U.S. swimmer and world-record holder Amanda Beard completed a full set of medals in the event, adding a gold to her silver from Atlanta (1996) and bronze from Sydney (2000). She posted an Olympic record of 2:23.37, holding off Australia's Leisel Jones by 0.23 of a second for a silver medal in 2:23.60.[2][3][4]Anne Poleska, who had been seventh at the halfway mark, moved quickly into the field and finished strongly with a bronze in a personal best of 2:25.82, earning Germany's first individual medal of the meet since its reunification in 1990.[4]
Hungary's Ágnes Kovács, the gold medalist from Sydney, finished outside the medals in fifth place behind Japan's Masami Tanaka with a time of 2:26.12.[4]
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The women s 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens Greece on August 18 and 19 1 Women s 200 metre breaststrokeat the Games of the XXVIII OlympiadVenueAthens Olympic Aquatic CentreDateAugust 18 2004 heats amp semifinals August 19 2004 final Competitors33 from 28 nationsWinning time2 23 37 ORMedalistsAmanda Beard United StatesLeisel Jones AustraliaAnne Poleska Germany 20002008 U S swimmer and world record holder Amanda Beard completed a full set of medals in the event adding a gold to her silver from Atlanta 1996 and bronze from Sydney 2000 She posted an Olympic record of 2 23 37 holding off Australia s Leisel Jones by 0 23 of a second for a silver medal in 2 23 60 2 3 4 Anne Poleska who had been seventh at the halfway mark moved quickly into the field and finished strongly with a bronze in a personal best of 2 25 82 earning Germany s first individual medal of the meet since its reunification in 1990 4 Hungary s Agnes Kovacs the gold medalist from Sydney finished outside the medals in fifth place behind Japan s Masami Tanaka with a time of 2 26 12 4 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Semifinals 2 2 1 Semifinal 1 2 2 2 Semifinal 2 2 3 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were World record nbsp Amanda Beard USA 2 22 44 Long Beach United States 12 July 2004 5 Olympic record nbsp Agnes Kovacs HUN 2 24 03 Sydney Australia 20 September 2000 5 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 19 August Final Amanda Beard nbsp United States 2 23 37 ORResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Leisel Jones nbsp Australia 2 26 02 Q 2 3 3 Anne Poleska nbsp Germany 2 26 48 Q 3 5 4 Amanda Beard nbsp United States 2 26 61 Q 4 5 2 Agnes Kovacs nbsp Hungary 2 26 90 Q 5 4 3 Masami Tanaka nbsp Japan 2 26 91 Q 6 4 5 Brooke Hanson nbsp Australia 2 27 38 Q 7 3 5 Birte Steven nbsp Germany 2 27 42 Q 8 5 6 Caroline Bruce nbsp United States 2 27 82 Q 9 3 4 Mirna Jukic nbsp Austria 2 28 28 Q 10 5 5 Qi Hui nbsp China 2 28 66 Q 11 4 6 Kirsty Balfour nbsp Great Britain 2 29 78 Q 12 3 2 Chiara Boggiatto nbsp Italy 2 30 32 Q 13 2 3 Marina Kuc nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 2 30 39 Q 14 4 2 Lauren van Oosten nbsp Canada 2 30 44 Q 15 4 8 Inna Kapishina nbsp Belarus 2 31 26 Q 16 5 7 Elena Bogomazova nbsp Russia 2 31 49 Q 17 4 1 Smiljana Marinovic nbsp Croatia 2 32 52 18 4 7 Alenka Kejzar nbsp Slovenia 2 32 64 19 2 5 Ilkay Dikmen nbsp Turkey 2 32 69 20 1 3 Jaclyn Pangilinan nbsp Philippines 2 33 38 NR 21 5 8 Siow Yi Ting nbsp Malaysia 2 33 79 22 1 5 Eeva Saarinen nbsp Finland 2 34 17 23 3 7 Diana Gomes nbsp Portugal 2 34 23 24 5 1 Lee Ji young nbsp South Korea 2 34 55 25 2 7 Majken Thorup nbsp Denmark 2 35 29 26 2 6 Agustina de Giovanni nbsp Argentina 2 35 94 27 2 4 Adriana Marmolejo nbsp Mexico 2 36 10 28 2 2 Imaday Nunez Gonzalez nbsp Cuba 2 36 40 29 3 8 Iryna Maystruk nbsp Ukraine 2 37 42 30 1 4 Nicolette Teo nbsp Singapore 2 38 17 31 3 1 Athina Tzavella nbsp Greece 2 40 18 3 6 Diana Remenyi nbsp Hungary DNS 5 3 Luo Xuejuan nbsp China DNS Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Brooke Hanson nbsp Australia 2 26 43 Q 2 4 Anne Poleska nbsp Germany 2 26 59 Q 3 5 Agnes Kovacs nbsp Hungary 2 26 63 Q 4 2 Qi Hui nbsp China 2 26 75 Q 5 6 Caroline Bruce nbsp United States 2 27 60 6 8 Elena Bogomazova nbsp Russia 2 30 35 7 1 Lauren van Oosten nbsp Canada 2 30 39 8 7 Chiara Boggiatto nbsp Italy 2 30 76 Semifinal 2 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Amanda Beard nbsp United States 2 25 62 Q 2 3 Masami Tanaka nbsp Japan 2 26 38 Q 3 4 Leisel Jones nbsp Australia 2 26 71 Q 4 2 Mirna Jukic nbsp Austria 2 26 95 Q 5 7 Kirsty Balfour nbsp Great Britain 2 28 92 6 6 Birte Steven nbsp Germany 2 29 22 7 1 Marina Kuc nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 2 31 77 8 Inna Kapishina nbsp Belarus DSQ Final edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 4 Amanda Beard nbsp United States 2 23 37 OR nbsp 7 Leisel Jones nbsp Australia 2 23 60 nbsp 6 Anne Poleska nbsp Germany 2 25 82 4 5 Masami Tanaka nbsp Japan 2 25 87 5 2 Agnes Kovacs nbsp Hungary 2 26 12 6 1 Qi Hui nbsp China 2 26 35 7 8 Mirna Jukic nbsp Austria 2 26 36 8 3 Brooke Hanson nbsp Australia 2 26 39References edit Swimming schedule BBC Sport 5 August 2004 Retrieved 17 June 2007 Beard rolls to win in 200 breaststroke Associated Press ESPN 19 August 2004 Retrieved 24 March 2013 Beard wins first gold in 200 breaststroke NBC Sports 19 August 2004 Archived from the original on 20 July 2008 Retrieved 24 March 2013 a b c Thomas Stephen 19 August 2004 Amanda Beard Edges out Leisel Jones for the Gold in the 200 Breaststroke Swimming World Magazine Retrieved 13 May 2013 a b Startlist Women s 200m Breaststroke Heats www omegatiming com 18 August 2004 Retrieved 9 July 2012 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics Women 27s 200 metre breaststroke amp oldid 1117445144, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
