Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle










Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 16, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 17, 2004 (final)
Competitors41 from 36 nations
Winning time1:58.03
Medalists












1st, gold medalist(s)

Camelia Potec

 Romania
2nd, silver medalist(s)

Federica Pellegrini

 Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Solenne Figuès

 France

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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 16 and 17.[1]


Camelia Potec became the second Romanian swimmer to claim a gold medal in swimming (the first being done by Diana Mocanu in Sydney), outside the record time of 1:58.03. The silver medal was awarded to 15-year-old Federica Pellegrini of Italy, who finished behind Potec by 0.19 of a second, clocking at 1:58.22. France's Solenne Figuès, on the other hand, took home the bronze in 1:58.45. World record holder Franziska van Almsick, however, finished outside of medals in fifth place, with a time of 1:58.88.[2][3]




Contents





  • 1 Records


  • 2 Results

    • 2.1 Heats


    • 2.2 Semifinals

      • 2.2.1 Semifinal 1


      • 2.2.2 Semifinal 2



    • 2.3 Final



  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Records


Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.












World record
 Franziska van Almsick (GER)
1:56.64
Berlin, Germany
3 August 2002
Olympic record
 Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1:57.65
Seoul, South Korea
21 September 1988


Results



Heats








































































































































































































































































































RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
142Dana Vollmer
 United States
1:59.49Q
262Claudia Poll
 Costa Rica
1:59.50Q
357Paulina Barzycka
 Poland
1:59.52Q
456Federica Pellegrini
 Italy
1:59.80Q
563Solenne Figuès
 France
1:59.90Q
667Josefin Lillhage
 Sweden
2:00.04Q
746Elka Graham
 Australia
2:00.13Q
864Lindsay Benko
 United States
2:00.21Q
965Franziska van Almsick
 Germany
2:00.23Q
1054Melanie Marshall
 Great Britain
2:00.46Q
1145Camelia Potec
 Romania
2:00.50Q
1253Alena Popchanka
 Belarus
2:00.67Q
1341Tomoko Nagai
 Japan
2:00.73Q
1455Pang Jiaying
 China
2:00.80Q
1543Martina Moravcová
 Slovakia
2:01.00Q
1644Yang Yu
 China
2:01.33Q
1768Brittany Reimer
 Canada
2:01.39
1847Sara Isaković
 Slovenia
2:01.71
1966Linda Mackenzie
 Australia
2:02.04
2052Sara Harstick
 Germany
2:02.25
2151Nataliya Shalagina
 Russia
2:02.37
2235Olena Lapunova
 Ukraine
2:02.71
2358Mariana Brochado
 Brazil
2:02.91
2433Hanna Miluska
 Switzerland
2:03.28
2531Florencia Szigeti
 Argentina
2:03.29
2648Kim Hyun-joo
 South Korea
2:03.33
2761Zoi Dimoschaki
 Greece
2:03.38
2834Elina Partõka
 Estonia
2:03.54
2932Alison Fitch
 New Zealand
2:03.58
3038Janelle Atkinson
 Jamaica
2:04.06
3137Katinka Hosszú
 Hungary
2:04.22
3236Petra Banović
 Croatia
2:04.24
3322Jana Myšková
 Czech Republic
2:04.62
3424Vesna Stojanovska
 Macedonia
2:04.64
3513Pilin Tachakittiranan
 Thailand
2:05.29
3614Yang Chin-kuei
 Chinese Taipei
2:05.65
3723Louise Mai Jansen
 Denmark
2:06.06
3825Larisa Lăcustă
 Romania
2:06.62
3926Sze Hang Yu
 Hong Kong
2:07.55
4027Khadija Ciss
 Senegal
2:09.04
4115Yuliya Rissik
 Kazakhstan
2:09.93


Semifinals



Semifinal 1
























































RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Federica Pellegrini
 Italy
1:58.02Q
21Pang Jiaying
 China
1:58.68Q
33Josefin Lillhage
 Sweden
1:59.31Q
44Claudia Poll
 Costa Rica
1:59.79
57Alena Popchanka
 Belarus
1:59.87
66Lindsay Benko
 United States
2:00.22
78Yang Yu
 China
2:00.52
82Melanie Marshall
 Great Britain
2:01.06


Semifinal 2
























































RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Solenne Figuès
 France
1:58.65Q
24Dana Vollmer
 United States
1:59.04Q
35Paulina Barzycka
 Poland
1:59.10Q
42Franziska van Almsick
 Germany
1:59.13Q
57Camelia Potec
 Romania
1:59.25Q
66Elka Graham
 Australia
1:59.44
78Martina Moravcová
 Slovenia
1:59.96
81Tomoko Nagai
 Japan
2:00.09


Final
























































RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)1Camelia Potec
 Romania
1:58.03
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Federica Pellegrini
 Italy
1:58.22
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Solenne Figuès
 France
1:58.45
42Paulina Barzycka
 Poland
1:58.62
57Franziska van Almsick
 Germany
1:58.88
66Dana Vollmer
 United States
1:58.98
73Pang Jiaying
 China
1:59.16
88Josefin Lillhage
 Sweden
1:59.20


References




  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "Potec wins freestyle gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.


  3. ^ "Camelia Potec Takes 200 Freestyle from Lane Ones". Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2013.




External links


  • Official Olympic Report







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