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200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	20 – 21 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	35 from 29 countries

The Olympic final turned into a carbon copy of the most recent world championship final with Ágnes Kovács of Hungary and Kristy Kowal engaged in a personal duel for the gold medal. Kovács trailed in fifth at 100 metres but slowly bore down on long-time leader Kowal and in the last few metres she overtook the American for the gold medal. The Hungarian’s efforts resulted in her being named Hungary’s Sportswoman of the Year for the fourth successive time. Atlanta medalist Amanda Beard returned to the medal podium in third place.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	2:24.92 (1 h5)	2:24.03 (1 h2)	2:24.35 (1)	Gold
2	Kristy Kowal	USA	2:26.73 (1 h3)	2:25.46 (1 h1)	2:24.56 (2)	Silver
3	Amanda Beard	USA	2:27.83 (2 h3)	2:26.62 (5 h2)	2:25.35 (3)	Bronze
4	Qi Hui	CHN	2:26.76 (1 h4)	2:24.21 (2 h2)	2:25.36 (4)
5	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	2:28.19 (2 h5)	2:25.41 (3 h2)	2:25.47 (5)
6	Sarah Poewe	RSA	2:27.84 (3 h3)	2:25.54 (2 h1)	2:25.72 (6)
7	Masami Tanaka	JPN	2:27.39 (3 h4)	2:26.24 (4 h2)	2:26.98 (7)
8	Luo Xuejuan	CHN	2:28.43 (3 h5)	2:25.86 (3 h1)	2:27.33 (8)
9	Karine Brémond	FRA	2:27.13 (2 h4)	2:27.86 (4 h1)	–
10	Caroline Hildreth	AUS	2:27.60 (5 h4)	2:28.30 (5 h1)	–
11	Gu Hyo-Jin	KOR	2:28.21 (6 h4)	2:28.50 (6 h1)	–
12	Anne Poleska	GER	2:29.15 (4 h3)	2:28.99 (7 h1)	–
13	Christin Petelski	CAN	2:29.11 (4 h5)	2:29.43 (6 h2)	–
14	Rebecca Brown	AUS	2:28.24 (7 h4)	2:29.90 (7 h2)	–
15	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:29.45 (5 h5)	2:30.02 (8 h2)	–
16	Junko Isoda	JPN	2:29.60 (6 h5)	2:31.71 (8 h1)	–
17	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:27.59 (4 h4)	–	–		1
18	Ina Hüging	GER	2:30.00 (5 h3)	–	–
19	Elvira Fischer	AUT	2:30.05 (8 h4)	–	–
20	Penny Heyns	RSA	2:30.17 (7 h5)	–	–
21	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:31.27 (6 h3)	–	–
22	Agata Czaplicki	SUI	2:32.98 (8 h5)	–	–
23	Jaime King	GBR	2:33.10 (7 h3)	–	–
24	İlkay Dikmen	TUR	2:33.34 (1 h2)	–	–
25	Isabel Ceballos	COL	2:34.09 (1 h1)	–	–
26	Inna Nikitina	UKR	2:34.20 (2 h2)	–	–
27	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	2:34.52 (3 h2)	–	–
28	Margarita Kalmikova	LAT	2:35.69 (4 h2)	–	–
29	Adriana Marmolejo	MEX	2:36.93 (5 h2)	–	–
30	Nicolette Teo	SGP	2:37.39 (6 h2)	–	–
31	Jenny Guerrero	PHI	2:38.10 (2 h1)	–	–
32	Íris Edda Heimisdóttir	ISL	2:38.52 (7 h2)	–	–
33	Olga Molchanova	KGZ	2:41.43 (3 h1)	–	–
34	Imaday Núñez	CUB	2:41.97 (8 h2)	–	–
35	Anastasiya Korolyova	UZB	2:43.23 (4 h1)	–	–
DNS	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	2:24.92	QOR
2	4	Kristy Kowal	USA	2:26.73	Q
3	5	Qi Hui	CHN	2:26.76	Q
4	2	Karine Brémond	FRA	2:27.13	Q
5	4	Masami Tanaka	JPN	2:27.39	Q
6	3	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:27.59	Q
7	6	Caroline Hildreth	AUS	2:27.60	Q
8	3	Amanda Beard	USA	2:27.83	Q
9	5	Sarah Poewe	RSA	2:27.84	Q
10	3	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	2:28.19	Q
11	8	Gu Hyo-Jin	KOR	2:28.21	Q
12	7	Rebecca Brown	AUS	2:28.24	Q
13	6	Luo Xuejuan	CHN	2:28.43	Q
14	1	Christin Petelski	CAN	2:29.11	Q
15	6	Anne Poleska	GER	2:29.15	Q
16	7	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:29.45	Q
17	2	Junko Isoda	JPN	2:29.60	q
18	2	Ina Hüging	GER	2:30.00
19	1	Elvira Fischer	AUT	2:30.05
20	4	Penny Heyns	RSA	2:30.17
21	1	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:31.27
22	8	Agata Czaplicki	SUI	2:32.98
23	7	Jaime King	GBR	2:33.10
24	8	İlkay Dikmen	TUR	2:33.34
25	5	Isabel Ceballos	COL	2:34.09
26	4	Inna Nikitina	UKR	2:34.20
27	2	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	2:34.52
28	3	Margarita Kalmikova	LAT	2:35.69
29	5	Adriana Marmolejo	MEX	2:36.93
30	7	Nicolette Teo	SGP	2:37.39
31	4	Jenny Guerrero	PHI	2:38.10
32	6	Íris Edda Heimisdóttir	ISL	2:38.52
33	3	Olga Molchanova	KGZ	2:41.43
34	1	Imaday Núñez	CUB	2:41.97
35	6	Anastasiya Korolyova	UZB	2:43.23
DNS	8	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	–

