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200 metres Butterfly, Women

Date	19 – 20 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	36 from 27 countries

To Australians Susie O’Neill was “Madame Butterfly”, the outstanding butterfly swimmer in the world over the years between Atlanta and Sydney and one of her nation’s most popular sports personalities. She was an odds-on favourite to win the Olympic title in front of her crowd and, if that wasn’t enough to satisfy Australian hopes, her closest rival appeared to be team-mate Petria Thomas. To add to the excitement the world record holder had already won gold in her “bonus event”, the 200 metre freestyle.

But the script did not go to plan. America’s Misty Hyman took the lead from the gun, held onto the lead, and despite intense pressure from O’Neill and Thomas over the last length, came home to produce one of the most shocking upsets in swimming history. O’Neill had been beaten in the event for the first time in six years in front of her own fans in an Olympic final. Hyman’s immediate response was simply to shout “Oh my God!” a dozen times whilst punching the air.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Misty Hyman	USA	2:07.87 (1 h3)	2:07.96 (2 h2)	2:05.88 (1)	Gold
2	Susie O'Neill	AUS	2:07.97 (1 h5)	2:07.57 (1 h1)	2:06.58 (2)	Silver
3	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:08.70 (=1 h4)	2:07.63 (2 h1)	2:07.12 (3)	Bronze
4	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:09.30 (2 h3)	2:08.11 (3 h2)	2:08.24 (4)
5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:08.70 (=1 h4)	2:07.81 (1 h2)	2:08.48 (5)
6	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:09.92 (3 h5)	2:09.40 (4 h2)	2:08.81 (6)
7	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:10.22 (3 h3)	2:09.89 (4 h1)	2:09.66 (7)
8	Maki Mita	JPN	2:09.85 (2 h5)	2:09.88 (3 h1)	2:10.72 (8)
9	Mireia García	ESP	2:10.96 (4 h5)	2:10.24 (5 h1)	–
10	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:11.09 (4 h3)	2:10.33 (5 h2)	–
11	Margie Pedder	GBR	2:11.59 (5 h4)	2:10.49 (6 h2)	–
12	Mandy Loots	RSA	2:11.38 (4 h4)	2:10.58 (6 h1)	–
13	Cécile Jeanson	FRA	2:10.78 (1 h2)	2:10.78 (7 h2)	–
14	Sophia Skou	DEN	2:11.35 (5 h5)	2:11.07 (8 h2)	–
15	Liz van Welie	NZL	2:11.62 (5 h3)	2:11.68 (7 h1)	–
16	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:11.32 (3 h4)	2:11.83 (8 h1)	–
17	Jen Button	CAN	2:11.74 (6 h3)	–	–
18	Yekaterina Vinogradova	RUS	2:11.94 (7 h3)	–	–
19	Liu Limin	CHN	2:12.32 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	2:12.59 (2 h2)	–	–
21	Liu Yin	CHN	2:12.79 (6 h5)	–	–
22	Jessica Deglau	CAN	2:12.86 (7 h4)	–	–
23	Petra Zahrl	AUT	2:13.29 (3 h2)	–	–
24	Zhanna Lozumyrska	UKR	2:14.47 (4 h2)	–	–
25	María Peláez	ESP	2:14.66 (7 h5)	–	–
26	Anna Uryniuk	POL	2:14.87 (8 h5)	–	–
27	Raquel Felgueiras	POR	2:15.19 (5 h2)	–	–
28	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:15.68 (8 h3)	–	–
29	Hsieh Shu-Tzu	TPE	2:16.23 (8 h4)	–	–
30	Natalia Roumpina	CYP	2:17.01 (6 h2)	–	–
31	Zampia Melachroinou	GRE	2:17.60 (7 h2)	–	–
32	Christel Bouvron	SGP	2:17.62 (8 h2)	–	–
33	Sandy Chan	HKG	2:19.86 (1 h1)	–	–
34	Tinka Dančević	CRO	2:21.02 (2 h1)	–	–
35	Ana Carolina Aguilera	ARG	2:21.23 (3 h1)	–	–
36	Hana Majaj	JOR	2:31.78 (4 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	19 September 2000
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Misty Hyman	USA	2:07.87	Q
2	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	2:07.97	Q
=3	4	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:08.70	Q
=3	5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:08.70	Q
5	4	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:09.30	Q
6	5	Maki Mita	JPN	2:09.85	Q
7	3	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:09.92	Q
8	3	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:10.22	Q
9	3	Cécile Jeanson	FRA	2:10.78	Q
10	6	Mireia García	ESP	2:10.96	Q
11	2	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:11.09	Q
12	2	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:11.32	Q
13	2	Sophia Skou	DEN	2:11.35	Q
14	7	Mandy Loots	RSA	2:11.38	Q
15	6	Margie Pedder	GBR	2:11.59	Q
16	8	Liz van Welie	NZL	2:11.62	Q
17	7	Jen Button	CAN	2:11.74
18	1	Yekaterina Vinogradova	RUS	2:11.94
19	1	Liu Limin	CHN	2:12.32
20	1	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	2:12.59
21	1	Liu Yin	CHN	2:12.79
22	3	Jessica Deglau	CAN	2:12.86
23	4	Petra Zahrl	AUT	2:13.29
24	5	Zhanna Lozumyrska	UKR	2:14.47
25	7	María Peláez	ESP	2:14.66
26	8	Anna Uryniuk	POL	2:14.87
27	6	Raquel Felgueiras	POR	2:15.19
28	6	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:15.68
29	8	Hsieh Shu-Tzu	TPE	2:16.23
30	7	Natalia Roumpina	CYP	2:17.01
31	2	Zampia Melachroinou	GRE	2:17.60
32	8	Christel Bouvron	SGP	2:17.62
33	3	Sandy Chan	HKG	2:19.86
34	5	Tinka Dančević	CRO	2:21.02
35	4	Ana Carolina Aguilera	ARG	2:21.23
36	6	Hana Majaj	JOR	2:31.78

