Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 23 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 22 July, with the final[3] being held on 23 July.

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates22 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
23 July 2001 (final)
Competitors30
Winning time2 minutes 6.73 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    United States
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Records edit

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

World record   Susie O'Neill (AUS) 2:05.81 Sydney, Australia 17 May 2000
Championship record   Liu Limin (CHN) 2:07.25 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
23 July Final Petria Thomas   Australia 2:06.73 CR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Petria Thomas   Australia 2:07.91 Q
2 Annika Mehlhorn   Germany 2:08.37 Q
3 Jessica Deglau   Canada 2:10.75 Q
4 Kaitlin Sandeno   United States 2:10.87 Q
5 Éva Risztov   Hungary 2:11.07 Q
6 Mireia García   Spain 2:11.15 Q
7 Mette Jacobsen   Denmark 2:11.27 Q
8 Yuko Nakanishi   Japan 2:11.45 Q
9 Georgina Lee   United Kingdom 2:11.61 Q
10 Shelly Ripple   United States 2:11.76 Q
11 Elizabeth Van Welie   New Zealand 2:11.87 Q
12 Asako Kitada   Japan 2:12.03 Q
13 Petra Zahrl   Austria 2:12.25 Q
14 Sophia Skou   Denmark 2:12.35 Q
15 Audrey Lacroix   Canada 2:12.94 Q
16 Irina Bespalova   Russia 2:13.65 Q
17 Vered Borochovski   Israel 2:14.24
18 Nicole Hunter   Australia 2:14.69
19 Ruan Yi   China 2:15.73
20 Miriana Bosevska   North Macedonia 2:18.24
21 Christel Bouvron   Singapore 2:19.27
22 Anna Kopatchenia   Belarus 2:19.33
23 Mariela Solange Yepez Pallo   Ecuador 2:19.81
24 Natalia Roubina   Cyprus 2:19.90
25 Yang Chin-Kuei   Chinese Taipei 2:24.77
26 Xenavee Pangelinan   Northern Mariana Islands 2:25.48
27 Sung Yi-Chien   Chinese Taipei 2:29.41
Raquel Felgueiras   Portugal DSQ
Otylia Yedrzejczak   Poland DSQ
Natallia Baranouskaya   Belarus DSQ

Semifinals edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Annika Mehlhorn   Germany 2:08.95 Q
2 Petria Thomas   Australia 2:09.20 Q
3 Yuko Nakanishi   Japan 2:09.79 Q
4 Éva Risztov   Hungary 2:09.91 Q
5 Mireia García   Spain 2:09.97 Q
6 Mette Jacobsen   Denmark 2:10.43 Q
7 Shelly Ripple   United States 2:10.62 Q
8 Kaitlin Sandeno   United States 2:10.65 Q
9 Jessica Deglau   Canada 2:11.03
10 Georgina Lee   United Kingdom 2:11.07
11 Sophia Skou   Denmark 2:11.68
12 Petra Zahrl   Austria 2:12.09
13 Irina Bespalova   Russia 2:12.58
14 Asako Kitada   Japan 2:13.05
15 Audrey Lacroix   Canada 2:13.10
16 Elizabeth Van Welie   New Zealand 2:13.29

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Petria Thomas   Australia 2:06.73 CR
  Annika Mehlhorn   Germany 2:06.97
  Kaitlin Sandeno   United States 2:08.52
4 Yuko Nakanishi   Japan 2:09.08
5 Mette Jacobsen   Denmark 2:09.57
6 Éva Risztov   Hungary 2:10.11
7 Mireia García   Spain 2:10.42
8 Shelly Ripple   United States 2:11.09

References edit

  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.