Heat #1

Time	10:59

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Isabel Ceballos	COL	2:34.09	0.78	35.23 (1)	1:14.45 (1)	1:54.16 (1)	39.22 (1)	39.71 (1)	39.93 (1)
2	4	Jenny Guerrero	PHI	2:38.10	0.81	36.39 (4)	1:16.27 (2)	1:56.68 (2)	39.88 (2)	40.41 (2)	41.42 (2)
3	3	Olga Molchanova	KGZ	2:41.43	0.84	36.33 (3)	1:17.53 (4)	1:59.05 (3)	41.20 (4)	41.52 (3)	42.38 (3)
4	6	Anastasiya Korolyova	UZB	2:43.23	0.88	35.94 (2)	1:16.88 (3)	1:59.36 (4)	40.94 (3)	42.48 (4)	43.87 (4)

Heat #2

Time	11:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	8	İlkay Dikmen	TUR	2:33.34	0.77	35.29 (2)	1:14.14 (1)	1:53.78 (2)	38.85 (1)	39.64 (3)	39.56 (2)
2	4	Inna Nikitina	UKR	2:34.20	0.86	35.11 (1)	1:14.26 (2)	1:53.74 (1)	39.15 (2)	39.48 (2)	40.46 (5)
3	2	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	2:34.52	0.90	36.15 (6)	1:15.93 (5)	1:55.22 (3)	39.78 (3)	39.29 (1)	39.30 (1)
4	3	Margarita Kalmikova	LAT	2:35.69	0.84	35.82 (3)	1:15.66 (3)	1:55.60 (4)	39.84 (5)	39.94 (4)	40.09 (3)
5	5	Adriana Marmolejo	MEX	2:36.93	0.78	36.01 (5)	1:15.84 (4)	1:56.22 (5)	39.83 (4)	40.38 (5)	40.71 (6)
6	7	Nicolette Teo	SGP	2:37.39	0.93	36.52 (8)	1:16.62 (7)	1:57.13 (6)	40.10 (6)	40.51 (6)	40.26 (4)
7	6	Íris Edda Heimisdóttir	ISL	2:38.52	0.91	35.88 (4)	1:16.54 (6)	1:57.37 (7)	40.66 (7)	40.83 (7)	41.15 (7)
8	1	Imaday Núñez	CUB	2:41.97	0.83	36.29 (7)	1:17.25 (8)	1:59.37 (8)	40.96 (8)	42.12 (8)	42.60 (8)

Heat #3

Time	11:07

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Kristy Kowal	USA	2:26.73	0.82	34.00 (2)	1:11.62 (1)	1:49.48 (1)	37.62 (2)	37.86 (2)	37.25 (1)	Q
2	3	Amanda Beard	USA	2:27.83	0.74	34.35 (5)	1:11.95 (2)	1:49.62 (2)	37.60 (1)	37.67 (1)	38.21 (4)	Q
3	5	Sarah Poewe	RSA	2:27.84	0.74	33.80 (1)	1:12.10 (3)	1:50.39 (3)	38.30 (3)	38.29 (4)	37.45 (2)	Q
4	6	Anne Poleska	GER	2:29.15	0.85	34.48 (6)	1:12.94 (6)	1:51.14 (4)	38.46 (5)	38.20 (3)	38.01 (3)	Q
5	2	Ina Hüging	GER	2:30.00	0.85	34.22 (4)	1:12.56 (4)	1:51.19 (5)	38.34 (4)	38.63 (5)	38.81 (5)
6	1	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:31.27	0.74	34.16 (3)	1:12.84 (5)	1:52.02 (6)	38.68 (6)	39.18 (7)	39.25 (6)
7	7	Jaime King	GBR	2:33.10	0.78	35.13 (7)	1:14.16 (7)	1:53.30 (7)	39.03 (7)	39.14 (6)	39.80 (7)
DNS	8	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #4

