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200 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	18 – 19 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	40 from 35 countries

Australia’s Susie O’Neill was known as “Madame Butterfly” due to her expertise at the stroke but it was at the 200 metres freestyle that she won her second gold medal in front of the home crowd in Sydney. O’Neill took the lead shortly before halfway and held off the challenge of the two women who had placed first and second at the 1998 World Championships Claudia Poll of Costa Rica and Martina Moravcová of Slovakia. As the crowd urged O’Neill onwards with shouts of “Susie, Susie, Susie” Moravcová closed the gap on the leader in the last 50 metres but had to settle for silver with Poll in third.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Susie O'Neill	AUS	1:59.14 (1 h6)	1:59.37 (1 h2)	1:58.24 (1)	Gold
2	Martina Moravcová	SVK	2:00.46 (3 h4)	1:59.75 (1 h1)	1:58.32 (2)	Silver
3	Claudia Poll	CRC	2:00.11 (1 h5)	1:59.63 (3 h2)	1:58.81 (3)	Bronze
=4	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	2:00.25 (3 h6)	1:59.78 (2 h1)	1:58.86 (=4)
=4	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	2:00.47 (3 h5)	1:59.69 (4 h2)	1:58.86 (=4)
6	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	2:00.58 (4 h4)	1:59.90 (3 h1)	1:59.28 (6)
7	Camelia Potec	ROU	2:00.18 (2 h4)	1:59.54 (2 h2)	1:59.46 (7)
8	Wang Luna	CHN	2:00.89 (5 h6)	1:59.97 (4 h1)	1:59.55 (8)
9	Heleen Muller	RSA	1:59.89 (1 h4)	2:00.04 (5 h1)	–
10	Sara Parise	ITA	2:01.31 (6 h4)	2:00.07 (6 h1)	–
11	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:00.37 (2 h5)	2:00.26 (5 h2)	–
12	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:00.13 (2 h6)	2:00.27 (7 h1)	–
13	Mandy Leach	ZIM	2:01.05 (5 h4)	2:00.60 (8 h1)	–
14	Giaan Rooney	AUS	2:00.99 (4 h5)	2:00.84 (6 h2)	–
15	Carla Geurts	NED	2:00.60 (4 h6)	2:00.88 (7 h2)	–
16	Rada Owen	USA	2:01.10 (5 h5)	2:03.34 (8 h2)	–
17	Yang Yu	CHN	2:01.34 (6 h5)	–	–
=18	Jessica Deglau	CAN	2:01.42 (6 h6)	–	–
=18	Karen Pickering	GBR	2:01.42 (7 h4)	–	–
20	Solenne Figuès	FRA	2:01.46 (8 h4)	–	–
21	Rania El-Wani	EGY	2:01.93 (1 h3)	–	–
22	Nina Van Koeckhoven	BEL	2:02.15 (7 h5)	–	–
23	Laura Nicholls	CAN	2:02.69 (7 h6)	–	–
24	Laura Roca	ESP	2:03.37 (8 h5)	–	–
25	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	2:04.06 (2 h3)	–	–
26	Olena Lapunova	UKR	2:04.39 (3 h3)	–	–
27	Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir	ISL	2:05.22 (1 h2)	–	–
28	Chantal Gibney	IRL	2:05.24 (4 h3)	–	–
29	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	2:05.58 (2 h2)	–	–
30	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	2:05.88 (5 h3)	–	–
31	Elina Partõka	EST	2:05.90 (6 h3)	–	–
32	Tsai Shu-Min	TPE	2:06.12 (7 h3)	–	–
33	No Ju-Hui	KOR	2:07.21 (8 h3)	–	–
34	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	2:07.61 (3 h2)	–	–
35	Anna Korshikova	KGZ	2:08.08 (4 h2)	–	–
36	Petra Banović	CRO	2:08.30 (5 h2)	–	–
37	Nisha Millet	IND	2:08.89 (1 h1)	–	–
38	Pamela Vásquez	HON	2:15.83 (2 h1)	–	–
39	Marella Mamoun	SYR	2:18.78 (3 h1)	–	–
DQ	Florencia Szigeti	ARG	– (DQ h2)	–	–
DNS	Karen Legg	GBR	– (DNS h6)	–	–

