Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates26 July 2021 (heats)
27 July 2021 (semifinals)
28 July 2021 (final)
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time2:08.52
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yui Ohashi  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alex Walsh  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kate Douglass  United States

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 26 to 28 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's twelfth appearance, having been first held in 1968 and 1972 and then at every edition since 1984.

The medals for the competition were presented by Dániel Gyurta, Hungary; IOC Member, Olympian, Gold Medalist and Silver Medalists, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Verónica Stanham, Uruguay; FINA Bureau Member.

Records

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

World record Katinka Hosszú (HUN)2:06.12 Kazan, Russia3 August 2015[2]
Olympic record Katinka Hosszú (HUN)2:06.58 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil9 August 2016[3][4]

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 2:12.56. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 2:16.54. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[5]

Competition format

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[6]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
26 July19:00Heats
27 July11:58Semifinals
28 July11:45Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
125Kate Douglass United States2:09.16Q
244Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:09.70Q
335Abbie Wood Great Britain2:09.94Q
45Alex Walsh United StatesQ
532Maria Ugolkova Switzerland2:10.04Q, NR
634Sydney Pickrem Canada2:10.13Q
736Anastasia Gorbenko Israel2:10.21Q
823Yu Yiting China2:10.22Q
933Alicia Wilson Great Britain2:10.39Q
1024Yui Ohashi Japan2:10.77Q
1147Cyrielle Duhamel France2:11.11Q
1243Miho Teramura Japan2:11.22Q
1322Ilaria Cusinato Italy2:11.41Q
1442Sara Franceschi Italy2:11.47Q
1546Kim Seo-yeong South Korea2:11.54Q
1648Kristýna Horská Czech Republic2:12.21Q
1727Dalma Sebestyén Hungary2:12.42
1826Bailey Andison Canada2:12.52
1941Ellen Walshe Ireland2:13.34
2038África Zamorano Spain2:13.81
2137Fantine Lesaffre France2:14.20
2231Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş Turkey2:14.41
2328Rebecca Meder South Africa2:14.79
2415McKenna DeBever Peru2:15.86
2521Diana Petkova Bulgaria2:16.70
2614Anja Crevar Serbia2:17.62
2713Nicole Frank Uruguay2:18.93

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[8]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124Kate Douglass United States2:09.21Q
225Abbie Wood Great Britain2:09.56Q
315Alex Walsh United States2:09.57Q
416Yu Yiting China2:09.72Q
512Yui Ohashi Japan2:09.79Q
613Sydney Pickrem Canada2:09.94Q
714Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:10.22Q
822Alicia Wilson Great Britain2:10.59Q
923Maria Ugolkova Switzerland2:10.65
1026Anastasia Gorbenko Israel2:10.70
1127Cyrielle Duhamel France2:10.84
1228Kim Seo-yeong South Korea2:11.38
1311Sara Franceschi Italy2:11.71
1421Ilaria Cusinato Italy2:12.10
1517Miho Teramura Japan2:12.14
1618Kristýna Horská Czech Republic2:12.85

Final

[9]

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)2Yui Ohashi Japan2:08.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s)3Alex Walsh United States2:08.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4Kate Douglass United States2:09.04
45Abbie Wood Great Britain2:09.15
56Yu Yiting China2:09.57WJ
67Sydney Pickrem Canada2:10.05
71Katinka Hosszú Hungary2:12.38
88Alicia Wilson Great Britain2:12.86

References

  1. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Katinka Hosszu Stuns, Takes Down Techsuited World Record in 200 IM at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Baldwin, Alan (10 August 2016). "Swimming: Hosszu completes her golden treble". Reuters. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu wins 200 IM, third gold of Rio Games". Olympics. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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