Time	11:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Qi Hui	CHN	2:26.76	0.86	33.80 (2)	1:11.66 (2)	1:49.40 (3)	37.86 (5)	37.74 (3)	37.36 (1)	Q
2	2	Karine Brémond	FRA	2:27.13	0.82	34.58 (7)	1:12.15 (6)	1:49.66 (4)	37.57 (3)	37.51 (1)	37.47 (2)	Q
3	4	Masami Tanaka	JPN	2:27.39	0.81	34.17 (4)	1:11.71 (3)	1:49.26 (=1)	37.54 (2)	37.55 (2)	38.13 (5)	Q
4	3	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	2:27.59	0.85	33.78 (1)	1:11.21 (1)	1:49.26 (=1)	37.43 (1)	38.05 (5)	38.33 (7)	Q
5	6	Caroline Hildreth	AUS	2:27.60	0.72	33.98 (3)	1:11.91 (5)	1:50.08 (=5)	37.93 (7)	38.17 (6)	37.52 (3)	Q
6	8	Gu Hyo-Jin	KOR	2:28.21	0.87	34.44 (6)	1:12.34 (7)	1:50.25 (7)	37.90 (6)	37.91 (4)	37.96 (4)	Q
7	7	Rebecca Brown	AUS	2:28.24	0.78	34.22 (5)	1:11.90 (4)	1:50.08 (=5)	37.68 (4)	38.18 (7)	38.16 (6)	Q
8	1	Elvira Fischer	AUT	2:30.05	0.83	34.86 (8)	1:13.33 (8)	1:51.61 (8)	38.47 (8)	38.28 (8)	38.44 (8)

Heat #5

Time	11:17

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	2:24.92	0.90	33.52 (1)	1:11.01 (1)	1:47.76 (1)	37.49 (1)	36.75 (1)	37.16 (1)	QOR
2	3	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	2:28.19	0.89	34.52 (6)	1:12.44 (5)	1:50.57 (4)	37.92 (3)	38.13 (5)	37.62 (2)	Q
3	6	Luo Xuejuan	CHN	2:28.43	0.74	33.95 (3)	1:12.13 (3)	1:50.09 (2)	38.18 (6)	37.96 (2)	38.34 (3)	Q
4	1	Christin Petelski	CAN	2:29.11	0.85	34.42 (5)	1:12.53 (7)	1:50.61 (5)	38.11 (5)	38.08 (3)	38.50 (4)	Q
5	7	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:29.45	0.86	34.41 (4)	1:12.39 (4)	1:50.50 (3)	37.98 (4)	38.11 (4)	38.95 (6)	Q
6	2	Junko Isoda	JPN	2:29.60	0.86	34.62 (7)	1:12.50 (6)	1:50.76 (6)	37.88 (2)	38.26 (6)	38.84 (5)	q
7	4	Penny Heyns	RSA	2:30.17	0.79	33.76 (2)	1:11.97 (2)	1:51.10 (7)	38.21 (7)	39.13 (7)	39.07 (7)
8	8	Agata Czaplicki	SUI	2:32.98	0.79	35.17 (8)	1:13.47 (8)	1:52.68 (8)	38.30 (8)	39.21 (8)	40.30 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	2:24.03	QOR
2	5	Qi Hui	CHN	2:24.21	Q
3	2	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	2:25.41	Q
4	4	Kristy Kowal	USA	2:25.46	Q
5	6	Sarah Poewe	RSA	2:25.54	Q
6	7	Luo Xuejuan	CHN	2:25.86	Q
7	3	Masami Tanaka	JPN	2:26.24	Q
8	6	Amanda Beard	USA	2:26.62	Q
9	5	Karine Brémond	FRA	2:27.86
10	3	Caroline Hildreth	AUS	2:28.30
11	2	Gu Hyo-Jin	KOR	2:28.50
12	1	Anne Poleska	GER	2:28.99
13	1	Christin Petelski	CAN	2:29.43
14	7	Rebecca Brown	AUS	2:29.90
15	8	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:30.02
16	8	Junko Isoda	JPN	2:31.71

