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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	Competitor	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

Date	17 August 2004
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

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

Heat #1

Time	10:28

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Mariya Bulakhova	RUS	2:12.99	0.88	29.21 (1)	1:02.67 (1)	1:37.52 (1)	33.46 (1)	34.85 (1)	35.47 (1)
2	–	Cheng Wan-Jung	TPE	2:16.25	0.83	29.92 (2)	1:03.65 (2)	1:39.25 (2)	33.73 (2)	35.60 (2)	37.00 (4)
3	–	Nataliya Samorodina	UKR	2:17.15	0.85	30.22 (3)	1:04.31 (3)	1:40.37 (3)	34.09 (3)	36.06 (4)	36.78 (2)
4	–	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:18.15	0.85	30.47 (4)	1:04.67 (4)	1:41.07 (5)	34.20 (5)	36.40 (6)	37.08 (5)
5	–	Sandy Chan	HKG	2:18.45	0.84	30.90 (5)	1:05.03 (5)	1:41.06 (4)	34.13 (4)	36.03 (3)	37.39 (6)
6	–	Heather Roffey	CAY	2:19.34	0.82	31.74 (7)	1:06.26 (7)	1:42.35 (7)	34.52 (6)	36.09 (5)	36.99 (3)
7	–	Gülşah Günenç	TUR	2:20.17	0.81	31.26 (6)	1:05.84 (6)	1:42.29 (6)	34.58 (7)	36.45 (7)	37.88 (7)
8	–	Christel Bouvron	SGP	2:26.21	0.92	32.35 (8)	1:09.06 (8)	1:47.01 (8)	36.71 (8)	37.95 (8)	39.20 (8)

Heat #2

Time	10:32

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:10.49	0.91	29.80 (4)	1:02.48 (2)	1:36.37 (=1)	32.68 (1)	33.89 (1)	34.12 (1)	Q
2	–	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:10.99	0.78	29.44 (1)	1:02.30 (1)	1:36.37 (=1)	32.86 (2)	34.07 (2)	34.62 (2)	Q
3	–	Dana Kirk	USA	2:11.96	0.74	29.93 (6)	1:02.92 (4)	1:37.14 (4)	32.99 (3)	34.22 (3)	34.82 (4)	Q
4	–	Annika Mehlhorn	GER	2:12.25	0.82	29.46 (2)	1:02.52 (3)	1:36.84 (3)	33.06 (4)	34.32 (4)	35.41 (5)	Q
5	–	Beatrix Boulsevicz	HUN	2:12.54	0.79	29.85 (5)	1:03.28 (6)	1:37.77 (6)	33.43 (5)	34.49 (6)	34.77 (3)
6	–	Raquel Felgueiras	POR	2:13.08	0.93	29.68 (3)	1:03.24 (5)	1:37.66 (5)	33.56 (6)	34.42 (5)	35.42 (6)
7	–	Petra Zahrl	AUT	2:13.92	0.83	30.04 (7)	1:03.71 (7)	1:38.22 (7)	33.67 (7)	34.51 (7)	35.70 (8)
8	–	Gwon Yu-Ri	KOR	2:14.30	0.91	30.25 (8)	1:04.03 (8)	1:38.70 (8)	33.78 (8)	34.67 (8)	35.60 (7)

