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200 metres Butterfly, Women

Date	17 – 18 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	32 from 26 countries

The events of the 100 metres butterfly, held earlier in the week, further defined the hierarchy in this event. That final had been decided between Petria Thomas of Australia and Otylia Jędrzejczak of Poland, the women who had won the 2001 and 2003 200 metres world titles, respectively.

Reality stuck perfectly to the script and Thomas took out the pace in the final with split times that put her on track to break the world record. In contrast Jędrzejczak held back before attacking off the last turn. The Pole caught the Australia but could not break away and the two women fought out a close finish which went to Jędrzejczak on the final stroke. This was the first, and through 2012 only, Olympic title won by Poland in the swimming pool.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:09.64 (1 h4)	2:08.84 (1 h2)	2:06.05 (1)	Gold
2	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:10.87 (1 h3)	2:09.24 (2 h2)	2:06.36 (2)	Silver
3	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:10.04 (2 h4)	2:08.83 (2 h1)	2:08.04 (3)	Bronze
4	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:10.50 (3 h4)	2:08.77 (1 h1)	2:08.18 (4)
5	Felicity Galvez	AUS	2:11.17 (2 h3)	2:09.54 (3 h2)	2:09.28 (5)
6	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:11.99 (6 h4)	2:10.47 (5 h2)	2:10.01 (6)
7	Paola Cavallino	ITA	2:12.34 (6 h3)	2:10.23 (3 h1)	2:10.14 (7)
8	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:10.49 (1 h2)	2:09.83 (4 h2)	2:10.58 (8)
9	Dana Kirk	USA	2:11.96 (3 h2)	2:10.69 (4 h1)	–
10	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:10.99 (2 h2)	2:10.93 (5 h1)	–
11	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:12.26 (5 h3)	2:11.13 (6 h2)	–
12	Francesca Segat	ITA	2:11.40 (3 h3)	2:11.18 (7 h2)	–
13	Yukiko Osada	JPN	2:11.20 (4 h4)	2:11.35 (6 h1)	–
14	Annika Mehlhorn	GER	2:12.25 (4 h2)	2:11.37 (7 h1)	–
15	María Peláez	ESP	2:11.66 (5 h4)	2:12.54 (8 h1)	–
16	Li Jie	CHN	2:11.77 (4 h3)	2:13.41 (8 h2)	–
17	Beatrix Boulsevicz	HUN	2:12.54 (5 h2)	–	–
18	Mariya Bulakhova	RUS	2:12.99 (1 h1)	–	–
19	Roser Vives	ESP	2:13.02 (7 h3)	–	–
20	Raquel Felgueiras	POR	2:13.08 (6 h2)	–	–
21	Georgina Bardach	ARG	2:13.68 (7 h4)	–	–
22	Vasiliki Angelopoulou	GRE	2:13.88 (8 h4)	–	–
23	Petra Zahrl	AUT	2:13.92 (7 h2)	–	–
24	Gwon Yu-Ri	KOR	2:14.30 (8 h2)	–	–
25	Cheng Wan-Jung	TPE	2:16.25 (2 h1)	–	–
26	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	2:16.51 (8 h3)	–	–
27	Nataliya Samorodina	UKR	2:17.15 (3 h1)	–	–
28	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:18.15 (4 h1)	–	–
29	Sandy Chan	HKG	2:18.45 (5 h1)	–	–
30	Heather Roffey	CAY	2:19.34 (6 h1)	–	–
31	Gülşah Günenç	TUR	2:20.17 (7 h1)	–	–
32	Christel Bouvron	SGP	2:26.21 (8 h1)	–	–

Round One (17 August 2004)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (10:28)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Mariya Bulakhova	RUS	29.21 (1) 33.46 (1)	1:02.67 (1) 34.85 (1)	1:37.52 (1) 35.47 (1)	2:12.99	0.88
2	3	Cheng Wan-Jung	TPE	29.92 (2) 33.73 (2)	1:03.65 (2) 35.60 (2)	1:39.25 (2) 37.00 (4)	2:16.25	0.83
3	2	Nataliya Samorodina	UKR	30.22 (3) 34.09 (3)	1:04.31 (3) 36.06 (4)	1:40.37 (3) 36.78 (2)	2:17.15	0.85
4	4	Anja Klinar	SLO	30.47 (4) 34.20 (5)	1:04.67 (4) 36.40 (6)	1:41.07 (5) 37.08 (5)	2:18.15	0.85
5	6	Sandy Chan	HKG	30.90 (5) 34.13 (4)	1:05.03 (5) 36.03 (3)	1:41.06 (4) 37.39 (6)	2:18.45	0.84
6	1	Heather Roffey	CAY	31.74 (7) 34.52 (6)	1:06.26 (7) 36.09 (5)	1:42.35 (7) 36.99 (3)	2:19.34	0.82
7	7	Gülşah Günenç	TUR	31.26 (6) 34.58 (7)	1:05.84 (6) 36.45 (7)	1:42.29 (6) 37.88 (7)	2:20.17	0.81
8	8	Christel Bouvron	SGP	32.35 (8) 36.71 (8)	1:09.06 (8) 37.95 (8)	1:47.01 (8) 39.20 (8)	2:26.21	0.92

