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Beijing Olympics 2008 Swimming Events Schedules

Medalists

Gold Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwe (ZIM)
Silver United States Margaret Hoelzer
United States (USA)
Bronze Japan Reiko Nakamura
Japan (JPN)

Records

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

World Record  Margaret Hoelzer (USA) 2:06.09 Omaha, United States 5 July 2008
Olympic Record  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 2:07.06 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 3 Yeongseo Kang South Korea 2:14.52
2 5 Gisela Morales Guatemala 2:14.54
3 4 Erin Nicole Volcan Smith Venezuela 2:15.58

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 7 Melanie Nocher Ireland 2:12.29
2 6 Zuzanna Mazurek Poland 2:12.46
3 4 Lydia Morant Spain 2:13.87
4 8 Fernanda Gonzalez Mexico 2:14.64
5 1 Stella Boumi Greece 2:14.73
6 3 Sanja Jovanovic Croatia 2:15.57
7 5 Christin Zenner Germany 2:20.28
8 2 Julia Wilkinson Canada DNS

Heat 3

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 5 Jing Zhao China 2:08.97 Q
2 3 Anastasia Zuyeva Russia 2:09.01 Q
3 4 Laure Manaudou France 2:09.39 Q
4 6 Belinda Hocking Australia 2:09.54 Q
5 1 Anja Čarman Slovenia 2:10.49 Q
6 2 Gemma Spofforth Great Britain 2:10.58 Q
7 7 Evelin Verraszto Hungary 2:11.02
8 8 Lindsay Seemann Canada 2:15.07

Heat 4

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 4 Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe 2:06.76 Q, OR
2 3 Meagen Nay Australia 2:08.79 Q
3 2 Melissa Ingram New Zealand 2:09.34 Q
4 5 Alexianne Castel France 2:09.37 Q
5 6 Hanae Ito Japan 2:10.05 Q
6 8 Yanyan Chen China 2:11.95
7 7 Melissa Corfe South Africa 2:12.64
8 1 Iryna Amshennikova Ukraine 2:15.78

Heat 5

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 6 Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain 2:08.66 Q, NR
2 5 Elizabeth Beisel United States 2:09.02 Q
3 4 Margaret Hoelzer United States 2:09.12 Q
4 3 Reiko Nakamura Japan 2:09.77 Q
5 7 Stanislava Komarova Russia 2:09.93 Q
6 2 Nikolett Szepesi Hungary 2:11.47
7 8 Kateryna Zubkova Ukraine 2:12.64
8 1 Victoria Escarlata Bernard Spain 2:12.86

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 3 Elizabeth Beisel United States 2:07.90 Q
2 7 Reiko Nakamura Japan 2:08.21 Q
3 4 Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain 2:08.96 Q
4 8 Gemma Spofforth Great Britain 2:09.19
5 5 Jing Zhao China 2:09.59
6 6 Melissa Ingram New Zealand 2:09.70
7 1 Hanae Ito Japan 2:09.86
8 2 Laure Manaudou France 2:12.04

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 4 Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe 2:07.76 Q
2 5 Meagen Nay Australia 2:08.09 Q, OC
3 6 Margaret Hoelzer United States 2:08.25 Q
4 7 Belinda Hocking Australia 2:08.80 Q
5 3 Anastasia Zuyeva Russia 2:09.07 Q
6 2 Alexianne Castel France 2:10.04
7 1 Stanislava Komarova Russia 2:10.50
8 8 Anja Čarman Slovenia 2:12.46

Final


Rank  Lane  Swimmer  Time  Notes  
  4  Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) 2:05.24 WR
  2  Margaret Hoelzer (USA) 2:06.23  
  6  Reiko Nakamura (JPN) 2:07.13 AS
4 8  Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) 2:07.88  
5 5  Elizabeth Beisel (USA) 2:08.23  
6 1  Elizabeth Simmonds (GBR) 2:08.51 NR
7 3  Meagen Nay (AUS) 2:08.84  
8 7  Belinda Hocking (AUS) 2:10.12

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