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Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates31 July 2024
(Heats and Semis)
1 August 2004
(Final)
Competitors19 from 14 nations
Winning time2:03.03 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Summer McIntosh  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Regan Smith  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhang Yufei  China
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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.


Records

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

World record  Liu Zige (CHN) 2:01.81 Jinan, China 21 October 2009 [1][2]
Olympic record  Zhang Yufei (CHN) 2:03.86 Tokyo, Japan 29 July 2021

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
1 August Final Summer McIntosh  Canada 2:03.03 OR

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[3][4]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[3]

Time standards

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The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[5]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Women's events
Event OQT* OCT^
200 m butterfly 2:08.43 2:09.07

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

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The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
31 July 2024 10:00 Heats
19:37 Semifinals
1 August 2024 17:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 3 5 Zhang Yufei  China 2:06.55 Q
2 2 4 Regan Smith  United States 2:06.99 Q
3 3 3 Abbey Connor  Australia 2:07.13 Q
4 2 6 Helena Rosendahl Bach  Denmark 2:07.34 Q
5 2 5 Alex Shackell  United States 2:07.49 Q
6 3 4 Summer McIntosh  Canada 2:07.70 Q
7 1 6 Keanna Macinnes  Great Britain 2:08.46 Q
8 1 4 Elizabeth Dekkers  Australia 2:08.97 Q
9 2 3 Airi Mitsui  Japan 2:09.12 Q
10 2 2 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 2:09.28 Q
11 3 6 Chen Luying  China 2:09.31 Q
12 1 5 Lana Pudar  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:09.32 Q
13 3 7 Georgia Damasioti  Greece 2:09.55 Q
14 1 3 Laura Stephens  Great Britain 2:10.46 Q
15 3 2 Hiroko Makino  Japan 2:10.79 Q
16 1 2 Laura Cabanes  Spain 2:10.82 Q
17 2 7 Anja Crevar  Serbia 2:18.46
18 1 7 Alondra Ortiz  Costa Rica 2:18.56
19 3 1 Lia Lima  Angola 2:22.19

Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1 3 Summer McIntosh  Canada 2:04.87 Q
2 1 4 Regan Smith  United States 2:05.39 Q
3 2 4 Zhang Yufei  China 2:06.09 Q
4 1 6 Elizabeth Dekkers  Australia 2:06.17 Q
5 2 3 Alex Shackell  United States 2:06.46 Q
6 1 5 Helena Rosendahl Bach  Denmark 2:06.65 Q, NR
7 2 5 Abbey Connor  Australia 2:07.10 Q
8 1 1 Laura Stephens  Great Britain 2:07.53 Q
9 2 6 Keanna Macinnes  Great Britain 2:08.04
10 2 7 Chen Luying  China 2:08.07
11 2 2 Airi Mitsui  Japan 2:08.71
12 1 7 Lana Pudar  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:08.74
13 2 8 Hiroko Makino  Japan 2:09.16
14 1 2 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 2:09.23
15 2 1 Georgia Damasioti  Greece 2:10.25
16 1 8 Laura Cabanes  Spain 2:10.60

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Summer McIntosh  Canada 2:03.03 OR, WJ, AM
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Regan Smith  United States 2:03.84 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Zhang Yufei  China 2:05.09
4 6 Elizabeth Dekkers  Australia 2:07.11
4 7 Helena Rosendahl Bach  Denmark 2:07.11
6 2 Alex Shackell  United States 2:07.73
7 1 Abbey Connor  Australia 2:08.15
8 8 Laura Stephens  Great Britain 2:08.82

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References

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  1. ^ "Chinese National Games: Liu Zige Shocks World With Astounding 200 Fly World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Chinese Olympic champion Liu Zige breaks women's 200m butterfly world record". People's Daily. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Women's 200m Butterfly - Finals results". Olympics. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.