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200 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	26 – 31 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Aquatics Centre, 2-1, 2chome, Tatsumi, Koto-ku, Tatsumi-no-Mori Seaside Park, Tokyo, Japan
Participants	29 from 23 countries

A few days after Ariarne Titmus had defeated Katie Ledecky in the 400 freestyle they were to meet again in the 200 free final. Ledecky was the defending gold medallist, but the 200 was on the short side for her and Titmus was favored in this one.

Ledecky led the heats in 1:55.28 just ahead of Canada’s Penny Oleksiak, but Titmus was the fastest semi-finalist, finishing in 1:54.82, with Ledecky in third, also behind Hong Kong’s Siobhán Haughey, with Oleksiak qualifying sixth for the final.

Oleksiak led the finalists through 50 metres in 26.50 when Haughey took over and led through 150 metres, with China’s Yang Junxuan in second, Titmus in third, and Oleksiak fourth. Ledecky was never a factor and was never better than fifth place at any split, where she would finish.

As Yang faded on the last lap, Titmus came through with her typical fast finish, splitting 28.80 to win the gold medal in 1:53.50 for an Olympic record. Behind her, Haughey won Hong Kong’s first ever Olympic medal in swimming, a silver, and Oleksiak filled out the podium with a bronze, as Yang finished fourth.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Ariarne Titmus	AUS	1:55.88 (1 h4)	1:54.82 (1 h1)	1:53.50 (1)	Gold
2	Siobhán Haughey	HKG	1:56.48 (2 h3)	1:55.16 (2 h1)	1:53.92 (2)	Silver
3	Penny Oleksiak	CAN	1:55.38 (2 h2)	1:56.39 (4 h1)	1:54.70 (3)	Bronze
4	Yang Junxuan	CHN	1:56.17 (3 h4)	1:55.98 (3 h1)	1:55.01 (4)
5	Katie Ledecky	USA	1:55.28 (1 h2)	1:55.34 (1 h2)	1:55.21 (5)
6	Barbora Seemanová	CZE	1:56.38 (1 h3)	1:56.14 (2 h2)	1:55.45 (6)
7	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:57.33 (5 h3)	1:56.44 (3 h2)	1:55.91 (7)
8	Madi Wilson	AUS	1:55.87 (3 h2)	1:56.58 (4 h2)	1:56.39 (8)
9	Summer McIntosh	CAN	1:56.11 (2 h4)	1:56.82 (5 h2)	–
10	Allison Schmitt	USA	1:57.10 (4 h4)	1:56.87 (5 h1)	–
11	Isabel Gose	GER	1:56.80 (3 h3)	1:57.07 (6 h2)	–
12	Freya Anderson	GBR	1:56.96 (4 h3)	1:57.10 (7 h2)	–
13	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	1:56.88 (4 h2)	1:57.35 (6 h1)	–
14	Annika Bruhn	GER	1:57.15 (5 h4)	1:57.62 (8 h2)	–
15	Valeriya Salamatina	ROC	1:58.33 (6 h3)	1:58.98 (7 h1)	–
16	Erika Fairweather	NZL	1:57.26 (5 h2)	1:59.14 (8 h1)	–
17	Janja Šegel	SLO	1:58.38 (6 h2)	–	–
18	Joanna Evans	BAH	1:58.40 (7 h3)	–	–
19	Andi Murez	ISR	1:58.97 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Li Bingjie	CHN	1:59.03 (7 h4)	–	–
21	Veronika Andrusenko	ROC	1:59.17 (7 h2)	–	–
22	Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir	ISL	2:00.20 (8 h3)	–	–
23	Elisbet Gámez	CUB	2:00.56 (8 h4)	–	–
24	Ieva Maļuka	LAT	2:03.75 (1 h1)	–	–
25	Beatriz Padrón	CRC	2:04.56 (2 h1)	–	–
26	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	VIE	2:05.30 (8 h2)	–	–
27	Gaby Santis	GUA	2:07.24 (3 h1)	–	–
28	Lina Khiyara	MAR	2:08.80 (4 h1)	–	–
29	Gabriella Doueihy	LBN	2:11.29 (5 h1)	–	–

