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

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

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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 16 and 17.[1]

Camelia Potec became the second Romanian swimmer to claim a gold medal in swimming (the first being done by Diana Mocanu in Sydney), outside the record time of 1:58.03. The silver medal was awarded to 15-year-old Federica Pellegrini of Italy, who finished behind Potec by 0.19 of a second, clocking at 1:58.22. France's Solenne Figuès, on the other hand, took home the bronze in 1:58.45. World record holder Franziska van Almsick, however, finished outside of medals in fifth place, with a time of 1:58.88.[2][3]

Records

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

World record Franziska van Almsick (GER)1:56.64 Berlin, Germany3 August 2002
Olympic record Heike Friedrich (GDR)1:57.65 Seoul, South Korea21 September 1988

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. "Potec wins freestyle gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. "Camelia Potec Takes 200 Freestyle from Lane Ones". Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

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