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

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 25 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 24 July, with the final[3] being held on 25 July.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
25 July 2001 (final)
Competitors33
Winning time2 minutes 24.90 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    China
bronze medal    China

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordQi Hui China2:22.99Hangzhou13 Apr 2001
Championship recordÁgnes Kovács Hungary2:25.45Perth15 Jan 1998

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
24 July 2001SemifinalBeatrice Câșlaru Romania2:25.00CR
25 July 2001FinalÁgnes Kovács Hungary2:24.90CR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Kristy Kowal United States2:27.40Q
2Mirna Jukić Austria2:28.53Q
3Yuko Sakaguchi Japan2:28.85Q
4Ágnes Kovács Hungary2:29.04Q
5Olga Bakaldina Russia2:29.72Q
6Sarah Poewe South Africa2:29.85Q
7Leisel Jones Australia2:30.26Q
8Elvira Fischer Austria2:30.31Q
9Simone Weiler Germany2:30.35Q
10Beatrice Câșlaru Romania2:30.48Q
11Christin Petelski Canada2:31.01Q
11Qi Hui China2:31.01Q
13Luo Xuejuan China2:31.14Q
13Jaime King United Kingdom2:31.14Q
15Brooke Hanson Australia2:31.25Q
16Megan Quann United States2:31.38Q
17Junko Isoda Japan2:31.39
18İlkay Dikmen Turkey2:33.29
19Natalia Hissamutdinova Estonia2:34.66
20Ku Hyo-Jin South Korea2:35.12
21Rhiannon Leier Canada2:35.18
22Anne-Mari Gulbrandsen Norway2:36.23
23Yi Ting Siow Malaysia2:38.07
24Agata Czaplicki  Switzerland2:40.37
25Chen Yi-Fan Chinese Taipei2:44.97
26Shun Kwan Andrea Chum Macau2:46.38
27Anastasiya Korolyova Uzbekistan2:46.62
28Beatriz Cordon Towsend Guatemala2:47.50
29Rebecca Heng Singapore2:48.20
30Katerine Moreno Bolivia2:51.52
31Weng Lam Cheong Macau2:51.55
32Yang Chin-Kuei Chinese Taipei2:54.61
Nicolette Teo SingaporeDSQ

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Beatrice Câșlaru Romania2:25.00Q, CR
2Ágnes Kovács Hungary2:25.83Q
3Luo Xuejuan China2:26.03Q
4Kristy Kowal United States2:26.25Q
5Olga Bakaldina Russia2:26.63Q
6Qi Hui China2:27.24Q
7Leisel Jones Australia2:28.11Q
8Mirna Jukić Austria2:28.41Q
9Yuko Sakaguchi Japan2:28.50
10Elvira Fischer Austria2:28.71
11Sarah Poewe South Africa2:28.76
12Megan Quann United States2:29.25
13Brooke Hanson Australia2:29.40
14Simone Weiler Germany2:31.13
15Christin Petelski Canada2:31.73
16Jaime King United Kingdom2:34.67

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ágnes Kovács Hungary2:24.90CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Qi Hui China2:25.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Luo Xuejuan China2:25.29
4Leisel Jones Australia2:25.46
5Kristy Kowal United States2:25.84
6Beatrice Câșlaru Romania2:25.92
7Olga Bakaldina Russia2:26.83
8Mirna Jukić Austria2:27.96

References

  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.
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