Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Date September 19, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 20, 2000 (final)
Competitors 36 from 27 nations
Winning time 2:05.88 OR
Medalists
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1st Misty Hyman  United States
2nd Susie O'Neill  Australia
3rd Petria Thomas  Australia
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Swimming events at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19–20 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

U.S. swimmer Misty Hyman stunned Australia's defending champion Susie O'Neill to claim the Olympic title in front of a raucous home crowd. Seen as almost a lock victory for O'Neill, Hyman seized off a powerful lead and held a full body length over the champion at the 150-metre turn to maintain her relentless pace and touch the wall first in one of the oldest Olympic records in the book. She improved a sterling lifetime best of 2:05.88 to erase Mary T. Meagher's 1984 record by 1.02 seconds, but her time was just a 0.07-margin closer to O'Neill's world record.[2][3] In a signature race, O'Neill ended up with only a silver in 2:06.58, adding it to her gold from Atlanta in 1996 and bronze from Barcelona in 1992. Meanwhile, Petria Thomas took home the bronze in 2:07.12, handing the entire medal lock for the Aussies with a two–three finish.[4][5][6]

Danish star Mette Jacobsen, competing in her fourth Olympics, finished off the podium by over a second in 2:08.24, while Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak posted a fifth-place time of 2:08.48. Racing next to her teammate Hyman in lane seven, Kaitlin Sandeno picked up a sixth spot with a time of 2:08.81.[7] Japanese duo Yuko Nakanishi (2:09.66) and Maki Mita (2:10.72) closed out the field.[6]

Records

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

World record  Susie O'Neill (AUS) 2:05.81 Sydney, Australia 17 May 2000 [8]
Olympic record  Mary T. Meagher (USA) 2:06.90 Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1984 [8]

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

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
20 September Final Misty Hyman  United States 2:05.88 OR

Results

Heats

[8]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 5 Misty Hyman  United States 2:07.87 Q
2 5 4 Susie O'Neill  Australia 2:07.97 Q
3 4 4 Petria Thomas  Australia 2:08.70 Q
3 4 5 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 2:08.70 Q
5 3 4 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 2:09.30 Q
6 5 5 Maki Mita  Japan 2:09.85 Q
7 5 3 Kaitlin Sandeno  United States 2:09.92 Q
8 3 3 Yuko Nakanishi  Japan 2:10.22 Q
9 2 3 Cécile Jeanson  France 2:10.78 Q, NR
10 5 6 Mireia García  Spain 2:10.96 Q
11 3 2 Georgina Lee  Great Britain 2:11.09 Q
12 4 2 Éva Risztov  Hungary 2:11.32 Q
13 5 2 Sophia Skou  Denmark 2:11.35 Q
14 4 7 Mandy Loots  South Africa 2:11.38 Q, AF
15 4 6 Margaretha Pedder  Great Britain 2:11.59 Q
16 3 8 Elizabeth van Welie  New Zealand 2:11.62 Q, NR
17 3 7 Jen Button  Canada 2:11.74
18 3 1 Yekaterina Vinogradova  Russia 2:11.94
19 4 1 Liu Limin  China 2:12.32
20 2 1 Mirjana Bosevska  North Macedonia 2:12.59 NR
21 5 1 Liu Yin  China 2:12.79
22 4 3 Jessica Deglau  Canada 2:12.86
23 2 4 Petra Zahrl  Austria 2:13.29 NR
24 2 5 Zhanna Lozumyrska  Ukraine 2:14.47
25 5 7 María Peláez  Spain 2:14.66
26 5 8 Anna Uryniuk  Poland 2:14.87
27 2 6 Raquel Felgueiras  Portugal 2:15.19
28 3 6 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 2:15.68
29 4 8 Hsieh Shu-tzu  Chinese Taipei 2:16.23
30 2 7 Natalia Roubina  Cyprus 2:17.01
31 2 2 Zampia Melachroinou  Greece 2:17.60
32 2 8 Christel Bouvron  Singapore 2:17.62
33 1 3 Chan Wing Suet  Hong Kong 2:19.86
34 1 5 Tinka Dančević  Croatia 2:21.02
35 1 4 Ana Carolina Aguilera  Argentina 2:21.23
36 1 6 Hana Majaj  Jordan 2:31.78

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Susie O'Neill  Australia 2:07.57 Q
2 5 Petria Thomas  Australia 2:07.63 Q
3 3 Maki Mita  Japan 2:09.88 Q
4 6 Yuko Nakanishi  Japan 2:09.89 Q
5 2 Mireia García  Spain 2:10.24
6 1 Mandy Loots  South Africa 2:10.58 AF
7 8 Elizabeth van Welie  New Zealand 2:11.68
8 7 Éva Risztov  Hungary 2:11.83

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 2:07.81 Q, NR
2 4 Misty Hyman  United States 2:07.96 Q
3 3 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 2:08.11 Q, NR
4 6 Kaitlin Sandeno  United States 2:09.40 Q
5 7 Georgina Lee  Great Britain 2:10.33 NR
6 8 Margaretha Pedder  Great Britain 2:10.49
7 2 Cécile Jeanson  France 2:10.78 =NR
8 1 Sophia Skou  Denmark 2:11.07

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 6 Misty Hyman  United States 2:05.88 OR*
2nd 4 Susie O'Neill  Australia 2:06.58
3rd 5 Petria Thomas  Australia 2:07.12
4 2 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 2:08.24
5 3 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 2:08.48
6 7 Kaitlin Sandeno  United States 2:08.81
7 8 Yuko Nakanishi  Japan 2:09.66
8 1 Maki Mita  Japan 2:10.72

* Also an American record.

References

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