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

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
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
	← 1996 2004 →

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 Boševska	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, EU
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
	6	Misty Hyman	United States	2:05.88	OR*
	4	Susie O'Neill	Australia	2:06.58
	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

^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ "Hyman, Van den Hoogenband win gold". ESPN. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ Fitzpatrick, Frank (20 September 2000). "Misty Hops Up A Golden Mountain Hyman Tops Aussie Icon In Butterfly". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ "Misty day: American Hyman upsets O'Neill in 200 butterfly". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 20 September 2000. Archived from the original on April 29, 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ Longman, Jere (20 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; Hyman, in Surprise, Joins No. 1 van den Hoogenband". New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b Whitten, Phillip (20 September 2000). "Olympic Day 5 Finals (200 Breast, 100 Free, 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
^ "Thompson Wins Seventh Swimming Gold". ABC News. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 235–236. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

External links

Official Olympic Report

[Swimming_schedule-1] "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

[2] "Hyman, Van den Hoogenband win gold". ESPN. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[3] Fitzpatrick, Frank (20 September 2000). "Misty Hops Up A Golden Mountain Hyman Tops Aussie Icon In Butterfly". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[4] "Misty day: American Hyman upsets O'Neill in 200 butterfly". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 20 September 2000. Archived from the original on April 29, 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[5] Longman, Jere (20 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Swimming; Hyman, in Surprise, Joins No. 1 van den Hoogenband". New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

[200fly-6] Whitten, Phillip (20 September 2000). "Olympic Day 5 Finals (200 Breast, 100 Free, 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

[7] "Thompson Wins Seventh Swimming Gold". ABC News. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

[records-8] "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 235–236. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

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