| Swimming - Women's 200m Individual Medley Results |
| August 11 - Semifinal |
| 1 |
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Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe |
2:09.53, Olympic Record |
| 2 |
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Stephanie Rice, Australia |
2:10.58 |
| 3 |
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Katie Hoff, United States |
2:10.90 |
| 4 |
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Natalie Coughlin, United States |
2:11.84 |
| 5 |
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Alicia Coutts, Australia |
2:12.03 |
| 5 |
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Julia Wilkinson, Canada |
2:12.03 |
| 7 |
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Katarzyna Baranowska, Poland |
2:12.13 |
| 8 |
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Evelin Verraszto, Hungary |
2:12.18 |
| 8 |
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Asami Kitagawa, Japan |
2:12.18 |
| 10 |
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Julie Hjorth-Hansen, Denmark |
2:12.26 |
| 11 |
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Hannah Miley, Great Britain |
2:12.35 |
| 12 |
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Camille Muffat, France |
2:12.36 |
| 13 |
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Svetlana Karpeeva, Russia |
2:13.26 |
| 14 |
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Mireia Belmonte, Spain |
2:13.45 |
| 15 |
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Li Jiaxing, China |
2:13.47 |
| 16 |
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Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain |
2:14.14 |
| August 11 - Semifinal - Heat: 1 |
| 1 |
 |
Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe |
2:09.53, Olympic Record |
| 2 |
 |
Stephanie Rice, Australia |
2:10.58 |
| 3 |
 |
Katie Hoff, United States |
2:10.90 |
| 4 |
 |
Katarzyna Baranowska, Poland |
2:12.13 |
| 5 |
 |
Hannah Miley, Great Britain |
2:12.35 |
| 6 |
 |
Svetlana Karpeeva, Russia |
2:13.26 |
| 7 |
 |
Mireia Belmonte, Spain |
2:13.45 |
| 8 |
 |
Li Jiaxing, China |
2:13.47 |
| August 11 - Semifinal - Heat: 2 |
| 1 |
 |
Natalie Coughlin, United States |
2:11.84 |
| 2 |
 |
Alicia Coutts, Australia |
2:12.03 |
| 2 |
 |
Julia Wilkinson, Canada |
2:12.03 |
| 4 |
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Evelin Verraszto, Hungary |
2:12.18 |
| 4 |
 |
Asami Kitagawa, Japan |
2:12.18 |
| 6 |
 |
Julie Hjorth-Hansen, Denmark |
2:12.26 |
| 7 |
 |
Camille Muffat, France |
2:12.36 |
| 8 |
 |
Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain |
2:14.14 |
| August 11 - Semifinal - Heat: 61 |
| 1 |
 |
Asami Kitagawa, Japan |
2:12.02 |
| 2 |
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Evelin Verraszto, Hungary |
2:14.96 |
| August 11 - Preliminaries |
| 1 |
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Alicia Coutts, Australia |
2:11.55 |
| 2 |
 |
Katie Hoff, United States |
2:11.58 |
| 3 |
 |
Natalie Coughlin, United States |
2:11.63 |
| 4 |
 |
Hannah Miley, Great Britain |
2:11.72 |
| 5 |
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Julie Hjorth-Hansen, Denmark |
2:11.99 |
| 6 |
 |
Stephanie Rice, Australia |
2:12.07 |
| 7 |
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Camille Muffat, France |
2:12.16 |
| 8 |
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Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe |
2:12.18 |
| 9 |
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Asami Kitagawa, Japan |
2:12.47 |
| 9 |
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Katarzyna Baranowska, Poland |
2:12.47 |
| 11 |
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Evelin Verraszto, Hungary |
2:12.52 |
| 12 |
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Li Jiaxing, China |
2:12.53 |
| 13 |
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Julia Wilkinson, Canada |
2:12.56 |
| 14 |
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Mireia Belmonte, Spain |
2:12.75 |
| 15 |
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Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain |
2:12.78 |
| 16 |
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Svetlana Karpeeva, Russia |
2:12.94 |
| 17 |
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Katinka Hosszu, Hungary |
2:13.05 |
| 18 |
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Helen Norfolk, New Zealand |
2:13.50 |
| 19 |
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Erica Morningstar, Canada |
2:14.11 |
| 20 |
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Qi Hui, China |
2:14.25 |
| 21 |
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Cylia Vabre, France |
2:14.34 |
| 22 |
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Joanna Melo, Brazil |
2:14.97 |
| 23 |
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Sara Nordenstam, Norway |
2:15.13 |
| 24 |
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Choi Hyera, South Korea |
2:15.26 |
| 25 |
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Anja Klinar, Slovenia |
2:15.39 |
| 26 |