Heat #1

Time	10:38

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Sandy Chan	HKG	2:19.86	0.82	31.11 (1)	1:06.70 (1)	1:43.07 (1)	35.59 (3)	36.37 (2)	36.79 (1)
2	5	Tinka Dančević	CRO	2:21.02	0.81	31.69 (2)	1:07.05 (2)	1:43.34 (2)	35.36 (1)	36.29 (1)	37.68 (3)
3	4	Ana Carolina Aguilera	ARG	2:21.23	0.87	32.18 (3)	1:07.59 (3)	1:44.21 (3)	35.41 (2)	36.62 (3)	37.02 (2)
4	6	Hana Majaj	JOR	2:31.78	1.02	33.56 (4)	1:11.38 (4)	1:51.09 (4)	37.82 (4)	39.71 (4)	40.69 (4)

Heat #2

Time	10:42

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Cécile Jeanson	FRA	2:10.78	0.74	29.87 (2)	1:03.35 (2)	1:36.09 (1)	33.48 (2)	32.74 (1)	34.69 (2)	Q
2	1	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	2:12.59	0.78	30.10 (4)	1:04.04 (4)	1:38.06 (3)	33.94 (5)	34.02 (2)	34.53 (1)
3	4	Petra Zahrl	AUT	2:13.29	0.83	29.25 (1)	1:02.11 (1)	1:36.88 (2)	32.86 (1)	34.77 (3)	36.41 (6)
4	5	Zhanna Lozumyrska	UKR	2:14.47	0.92	30.04 (3)	1:03.81 (3)	1:38.62 (4)	33.77 (3)	34.81 (4)	35.85 (5)
5	6	Raquel Felgueiras	POR	2:15.19	0.88	30.24 (6)	1:04.21 (6)	1:39.43 (5)	33.97 (6)	35.22 (5)	35.76 (4)
6	7	Natalia Roumpina	CYP	2:17.01	0.80	30.60 (7)	1:04.52 (7)	1:39.80 (7)	33.92 (4)	35.28 (6)	37.21 (7)
7	2	Zampia Melachroinou	GRE	2:17.60	0.78	30.12 (5)	1:04.12 (5)	1:39.56 (6)	34.00 (7)	35.44 (8)	38.04 (8)
8	8	Christel Bouvron	SGP	2:17.62	0.90	31.63 (8)	1:06.67 (8)	1:42.06 (8)	35.04 (8)	35.39 (7)	35.56 (3)

