Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:Women's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates:7 August (heats and semifinals)
8 August (final)
Competitors:32
Nations:17
Win Value:2:10.17
Gold:Katinka Hosszú
Gold Nation:HUN
Silver:Ilaria Cusinato
Silver Nation:ITA
Bronze:Maria Ugolkova
Bronze Nation:SUI
Prev:2016
Next:2020

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 7 and 8 August 2018.[1] [2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
European record
Katinka Hosszú2:06.12Kazan3 August 2015
Championship recordKatinka Hosszú2:07.30London19 May 2016

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 7 August at 09:25.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
14 4 Katinka Hosszú2:11.09Q
23 4 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor2:11.39Q
33 5 Maria Ugolkova2:12.43Q
42 3 Aimee Willmott2:12.64Q
52 4 Ilaria Cusinato2:12.98Q
64 3 Zsuzsanna Jakabos2:13.37Q
73 6 Fantine Lesaffre2:13.44Q
84 5 Hannah Miley2:13.60
94 2 Abbie Wood2:13.65
104 1 Anja Crevar2:14.29Q
114 6 Viktoriya Andreyeva2:14.91Q
124 7 Evelyn Verrasztó2:15.04
133 1 Barbora Závadová2:15.17Q
142 5 Yuliya Yefimova2:15.35Q,
153 2 Cyrielle Duhamel2:15.41Q
162 7 Anastasia Gorbenko2:15.49Q
172 2 Dalma Sebestyén2:15.53
182 6 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş2:15.72Q
194 8 Carlotta Toni2:15.91Q
203 3 Sara Franceschi2:16.16
214 0 Kristýna Horská2:16.50Q
223 0 Nikoletta Pavlopoulou2:17.27Q
233 7 Anna Pirovano2:18.12
242 0 Paula Żukowska2:18.16
252 1 Victoria Kaminskaya2:18.88
261 4 Lisa Mamie2:19.67
272 9 Vilma Ruotsalainen2:19.94
283 9 Shahar Menahem2:19.98
291 3 Margaret Markvardt2:21.10
304 9 Niamh Kilgallen2:21.97
312 8 Lea Polonsky2:22.47
321 6 Nikoleta Trníková2:23.17
1 5 Cornelia Pammer
3 8 Jenna Laukkanen

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 7 August at 17:39.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor2:09.80 Q
2 3 Zsuzsanna Jakabos2:12.96 Q
3 5 Aimee Willmott2:13.09 Q
4 6 Anja Crevar2:14.05
5 2 Barbora Závadová2:14.25
6 1 Carlotta Toni2:14.87
7 7 Anastasia Gorbenko2:16.84
8 8 Nikoletta Pavlopoulou2:16.85

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Katinka Hosszú2:10.49 Q
2 3 Ilaria Cusinato2:10.77 Q
3 5 Maria Ugolkova2:11.41 Q
4 1 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş2:12.73 Q
5 6 Fantine Lesaffre2:13.13 Q
6 2 Viktoriya Andreyeva2:15.56
7 8 Kristýna Horská2:15.69
8 7 Cyrielle Duhamel2:16.61

Final

The final was started on 8 August at 17:39.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 Katinka Hosszú2:10.17
3 Ilaria Cusinato2:10.25
6 Maria Ugolkova2:10.83
4 4 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor2:10.85
5 8 Fantine Lesaffre2:11.71
6 2 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş2:12.17
7 1 Aimee Willmott2:13.13
8 7 Zsuzsanna Jakabos2:13.37

Notes and References

  1. https://www.europeanchampionships.com/sites/default/files/ec_2018_schedule.pdf Schedule
  2. http://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW200MIM------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
  3. http://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW200MIM------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
  4. http://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW200MIM------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
  5. http://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW200MIM------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf Final results