Round One (18 September 2000)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (10:02)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Nisha Millet	IND	30.16 (1) 32.33 (1)	1:02.49 (1) 33.16 (1)	1:35.65 (1) 33.24 (1)	2:08.89	0.89
2	5	Pamela Vásquez	HON	31.23 (2) 33.58 (2)	1:04.81 (2) 35.91 (3)	1:40.72 (2) 35.11 (2)	2:15.83	0.86
3	3	Marella Mamoun	SYR	31.83 (3) 35.19 (3)	1:07.02 (3) 35.68 (2)	1:42.70 (3) 36.08 (3)	2:18.78	0.97

Heat Two (10:07)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir	ISL	29.19 (2) 31.20 (1)	1:00.39 (1) 32.19 (2)	1:32.58 (1) 32.64 (2)	2:05.22	0.86
2	6	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	29.69 (4) 31.33 (2)	1:01.02 (4) 32.12 (1)	1:33.14 (2) 32.44 (1)	2:05.58	0.87
3	7	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	29.99 (5) 31.75 (4)	1:01.74 (5) 32.95 (3)	1:34.69 (5) 32.92 (3)	2:07.61	0.85
4	3	Anna Korshikova	KGZ	29.13 (1) 31.78 (5)	1:00.91 (3) 33.50 (5)	1:34.41 (4) 33.67 (4)	2:08.08	0.97
5	2	Petra Banović	CRO	29.40 (3) 31.43 (3)	1:00.83 (2) 33.26 (4)	1:34.09 (3) 34.21 (5)	2:08.30	0.80
DQ	4	Florencia Szigeti	ARG	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–	–	1

Heat Three (10:12)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	1	Rania El-Wani	EGY	28.09 (1) 31.23 (2)	59.32 (1) 30.94 (1)	1:30.26 (1) 31.67 (1)	2:01.93	0.73
2	2	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	28.77 (2) 31.25 (=3)	1:00.02 (3) 31.82 (2)	1:31.84 (2) 32.22 (4)	2:04.06	0.87
3	5	Olena Lapunova	UKR	28.94 (3) 30.84 (1)	59.78 (2) 32.33 (4)	1:32.11 (3) 32.28 (5)	2:04.39	0.87
4	4	Chantal Gibney	IRL	30.17 (8) 31.25 (=3)	1:01.42 (8) 31.88 (3)	1:33.30 (4) 31.94 (2)	2:05.24	0.87
5	8	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	29.24 (5) 31.62 (8)	1:00.86 (5) 32.89 (7)	1:33.75 (7) 32.13 (3)	2:05.88	0.87
6	3	Elina Partõka	EST	29.50 (6) 31.51 (6)	1:01.01 (6) 32.37 (5)	1:33.38 (5) 32.52 (7)	2:05.90	0.83
7	6	Tsai Shu-Min	TPE	29.83 (7) 31.37 (5)	1:01.2 (7) 32.53 (6)	1:33.73 (6) 32.39 (6)	2:06.12	0.79
8	7	No Ju-Hui	KOR	29.16 (4) 31.60 (7)	1:00.76 (4) 33.20 (8)	1:33.96 (8) 33.25 (8)	2:07.21	0.87

Heat Four (10:17)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	2	Heleen Muller	RSA	27.57 (1) 29.74 (1)	57.31 (1) 30.43 (1)	1:27.74 (1) 32.15 (8)	1:59.89	0.70	Q
2	4	Camelia Potec	ROU	28.42 (4) 30.59 (4)	59.01 (3) 30.67 (2)	1:29.68 (3) 30.50 (4)	2:00.18	0.90	Q
3	5	Martina Moravcová	SVK	28.41 (3) 30.34 (3)	58.75 (2) 30.91 (5)	1:29.66 (2) 30.80 (5)	2:00.46	0.83	Q
4	3	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	28.49 (5) 30.63 (5)	59.12 (5) 31.07 (=7)	1:30.19 (6) 30.39 (=2)	2:00.58	0.81	Q
5	8	Mandy Leach	ZIM	29.03 (8) 30.79 (6)	59.82 (7) 31.02 (6)	1:30.84 (7) 30.21 (1)	2:01.05	0.73	Q
6	1	Sara Parise	ITA	28.27 (2) 30.90 (7)	59.17 (6) 30.74 (3)	1:29.91 (4) 31.40 (6)	2:01.31	0.81	Q
7	7	Karen Pickering	GBR	29.00 (7) 30.96 (8)	59.96 (8) 31.07 (=7)	1:31.03 (8) 30.39 (=2)	2:01.42	0.77
8	6	Solenne Figuès	FRA	28.91 (6) 30.18 (2)	59.09 (4) 30.89 (4)	1:29.98 (5) 31.48 (7)	2:01.46	0.78