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Jess Pengelly, South Africa |
2:15.80 |
| 27 |
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Maria Pelaez, Spain |
2:15.97 |
| 28 |
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Femke Heemskerk, Netherlands |
2:16.28 |
| 29 |
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Yi Ting Siow, Malaysia |
2:17.11 |
| 30 |
 |
Katharina Schiller, Germany |
2:18.00 |
| 31 |
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Ganna Dzerkal, Ukraine |
2:18.25 |
| 32 |
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Erika Stewardt, Colombia |
2:18.54 |
| 33 |
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Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong |
2:18.91 |
| 34 |
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Sonja Schober, Germany |
2:20.18 |
| 35 |
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Erla Dogg Haraldsdottir, Iceland |
2:20.53 |
| 36 |
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Lin Man-Hsu, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) |
2:23.29 |
| 37 |
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Georgina Bardach, Argentina |
2:25.74 |
| 38 |
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Fibriani Ratna Marita, Indonesia |
2:28.18 |
| N/A |
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Maroua Mathlouthi, Tunisia |
DNS |
| August 11 - Preliminaries - Heat: 1 |
| 1 |
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Ganna Dzerkal, Ukraine |
2:18.25 |
| 2 |
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Erika Stewardt, Colombia |
2:18.54 |
| 3 |
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Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong |
2:18.91 |
| 4 |
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Erla Dogg Haraldsdottir, Iceland |
2:20.53 |
| 5 |
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Lin Man-Hsu, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) |
2:23.29 |
| 6 |
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Fibriani Ratna Marita, Indonesia |
2:28.18 |
| N/A |
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Maroua Mathlouthi, Tunisia |
DNS |
| August 11 - Preliminaries - Heat: 2 |
| 1 |
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Joanna Melo, Brazil |
2:14.97 |
| 2 |
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Sara Nordenstam, Norway |
2:15.13 |
| 3 |
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Choi Hyera, South Korea |
2:15.26 |
| 4 |
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Anja Klinar, Slovenia |
2:15.39 |
| 5 |
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Jess Pengelly, South Africa |
2:15.80 |
| 6 |
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Femke Heemskerk, Netherlands |
2:16.28 |
| 7 |
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Yi Ting Siow, Malaysia |
2:17.11 |
| 8 |
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Georgina Bardach, Argentina |
2:25.74 |
| August 11 - Preliminaries - Heat: 3 |
| 1 |
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Natalie Coughlin, United States |
2:11.63 |
| 2 |
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Julie Hjorth-Hansen, Denmark |
2:11.99 |
| 3 |
 |
Asami Kitagawa, Japan |
2:12.47 |
| 4 |
 |
Li Jiaxing, China |
2:12.53 |
| 5 |
 |
Julia Wilkinson, Canada |
2:12.56 |
| 6 |
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Mireia Belmonte, Spain |
2:12.75 |
| 7 |
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Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain |
2:12.78 |
| 8 |
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Maria Pelaez, Spain |
2:15.97 |
| August 11 - Preliminaries - Heat: 4 |
| 1 |
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Alicia Coutts, Australia |
2:11.55 |
| 2 |
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Katie Hoff, United States |
2:11.58 |
| 3 |
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Camille Muffat, France |
2:12.16 |
| 4 |
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Svetlana Karpeeva, Russia |
2:12.94 |
| 5 |
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Katinka Hosszu, Hungary |
2:13.05 |
| 6 |
 |
Qi Hui, China |
2:14.25 |
| 7 |
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Cylia Vabre, France |
2:14.34 |
| 8 |
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Katharina Schiller, Germany |
2:18.00 |
| August 11 - Preliminaries - Heat: 5 |
| 1 |
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Hannah Miley, Great Britain |
2:11.72 |
| 2 |
 |
Stephanie Rice, Australia |
2:12.07 |
| 3 |
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Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe |
2:12.18 |
| 4 |
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Katarzyna Baranowska, Poland |
2:12.47 |
| 5 |
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Evelin Verraszto, Hungary |
2:12.52 |
| 6 |
 |
Helen Norfolk, New Zealand |
2:13.50 |
| 7 |
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Erica Morningstar, Canada |
2:14.11 |
| 8 |
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Sonja Schober, Germany |
2:20.18 |