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200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	10 – 11 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	29 from 21 countries

The 2015 World Champion was Japan’s Kanako Watanabe, but she was not considered the strongest breaststroker on her team in 2016, that honor going to Rie Kaneto, who had set a Japanese record of 2:19.65 in April. The world record holder was Denmark’s Rikke Møller Pedersen, but her recent times had not been as strong.

In the final Kaneto started slowly but dominated the second-half of the race to win by over 1½ seconds from Russian Yuliya Yefimova. The bronze medal went to the surprising Shi Jinglin of China. Watanabe failed to even qualify for the semi-finals, while Møller Pedersen made the final, but finished last.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Rie Kaneto	JPN	2:22.86 (1 h3)	2:22.11 (1 h1)	2:20.30 (1)	Gold
2	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	2:23.90 (3 h4)	2:22.52 (2 h1)	2:21.97 (2)	Silver
3	Shi Jinglin	CHN	2:24.33 (4 h4)	2:22.37 (3 h2)	2:22.28 (3)	Bronze
4	Chloé Tutton	GBR	2:23.34 (3 h3)	2:22.71 (3 h1)	2:22.34 (4)
5	Taylor McKeown	AUS	2:23.00 (2 h3)	2:21.69 (1 h2)	2:22.43 (5)
6	Molly Renshaw	GBR	2:23.37 (2 h2)	2:22.33 (2 h2)	2:22.72 (6)
7	Kierra Smith	CAN	2:23.69 (1 h4)	2:22.87 (4 h1)	2:23.19 (7)
8	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	2:22.72 (1 h2)	2:22.45 (4 h2)	2:23.74 (8)
9	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	2:23.83 (2 h4)	2:23.49 (5 h2)	–
10	Jessica Vall	ESP	2:24.55 (3 h2)	2:24.22 (6 h2)	–
11	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	2:24.43 (4 h3)	2:24.41 (5 h1)	–
12	Lilly King	USA	2:25.89 (5 h2)	2:24.59 (7 h2)	–
13	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	2:24.77 (4 h2)	2:25.10 (8 h2)	–
14	Jenna Laukkanen	FIN	2:25.52 (6 h4)	2:25.14 (6 h1)	–
15	Sofya Andreyeva	RUS	2:26.58 (6 h2)	2:25.90 (7 h1)	–
16	Molly Hannis	USA	2:24.74 (5 h4)	2:26.80 (8 h1)	–
17	Fanny Lecluyse	BEL	2:27.16 (7 h4)	–	–
18	Martina Moravčíková	CZE	2:27.51 (5 h3)	–	–
19	Dalma Sebestyén	HUN	2:27.94 (6 h3)	–	–
20	Anna Sztankovics	HUN	2:27.97 (7 h2)	–	–
21	Julia Sebastián	ARG	2:27.98 (1 h1)	–	–
22	Georgia Bohl	AUS	2:28.24 (7 h3)	–	–
23	Martha McCabe	CAN	2:28.62 (8 h3)	–	–
24	Yu Jingyao	CHN	2:28.65 (8 h4)	–	–
25	Fiona Doyle	IRL	2:29.76 (2 h1)	–	–
26	Sophie Hansson	SWE	2:30.59 (3 h1)	–	–
27	Aļona Ribakova	LAT	2:30.82 (4 h1)	–	–
28	Amit Ivry	ISR	2:31.49 (5 h1)	–	–
29	Baek Su-Yeon	KOR	2:32.79 (8 h2)	–	–
DNS	Yvette Kong	HKG	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	10 August 2016 — 13:47
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	2:22.72
2	4	Rie Kaneto	JPN	2:22.86
3	5	Taylor McKeown	AUS	2:23.00
4	3	Chloé Tutton	GBR	2:23.34
5	6	Molly Renshaw	GBR	2:23.37
6	6	Kierra Smith	CAN	2:23.69
7	4	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	2:23.83
8	5	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	2:23.90
9	3	Shi Jinglin	CHN	2:24.33
10	6	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	2:24.43
11	3	Jessica Vall	ESP	2:24.55
12	7	Molly Hannis	USA	2:24.74
13	4	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	2:24.77
14	1	Jenna Laukkanen	FIN	2:25.52
15	2	Lilly King	USA	2:25.89
16	7	Sofya Andreyeva	RUS	2:26.58
17	2	Fanny Lecluyse	BEL	2:27.16
18	1	Martina Moravčíková	CZE	2:27.51
19	8	Dalma Sebestyén	HUN	2:27.94
20	8	Anna Sztankovics	HUN	2:27.97
21	4	Julia Sebastián	ARG	2:27.98
22	2	Georgia Bohl	AUS	2:28.24
23	7	Martha McCabe	CAN	2:28.62
24	8	Yu Jingyao	CHN	2:28.65
25	3	Fiona Doyle	IRL	2:29.76
26	2	Sophie Hansson	SWE	2:30.59
27	7	Aļona Ribakova	LAT	2:30.82
28	6	Amit Ivry	ISR	2:31.49
29	1	Baek Su-Yeon	KOR	2:32.79
DNS	5	Yvette Kong	HKG	–