Round One (26 July 2021 — 19:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	4	Katie Ledecky	USA	1:55.28	Q
2	6	Penny Oleksiak	CAN	1:55.38	Q
3	5	Madi Wilson	AUS	1:55.87	Q
4	4	Ariarne Titmus	AUS	1:55.88	Q
5	6	Summer McIntosh	CAN	1:56.11	Q
6	5	Yang Junxuan	CHN	1:56.17	Q
7	6	Barbora Seemanová	CZE	1:56.38	Q
8	5	Siobhán Haughey	HKG	1:56.48	Q
9	2	Isabel Gose	GER	1:56.80	Q
10	3	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	1:56.88	Q
11	3	Freya Anderson	GBR	1:56.96	Q
12	3	Allison Schmitt	USA	1:57.10	Q
13	7	Annika Bruhn	GER	1:57.15	Q
14	7	Erika Fairweather	NZL	1:57.26	Q
15	4	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:57.33	Q
16	7	Valeriya Salamatina	ROC	1:58.33	Q
17	1	Janja Šegel	SLO	1:58.38
18	1	Joanna Evans	BAH	1:58.40
19	1	Andi Murez	ISR	1:58.97
20	2	Li Bingjie	CHN	1:59.03
21	2	Veronika Andrusenko	ROC	1:59.17
22	8	Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir	ISL	2:00.20
23	8	Elisbet Gámez	CUB	2:00.56
24	4	Ieva Maļuka	LAT	2:03.75
25	3	Beatriz Padrón	CRC	2:04.56
26	8	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	VIE	2:05.30
27	5	Gaby Santis	GUA	2:07.24
28	6	Lina Khiyara	MAR	2:08.80
29	2	Gabriella Doueihy	LBN	2:11.29

Heat One (19:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Ieva Maļuka	LAT	27.39 (1) 29.94 (1)	57.33 (1) 32.32 (2)	1:29.65 (1) 34.10 (4)	2:03.75	0.65
2	3	Beatriz Padrón	CRC	29.25 (4) 31.54 (2)	1:00.79 (3) 32.27 (1)	1:33.06 (2) 31.50 (1)	2:04.56	0.67
3	5	Gaby Santis	GUA	28.50 (2) 31.95 (3)	1:00.45 (2) 33.90 (4)	1:34.35 (4) 32.89 (2)	2:07.24	0.65
4	6	Lina Khiyara	MAR	28.91 (3) 32.00 (4)	1:00.91 (4) 33.00 (3)	1:33.91 (3) 34.89 (5)	2:08.80	0.67
5	2	Gabriella Doueihy	LBN	30.41 (5) 32.54 (5)	1:02.95 (5) 34.33 (5)	1:37.28 (5) 34.01 (3)	2:11.29	0.72

Heat Two (19:05)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Katie Ledecky	USA	27.49 (5) 29.26 (2)	56.75 (3) 29.40 (1)	1:26.15 (2) 29.13 (1)	1:55.28	0.67	Q
2	6	Penny Oleksiak	CAN	26.62 (1) 29.25 (1)	55.87 (1) 29.72 (3)	1:25.59 (1) 29.79 (3)	1:55.38	0.69	Q
3	5	Madi Wilson	AUS	27.43 (4) 29.56 (4)	56.99 (=4) 29.68 (2)	1:26.67 (3) 29.20 (2)	1:55.87	0.71	Q
4	3	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	27.16 (2) 29.50 (3)	56.66 (2) 30.30 (6)	1:26.96 (4) 29.92 (4)	1:56.88	0.71	Q
5	7	Erika Fairweather	NZL	27.39 (3) 29.60 (5)	56.99 (=4) 30.05 (4)	1:27.04 (5) 30.22 (5)	1:57.26	0.69	Q
6	1	Janja Šegel	SLO	27.94 (6) 29.61 (6)	57.55 (6) 30.16 (5)	1:27.71 (6) 30.67 (7)	1:58.38	0.70
7	2	Veronika Andrusenko	ROC	28.07 (7) 30.05 (7)	58.12 (7) 30.44 (7)	1:28.56 (7) 30.61 (6)	1:59.17	0.75
8	8	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	VIE	28.70 (8) 31.22 (8)	59.92 (8) 32.49 (8)	1:32.41 (8) 32.89 (8)	2:05.30	0.72

