Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre individual medley
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Date:	September 18, 2000 (heats &<br />semifinals) September 19, 2000 (final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	28
Win Value:	2:10.68
Gold:	Yana Klochkova
Goldnoc:	UKR
Silver:	Beatrice Câșlaru
Silvernoc:	ROM
Bronze:	Cristina Teuscher
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 18–19 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.^[1]

Yana Klochkova, Ukraine's swimming pride and three-time European champion, became the fourth swimmer in Olympic history to strike a medley double, since Claudia Kolb did so in 1968, Tracy Caulkins in 1984, and Michelle Smith in 1996. Leading from start to finish, she established a sterling time of 2:10.68 to cut off Lin Li's eight-year Olympic record by a comfortable margin of 0.95 seconds.^[2] ^[3] Romania's Beatrice Câșlaru, who shared the European title with Klochkova in the event, raced to silver with a national record of 2:12.57 on the rear of a dominant breaststroke leg. Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Cristina Teuscher took home the bronze in 2:13.32 to touch out Canada's Marianne Limpert (2:13.44) by 12-hundredths of a second.^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Limpert was followed in fifth by her teammate Joanne Malar (2:13.70) and in sixth by Russia's Oxana Verevka (2:13.88). Previously competed for Brazil in Atlanta four years earlier, Gabrielle Rose finished seventh in 2:14.82, while Japan's Tomoko Hagiwara rounded out the field with an eighth-place time of 2:15.64.^[6]

Notable swimmers missed out the top 8 final, featuring China's Chen Yan, who recorded the second fastest time ever in the event's history but faded badly to place ninth (2:15.27); and Australia's home favorite Elli Overton, who finished her semifinal run with an eleventh-place effort (2:15.74).^[7]

Records

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

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

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	7	2:13.48	Q, NR
2	4	4	2:13.72	Q
3	5	4	2:13.83	Q
4	4	5	2:13.92	Q
5	5	5	2:14.17	Q
6	4	3	2:15.07	Q
7	3	4	2:15.16	Q
8	3	6	2:15.55	Q
9	5	2	2:16.01	Q
10	5	1	2:16.09	Q, NR
11	4	6	2:16.43	Q
12	4	8	2:16.51	Q
13	4	2	2:16.63	Q
14	5	3	2:16.76	Q
15	3	3	2:16.98	Q
16	5	6	2:17.18	Q
17	2	3	2:17.58	NR
18	3	8	2:17.73	AF
19	2	5	2:18.33	NR
20	3	1	2:18.90
21	5	8	2:18.99
22	2	4	2:19.17
23	4	1	2:19.18
24	5	7	2:19.41
25	4	7	2:19.44
26	3	2	2:21.65
27	2	2	2:22.53
28	1	3	2:22.72
29	2	1	2:22.98
30	2	6	2:23.05
31	2	8	2:23.31
32	1	5	2:24.09
33	2	7	2:25.24
34	3	5	2:29.58
35	1	4	2:30.41
36	1	6	2:38.25

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	2:13.31	Q
2	5	2:13.59	Q
3	3	2:13.90	Q
4	6	2:14.40	Q
5	2	2:15.71	NR
6	1	2:15.74
7	7	2:17.19
8	8	2:17.51

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	2:13.08	Q
2	3	2:13.47	Q
3	4	2:14.04	Q
4	6	2:15.09	Q
5	2	2:15.27
6	7	2:15.98
7	1	2:16.58
8	8	2:18.08

Final

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	4	2:10.68
	5	2:12.57	NR
	3	2:13.32
4	2	2:13.44
5	6	2:13.70
6	7	2:13.88
7	1	2:14.82
8	8	2:15.64

* Also a European and a Ukrainian record.

External links

Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming schedule . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. 14 May 2013.
News: Klochkova completes golden double. BBC Sport. 19 September 2000. 15 June 2013.
News: Fitzpatrick. Franz. U.S.' Malchow Beats Odds To Grab Gold. Chicago Tribune. 19 September 2000. 23 June 2013.
News: Aussies rule relays. Sports Illustrated. CNN. 20 September 2000. 15 June 2013.
News: Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly. ESPN. 19 September 2000. 22 June 2013.
News: Whitten. Phillip. Olympic Day 4 Finals. Swimming World Magazine. 19 September 2000. 8 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154751/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1804.asp. 30 September 2007.
News: Whitten. Phillip. Olympic Day 3 Finals (100 Breast, 100 Back M, 100 Back W, 200 Free). Swimming World Magazine. 18 September 2000. 23 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154738/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1799.asp. 30 September 2007.