Heat Two (10:32)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Éva Risztov	HUN	29.80 (4) 32.68 (1)	1:02.48 (2) 33.89 (1)	1:36.37 (=1) 34.12 (1)	2:10.49	0.91	Q
2	3	Georgina Lee	GBR	29.44 (1) 32.86 (2)	1:02.30 (1) 34.07 (2)	1:36.37 (=1) 34.62 (2)	2:10.99	0.78	Q
3	5	Dana Kirk	USA	29.93 (6) 32.99 (3)	1:02.92 (4) 34.22 (3)	1:37.14 (4) 34.82 (4)	2:11.96	0.74	Q
4	6	Annika Mehlhorn	GER	29.46 (2) 33.06 (4)	1:02.52 (3) 34.32 (4)	1:36.84 (3) 35.41 (5)	2:12.25	0.82	Q
5	7	Beatrix Boulsevicz	HUN	29.85 (5) 33.43 (5)	1:03.28 (6) 34.49 (6)	1:37.77 (6) 34.77 (3)	2:12.54	0.79
6	8	Raquel Felgueiras	POR	29.68 (3) 33.56 (6)	1:03.24 (5) 34.42 (5)	1:37.66 (5) 35.42 (6)	2:13.08	0.93
7	2	Petra Zahrl	AUT	30.04 (7) 33.67 (7)	1:03.71 (7) 34.51 (7)	1:38.22 (7) 35.70 (8)	2:13.92	0.83
8	1	Gwon Yu-Ri	KOR	30.25 (8) 33.78 (8)	1:04.03 (8) 34.67 (8)	1:38.70 (8) 35.60 (7)	2:14.30	0.91

Heat Three (10:36)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Petria Thomas	AUS	29.35 (1) 33.12 (2)	1:02.47 (2) 34.12 (4)	1:36.59 (2) 34.28 (3)	2:10.87	0.76	Q
2	5	Felicity Galvez	AUS	29.41 (2) 33.04 (1)	1:02.45 (1) 34.06 (3)	1:36.51 (1) 34.66 (6)	2:11.17	0.88	Q
3	6	Francesca Segat	ITA	30.12 (4) 33.24 (3)	1:03.36 (4) 33.75 (1)	1:37.11 (3) 34.29 (4)	2:11.40	0.85	Q
4	1	Li Jie	CHN	30.17 (5) 33.58 (6)	1:03.75 (5) 33.90 (2)	1:37.65 (5) 34.12 (1)	2:11.77	0.91	Q
5	7	Aurore Mongel	FRA	29.62 (3) 33.51 (=4)	1:03.13 (3) 34.34 (7)	1:37.47 (4) 34.79 (7)	2:12.26	0.82	Q
6	3	Paola Cavallino	ITA	30.39 (6) 33.51 (=4)	1:03.90 (6) 34.31 (6)	1:38.21 (6) 34.13 (2)	2:12.34	0.86	Q
7	2	Roser Vives	ESP	30.50 (7) 33.71 (7)	1:04.21 (7) 34.27 (5)	1:38.48 (7) 34.54 (5)	2:13.02	0.95
8	8	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	30.82 (8) 34.47 (8)	1:05.29 (8) 35.04 (8)	1:40.33 (8) 36.18 (8)	2:16.51	0.80

Heat Four (10:40)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	29.25 (1) 32.95 (=2)	1:02.20 (1) 33.83 (2)	1:36.03 (1) 33.61 (=1)	2:09.64	0.85	Q
2	5	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	29.50 (2) 32.89 (1)	1:02.39 (2) 33.92 (=3)	1:36.31 (2) 33.73 (3)	2:10.04	0.81	Q
3	3	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	30.00 (5) 32.95 (=2)	1:02.95 (4) 33.94 (5)	1:36.89 (4) 33.61 (=1)	2:10.50	0.79	Q
4	2	Yukiko Osada	JPN	29.92 (4) 33.26 (6)	1:03.18 (6) 33.92 (=3)	1:37.10 (5) 34.10 (4)	2:11.20	0.83	Q
5	1	María Peláez	ESP	30.10 (6) 33.02 (4)	1:03.12 (5) 33.72 (1)	1:36.84 (3) 34.82 (7)	2:11.66	0.91	Q
6	6	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	29.78 (3) 33.09 (5)	1:02.87 (3) 34.45 (6)	1:37.32 (6) 34.67 (6)	2:11.99	0.88	Q
7	8	Georgina Bardach	ARG	30.83 (8) 34.12 (8)	1:04.95 (8) 34.50 (7)	1:39.45 (8) 34.23 (5)	2:13.68	0.88
8	7	Vasiliki Angelopoulou	GRE	30.28 (7) 33.60 (7)	1:03.88 (7) 34.80 (8)	1:38.68 (7) 35.20 (8)	2:13.88	0.77