Heat #1

Time	13:47

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Julia Sebastián	ARG	2:27.98	0.76	33.53 (2)	1:11.00 (2)	1:49.20 (2)	37.47 (1)	38.20 (1)	38.78 (1)
2	3	Fiona Doyle	IRL	2:29.76	0.66	33.03 (1)	1:10.61 (1)	1:49.07 (1)	37.58 (2)	38.46 (2)	40.69 (5)
3	2	Sophie Hansson	SWE	2:30.59	0.77	34.22 (5)	1:12.36 (5)	1:50.87 (4)	38.14 (5)	38.51 (3)	39.72 (2)
4	7	Aļona Ribakova	LAT	2:30.82	0.74	34.02 (3)	1:11.86 (3)	1:50.67 (3)	37.84 (3)	38.81 (4)	40.15 (3)
5	6	Amit Ivry	ISR	2:31.49	0.70	34.16 (4)	1:12.23 (4)	1:51.26 (5)	38.07 (4)	39.03 (5)	40.23 (4)
DNS	5	Yvette Kong	HKG	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #2

Time	13:52

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	2:22.72	0.73	32.85 (2)	1:09.40 (2)	1:46.26 (1)	36.55 (2)	36.86 (1)	36.46 (1)
2	6	Molly Renshaw	GBR	2:23.37	0.71	33.04 (3)	1:09.26 (1)	1:46.31 (2)	36.22 (1)	37.05 (3)	37.06 (2)
3	3	Jessica Vall	ESP	2:24.55	0.71	33.14 (4)	1:10.23 (5)	1:47.32 (4)	37.09 (=4)	37.09 (4)	37.23 (3)
4	4	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	2:24.77	0.67	33.15 (5)	1:09.93 (4)	1:46.94 (3)	36.78 (3)	37.01 (2)	37.83 (5)
5	2	Lilly King	USA	2:25.89	0.69	32.41 (1)	1:09.71 (3)	1:47.67 (5)	37.30 (7)	37.96 (6)	38.22 (6)
6	7	Sofya Andreyeva	RUS	2:26.58	0.73	34.20 (8)	1:11.29 (7)	1:48.83 (6)	37.09 (=4)	37.54 (5)	37.75 (4)
7	8	Anna Sztankovics	HUN	2:27.97	0.74	33.92 (7)	1:11.18 (6)	1:49.18 (7)	37.26 (6)	38.00 (7)	38.79 (7)
8	1	Baek Su-Yeon	KOR	2:32.79	0.79	33.58 (6)	1:11.35 (8)	1:51.05 (8)	37.77 (8)	39.70 (8)	41.74 (8)

