8	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	2:17.11	0.74	30.06 (7)	1:06.05 (7)	1:45.01 (7)	35.99 (6)	38.96 (3)	32.10 (5)
8	4	Georgina Bardach	ARG	2:25.74	0.83	31.00 (8)	1:08.71 (8)	1:50.69 (8)	37.71 (8)	41.98 (8)	35.05 (8)

Heat #3

Time	19:51

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Natalie Coughlin	USA	2:11.63	0.69	27.10 (1)	1:00.72 (1)	1:39.64 (1)	33.62 (3)	38.92 (4)	31.99 (7)	Q
2	6	Julie Hjorth-Hansen	DEN	2:11.99	0.78	28.38 (3)	1:02.66 (4)	1:40.43 (2)	34.28 (7)	37.77 (2)	31.56 (5)	Q
3	2	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:12.47	0.82	28.90 (6)	1:03.87 (8)	1:41.55 (5)	34.97 (8)	37.68 (1)	30.92 (3)	Q
4	1	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:12.53	0.75	28.70 (4)	1:02.69 (5)	1:42.16 (6)	33.99 (5)	39.47 (5)	30.37 (1)	Q
5	7	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	2:12.56	0.80	29.25 (7)	1:02.64 (3)	1:42.18 (7)	33.39 (2)	39.54 (6)	30.38 (2)	Q
6	5	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:12.75	0.87	28.76 (5)	1:02.85 (6)	1:41.03 (3)	34.09 (6)	38.18 (3)	31.72 (6)	Q
7	3	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	2:12.78	0.72	28.32 (2)	1:01.18 (2)	1:41.23 (4)	32.86 (1)	40.05 (8)	31.55 (4)	Q
8	8	María Peláez	ESP	2:15.97	0.76	29.30 (8)	1:03.21 (7)	1:43.12 (8)	33.91 (4)	39.91 (7)	32.85 (8)

Heat #4

Time	19:56

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:11.55	0.87	28.69 (2)	1:02.72 (=4)	1:40.39 (1)	34.03 (4)	37.67 (1)	31.16 (3)	Q
2	4	Katie Hoff	USA	2:11.58	0.81	28.75 (4)	1:02.61 (3)	1:41.22 (3)	33.86 (3)	38.61 (5)	30.36 (1)	Q
3	5	Camille Muffat	FRA	2:12.16	0.84	28.80 (5)	1:02.04 (1)	1:40.41 (2)	33.24 (1)	38.37 (4)	31.75 (5)	Q
4	1	Svetlana Karpeyeva	RUS	2:12.94	0.75	29.00 (8)	1:03.45 (6)	1:41.61 (4)	34.45 (6)	38.16 (3)	31.33 (4)	Q
5	8	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:13.05	0.87	28.74 (3)	1:02.25 (2)	1:42.08 (=5)	33.51 (2)	39.83 (7)	30.97 (2)
6	6	Qi Hui	CHN	2:14.25	0.78	28.93 (7)	1:04.35 (8)	1:42.21 (7)	35.42 (7)	37.86 (2)	32.04 (6)
7	2	Cylia Vabre	FRA	2:14.34	0.73	28.65 (1)	1:02.72 (=4)	1:42.08 (=5)	34.07 (5)	39.36 (6)	32.26 (7)
8	7	Katharina Schiller	GER	2:18.00	0.82	28.82 (6)	1:04.31 (7)	1:44.15 (8)	35.49 (8)	39.84 (8)	33.85 (8)

Heat #5

Time	20:01

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:11.72	0.75	29.34 (7)	1:02.03 (4)	1:39.84 (1)	32.69 (2)	37.81 (1)	31.88 (4)	Q
2	4	Steph Rice	AUS	2:12.07	0.92	28.44 (1)	1:01.79 (3)	1:40.03 (3)	33.35 (4)	38.24 (2)	32.04 (6)	Q
3	5	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:12.18	0.74	29.13 (5)	1:01.49 (1)	1:39.91 (2)	32.36 (1)	38.42 (4)	32.27 (7)	Q
4	6	Kasia Baranowska	POL	2:12.47	0.78	28.71 (3)	1:02.47 (5)	1:40.80 (4)	33.76 (6)	38.33 (3)	31.67 (3)	Q
5	2	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:12.52	0.85	28.51 (2)	1:01.51 (2)	1:41.97 (6)	33.00 (3)	40.46 (8)	30.55 (1)	Q
6	1	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:13.50	0.82	28.87 (4)	1:02.55 (6)	1:41.53 (5)	33.68 (5)	38.98 (5)	31.97 (5)
7	7	Erica Morningstar	CAN	2:14.11	0.81	29.26 (6)	1:03.44 (7)	1:43.05 (7)	34.18 (7)	39.61 (6)	31.06 (2)
8	8	Sonja Schöber	GER	2:20.18	0.80	29.54 (8)	1:07.02 (8)	1:46.98 (8)	37.48 (8)	39.96 (7)	33.20 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	12 August 2008
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:09.53	QOR
2	3	Steph Rice	AUS	2:10.58	Q
3	4	Katie Hoff	USA	2:10.90	Q
4	5	Natalie Coughlin	USA	2:11.84	Q
=5	1	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	2:12.03	Q
=5	4	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:12.03	Q
7	2	Kasia Baranowska	POL	2:12.13	Q
=8	2	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:12.18	Q
=8	7	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:12.18
10	3	Julie Hjorth-Hansen	DEN	2:12.26
11	5	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:12.35
12	6	Camille Muffat	FRA	2:12.36
13	8	Svetlana Karpeyeva	RUS	2:13.26
14	1	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:13.45
15	7	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:13.47
16	8	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	2:14.14

