Spain's Mireia Belmonte stormed home on the final lap to upgrade her silver from London 2012 with an Olympic title in this event, writing a historic milestone to become the country's first female swimming champion.[2] Closing the gap between herself and Madeline Groves at the 150-metre turn, she pipped the Australian challenger with a half-stroke swim on the final stretch to a striking gold-medal triumph in 2:04.85.[3][4] Groves commanded a solid lead through the first half of the race, but could not catch the Spaniard near the wall, stopping just 0.03 seconds behind with a 2:04.88 for the silver.[5] Meanwhile, Japan's Natsumi Hoshi delivered a powerful back-half strategy to hold on the two leaders and repeat her bronze-medal feat from London 2012 in 2:05.20.[6][7]
Swimming in lane eight, Cammile Adams of the United States missed out on the podium by seven tenths of a second, as she moved up from the outside to fourth with a lifetime best of 2:05.90.[8] Separated from each other by a 0.03-second gap, Chinese duo Zhou Yilin (2:07.37) and Zhang Yufei (2:07.40) picked up the fifth and sixth spots respectively.[9] Adams' teammate Hali Flickinger (2:07.71) and Australian youngster Brianna Throssell (2:07.87) closed out the field.[7]
The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]
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The women s 200 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 9 10 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium 1 Women s 200 metre butterflyat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadVenueOlympic Aquatics StadiumDates9 August 2016 heats amp semifinals 10 August 2016 final Competitors28 from 20 nationsWinning time2 04 85MedalistsMireia Belmonte SpainMadeline Groves AustraliaNatsumi Hoshi Japan 20122020 Contents 1 Summary 2 Records 3 Competition format 4 Results 4 1 Heats 4 2 Semifinals 4 2 1 Semifinal 1 4 2 2 Semifinal 2 4 3 Final 5 References 6 External linksSummary editSpain s Mireia Belmonte stormed home on the final lap to upgrade her silver from London 2012 with an Olympic title in this event writing a historic milestone to become the country s first female swimming champion 2 Closing the gap between herself and Madeline Groves at the 150 metre turn she pipped the Australian challenger with a half stroke swim on the final stretch to a striking gold medal triumph in 2 04 85 3 4 Groves commanded a solid lead through the first half of the race but could not catch the Spaniard near the wall stopping just 0 03 seconds behind with a 2 04 88 for the silver 5 Meanwhile Japan s Natsumi Hoshi delivered a powerful back half strategy to hold on the two leaders and repeat her bronze medal feat from London 2012 in 2 05 20 6 7 Swimming in lane eight Cammile Adams of the United States missed out on the podium by seven tenths of a second as she moved up from the outside to fourth with a lifetime best of 2 05 90 8 Separated from each other by a 0 03 second gap Chinese duo Zhou Yilin 2 07 37 and Zhang Yufei 2 07 40 picked up the fifth and sixth spots respectively 9 Adams teammate Hali Flickinger 2 07 71 and Australian youngster Brianna Throssell 2 07 87 closed out the field 7 Notable swimmers missed the final roster including British duo Hannah Miley and Aimee Willmott Germany s Franziska Hentke the reigning European champion and Hungary s Katinka Hosszu who later scratched the afternoon prelims to prepare herself instead for a historic medley double that happened in the evening session of the same day 10 Records editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Liu Zige CHN 2 01 81 Jinan China 21 October 2009 11 12 Olympic record nbsp Jiao Liuyang CHN 2 04 06 London United Kingdom 1 August 2012 13 Competition format editThe competition consisted of three rounds heats semifinals and a final The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final Swim offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round 1 Results editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 5 Mireia Belmonte nbsp Spain 2 06 64 Q2 3 5 Cammile Adams nbsp United States 2 06 67 Q4 2 Hali Flickinger nbsp United States Q4 4 6 Liliana Szilagyi