Heat #3

Time	13:57

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Rie Kaneto	JPN	2:22.86	0.80	33.31 (4)	1:09.43 (2)	1:45.99 (2)	36.12 (2)	36.56 (2)	36.87 (1)
2	5	Taylor McKeown	AUS	2:23.00	0.71	32.48 (1)	1:08.21 (1)	1:45.16 (1)	35.73 (1)	36.95 (3)	37.84 (3)
3	3	Chloé Tutton	GBR	2:23.34	0.76	33.66 (5)	1:10.16 (4)	1:46.21 (3)	36.50 (4)	36.05 (1)	37.13 (2)
4	6	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	2:24.43	0.68	33.12 (3)	1:09.49 (3)	1:46.57 (4)	36.37 (3)	37.08 (4)	37.86 (4)
5	1	Martina Moravčíková	CZE	2:27.51	0.87	33.73 (6)	1:11.14 (6)	1:48.77 (6)	37.41 (=6)	37.63 (5)	38.74 (6)
6	8	Dalma Sebestyén	HUN	2:27.94	0.74	33.87 (7)	1:11.28 (8)	1:49.79 (8)	37.41 (=6)	38.51 (8)	38.15 (5)
7	2	Georgia Bohl	AUS	2:28.24	0.69	32.77 (2)	1:10.37 (5)	1:48.60 (5)	37.60 (8)	38.23 (6)	39.64 (8)
8	7	Martha McCabe	CAN	2:28.62	0.73	33.97 (8)	1:11.22 (7)	1:49.66 (7)	37.25 (5)	38.44 (7)	38.96 (7)

Heat #4

Time	14:02

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Kierra Smith	CAN	2:23.69	0.78	33.30 (5)	1:09.77 (2)	1:46.52 (1)	36.47 (2)	36.75 (2)	37.17 (5)
2	4	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	2:23.83	0.72	33.34 (6)	1:09.76 (1)	1:46.80 (2)	36.42 (1)	37.04 (5)	37.03 (4)
3	5	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	2:23.90	0.75	34.70 (8)	1:11.58 (8)	1:47.66 (5)	36.88 (3)	36.08 (1)	36.24 (1)
4	3	Shi Jinglin	CHN	2:24.33	0.71	33.13 (1)	1:10.74 (5)	1:47.55 (4)	37.61 (7)	36.81 (3)	36.78 (2)
5	7	Molly Hannis	USA	2:24.74	0.67	33.28 (4)	1:10.45 (3)	1:47.74 (6)	37.17 (4)	37.29 (6)	37.00 (3)
6	1	Jenna Laukkanen	FIN	2:25.52	0.67	33.14 (2)	1:10.46 (4)	1:47.31 (3)	37.32 (5)	36.85 (4)	38.21 (6)
7	2	Fanny Lecluyse	BEL	2:27.16	0.72	33.27 (3)	1:10.96 (6)	1:48.77 (7)	37.69 (8)	37.81 (7)	38.39 (7)
8	8	Yu Jingyao	CHN	2:28.65	0.77	33.52 (7)	1:11.04 (7)	1:49.55 (8)	37.52 (6)	38.51 (8)	39.10 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	10 August 2016 — 23:11
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Taylor McKeown	AUS	2:21.69	Q
2	4	Rie Kaneto	JPN	2:22.11	Q
3	3	Molly Renshaw	GBR	2:22.33	Q
4	2	Shi Jinglin	CHN	2:22.37	Q
5	4	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	2:22.45	Q
6	6	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	2:22.52	Q
7	5	Chloé Tutton	GBR	2:22.71	Q
8	3	Kierra Smith	CAN	2:22.87	Q
9	6	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	2:23.49
10	7	Jessica Vall	ESP	2:24.22
11	2	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	2:24.41
12	8	Lilly King	USA	2:24.59
13	1	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	2:25.10
14	1	Jenna Laukkanen	FIN	2:25.14
15	8	Sofya Andreyeva	RUS	2:25.90
16	7	Molly Hannis	USA	2:26.80

