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200 metres Breaststroke, Women – Semi-Finals

Date	20 September 2000
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
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)