Heat #1

Time	20:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Kristy Kowal	USA	2:25.46	0.79	33.40 (3)	1:10.58 (=2)	1:48.16 (2)	37.18 (2)	37.58 (1)	37.30 (3)	Q
2	6	Sarah Poewe	RSA	2:25.54	0.77	33.10 (1)	1:10.58 (=2)	1:48.28 (3)	37.48 (3)	37.70 (2)	37.26 (2)	Q
3	7	Luo Xuejuan	CHN	2:25.86	0.69	33.24 (2)	1:10.36 (1)	1:48.07 (1)	37.12 (1)	37.71 (3)	37.79 (5)	Q
4	5	Karine Brémond	FRA	2:27.86	0.82	34.80 (8)	1:12.54 (5)	1:50.66 (5)	37.74 (4)	38.12 (6)	37.20 (1)
5	3	Caroline Hildreth	AUS	2:28.30	0.76	33.88 (4)	1:11.78 (4)	1:49.76 (4)	37.90 (5)	37.98 (4)	38.54 (7)
6	2	Gu Hyo-Jin	KOR	2:28.50	0.91	34.44 (6)	1:12.65 (6)	1:50.98 (7)	38.21 (6)	38.33 (7)	37.52 (4)
7	1	Anne Poleska	GER	2:28.99	0.85	34.24 (5)	1:12.66 (7)	1:50.72 (6)	38.42 (8)	38.06 (5)	38.27 (6)
8	8	Junko Isoda	JPN	2:31.71	0.74	34.58 (7)	1:12.80 (8)	1:52.00 (8)	38.22 (7)	39.20 (8)	39.71 (8)

Heat #2

Time	20:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	2:24.03	0.89	33.36 (1)	1:10.72 (2)	1:47.71 (2)	37.36 (4)	36.99 (1)	36.32 (1)	QOR
2	5	Qi Hui	CHN	2:24.21	0.87	33.49 (2)	1:10.51 (1)	1:47.56 (1)	37.02 (2)	37.05 (2)	36.65 (2)	Q
3	2	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	2:25.41	0.83	34.04 (6)	1:11.22 (4)	1:48.32 (3)	37.18 (3)	37.10 (3)	37.09 (3)	Q
4	3	Masami Tanaka	JPN	2:26.24	0.78	33.73 (3)	1:11.34 (5)	1:48.65 (=4)	37.61 (5)	37.31 (4)	37.59 (4)	Q
5	6	Amanda Beard	USA	2:26.62	0.75	34.19 (7)	1:11.17 (3)	1:48.65 (=4)	36.98 (1)	37.48 (5)	37.97 (5)	Q
6	1	Christin Petelski	CAN	2:29.43	0.78	34.27 (8)	1:12.00 (7)	1:50.13 (6)	37.73 (6)	38.13 (6)	39.30 (8)
7	7	Rebecca Brown	AUS	2:29.90	0.84	33.78 (4)	1:11.90 (6)	1:50.62 (7)	38.12 (7)	38.72 (8)	39.28 (7)
8	8	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:30.02	0.87	33.92 (5)	1:12.23 (8)	1:50.86 (8)	38.31 (8)	38.63 (7)	39.16 (6)

Final Round

Date	21 September 2000 — 19:11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	2:24.35	0.88	33.31 (2)	1:10.64 (5)	1:47.78 (3)	37.33 (4)	37.14 (4)	36.57 (1)
2	6	Kristy Kowal	USA	2:24.56	0.78	33.42 (3)	1:10.21 (1)	1:47.13 (1)	36.79 (1)	36.92 (2)	37.43 (2)
3	8	Amanda Beard	USA	2:25.35	0.74	33.66 (5)	1:10.55 (3)	1:47.81 (4)	36.89 (2)	37.26 (5)	37.54 (3)
4	5	Qi Hui	CHN	2:25.36	0.84	33.46 (4)	1:10.60 (4)	1:47.61 (2)	37.14 (3)	37.01 (3)	37.75 (8)
5	3	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	2:25.47	0.88	33.68 (6)	1:11.04 (6)	1:47.84 (5)	37.36 (5)	36.80 (1)	37.63 (5)
6	2	Sarah Poewe	RSA	2:25.72	0.73	32.97 (1)	1:10.53 (2)	1:48.08 (6)	37.56 (6)	37.55 (6)	37.64 (6)
7	1	Masami Tanaka	JPN	2:26.98	0.77	33.99 (8)	1:11.66 (7)	1:49.39 (7)	37.67 (7)	37.73 (7)	37.59 (4)
8	7	Luo Xuejuan	CHN	2:27.33	0.71	33.92 (7)	1:11.75 (8)	1:49.61 (8)	37.83 (8)	37.86 (8)	37.72 (7)