Heat #1

Time	23:11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Rie Kaneto	JPN	2:22.11	0.86	32.66 (4)	1:08.80 (2)	1:45.13 (2)	36.14 (3)	36.33 (2)	36.98 (2)	Q
2	6	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	2:22.52	0.73	33.84 (8)	1:09.51 (4)	1:45.72 (3)	35.67 (1)	36.21 (1)	36.80 (1)	Q
3	5	Chloé Tutton	GBR	2:22.71	0.80	32.55 (1)	1:08.24 (1)	1:44.96 (1)	35.69 (2)	36.72 (4)	37.75 (5)	Q
4	3	Kierra Smith	CAN	2:22.87	0.78	32.65 (3)	1:09.29 (3)	1:45.87 (4)	36.64 (4)	36.58 (3)	37.00 (3)	Q
5	2	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	2:24.41	0.71	32.63 (2)	1:09.78 (5)	1:46.60 (5)	37.15 (8)	36.82 (5)	37.81 (6)
6	1	Jenna Laukkanen	FIN	2:25.14	0.67	32.92 (5)	1:09.86 (6)	1:47.07 (6)	36.94 (7)	37.21 (6)	38.07 (7)
7	8	Sofya Andreyeva	RUS	2:25.90	0.74	33.70 (7)	1:10.61 (8)	1:48.35 (7)	36.91 (6)	37.74 (7)	37.55 (4)
8	7	Molly Hannis	USA	2:26.80	0.68	33.29 (6)	1:10.19 (7)	1:48.66 (8)	36.90 (5)	38.47 (8)	38.14 (8)

Heat #2

Time	23:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Taylor McKeown	AUS	2:21.69	0.71	32.27 (2)	1:08.03 (1)	1:43.90 (1)	35.76 (1)	35.87 (1)	37.79 (6)	Q
2	3	Molly Renshaw	GBR	2:22.33	0.71	32.47 (3)	1:08.29 (2)	1:44.80 (3)	35.82 (2)	36.51 (3)	37.53 (4)	Q
3	2	Shi Jinglin	CHN	2:22.37	0.72	32.55 (4)	1:08.66 (4)	1:45.26 (4)	36.11 (4)	36.60 (4)	37.11 (1)	Q
4	4	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	2:22.45	0.74	32.56 (5)	1:08.60 (3)	1:44.78 (2)	36.04 (3)	36.18 (2)	37.67 (5)	Q
5	6	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	2:23.49	0.70	32.91 (7)	1:09.21 (6)	1:46.18 (5)	36.30 (5)	36.97 (5)	37.31 (2)
6	7	Jessica Vall	ESP	2:24.22	0.71	33.17 (8)	1:09.50 (8)	1:46.89 (8)	36.33 (6)	37.39 (7)	37.33 (3)
7	8	Lilly King	USA	2:24.59	0.70	32.07 (1)	1:08.77 (5)	1:46.66 (6)	36.70 (8)	37.89 (8)	37.93 (7)
8	1	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	2:25.10	0.71	32.87 (6)	1:09.45 (7)	1:46.69 (7)	36.58 (7)	37.24 (6)	38.41 (8)

Final Round

Date	11 August 2016 — 22:17

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Rie Kaneto	JPN	2:20.30	0.78	32.74 (5)	1:08.26 (2)	1:44.23 (1)	35.52 (1)	35.97 (3)	36.07 (1)
2	7	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	2:21.97	0.72	33.10 (8)	1:08.71 (=4)	1:44.55 (2)	35.61 (2)	35.84 (1)	37.42 (6)
3	6	Shi Jinglin	CHN	2:22.28	0.75	32.89 (6)	1:09.04 (6)	1:45.63 (7)	36.15 (6)	36.59 (6)	36.65 (2)
4	1	Chloé Tutton	GBR	2:22.34	0.75	32.39 (3)	1:09.14 (8)	1:45.05 (5)	36.75 (8)	35.91 (2)	37.29 (3)
5	4	Taylor McKeown	AUS	2:22.43	0.74	32.26 (2)	1:07.99 (1)	1:45.03 (4)	35.73 (3)	37.04 (8)	37.40 (5)
6	3	Molly Renshaw	GBR	2:22.72	0.75	32.66 (4)	1:08.71 (=4)	1:45.18 (6)	36.05 (4)	36.47 (4)	37.54 (7)
7	8	Kierra Smith	CAN	2:23.19	0.78	32.97 (7)	1:09.11 (7)	1:45.88 (8)	36.14 (5)	36.77 (7)	37.31 (4)
8	2	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	2:23.74	0.72	32.08 (1)	1:08.42 (3)	1:44.95 (3)	36.34 (7)	36.53 (5)	38.79 (8)