Heat #3

Time	10:46

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Misty Hyman	USA	2:07.87	0.82	28.90 (1)	1:01.06 (1)	1:34.13 (1)	32.16 (1)	33.07 (2)	33.74 (1)	Q
2	4	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:09.30	0.88	29.22 (2)	1:01.84 (2)	1:35.28 (2)	32.62 (2)	33.44 (3)	34.02 (2)	Q
3	3	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:10.22	0.75	29.75 (5)	1:03.12 (5)	1:36.14 (4)	33.37 (7)	33.02 (1)	34.08 (3)	Q
4	2	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:11.09	0.79	29.80 (=6)	1:02.87 (4)	1:36.74 (5)	33.07 (4)	33.87 (=6)	34.35 (5)	Q
5	8	Liz van Welie	NZL	2:11.62	0.88	30.45 (8)	1:03.69 (8)	1:37.34 (7)	33.24 (5)	33.65 (5)	34.28 (4)	Q
6	7	Jen Button	CAN	2:11.74	0.77	29.80 (=6)	1:03.15 (6)	1:37.02 (6)	33.35 (6)	33.87 (=6)	34.72 (6)
7	1	Yekaterina Vinogradova	RUS	2:11.94	0.90	29.33 (3)	1:02.24 (3)	1:35.84 (3)	32.91 (3)	33.60 (4)	36.10 (7)
8	6	Franziska van Almsick	GER	2:15.68	0.86	29.64 (4)	1:03.39 (7)	1:38.90 (8)	33.75 (8)	35.51 (8)	36.78 (8)

Heat #4

Time	10:51

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
=1	4	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:08.70	0.77	28.60 (1)	1:01.26 (2)	1:34.45 (2)	32.66 (2)	33.19 (1)	34.25 (2)	Q
=1	5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:08.70	0.88	28.96 (2)	1:01.09 (1)	1:34.44 (1)	32.13 (1)	33.35 (2)	34.26 (3)	Q
3	2	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:11.32	0.88	29.62 (4)	1:02.66 (4)	1:36.57 (3)	33.04 (4)	33.91 (5)	34.75 (5)	Q
4	7	Mandy Loots	RSA	2:11.38	0.80	29.39 (3)	1:02.37 (3)	1:36.83 (=5)	32.98 (3)	34.46 (7)	34.55 (4)	Q
5	6	Margie Pedder	GBR	2:11.59	0.81	30.34 (8)	1:03.50 (8)	1:37.39 (7)	33.16 (6)	33.89 (4)	34.20 (1)	Q
6	1	Liu Limin	CHN	2:12.32	0.77	29.68 (=6)	1:03.14 (6)	1:36.79 (4)	33.46 (7)	33.65 (3)	35.53 (6)
7	3	Jessica Deglau	CAN	2:12.86	0.81	29.68 (=6)	1:02.73 (5)	1:36.83 (=5)	33.05 (5)	34.10 (6)	36.03 (7)
8	8	Hsieh Shu-Tzu	TPE	2:16.23	0.86	29.67 (5)	1:03.42 (7)	1:39.30 (8)	33.75 (8)	35.88 (8)	36.93 (8)

Heat #5

Time	10:56

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	2:07.97	0.87	29.05 (1)	1:01.23 (1)	1:34.20 (1)	32.18 (1)	32.97 (1)	33.77 (2)	Q
2	5	Maki Mita	JPN	2:09.85	0.79	29.35 (2)	1:02.15 (3)	1:35.55 (2)	32.80 (3)	33.40 (3)	34.30 (3)	Q
3	3	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:09.92	0.79	29.80 (6)	1:03.02 (7)	1:36.17 (4)	33.22 (7)	33.15 (2)	33.75 (1)	Q
4	6	Mireia García	ESP	2:10.96	0.76	29.60 (5)	1:02.14 (2)	1:36.27 (5)	32.54 (2)	34.13 (5)	34.69 (4)	Q
5	2	Sophia Skou	DEN	2:11.35	0.90	29.41 (3)	1:02.26 (4)	1:35.96 (3)	32.85 (4)	33.70 (4)	35.39 (5)	Q
6	1	Liu Yin	CHN	2:12.79	0.83	29.43 (4)	1:02.44 (5)	1:36.95 (6)	33.01 (6)	34.51 (6)	35.84 (6)
7	7	María Peláez	ESP	2:14.66	0.82	29.97 (8)	1:02.97 (6)	1:37.89 (7)	33.00 (5)	34.92 (7)	36.77 (8)
8	8	Anna Uryniuk	POL	2:14.87	0.84	29.92 (7)	1:03.35 (8)	1:38.47 (8)	33.43 (8)	35.12 (8)	36.40 (7)

Semi-Finals

Date	19 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	2:07.57	Q
2	5	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:07.63	Q
3	5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:07.81	Q
4	4	Misty Hyman	USA	2:07.96	Q
5	3	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:08.11	Q
6	6	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:09.40	Q
7	3	Maki Mita	JPN	2:09.88	Q
8	6	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:09.89	Q
9	2	Mireia García	ESP	2:10.24
10	7	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:10.33
11	8	Margie Pedder	GBR	2:10.49
12	1	Mandy Loots	RSA	2:10.58
13	2	Cécile Jeanson	FRA	2:10.78
14	1	Sophia Skou	DEN	2:11.07
15	8	Liz van Welie	NZL	2:11.68
16	7	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:11.83

