Italy's Federica Pellegrini broke a new world record of 1:54.82 to claim a gold medal in the event. Sara Isakovič, who finished behind Pellegrini by 0.15 of a second, cleared a 1:55 barrier to set a new Slovenian record of 1:54.97, and ultimately become the nation's first ever medalist in swimming. China's Pang Jiaying edged out U.S. swimmer Katie Hoff on the final lap to pick up a bronze in 1:55.05. Hoff finished in fourth place in an American record of 1:55.78.[2][3][4]
Defending champion Camelia Potec finished outside the medals in fifth place, posting a Romanian record of 1:56.87. Great Britain's Caitlin McClatchey earned a sixth spot in 1:57.65, and was followed by a seventh-place tie between Australia's Bronte Barratt and France's Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne in a matching time of 1:57.83. For the first time in Olympic history, all eight swimmers went faster than a winning time of 1:58.03, previously set by Potec in Athens four years earlier.[2]
Earlier in the prelims, Pang broke one of the oldest Olympic records in the book, when she clocked at 1:57.37 to lead the fourth heat, slashing 0.28 seconds off the old mark set by East Germany's Heike Friedrich from Seoul in 1988. Two heats later, Pellegrini posted a top-seeded time of 1:55.45 to erase Laure Manaudou's world record, set in 2007.[5]
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The women s 200 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11 13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China 1 Women s 200 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueBeijing National Aquatics CenterDateAugust 11 2008 heats August 12 2008 semifinals August 13 2008 final Competitors46 from 37 nationsWinning time1 54 82 WRMedalistsFederica Pellegrini ItalySara Isakovic SloveniaPang Jiaying China 20042012 Italy s Federica Pellegrini broke a new world record of 1 54 82 to claim a gold medal in the event Sara Isakovic who finished behind Pellegrini by 0 15 of a second cleared a 1 55 barrier to set a new Slovenian record of 1 54 97 and ultimately become the nation s first ever medalist in swimming China s Pang Jiaying edged out U S swimmer Katie Hoff on the final lap to pick up a bronze in 1 55 05 Hoff finished in fourth place in an American record of 1 55 78 2 3 4 Defending champion Camelia Potec finished outside the medals in fifth place posting a Romanian record of 1 56 87 Great Britain s Caitlin McClatchey earned a sixth spot in 1 57 65 and was followed by a seventh place tie between Australia s Bronte Barratt and France s Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne in a matching time of 1 57 83 For the first time in Olympic history all eight swimmers went faster than a winning time of 1 58 03 previously set by Potec in Athens four years earlier 2 Earlier in the prelims Pang broke one of the oldest Olympic records in the book when she clocked at 1 57 37 to lead the fourth heat slashing 0 28 seconds off the old mark set by East Germany s Heike Friedrich from Seoul in 1988 Two heats later Pellegrini posted a top seeded time of 1 55 45 to erase Laure Manaudou s world record set in 2007 5 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 as follows World record nbsp Laure Manaudou FRA 1 55 52 Melbourne Australia 28 March 2007 6 Olympic record nbsp Heike Friedrich GDR 1 57 65 Seoul South Korea 21 September 1988 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time Record August 11 Heat 4 Pang Jiaying nbsp China 1 57 37 OR August 11 Heat 5 Sara Isakovic nbsp Slovenia 1 55 86 OR August 11 Heat 6 Federica Pellegrini nbsp Italy 1 55 45 WR August 13 Final Federica Pellegrini nbsp Italy 1 54 82 WRResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 5 Federica Pellegrini nbsp Italy 1 55 45 Q WR OR 2 5 4 Sara Isakovic nbsp Slovenia 1 55 86 Q NR 3 5 3 Caitlin McClatchey nbsp Great Britain 1 56 97 Q NR 4 6 4 Katie Hoff nbsp United States 1 57 20 Q 5 6 2 Agnes Mutina nbsp Hungary 1 57 25 Q NR 6 4 2 Pang Jiaying nbsp China 1 57 37 Q AS 7 4 4 Allison Schmitt nbsp United