Heat Five (10:23)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Claudia Poll	CRC	28.62 (4) 30.65 (5)	59.27 (4) 30.85 (1)	1:30.12 (4) 29.99 (1)	2:00.11	0.96	Q
2	5	Franziska van Almsick	GER	28.50 (2) 30.88 (7)	59.38 (7) 30.95 (=2)	1:30.33 (6) 30.04 (2)	2:00.37	0.86	Q
3	6	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	28.53 (3) 30.28 (1)	58.81 (1) 31.00 (=5)	1:29.81 (1) 30.66 (3)	2:00.47	0.88	Q
4	3	Giaan Rooney	AUS	28.37 (1) 30.67 (6)	59.04 (2) 31.00 (=5)	1:30.04 (2) 30.95 (5)	2:00.99	0.77	Q
5	7	Rada Owen	USA	28.70 (6) 30.62 (4)	59.32 (5) 30.95 (=2)	1:30.27 (5) 30.83 (4)	2:01.10	0.77	Q
6	2	Yang Yu	CHN	28.67 (5) 30.46 (2)	59.13 (3) 30.98 (4)	1:30.11 (3) 31.23 (6)	2:01.34	0.80
7	1	Nina Van Koeckhoven	BEL	28.80 (7) 30.56 (3)	59.36 (6) 31.11 (7)	1:30.47 (7) 31.68 (8)	2:02.15	0.85
8	8	Laura Roca	ESP	29.25 (8) 31.03 (8)	1:00.28 (8) 31.52 (8)	1:31.80 (8) 31.57 (7)	2:03.37	0.89

Heat Six (10:29)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	28.47 (1) 30.52 (2)	58.99 (1) 30.07 (1)	1:29.06 (1) 30.08 (2)	1:59.14	0.82	Q
2	5	Lindsay Benko	USA	28.70 (5) 30.50 (1)	59.20 (2) 30.79 (4)	1:29.99 (=2) 30.14 (3)	2:00.13	0.83	Q
3	6	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	28.62 (3) 30.84 (6)	59.46 (5) 30.89 (=5)	1:30.35 (5) 29.90 (1)	2:00.25	0.89	Q
4	1	Carla Geurts	NED	28.51 (2) 30.71 (4)	59.22 (3) 30.77 (3)	1:29.99 (=2) 30.61 (5)	2:00.60	0.72	Q
5	3	Wang Luna	CHN	28.67 (4) 30.75 (5)	59.42 (4) 30.90 (7)	1:30.32 (4) 30.57 (4)	2:00.89	0.78	Q
6	2	Jessica Deglau	CAN	29.14 (6) 30.69 (3)	59.83 (6) 30.69 (2)	1:30.52 (6) 30.90 (6)	2:01.42	0.80
7	8	Laura Nicholls	CAN	29.33 (7) 31.28 (7)	1:00.61 (7) 30.89 (=5)	1:31.50 (7) 31.19 (7)	2:02.69	0.89
DNS	7	Karen Legg	GBR	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–	–