Semi-Finals (17 August 2004)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:56)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	29.79 (=5) 32.49 (3)	1:02.28 (4) 33.28 (1)	1:35.56 (2) 33.21 (1)	2:08.77	0.77	Q
2	4	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	29.10 (2) 32.30 (1)	1:01.40 (1) 33.43 (2)	1:34.83 (1) 34.00 (4)	2:08.83	0.69	Q
3	8	Paola Cavallino	ITA	29.79 (=5) 32.92 (4)	1:02.71 (5) 33.70 (4)	1:36.41 (4) 33.82 (3)	2:10.23	0.82	Q
4	7	Dana Kirk	USA	29.11 (3) 32.45 (2)	1:01.56 (2) 34.03 (5)	1:35.59 (3) 35.10 (8)	2:10.69	0.70
5	3	Georgina Lee	GBR	29.74 (4) 33.47 (8)	1:03.21 (6) 34.14 (7)	1:37.35 (7) 33.58 (2)	2:10.93	0.81
6	6	Yukiko Osada	JPN	29.96 (7) 33.30 (7)	1:03.26 (7) 33.65 (3)	1:36.91 (6) 34.44 (5)	2:11.35	0.82
7	1	Annika Mehlhorn	GER	28.95 (1) 33.27 (6)	1:02.22 (3) 34.22 (8)	1:36.44 (5) 34.93 (6)	2:11.37	0.80
8	2	María Peláez	ESP	30.30 (8) 33.21 (5)	1:03.51 (8) 34.09 (6)	1:37.60 (8) 34.94 (7)	2:12.54	0.81

Heat Two (20:02)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	29.18 (4) 32.57 (2)	1:01.75 (1) 33.35 (2)	1:35.10 (1) 33.74 (1)	2:08.84	0.85	Q
2	3	Petria Thomas	AUS	29.12 (2) 32.90 (6)	1:02.02 (5) 33.31 (1)	1:35.33 (2) 33.91 (2)	2:09.24	0.75	Q
3	6	Felicity Galvez	AUS	29.17 (3) 32.84 (4)	1:02.01 (4) 33.40 (3)	1:35.41 (3) 34.13 (4)	2:09.54	0.84	Q
4	5	Éva Risztov	HUN	29.47 (6) 32.51 (1)	1:01.98 (3) 33.91 (6)	1:35.89 (4) 33.94 (3)	2:09.83	0.79	Q
5	1	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	29.40 (5) 32.86 (5)	1:02.26 (6) 33.66 (4)	1:35.92 (5) 34.55 (5)	2:10.47	0.83	Q
6	8	Aurore Mongel	FRA	29.01 (1) 32.75 (3)	1:01.76 (2) 34.41 (7)	1:36.17 (6) 34.96 (7)	2:11.13	0.81
7	2	Francesca Segat	ITA	29.55 (7) 33.07 (7)	1:02.62 (7) 33.82 (5)	1:36.44 (7) 34.74 (6)	2:11.18	0.86
8	7	Li Jie	CHN	29.68 (8) 33.43 (8)	1:03.11 (8) 34.47 (8)	1:37.58 (8) 35.83 (8)	2:13.41	0.93

Final (18 August 2004 — 20:13)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	28.76 (2) 32.33 (2)	1:01.09 (2) 32.08 (1)	1:33.17 (2) 32.88 (2)	2:06.05	0.80
2	6	Petria Thomas	AUS	28.19 (1) 31.99 (1)	1:00.18 (1) 32.87 (2)	1:33.05 (1) 33.31 (4)	2:06.36	0.74
3	5	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	29.14 (4) 32.65 (5)	1:01.79 (4) 33.31 (3)	1:35.10 (3) 32.94 (3)	2:08.04	0.72
4	4	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	29.32 (5) 32.40 (3)	1:01.72 (3) 33.64 (6)	1:35.36 (5) 32.82 (1)	2:08.18	0.78
5	2	Felicity Galvez	AUS	29.09 (3) 32.79 (8)	1:01.88 (5) 33.32 (4)	1:35.20 (4) 34.08 (7)	2:09.28	0.90
6	8	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	29.50 (6) 32.66 (6)	1:02.16 (7) 33.81 (7)	1:35.97 (6) 34.04 (6)	2:10.01	0.91
7	1	Paola Cavallino	ITA	29.90 (8) 32.74 (7)	1:02.64 (8) 33.60 (5)	1:36.24 (8) 33.90 (5)	2:10.14	0.85
8	7	Éva Risztov	HUN	29.59 (7) 32.54 (4)	1:02.13 (6) 33.94 (8)	1:36.07 (7) 34.51 (8)	2:10.58	0.82