States 1 57 38 Q 8 6 1 Haruka Ueda nbsp Japan 1 57 64 Q NR 9 4 3 Camelia Potec nbsp Romania 1 57 65 Q NR 10 5 5 Bronte Barratt nbsp Australia 1 57 75 Q 11 5 2 Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne nbsp France 1 57 93 Q 12 6 3 Linda Mackenzie nbsp Australia 1 57 96 Q 13 5 6 Josefin Lillhage nbsp Sweden 1 57 98 Q 14 4 5 Joanne Jackson nbsp Great Britain 1 58 00 Q 15 6 6 Aurore Mongel nbsp France 1 58 11 Q 16 5 1 Ida Marko Varga nbsp Sweden 1 58 21 Q 17 4 7 Stephanie Horner nbsp Canada 1 58 35 18 4 1 Melania Costa nbsp Spain 1 59 50 19 6 7 Zhu Qianwei nbsp China 1 59 52 20 6 8 Daria Belyakina nbsp Russia 1 59 72 21 4 8 Maki Mita nbsp Japan 1 59 96 22 4 6 Annika Lurz nbsp Germany 1 59 98 23 3 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo nbsp Netherlands 2 00 02 24 5 7 Petra Dallmann nbsp Germany 2 00 21 25 5 8 Genevieve Saumur nbsp Canada 2 00 49 26 3 7 Jordis Steinegger nbsp Austria 2 00 52 NR 27 3 1 Anna Stylianou nbsp Cyprus 2 00 55 28 3 6 Monique Ferreira nbsp Brazil 2 00 64 2 4 Elina Partoka nbsp Estonia NR 30 2 5 Nina Rangelova nbsp Bulgaria 2 00 66 31 2 7 Hoi Shun Stephanie Au nbsp Hong Kong 2 00 85 32 3 3 Paulina Barzycka nbsp Poland 2 00 92 33 3 4 Melissa Corfe nbsp South Africa 2 00 95 34 2 2 Louise Mai Jansen nbsp Denmark 2 01 30 35 1 4 Nataliya Khudyakova nbsp Ukraine 2 02 27 36 2 6 Lynette Lim nbsp Singapore 2 02 30 37 3 8 Yang Chin kuei nbsp Chinese Taipei 2 02 84 38 1 5 Natthanan Junkrajang nbsp Thailand 2 02 88 39 2 8 Christine Mailliet nbsp Luxembourg 2 02 91 40 1 2 Milica Ostojic nbsp Serbia 2 03 19 41 1 7 Heysi Villarreal nbsp Cuba 2 03 23 42 1 3 Anja Trisic nbsp Croatia 2 03 57 43 2 3 Melanie Nocher nbsp Ireland 2 04 29 44 3 2 Eleni Kosti nbsp Greece 2 04 55 45 1 6 Sigrun Bra Sverrisdottir nbsp Iceland 2 04 82 46 2 1 Lee Keo ra nbsp South Korea 2 05 71 Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Sara Isakovic nbsp Slovenia 1 56 50 Q 2 5 Katie Hoff nbsp United States 1 57 01 Q 3 3 Pang Jiaying nbsp China 1 57 34 Q 4 2 Bronte Barratt nbsp Australia 1 57 55 Q 5 7 Linda Mackenzie nbsp Australia 1 58 19 6 6 Haruka Ueda nbsp Japan 1 58 44 7 1 Joanne Jackson nbsp Great Britain 1 58 70 8 8 Ida Marko Varga nbsp Sweden 1 59 41 Semifinal 2 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Federica Pellegrini nbsp Italy 1 57 23 Q 2 2 Camelia Potec nbsp Romania 1 57 71 Q 3 5 Caitlin McClatchey nbsp Great Britain 1 57 73 Q 4 7 Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne nbsp France 1 58 00 Q 5 6 Allison Schmitt nbsp United States 1 58 01 6 8 Aurore Mongel nbsp France 1 58 08 7 3 Agnes Mutina nbsp Hungary 1 58 15 8 1 Josefin Lillhage nbsp Sweden 1 59 29 Final edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 3 Federica Pellegrini nbsp Italy 1 54 82 WR OR nbsp 4 Sara Isakovic nbsp Slovenia 1 54 97 NR nbsp 6 Pang Jiaying nbsp China 1 55 05 AS 4 5 Katie Hoff nbsp United States 1 55 78 AM 5 7 Camelia Potec nbsp Romania 1 56 87 NR 6 1 Caitlin McClatchey nbsp Great Britain 1 57 65 7 2 Bronte Barratt nbsp Australia 1 57 83 8 Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne nbsp FranceReferences edit Olympic Swimming Schedule USA Today 9 August 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2013 a b Lohn John 12 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Federica Pellegrini Breaks 1 55 Lowers 200 Free World Record Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 2 May 2012 Retrieved 18 May 2013 Pellegrini takes 200m free gold BBC Sport 12 August 2008 Retrieved 18 May 2013 Katie Hoff falls short in 200 freestyle 200 IM NBC News 12 August 2008 Retrieved 18 May 2013 Lohn John 11 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Federica Pellegrini Downs World Record in 200 Free Prelims Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 14 June 2013 Retrieved 18 May 2013 Phelps shines as records tumble BBC News 28 March 2007 Retrieved 16 April 2008 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Women 27s 200 metre freestyle amp oldid 1120332653, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