Semi-Finals (18 September 2000)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:27)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Martina Moravcová	SVK	28.04 (1) 30.30 (3)	58.34 (1) 30.73 (4)	1:29.07 (1) 30.68 (8)	1:59.75	0.82	Q
2	3	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	28.87 (8) 30.70 (7)	59.57 (7) 30.66 (3)	1:30.23 (8) 29.55 (1)	1:59.78	0.90	Q
3	2	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	28.73 (7) 30.86 (8)	59.59 (8) 30.55 (1)	1:30.14 (=6) 29.76 (2)	1:59.90	0.80	Q
4	7	Wang Luna	CHN	28.22 (2) 30.48 (5)	58.70 (2) 30.82 (5)	1:29.52 (3) 30.45 (4)	1:59.97	0.80	Q
5	4	Heleen Muller	RSA	28.66 (5) 30.23 (2)	58.89 (4) 30.58 (2)	1:29.47 (2) 30.57 (6)	2:00.04	0.71
6	8	Sara Parise	ITA	28.69 (6) 30.32 (4)	59.01 (5) 30.86 (=6)	1:29.87 (5) 30.20 (3)	2:00.07	0.80
7	5	Lindsay Benko	USA	28.59 (3) 30.20 (1)	58.79 (3) 30.86 (=6)	1:29.65 (4) 30.62 (7)	2:00.27	0.81
8	1	Mandy Leach	ZIM	28.61 (4) 30.55 (6)	59.16 (6) 30.98 (8)	1:30.14 (=6) 30.46 (5)	2:00.60	0.74

Heat Two (19:32)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	28.49 (=5) 30.62 (5)	59.11 (6) 30.30 (1)	1:29.41 (3) 29.96 (1)	1:59.37	0.81	Q
2	3	Camelia Potec	ROU	28.18 (2) 30.47 (2)	58.65 (2) 30.75 (4)	1:29.40 (2) 30.14 (4)	1:59.54	0.86	Q
3	5	Claudia Poll	CRC	28.40 (4) 30.48 (3)	58.88 (4) 30.74 (3)	1:29.62 (4) 30.01 (2)	1:59.63	0.90	Q
4	2	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	28.49 (=5) 30.23 (1)	58.72 (3) 30.55 (2)	1:29.27 (1) 30.42 (6)	1:59.69	0.87	Q
5	6	Franziska van Almsick	GER	27.98 (1) 30.57 (4)	58.55 (1) 31.45 (7)	1:30.00 (5) 30.26 (5)	2:00.26	0.85
6	1	Giaan Rooney	AUS	28.23 (3) 30.78 (6)	59.01 (5) 31.09 (5)	1:30.10 (6) 30.74 (7)	2:00.84	0.78
7	7	Carla Geurts	NED	28.62 (8) 30.87 (8)	59.49 (8) 31.30 (6)	1:30.79 (7) 30.09 (3)	2:00.88	0.70
8	8	Rada Owen	USA	28.53 (7) 30.85 (7)	59.38 (7) 31.58 (8)	1:30.96 (8) 32.38 (8)	2:03.34	0.77

Final (19 September 2000 — 19:13)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	27.77 (2) 29.91 (1)	57.68 (1) 30.22 (1)	1:27.90 (1) 30.34 (6)	1:58.24	0.83
2	2	Martina Moravcová	SVK	27.65 (1) 30.20 (4)	57.85 (2) 30.60 (=7)	1:28.45 (2) 29.87 (2)	1:58.32	0.81
3	3	Claudia Poll	CRC	27.92 (3) 30.32 (7)	58.24 (3) 30.44 (5)	1:28.68 (3) 30.13 (4)	1:58.81	0.94
=4	6	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	28.40 (6) 30.12 (2)	58.52 (5) 30.29 (2)	1:28.81 (4) 30.05 (3)	1:58.86	0.85
=4	7	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	28.58 (8) 30.42 (8)	59.00 (8) 30.59 (6)	1:29.59 (8) 29.27 (1)	1:58.86	0.90
6	1	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	28.47 (7) 30.29 (=5)	58.76 (7) 30.37 (3)	1:29.13 (7) 30.15 (5)	1:59.28	0.82
7	5	Camelia Potec	ROU	28.11 (4) 30.18 (3)	58.29 (4) 30.60 (=7)	1:28.89 (5) 30.57 (8)	1:59.46	0.89
8	8	Wang Luna	CHN	28.32 (5) 30.29 (=5)	58.61 (6) 30.41 (4)	1:29.02 (6) 30.53 (7)	1:59.55	0.78