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Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 17 and 18.[1]

Polish swimmer and world record holder Otylia Jędrzejczak added gold to her two silver medals by a storming victory in this event, and by becoming the nation's first ever swimming champion, in an outstanding time of 2:06.05.[2][3] Three-time Olympian Petria Thomas of Australia managed to repeat her silver from Atlanta, lowering her time to 2:06.36. Japan's Yuko Nakanishi, on the other hand, took home the bronze at 2:08.04.[4]

Records

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

World record Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL)2:05.78 Berlin, Germany4 August 2002
Olympic record Misty Hyman (USA)2:05.88 Sydney, Australia20 September 2000

Results

Heats

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Semifinals

Semifinal 1

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Semifinal 2

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Final

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References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Andersson, Astrid (21 December 2004). "Olympic champion's heart of gold". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

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