Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
25 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:33
Win Value:2 minutes 24.90 seconds
Gold:Ágnes Kovács
Goldnoc:HUN
Silver:Qi Hui
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Luo Xuejuan
Bronzenoc:CHN
Previous:1998
Next:2003

See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 25 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 24 July, with the final[3] being held on 25 July.

Records

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

World record 2:22.99 Hangzhou, China align=right 13 April 2001
Championship record 2:25.45 Perth, Australia align=right 15 January 1998
The following record was established during the competition:
DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
24 JulySemifinal 12:25.00 CR
25 July Final 2:24.90 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2:27.40 Q
2 2:28.53 Q
3 2:28.85 Q
4 2:29.04 Q
5 2:29.72 Q
6 2:29.85 Q
7 2:30.26 Q
8 2:30.31 Q
9 2:30.35 Q
10 2:30.48 Q
11 2:31.01 Q
11 2:31.01 Q
13 2:31.14 Q
13 2:31.14 Q
15 2:31.25 Q
16 2:31.38 Q
17 2:31.39
18 2:33.29
19 2:34.66
20 2:35.12
21 2:35.18
22 2:36.23
23 2:38.07
24 2:40.37
25 2:44.97
26 2:46.38
27 2:46.62
28 2:47.50
29 2:48.20
30 2:51.52
31 2:51.55
32 2:54.61
DSQ

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2:25.00 Q, CR
2 2:25.83 Q
3 2:26.03 Q
4 2:26.25 Q
5 2:26.63 Q
6 2:27.24 Q
7 2:28.11 Q
8 2:28.41 Q
9 2:28.50
10 2:28.71
11 2:28.76
12 2:29.25
13 2:29.40
14 2:31.13
15 2:31.73
16 2:34.67

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
2:24.90 CR
2:25.09
2:25.29
4 2:25.46
5 2:25.84
6 2:25.92
7 2:26.83
8 2:27.96

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024114558/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay3.html#200BreastW . 24 October 2004 .
  2. Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024120050/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay3FINAL.html#200BreastW . 24 October 2004 .
  3. Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019220141/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsW200breast.html . 19 October 2004 .