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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley

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Field	Value
event	Women's 200 metre individual medley
games	2008 Summer
venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
date	August 11, 2008 (heats)
August 12, 2008 (semifinals)
August 13, 2008 (final)
competitors	39
nations	30
win_value	2:08.45
gold	Stephanie Rice
goldNOC	AUS
silver	Kirsty Coventry
silverNOC	ZIM
bronze	Natalie Coughlin
bronzeNOC	USA
prev	2004
next	2012

August 12, 2008 (semifinals) August 13, 2008 (final)

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11–13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.

Australia's Stephanie Rice became the third swimmer in Olympic history to strike a medley double, since Michelle Smith did so in 1996 and Yana Klochkova in 2000 and 2004. She established a sterling time of 2:08.45 to lower her world record from the Olympic trials by almost half a second (0.50). Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry added a third silver to her collection, finishing with an African record of 2:08.59. U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who held the lead on the backstroke leg, picked up a bronze medal in 2:10.34.

Completing the second half of a difficult double, American Katie Hoff produced the same result from the 200 m freestyle, as she finished again in fourth place with a time of 2:10.68. Australia's Alicia Coutts placed fifth in 2:11.43, while Japan's Asami Kitagawa swam the outside lane to finish the race in sixth place at 2:11.56. On the strength of the breaststroke leg, Kitagawa won a swimoff for the last slot in the top 8 final over Hungary's Evelyn Verrasztó. Canada's Julia Wilkinson (2:12.43) and Poland's Katarzyna Baranowska (2:13.36) closed out the field.

Earlier in the semifinals, Coventry established an Olympic standard of 2:09.53 to cut off Yana Klochkova's eight-year record by a 1.15-second deficit.

Records

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

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
August 12	Semifinal 1	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:09.53
August 13	Final	Stephanie Rice	AUS	2:08.45

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	3	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:11.55	Q
2	4	4	Katie Hoff	USA	2:11.58	Q
3	3	4	Natalie Coughlin	USA	2:11.63	Q
4	5	3	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:11.72	Q
5	3	6	Julie Hjorth-Hansen	DEN	2:11.99	Q
6	5	4	Stephanie Rice	AUS	2:12.07	Q
7	4	5	Camille Muffat	FRA	2:12.16	Q
8	5	5	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:12.18	Q
9	3	2	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:12.47	Q, NR
5	6	Katarzyna Baranowska	POL	Q
11	5	2	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:12.52	Q
12	3	1	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:12.53	Q
13	3	7	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	2:12.56	Q
14	3	5	Mireia Belmonte García	ESP	2:12.75	Q
15	3	3	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	2:12.78	Q
16	4	1	Svetlana Karpeeva	RUS	2:12.94	Q
17	4	8	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:13.05
18	5	1	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:13.50
19	5	7	Erica Morningstar	CAN	2:14.11
20	4	6	Qi Hui	CHN	2:14.25
21	4	2	Cylia Vabre	FRA	2:14.34
22	2	7	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	2:14.97
23	2	1	Sara Nordenstam	NOR	2:15.13	NR
24	2	2	Choi Hye-Ra	KOR	2:15.26
25	2	3	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:15.39
26	2	5	Jessica Pengelly	RSA	2:15.80
27	3	8	María Peláez	ESP	2:15.97
28	2	6	Femke Heemskerk	NED	2:16.28
29	2	8	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	2:17.11
30	4	7	Katharina Schiller	GER	2:18.00
31	1	6	Ganna Dzerkal	UKR	2:18.25
32	1	2	Erika Stewart	COL	2:18.54	NR
33	1	3	Sherry Tsai	HKG	2:18.91
34	5	8	Sonja Schöber	GER	2:20.18
35	1	4	Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir	ISL	2:20.53
36	1	7	Lin Man-Hsu	TPE	2:23.29
37	2	4	Georgina Bardach	ARG	2:25.74
38	1	1	Fibriani Ratna Marita	INA	2:28.18
	1	5	Maroua Mathlouthi	TUN	DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:09.53	Q, , AF
2	3	Stephanie Rice	AUS	2:10.58	Q
3	4	Katie Hoff	USA	2:10.90	Q
4	2	Katarzyna Baranowska	POL	2:12.13	Q, NR
5	5	Hannah Miley	GBR	2:12.35
6	8	Svetlana Karpeeva	RUS	2:13.26
7	1	Mireia Belmonte García	ESP	2:13.45
8	7	Li Jiaxing	CHN	2:13.47

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Natalie Coughlin	USA	2:11.84	Q
2	1	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	2:12.03	Q
4	Alicia Coutts	AUS	Q
4	2	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:12.18	QSO, NR
7	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	QSO
6	3	Julie Hjorth-Hansen	DEN	2:12.26
7	6	Camille Muffat	FRA	2:12.36
8	8	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	2:14.14

Swimoff

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:12.02	Q, NR
2	4	Evelyn Verrasztó	HUN	2:14.96

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Stephanie Rice	AUS	2:08.45
	4	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.59	AF
	6	Natalie Coughlin	USA	2:10.34
4	3	Katie Hoff	USA	2:10.68
5	2	Alicia Coutts	AUS	2:11.43
6	8	Asami Kitagawa	JPN	2:11.56	NR
7	7	Julia Wilkinson	CAN	2:12.43
8	1	Katarzyna Baranowska	POL	2:13.36

References

(9 August 2008). "Olympic Swimming Schedule". [[USA Today]].
Cowley, Michael. (14 August 2008). "Rice and shine". [[Brisbane Times]].
(13 August 2008). "Rice claims medley double". [[ABC News (Australia).
Lohn, John. (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Stephanie Rice Clocks World Record to Win 200 IM". [[Swimming World Magazine]].
(13 August 2008). "Rice edges thrilling medley final". [[BBC Sport]].
(13 August 2008). "World records fall in women's 200 free, 200 IM". [[ESPN]].
Lohn, John. (11 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Kirsty Coventry Clocks Olympic Record in 200 IM Semis". [[Swimming World Magazine]].
(13 August 2008). "Rice out-touches Coventry for gold medal, Julia's rise through world rankings meteoric". [[Stratford Beacon-Herald]].
(25 March 2008). "Rice claims new world mark for medley". [[The Age]].

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