The Women's 200m Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 22–23 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] and semifinal[2] heats swam on July 22, while the Final[3] swam on July 23.
Women's 200m Freestyle at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Palau Sant Jordi | |||||||||
Dates | 22 July (prelims, semifinals) 23 July (final) | |||||||||
Winning time | 1 minute 58.32 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Prior to the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:
- WR: 1:56.64 swum by Franziska van Almsick (Germany) on August 3, 2002 in Berlin, Germany
- CR: 1:56.78 swum by Franziska van Almsick (Germany) on September 6, 1994 in Rome, Italy
Results
editFinal
editPlace | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alena Popchanka | Belarus | 1:58.32 | |
2 | Martina Moravcová | Slovakia | 1:58.44 | |
3 | Yang Yu | China | 1:58.54 | |
4 | Lindsay Benko | USA | 1:58.84 | |
5 | Solenne Figuès | France | 1:59.27 | |
6 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 1:59.28 | |
7 | Elka Graham | Australia | 1:59.46 | |
8 | Rhi Jeffrey | USA | 1:59.81 |
Semifinals
editRank | Heat + Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | S2 L4 | Lindsay Benko | USA | 1:59.13 | q |
2 | S1 L5 | Elka Graham | Australia | 1:59.37 | q |
3 | S1 L3 | Solenne Figuès | France | 1:59.38 | q |
4 | S2 L6 | Alena Popchanka | Belarus | 1:59.50 | q |
5 | S1 L4 | Yu Yang | China | 1:59.51 | q |
6 | S2 L5 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 1:59.62 | q |
7 | S1 L2 | Rhi Jeffrey | USA | 1:59.76 | q |
8 | S1 L6 | Martina Moravcová | Slovakia | 1:59.79 | q |
9 | S2 L1 | Zoi Dimoschaki | Greece | 1:59.93 | |
10 | S2 L7 | Xu Yanwei | China | 2:00.32 | |
11 | S1 L8 | Karen Pickering | Great Britain | 2:00.89 | |
12 | S2 L3 | Melanie Marshall | Great Britain | 2:01.05 | |
13 | S1 L1 | Petra Dallmann | Germany | 2:01.20 | |
14 | S2 L2 | Tomoko Nagai | Japan | 2:01.69 | |
15 | S1 L7 | Mariana Brochado | Brazil | 2:01.74 | |
16 | S2 L8 | Kim Hyun-Joo | South Korea | 2:01.88 |
Preliminaries
editReferences
edit- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Women's 200m Freestyle - prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-22; retrieved 2013-07-11.
- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Women's 200m Freestyle - semis. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-22; retrieved 2013-07-11.
- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Women's 200m Freestyle - finals. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-22; retrieved 2013-07-11.