Heat #3

Time	10:36

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:10.87	0.76	29.35 (1)	1:02.47 (2)	1:36.59 (2)	33.12 (2)	34.12 (4)	34.28 (3)	Q
2	–	Felicity Galvez	AUS	2:11.17	0.88	29.41 (2)	1:02.45 (1)	1:36.51 (1)	33.04 (1)	34.06 (3)	34.66 (6)	Q
3	–	Francesca Segat	ITA	2:11.40	0.85	30.12 (4)	1:03.36 (4)	1:37.11 (3)	33.24 (3)	33.75 (1)	34.29 (4)	Q
4	–	Li Jie	CHN	2:11.77	0.91	30.17 (5)	1:03.75 (5)	1:37.65 (5)	33.58 (6)	33.90 (2)	34.12 (1)	Q
5	–	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:12.26	0.82	29.62 (3)	1:03.13 (3)	1:37.47 (4)	33.51 (=4)	34.34 (7)	34.79 (7)	Q
6	–	Paola Cavallino	ITA	2:12.34	0.86	30.39 (6)	1:03.90 (6)	1:38.21 (6)	33.51 (=4)	34.31 (6)	34.13 (2)	Q
7	–	Roser Vives	ESP	2:13.02	0.95	30.50 (7)	1:04.21 (7)	1:38.48 (7)	33.71 (7)	34.27 (5)	34.54 (5)
8	–	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	2:16.51	0.80	30.82 (8)	1:05.29 (8)	1:40.33 (8)	34.47 (8)	35.04 (8)	36.18 (8)

Heat #4

Time	10:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:09.64	0.85	29.25 (1)	1:02.20 (1)	1:36.03 (1)	32.95 (=2)	33.83 (2)	33.61 (=1)	Q
2	–	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:10.04	0.81	29.50 (2)	1:02.39 (2)	1:36.31 (2)	32.89 (1)	33.92 (=3)	33.73 (3)	Q
3	–	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:10.50	0.79	30.00 (5)	1:02.95 (4)	1:36.89 (4)	32.95 (=2)	33.94 (5)	33.61 (=1)	Q
4	–	Yukiko Osada	JPN	2:11.20	0.83	29.92 (4)	1:03.18 (6)	1:37.10 (5)	33.26 (6)	33.92 (=3)	34.10 (4)	Q
5	–	María Peláez	ESP	2:11.66	0.91	30.10 (6)	1:03.12 (5)	1:36.84 (3)	33.02 (4)	33.72 (1)	34.82 (7)	Q
6	–	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:11.99	0.88	29.78 (3)	1:02.87 (3)	1:37.32 (6)	33.09 (5)	34.45 (6)	34.67 (6)	Q
7	–	Georgina Bardach	ARG	2:13.68	0.88	30.83 (8)	1:04.95 (8)	1:39.45 (8)	34.12 (8)	34.50 (7)	34.23 (5)
8	–	Vasiliki Angelopoulou	GRE	2:13.88	0.77	30.28 (7)	1:03.88 (7)	1:38.68 (7)	33.60 (7)	34.80 (8)	35.20 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	17 August 2004
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:08.77	Q
2	–	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:08.83	Q
3	–	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:08.84	Q
4	–	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:09.24	Q
5	–	Felicity Galvez	AUS	2:09.54	Q
6	–	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:09.83	Q
7	–	Paola Cavallino	ITA	2:10.23	Q
8	–	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:10.47	Q
9	–	Dana Kirk	USA	2:10.69
10	–	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:10.93
11	–	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:11.13
12	–	Francesca Segat	ITA	2:11.18
13	–	Yukiko Osada	JPN	2:11.35
14	–	Annika Mehlhorn	GER	2:11.37
15	–	María Peláez	ESP	2:12.54
16	–	Li Jie	CHN	2:13.41