nbsp Hungary 2 06 99 Q5 4 4 Madeline Groves nbsp Australia 2 07 22 Q6 2 3 Suzuka Hasegawa nbsp Japan 2 07 35 Q7 3 4 Natsumi Hoshi nbsp Japan 2 07 37 Q8 2 5 Zhang Yufei nbsp China 2 07 55 Q9 2 4 Franziska Hentke nbsp Germany 2 07 59 Q10 3 3 Brianna Throssell nbsp Australia 2 07 76 Q11 4 1 Martina van Berkel nbsp Switzerland 2 08 00 Q12 4 3 Zhou Yilin nbsp China 2 08 21 Q13 2 7 An Se hyeon nbsp South Korea 2 08 42 Q14 3 1 Anja Klinar nbsp Slovenia 2 08 43 Q15 2 6 Alessia Polieri nbsp Italy 2 08 95 Q16 2 2 Audrey Lacroix nbsp Canada 2 09 21 Q17 4 8 Stefania Pirozzi nbsp Italy 2 09 4018 3 7 Lara Grangeon nbsp France 2 09 6919 2 1 Aimee Willmott nbsp Great Britain 2 09 7120 3 2 Judit Ignacio nbsp Spain 2 09 8221 4 7 Park Jin young nbsp South Korea 2 09 9922 1 5 Nida Eliz Ustundag nbsp Turkey 2 10 0223 2 8 Andreina Pinto nbsp Venezuela 2 10 6024 3 8 Joanna Maranhao nbsp Brazil 2 10 6925 1 4 Helena Gasson nbsp New Zealand 2 12 1826 1 3 Virginia Bardach nbsp Argentina 2 13 5827 1 6 Maria Far Nunez nbsp Panama 2 23 89Katinka Hosszu nbsp Hungary DNSSemifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 7 Zhou Yilin nbsp China 2 06 52 Q2 6 Zhang Yufei nbsp China 2 06 95 Q3 2 Brianna Throssell nbsp Australia 2 07 19 Q4 4 Cammile Adams nbsp United States 2 07 22 Q5 3 Suzuka Hasegawa nbsp Japan 2 07 336 5 Liliana Szilagyi nbsp Hungary 2 07 347 1 Anja Klinar nbsp Slovenia 2 09 448 8 Audrey Lacroix nbsp Canada 2 09 95Semifinal 2 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 Madeline Groves nbsp Australia 2 05 66 Q2 4 Mireia Belmonte nbsp Spain 2 06 06 Q3 6 Natsumi Hoshi nbsp Japan 2 06 74 Q4 5 Hali Flickinger nbsp United States 2 07 02 Q5 2 Franziska Hentke nbsp Germany 2 07 676 7 Martina van Berkel nbsp Switzerland 2 07 90 NR7 1 An Se hyeon nbsp South Korea 2 08 698 8 Alessia Polieri nbsp Italy 2 09 35Final edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 5 Mireia Belmonte nbsp Spain 2 04 85 nbsp 4 Madeline Groves nbsp Australia 2 04 88 nbsp 6 Natsumi Hoshi nbsp Japan 2 05 204 8 Cammile Adams nbsp United States 2 05 905 3 Zhou Yilin nbsp China 2 07 376 2 Zhang Yufei nbsp China 2 07 407 7 Hali Flickinger nbsp United States 2 07 718 1 Brianna Throssell nbsp Australia 2 07 87References edit a b Women s 200m Butterfly Rio 2016 Archived from the original on 6 August 2016 Retrieved 5 August 2016 Catalan swimmer Mireia Belmonte brings first gold for Spain at Rio Olympics Catalan News Agency 11 August 2016 Retrieved 31 August 2016 Romano Javier 10 August 2016 Mireia Belmonte wins first Spanish medal of Rio 2016 Marca Retrieved 30 August 2016 Spain s Mireia Belmonte Garcia earns her first gold with women s 200 butterfly victory Los Angeles Times 10 August 2016 Retrieved 30 August 2016 Rio 2016 Madeline Groves wins Olympic silver in 200 metres butterfly ABC News Australia 11 August 2016 Retrieved 30 August 2016 McKirdy Andrew 11 August 2016 World champ Hoshi settles for bronze in 200 butterfly The Japan Times Retrieved 30 August 2016 a b Mireia Belmonte Powers To First In 200 Fly Finals Earns Spain s First Gold Ever In 200 Fly Swimming World Magazine 11 August 2016 Retrieved 30 August 2016 Fowler Scott 10 August 2016 Charlotte swimmer Cammile Adams just misses a medal in 200 butterfly The Charlotte Observer Retrieved 30 August 2016 Male swimmers keep China s swimming dream alive China News Service 11 August 2016 Retrieved 30 August 2016 Katinka Hosszu Scratches 200 Fly Prelims Schedule Down to Four Individual Events in Rio Swimming World Magazine 11 August 2016 Retrieved 30 August 2016 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 Chinese Olympic champion Liu Zige breaks women s 200m butterfly world record People s Daily 21 October 2009 Retrieved 10 July 2013 2012 London Olympics China s Jiao Liuyang Goes Silver to Gold With Olympic Record in Women s 200 Fly Kathleen Hersey Cammile Adams Miss Podium Swimming World Magazine 1 August 2012 Archived from the original on 5 November 2013 Retrieved 9 July 2013 External links editHeat Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics Women 27s 200 metre butterfly amp oldid 1117447358, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