Heat Three (19:10)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Barbora Seemanová	CZE	26.89 (1) 29.27 (1)	56.16 (1) 30.21 (3)	1:26.37 (2) 30.01 (3)	1:56.38	0.64	Q
2	5	Siobhán Haughey	HKG	26.98 (2) 29.41 (3)	56.39 (2) 29.86 (1)	1:26.25 (1) 30.23 (4)	1:56.48	0.72	Q
3	2	Isabel Gose	GER	27.74 (6) 29.45 (4)	57.19 (5) 30.13 (2)	1:27.32 (5) 29.48 (1)	1:56.80	0.82	Q
4	3	Freya Anderson	GBR	27.31 (4) 29.32 (2)	56.63 (3) 30.39 (5)	1:27.02 (4) 29.94 (2)	1:56.96	0.70	Q
5	4	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	27.24 (3) 29.49 (5)	56.73 (4) 30.25 (4)	1:26.98 (3) 30.35 (5)	1:57.33	0.74	Q
6	7	Valeriya Salamatina	ROC	27.66 (5) 29.75 (7)	57.41 (7) 30.40 (6)	1:27.81 (6) 30.52 (7)	1:58.33	0.74	Q
7	1	Joanna Evans	BAH	27.80 (7) 29.50 (6)	57.30 (6) 30.61 (8)	1:27.91 (7) 30.49 (6)	1:58.40	0.70
8	8	Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir	ISL	28.31 (8) 30.52 (8)	58.83 (8) 30.58 (7)	1:29.41 (8) 30.79 (8)	2:00.20	0.71

Heat Four (19:15)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Ariarne Titmus	AUS	27.35 (4) 29.28 (2)	56.63 (3) 29.81 (1)	1:26.44 (1) 29.44 (2)	1:55.88	0.76	Q
2	6	Summer McIntosh	CAN	27.39 (5) 29.42 (=3)	56.81 (5) 29.96 (2)	1:26.77 (5) 29.34 (1)	1:56.11	0.76	Q
3	5	Yang Junxuan	CHN	27.06 (1) 29.42 (=3)	56.48 (2) 30.12 (4)	1:26.60 (2) 29.57 (3)	1:56.17	0.66	Q
4	3	Allison Schmitt	USA	27.34 (3) 29.03 (1)	56.37 (1) 30.27 (5)	1:26.64 (3) 30.46 (6)	1:57.10	0.74	Q
5	7	Annika Bruhn	GER	27.24 (2) 29.47 (5)	56.71 (4) 29.99 (3)	1:26.70 (4) 30.45 (5)	1:57.15	0.72	Q
6	1	Andi Murez	ISR	27.86 (6) 29.71 (6)	57.57 (6) 30.43 (7)	1:28.00 (6) 30.97 (7)	1:58.97	0.70
7	2	Li Bingjie	CHN	28.31 (7) 30.17 (7)	58.48 (7) 30.38 (6)	1:28.86 (7) 30.17 (4)	1:59.03	0.65
8	8	Elisbet Gámez	CUB	28.38 (8) 30.19 (8)	58.57 (8) 30.85 (8)	1:29.42 (8) 31.14 (8)	2:00.56	0.66

Semi-Finals (27 July 2021 — 10:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	5	Ariarne Titmus	AUS	1:54.82	Q
2	6	Siobhán Haughey	HKG	1:55.16	Q
3	4	Katie Ledecky	USA	1:55.34	Q
4	3	Yang Junxuan	CHN	1:55.98	Q
5	6	Barbora Seemanová	CZE	1:56.14	Q
6	4	Penny Oleksiak	CAN	1:56.39	Q
7	8	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	1:56.44	Q
8	5	Madi Wilson	AUS	1:56.58	Q
9	3	Summer McIntosh	CAN	1:56.82
10	7	Allison Schmitt	USA	1:56.87
11	2	Isabel Gose	GER	1:57.07
12	7	Freya Anderson	GBR	1:57.10
13	2	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	1:57.35
14	1	Annika Bruhn	GER	1:57.62
15	8	Valeriya Salamatina	ROC	1:58.98
16	1	Erika Fairweather	NZL	1:59.14