Heat #1

Time	19:56

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:08.77	0.77	29.79 (=5)	1:02.28 (4)	1:35.56 (2)	32.49 (3)	33.28 (1)	33.21 (1)	Q
2	–	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:08.83	0.69	29.10 (2)	1:01.40 (1)	1:34.83 (1)	32.30 (1)	33.43 (2)	34.00 (4)	Q
3	–	Paola Cavallino	ITA	2:10.23	0.82	29.79 (=5)	1:02.71 (5)	1:36.41 (4)	32.92 (4)	33.70 (4)	33.82 (3)	Q
4	–	Dana Kirk	USA	2:10.69	0.70	29.11 (3)	1:01.56 (2)	1:35.59 (3)	32.45 (2)	34.03 (5)	35.10 (8)
5	–	Georgina Lee	GBR	2:10.93	0.81	29.74 (4)	1:03.21 (6)	1:37.35 (7)	33.47 (8)	34.14 (7)	33.58 (2)
6	–	Yukiko Osada	JPN	2:11.35	0.82	29.96 (7)	1:03.26 (7)	1:36.91 (6)	33.30 (7)	33.65 (3)	34.44 (5)
7	–	Annika Mehlhorn	GER	2:11.37	0.80	28.95 (1)	1:02.22 (3)	1:36.44 (5)	33.27 (6)	34.22 (8)	34.93 (6)
8	–	María Peláez	ESP	2:12.54	0.81	30.30 (8)	1:03.51 (8)	1:37.60 (8)	33.21 (5)	34.09 (6)	34.94 (7)

Heat #2

Time	20:02

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:08.84	0.85	29.18 (4)	1:01.75 (1)	1:35.10 (1)	32.57 (2)	33.35 (2)	33.74 (1)	Q
2	–	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:09.24	0.75	29.12 (2)	1:02.02 (5)	1:35.33 (2)	32.90 (6)	33.31 (1)	33.91 (2)	Q
3	–	Felicity Galvez	AUS	2:09.54	0.84	29.17 (3)	1:02.01 (4)	1:35.41 (3)	32.84 (4)	33.40 (3)	34.13 (4)	Q
4	–	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:09.83	0.79	29.47 (6)	1:01.98 (3)	1:35.89 (4)	32.51 (1)	33.91 (6)	33.94 (3)	Q
5	–	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:10.47	0.83	29.40 (5)	1:02.26 (6)	1:35.92 (5)	32.86 (5)	33.66 (4)	34.55 (5)	Q
6	–	Aurore Mongel	FRA	2:11.13	0.81	29.01 (1)	1:01.76 (2)	1:36.17 (6)	32.75 (3)	34.41 (7)	34.96 (7)
7	–	Francesca Segat	ITA	2:11.18	0.86	29.55 (7)	1:02.62 (7)	1:36.44 (7)	33.07 (7)	33.82 (5)	34.74 (6)
8	–	Li Jie	CHN	2:13.41	0.93	29.68 (8)	1:03.11 (8)	1:37.58 (8)	33.43 (8)	34.47 (8)	35.83 (8)

Final Round

Date	18 August 2004 — 20:13

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:06.05	0.80	28.76 (2)	1:01.09 (2)	1:33.17 (2)	32.33 (2)	32.08 (1)	32.88 (2)
2	–	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:06.36	0.74	28.19 (1)	1:00.18 (1)	1:33.05 (1)	31.99 (1)	32.87 (2)	33.31 (4)
3	–	Yuko Nakanishi	JPN	2:08.04	0.72	29.14 (4)	1:01.79 (4)	1:35.10 (3)	32.65 (5)	33.31 (3)	32.94 (3)
4	–	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	2:08.18	0.78	29.32 (5)	1:01.72 (3)	1:35.36 (5)	32.40 (3)	33.64 (6)	32.82 (1)
5	–	Felicity Galvez	AUS	2:09.28	0.90	29.09 (3)	1:01.88 (5)	1:35.20 (4)	32.79 (8)	33.32 (4)	34.08 (7)
6	–	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:10.01	0.91	29.50 (6)	1:02.16 (7)	1:35.97 (6)	32.66 (6)	33.81 (7)	34.04 (6)
7	–	Paola Cavallino	ITA	2:10.14	0.85	29.90 (8)	1:02.64 (8)	1:36.24 (8)	32.74 (7)	33.60 (5)	33.90 (5)
8	–	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:10.58	0.82	29.59 (7)	1:02.13 (6)	1:36.07 (7)	32.54 (4)	33.94 (8)	34.51 (8)