Heat #1

Time	20:19

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	2:07.57	0.85	29.16 (2)	1:01.73 (2)	1:34.35 (2)	32.57 (2)	32.62 (1)	33.22 (1)	Q
2	5	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:07.63	0.76	28.39 (1)	1:00.93 (1)	1:34.13 (1)	32.54 (1)	33.20 (3)	33.50 (2)	Q
3	3	Maki Mita	JPN	2:09.88	0.75	29.65 (6)	1:02.69 (6)	1:35.78 (3)	33.04 (4)	33.09 (2)	34.10 (5)	Q
4	6	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:09.89	0.70	29.34 (3)	1:02.66 (5)	1:36.04 (4)	33.32 (8)	33.38 (4)	33.85 (3)	Q
5	2	Mireia García	ESP	2:10.24	0.74	29.54 (5)	1:02.49 (3)	1:36.23 (5)	32.95 (3)	33.74 (6)	34.01 (4)
6	1	Mandy Loots	RSA	2:10.58	0.76	29.39 (4)	1:02.61 (4)	1:36.46 (6)	33.22 (6)	33.85 (7)	34.12 (6)
7	8	Liz van Welie	NZL	2:11.68	0.83	30.44 (8)	1:03.61 (8)	1:37.30 (8)	33.17 (5)	33.69 (5)	34.38 (7)
8	7	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:11.83	0.88	29.72 (7)	1:03.00 (7)	1:36.87 (7)	33.28 (7)	33.87 (8)	34.96 (8)

Heat #2

Time	20:25

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:07.81	0.93	28.63 (1)	1:01.04 (2)	1:34.35 (2)	32.41 (3)	33.31 (3)	33.46 (3)	Q
2	4	Misty Hyman	USA	2:07.96	0.82	28.76 (2)	1:00.92 (1)	1:34.03 (1)	32.16 (1)	33.11 (2)	33.93 (5)	Q
3	3	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:08.11	0.90	29.05 (3)	1:01.74 (3)	1:34.69 (3)	32.69 (4)	32.95 (1)	33.42 (2)	Q
4	6	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:09.40	0.73	29.77 (7)	1:02.76 (=6)	1:36.22 (5)	32.99 (6)	33.46 (4)	33.18 (1)	Q
5	7	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:10.33	0.80	29.97 (8)	1:02.76 (=6)	1:36.25 (6)	32.79 (5)	33.49 (5)	34.08 (6)
6	8	Margie Pedder	GBR	2:10.49	0.82	29.71 (6)	1:02.81 (8)	1:36.58 (8)	33.10 (8)	33.77 (6)	33.91 (4)
7	2	Cécile Jeanson	FRA	2:10.78	0.78	29.65 (5)	1:02.71 (5)	1:36.51 (7)	33.06 (7)	33.80 (7)	34.27 (7)
8	1	Sophia Skou	DEN	2:11.07	0.98	29.45 (4)	1:01.85 (4)	1:35.82 (4)	32.40 (2)	33.97 (8)	35.25 (8)

Final Round

Date	20 September 2000 — 19:46

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Misty Hyman	USA	2:05.88	0.82	28.38 (2)	59.91 (1)	1:32.44 (1)	31.53 (1)	32.53 (2)	33.44 (2)	OR
2	4	Susie O'Neill	AUS	2:06.58	0.84	28.75 (4)	1:00.68 (3)	1:33.04 (2)	31.93 (2)	32.36 (1)	33.54 (3)
3	5	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:07.12	0.73	28.35 (1)	1:00.34 (2)	1:33.38 (3)	31.99 (3)	33.04 (3)	33.74 (5)
4	2	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:08.24	0.87	29.10 (5)	1:01.51 (5)	1:34.60 (5)	32.41 (5)	33.09 (4)	33.64 (4)
5	3	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:08.48	0.91	28.61 (3)	1:00.79 (4)	1:34.56 (4)	32.18 (4)	33.77 (8)	33.92 (6)
6	7	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:08.81	0.73	29.56 (7)	1:02.26 (=6)	1:35.42 (6)	32.70 (6)	33.16 (5)	33.39 (1)
7	8	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:09.66	0.76	29.46 (6)	1:02.26 (=6)	1:35.43 (7)	32.80 (7)	33.17 (6)	34.23 (8)
8	1	Maki Mita	JPN	2:10.72	0.78	29.59 (8)	1:02.97 (8)	1:36.70 (8)	33.38 (8)	33.73 (7)	34.02 (7)