Heat One (10:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Ariarne Titmus	AUS	27.17 (=4) 29.36 (4)	56.53 (5) 29.34 (2)	1:25.87 (2) 28.95 (1)	1:54.82	0.76	Q
2	6	Siobhán Haughey	HKG	27.03 (3) 28.59 (1)	55.62 (1) 29.26 (1)	1:24.88 (1) 30.28 (5)	1:55.16	0.72	Q
3	3	Yang Junxuan	CHN	26.98 (2) 29.32 (3)	56.30 (2) 29.67 (3)	1:25.97 (3) 30.01 (3)	1:55.98	0.61	Q
4	4	Penny Oleksiak	CAN	26.92 (1) 29.49 (6)	56.41 (4) 30.21 (5)	1:26.62 (5) 29.77 (2)	1:56.39	0.69	Q
5	7	Allison Schmitt	USA	27.36 (6) 28.98 (2)	56.34 (3) 29.88 (4)	1:26.22 (4) 30.65 (7)	1:56.87	0.72
6	2	Charlotte Bonnet	FRA	27.17 (=4) 29.47 (5)	56.64 (6) 30.38 (6)	1:27.02 (6) 30.33 (6)	1:57.35	0.71
7	8	Valeriya Salamatina	ROC	28.15 (8) 29.94 (8)	58.09 (8) 30.63 (7)	1:28.72 (8) 30.26 (4)	1:58.98	0.73
8	1	Erika Fairweather	NZL	27.40 (7) 29.74 (7)	57.14 (7) 30.94 (8)	1:28.08 (7) 31.06 (8)	1:59.14	0.71

Heat Two (10:36)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Katie Ledecky	USA	27.47 (2) 29.17 (1)	56.64 (1) 29.34 (1)	1:25.98 (1) 29.36 (3)	1:55.34	0.67	Q
2	6	Barbora Seemanová	CZE	27.15 (1) 29.87 (7)	57.02 (2) 29.98 (6)	1:27.00 (4) 29.14 (1)	1:56.14	0.62	Q
3	8	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	27.54 (4) 29.57 (4)	57.11 (4) 29.93 (5)	1:27.04 (5) 29.40 (4)	1:56.44	0.71	Q
4	5	Madi Wilson	AUS	27.56 (=5) 29.53 (2)	57.09 (3) 29.84 (4)	1:26.93 (2) 29.65 (5)	1:56.58	0.74	Q
5	3	Summer McIntosh	CAN	27.51 (3) 29.64 (5)	57.15 (5) 29.83 (3)	1:26.98 (3) 29.84 (7)	1:56.82	0.63
6	2	Isabel Gose	GER	27.69 (=7) 29.55 (3)	57.24 (7) 30.13 (7)	1:27.37 (6) 29.70 (6)	1:57.07	0.78
7	7	Freya Anderson	GBR	27.69 (=7) 30.56 (8)	58.25 (8) 29.51 (2)	1:27.76 (8) 29.34 (2)	1:57.10	0.69
8	1	Annika Bruhn	GER	27.56 (=5) 29.67 (6)	57.23 (6) 30.20 (8)	1:27.43 (7) 30.19 (8)	1:57.62	0.72

Final (28 July 2021 — 10:41)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Ariarne Titmus	AUS	27.04 (5) 28.81 (3)	55.85 (4) 28.85 (1)	1:24.70 (3) 28.80 (1)	1:53.50	0.71	OR
2	5	Siobhán Haughey	HKG	26.77 (3) 28.33 (1)	55.10 (1) 29.08 (2)	1:24.18 (1) 29.74 (5)	1:53.92	0.72
3	7	Penny Oleksiak	CAN	26.40 (1) 28.96 (4)	55.36 (3) 29.59 (5)	1:24.95 (4) 29.75 (6)	1:54.70	0.69
4	6	Yang Junxuan	CHN	26.69 (2) 28.59 (2)	55.28 (2) 29.37 (3)	1:24.65 (2) 30.36 (8)	1:55.01	0.66
5	3	Katie Ledecky	USA	27.15 (7) 29.00 (5)	56.15 (5) 29.40 (4)	1:25.55 (5) 29.66 (4)	1:55.21	0.62
6	2	Barbora Seemanová	CZE	27.07 (6) 29.20 (6)	56.27 (6) 29.64 (6)	1:25.91 (6) 29.54 (3)	1:55.45	0.63
7	1	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	27.29 (8) 29.35 (7)	56.64 (8) 29.82 (8)	1:26.46 (8) 29.45 (2)	1:55.91	0.71
8	8	Madi Wilson	AUS	26.98 (4) 29.44 (8)	56.42 (7) 29.74 (7)	1:26.16 (7) 30.23 (7)	1:56.39	0.75