Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle explained

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Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Games:	2018 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	24 June
Venue:	Campclar Aquatic Center
Location:	Tarragona, Spain
Competitors:	18
Nations:	11
Win Value:	1:59.12
Gold:	Marie Wattel
Gold Nation:	FRA
Silver:	Melani Costa
Silver Nation:	ESP
Bronze:	Linda Caponi
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2013
Next:	2022

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 24 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.^[1]

Records

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

World record		1:52.98	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009
Mediterranean Games record		1:58.91	Pescara, Italy	30 June 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 09:53.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Melani Costa		2:01.18	Q
2	2	5	Lidón Muñoz		2:01.63	Q
3	3	4	Marie Wattel		2:02.28	Q
4	3	3	Neža Klančar		2:02.44	Q
5	2	3	Diana Durães		2:02.71	Q
6	2	6	Vasiliki Baka		2:02.89	Q
7	3	5	Linda Caponi		2:02.97	Q
8	3	6	Rita Frischknecht		2:03.11	Q
9	2	1	Katja Fain		2:03.19
10	1	4	Stefania Pirozzi		2:03.32
11	1	5	Alizée Morel		2:04.13
12	3	2	Rim Ouenniche		2:04.93
13	1	6	Beril Böcekler		2:06.56
14	2	2	Afroditi Katsiara		2:07.44
15	3	7	Gabriella Doueihy		2:09.29
16	1	7	Elisa Bernardi		2:09.69
17	2	7	Sara Lettoli		2:09.80
18	1	2	Nàdia Tudó		2:11.72
	1	3	Selen Özbilen
	3	1	Nikol Merizaj

Final

The final was held at 17:45.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Marie Wattel		1:59.12
	4	Melani Costa		1:59.75
	1	Linda Caponi		2:00.02
4	5	Lidón Muñoz		2:00.25
5	2	Diana Durães		2:02.00
6	6	Neža Klančar		2:02.33
7	8	Rita Frischknecht		2:04.07
8	7	Vasiliki Baka		2:04.36

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule. tarragona2018.cat. 23 June 2018.
2. https://tarragona2018-reports.s3.amazonaws.com/SWM/MED18_SWMW200MFR------------------------_C76_v1.pdf Final results