Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley
| Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | 8 August 2016 (heats & semifinals) 9 August 2016 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:06.58 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Qualification | ||||
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Marathon | ||||
| 10 km | men | women | ||
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 8–9 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]
Another medley double happened for the sixth straight time, as Hungary's Katinka Hosszú pulled away from a more fearsome field to collect her third individual Olympic gold at these Games. Leading from the start, she threw down a gold-medal time in 2:06.58 to establish a new Olympic record, and to hold off Great Britain's Siobhan-Marie O'Connor by three tenths of a second.[2][3] Unable to catch the Hungarian towards a sprint finish, O'Connor produced a new British record of 2:06.88 to take home the silver.[4][5] Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Maya DiRado added a bronze to her runner-up prize from the 400 m individual medley three days earlier with a time of 2:08.79, edging out her teammate Melanie Margalis (2:09.21) to fourth by almost half a second.[6][7]
Australia's Alicia Coutts, silver medalist from London 2012, culminated her Olympic career with a fifth-place time in 2:10.88, and was shortly followed in sixth by Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem (2:11.22).[8] Russia's Viktoriya Andreeva (2:12.28), and defending gold medalist Ye Shiwen of China (2:13.56) closed out the field.[7]
Hosszú also posted an Olympic record in 2:07.45 to lead all swimmers on the morning prelims, clipping 0.12 seconds off the mark set by Ye Shiwen in London four years earlier.[9][10]
Records
Before this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.12 | Kazan, Russia | 3 August 2015 |
| Olympic record |  Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 2:07.57 | London, United kingdom | 31 July 2012 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August | Heat 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.45 | OR |
| 9 August | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.58 | OR |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor |  Great Britain | 2:07.57 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Maya DiRado |  United States | 2:08.91 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Alicia Coutts |  Australia | 2:10.35 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Sydney Pickrem |  Canada | 2:10.57 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | Viktoriya Andreeva |  Russia | 2:10.87 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Kim Seo-yeong |  South Korea | 2:12.15 | |
| 3 | 7 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | |||
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:12.25 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:08.13 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:09.33 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:10.10 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Miho Teramura |  Japan | 2:11.03 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:12.05 | |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Alexandra Wenk |  Germany | 2:12.13 | |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Runa Imai | Japan | 2:12.53 | |
| 8 | 4 | 8 | Mireia Belmonte García |  Spain | 2:13.33 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.58 | OR |
 | 4 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Great Britain | 2:06.88 | NR |
 | 3 | Maya DiRado | United States | 2:08.79 | |
| 4 | 2 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:09.21 | |
| 5 | 7 | Alicia Coutts | Australia | 2:10.88 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:11.22 | |
| 7 | 8 | Viktoriya Andreeva | Russia | 2:12.28 | |
| 8 | 6 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:13.56 |
References
- ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley". Rio 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ Baldwin, Alan (10 August 2016). "Swimming: Hosszu completes her golden treble". Reuters. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu wins 200 IM, third gold of Rio Games". Olympics. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ Yorke, Harry (10 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Team GB's Siobhan-Marie O'Connor wins silver before men's relay team doubles medal haul for the evening". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ "Swimmer Siobhan-Marie O'Connor's family 'ecstatic' over Rio silver". BBC Sport. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ Lutz, Rachel (10 August 2016). "Katinka Hosszu wins 200m IM, third gold of Rio Olympics". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Katinka Hosszu Edges Past 200 IM Olympic Record For Third Individual Gold". Swimming World Magazine. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ Barrett, Chris (10 August 2016). "Emma McKeon claims bronze behind Katie Ledecky in 200m freestyle at Rio Olympics". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ "Katinka Hosszu Breaks 200 IM Olympic Record in Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ Stubbs, Roman (10 August 2016). "Katinka Hosszu sets Olympic record in 200-meter individual medley prelims". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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