Heat #1

Time	11:27

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:09.53	0.72	29.17 (6)	1:01.25 (2)	1:39.29 (1)	32.08 (1)	38.04 (2)	30.24 (1)	QOR
2	3	Steph Rice	AUS	2:10.58	0.98	28.04 (1)	1:00.94 (1)	1:39.79 (2)	32.90 (2)	38.85 (6)	30.79 (4)	Q
3	4	Katie Hoff	USA	2:10.90	0.77	28.52 (3)	1:01.53 (3)	1:40.40 (3)	33.01 (3)	38.87 (7)	30.50 (3)	Q
4	2	Kasia Baranowska	POL	2:12.13	0.78	28.40 (2)	1:02.24 (4)	1:40.88 (4)	33.84 (5)	38.64 (5)	31.25 (6)	Q
5	5	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:12.35	0.73	29.56 (8)	1:02.77 (5)	1:41.23 (5)	33.21 (4)	38.46 (4)	31.12 (5)
6	8	Svetlana Karpeyeva	RUS	2:13.26	0.80	28.94 (4)	1:03.54 (7)	1:41.90 (6)	34.60 (7)	38.36 (3)	31.36 (7)
7	1	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	2:13.45	0.88	29.26 (7)	1:04.02 (8)	1:41.95 (7)	34.76 (8)	37.93 (1)	31.50 (8)
8	7	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:13.47	0.75	28.97 (5)	1:03.14 (6)	1:43.09 (8)	34.17 (6)	39.95 (8)	30.38 (2)

Heat #2

Time	11:33

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Natalie Coughlin	USA	2:11.84	0.68	27.56 (1)	1:01.24 (1)	1:40.28 (=1)	33.68 (=5)	39.04 (6)	31.56 (7)	Q
=2	1	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	2:12.03	0.81	29.14 (7)	1:02.42 (5)	1:41.39 (6)	33.28 (2)	38.97 (5)	30.64 (2)	Q
=2	4	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:12.03	0.79	28.70 (4)	1:02.16 (3)	1:40.28 (=1)	33.46 (3)	38.12 (2)	31.75 (8)	Q
=4	2	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:12.18	0.75	28.82 (5)	1:03.77 (8)	1:41.22 (5)	34.95 (8)	37.45 (1)	30.96 (3)	Q
=4	7	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:12.18	0.82	28.95 (6)	1:01.75 (2)	1:41.86 (7)	32.80 (1)	40.11 (8)	30.32 (1)
6	3	Julie Hjorth-Hansen	DEN	2:12.26	0.84	28.44 (2)	1:02.54 (6)	1:40.88 (3)	34.10 (7)	38.34 (3)	31.38 (5)
7	6	Camille Muffat	FRA	2:12.36	0.81	28.62 (3)	1:02.30 (4)	1:40.94 (4)	33.68 (=5)	38.64 (4)	31.42 (6)
8	8	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	2:14.14	0.70	29.21 (8)	1:02.86 (7)	1:42.80 (8)	33.65 (4)	39.94 (7)	31.34 (4)

Swim-Off 8-9

Time	12:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:12.02	0.77	28.35 (1)	1:02.92 (2)	1:40.39 (1)	34.57 (2)	37.47 (1)	31.63 (2)	Q
2	4	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:14.96	0.85	29.16 (2)	1:02.41 (1)	1:44.08 (2)	33.25 (1)	41.67 (2)	30.88 (1)

Final Round

Date	13 August 2008 — 11:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Steph Rice	AUS	2:08.45	0.85	27.84 (2)	1:00.68 (2)	1:38.36 (2)	32.84 (3)	37.68 (2)	30.09 (1)	WR
2	4	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.59	0.73	28.47 (5)	1:00.16 (1)	1:38.27 (1)	31.69 (1)	38.11 (4)	30.32 (2)
3	6	Natalie Coughlin	USA	2:10.34	0.68	27.29 (1)	1:01.08 (4)	1:39.67 (3)	33.79 (6)	38.59 (5)	30.67 (3)
4	3	Katie Hoff	USA	2:10.68	0.78	28.30 (3)	1:00.95 (3)	1:39.85 (4)	32.65 (2)	38.90 (6)	30.83 (5)
5	2	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:11.43	0.81	28.58 (6)	1:02.07 (5)	1:40.06 (5)	33.49 (5)	37.99 (3)	31.37 (8)
6	8	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:11.56	0.75	28.42 (4)	1:03.18 (8)	1:40.23 (6)	34.76 (8)	37.05 (1)	31.33 (6)
7	7	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	2:12.43	0.76	29.42 (8)	1:02.52 (6)	1:41.73 (7)	33.10 (4)	39.21 (8)	30.70 (4)
8	1	Kasia Baranowska	POL	2:13.36	0.77	28.86 (7)	1:02.98 (7)	1:42.00 (8)	34.12 (7)	39.02 (7)	31.36 (7)