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Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 20, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 21, 2000 (final)
Competitors36 from 30 nations
Winning time2:24.35
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ágnes Kovács Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kristy Kowal United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Amanda Beard United States

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 20–21 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Charging back from third at the 150-metre turn, Hungary's Ágnes Kovács edged out U.S. swimmer Kristy Kowal on the final stretch to capture the gold in 2:24.35.[2][3] Kowal, who seized off a powerful lead from the start, took home the silver in a new American record of 2:24.56. Her teammate Amanda Beard, silver medalist in Atlanta four years earlier, gave the Americans a further reason to celebrate as she enjoyed the race to move up from eighth after the semifinals for the bronze in 2:25.35, holding off a fast-pacing Qi Hui of China (2:25.36) by a hundredth of a second (0.01).[4][5]

Qi was followed in fifth by Russia's Olga Bakaldina (2:25.47) and in sixth by South Africa's Sarah Poewe (2:25.72), fourth-place finalist in the 100 m breaststroke. Japan's Masami Tanaka (2:26.98) and Qi's teammate Luo Xuejuan (2:27.33) closed out the field.[5]

World record holder Penny Heyns missed a chance to defend her Olympic title in the event, after helplessly winding up a twentieth-place effort in the prelims at 2:30.17.[6] Shortly after the Games, she made a decision to officially announce her retirement from international swimming.[7][8]

Earlier, Kovacs established a new Olympic standard of 2:24.92 on the morning prelims to clear a 2:25-barrier and cut off Heyns' record by almost half a second (0.50).[6] Following by an evening session, she eventually lowered it to 2:24.03 in the semifinals.[9][10]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record Penny Heyns (RSA) 2:23.64 Sydney, Australia 27 August 1999 [11]
Olympic record Penny Heyns (RSA) 2:25.41 Atlanta, United States 23 July 1996 [11]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
20 September Heat 5 Ágnes Kovács Hungary 2:24.92 OR
20 September Semifinal 1 Ágnes Kovács Hungary 2:24.03 OR

Results

Heats

[11]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Ágnes Kovács Hungary 2:24.92 Q, OR
2 3 4 Kristy Kowal United States 2:26.73 Q
3 4 5 Qi Hui China 2:26.76 Q
4 4 2 Karine Brémond France 2:27.13 Q, NR
5 4 4 Masami Tanaka Japan 2:27.39 Q
6 4 3 Beatrice Căslaru Romania 2:27.59 Q, WD
7 4 6 Caroline Hildreth Australia 2:27.60 Q
8 3 3 Amanda Beard United States 2:27.83 Q
9 3 5 Sarah Poewe South Africa 2:27.84 Q
10 5 3 Olga Bakaldina Russia 2:28.19 Q
11 4 8 Ku Hyo-jin South Korea 2:28.21 Q, NR
12 4 7 Rebecca Brown Australia 2:28.24 Q
13 5 6 Luo Xuejuan China 2:28.43 Q
14 5 1 Christin Petelski Canada 2:29.11 Q
15 3 6 Anne Poleska Germany 2:29.15 Q
16 5 7 Alicja Pęczak Poland 2:29.45 Q
17 5 2 Junko Isoda Japan 2:29.60 Q
18 3 2 Ina Hüging Germany 2:30.00
19 4 1 Elvira Fischer Austria 2:30.05
20 5 4 Penny Heyns South Africa 2:30.17
21 3 1 Brigitte Becue Belgium 2:31.27
22 5 8 Agata Czaplicki Switzerland 2:32.98
23 3 7 Jaime King Great Britain 2:33.10
24 2 8 İlkay Dikmen Turkey 2:33.34 NR
25 1 5 Isabel Ceballos Colombia 2:34.09
26 2 4 Inna Nikitina Ukraine 2:34.20
27 2 2 Siow Yi Ting Malaysia 2:34.52 NR
28 2 3 Margarita Kalmikova Latvia 2:35.69
29 2 5 Adriana Marmolejo Mexico 2:36.93
30 2 7 Nicolette Teo Singapore 2:37.39
31 1 4 Jenny Rose Guerrero Philippines 2:38.10
32 2 6 Íris Edda Heimisdóttir Iceland 2:38.52
33 1 3 Olga Moltchanova Kyrgyzstan 2:41.43
34 2 1 Imaday Nuñez Gonzalez Cuba 2:41.97
35 1 6 Anastasiya Korolyova Uzbekistan 2:43.23
3 8 Lourdes Becerra Spain DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kristy Kowal United States 2:25.46 Q
2 6 Sarah Poewe South Africa 2:25.54 Q
3 7 Luo Xuejuan China 2:25.86 Q
4 5 Karine Brémond France 2:27.86
5 3 Caroline Hildreth Australia 2:28.30
6 2 Ku Hyo-Jin South Korea 2:28.50
7 1 Anne Poleska Germany 2:28.99
8 8 Junko Isoda Japan 2:31.71

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ágnes Kovács Hungary 2:24.03 Q, OR
2 5 Qi Hui China 2:24.21 Q, NR
3 2 Olga Bakaldina Russia 2:25.41 Q, NR
4 3 Masami Tanaka Japan 2:26.24 Q
5 6 Amanda Beard United States 2:26.62 Q
6 1 Christin Petelski Canada 2:29.43
7 7 Rebecca Brown Australia 2:29.90
8 8 Alicja Pęczak Poland 2:30.02

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ágnes Kovács Hungary 2:24.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Kristy Kowal United States 2:24.56 AM
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Amanda Beard United States 2:25.35
4 5 Qi Hui China 2:25.36
5 3 Olga Bakaldina Russia 2:25.47
6 2 Sarah Poewe South Africa 2:25.72
7 1 Masami Tanaka Japan 2:26.98
8 7 Luo Xuejuan China 2:27.33

References

  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ Berlin, Peter (22 September 2000). "De Bruijn Takes Second Gold; Hungarian and Italian Also Triumph : European Swimmers Steal the Show". New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Back again: American Krayzelburg wins 200-meter backstroke". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ^ Morrissey, Rick (22 September 2000). "Krayzelburg's Gold Leads U.S. Bonanza". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (21 September 2000). "Olympic Day 6 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  6. ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (20 September 2000). "Olympic Day 5 Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Calling it quits". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 29 March 2001. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  8. ^ Lord, Craig (20 September 2000). "Heyns Retires". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  9. ^ Whitten, Phillip (19 September 2000). "Olympic Day 5 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Sydney 2000: Notebook; Krayzelburg Favored; Thompson a Long Shot". New York Times. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  11. ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 269–270. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

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