Swimming 2020/Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke of Swimming 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 28-30 July 2021 in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With 32 athletes competing, the event was won by Tatjana Schoenmaker from South Africa, with Lilly King from United States taking the silver medal and Annie Lazor from United States taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to nine athletes. In the first round, the sixteen fastest athletes qualify for the semifinals. In the semifinals, the two fastest athletes of each race, as well as the four fastest non-qualifiers advance to the final. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Thirty-two athletes qualified for the event with silver medalist at the most recent world championships Tatjana Schoenmaker as the one to beat. The swimmer from South Africa had recorded the fastest time during the qualification period, with Annie Lazor and European champion Molly Renshaw behind her. However, contention for the medals was high with Evgeniia Chikunova, world champion over 100 metres Lilly King, Abbie Wood, and the silver medalist of the European championships Lisa Mamie among the athletes with chances on medals.

Athlete	Nationality
Andrea Podmanikova	Slovakia
Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania
Byanca Melissa Rodriguez Villanueva	Mexico
Kristyna Horska	Czech Republic
Eszter Bekesi	Hungary
Mona McSharry	Ireland
Eneli Jefimova	Estonia
Jinq En Phee	Malaysia
Yu Jingyao	China
Fanny Lecluyse	Belgium
Mariia Temnikova	ROC
Molly Renshaw	Great Britain
Abbie Wood	Great Britain
Francesca Fangio	Italy
Kaylene Corbett	South Africa
Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel
Alina Zmushka	Belarus
Jessica Vall Montero	Spain
Sydney Pickrem	Canada
Annie Lazor	United States
Lilly King	United States
Kanako Watanabe	Japan
Marina Garcia Urzainqui	Spain
Julia Sebastian	Argentina
Martina Carraro	Italy
Jenna Strauch	Australia
Lisa Mamie	Switzerland
Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa
Evgeniia Chikunova	ROC
Kelsey Lauren Wog	Canada
Abbey Harkin	Australia
Sophie Hansson	Sweden

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	1 August 2013		Rikke Pedersen	2:19.11
OR	2 August 2012		Rebecca Soni	2:19.59

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kristyna Horska	2:25.03	NR
2		Mona McSharry	2:25.08	NR
3		Kotryna Teterevkova	2:26.82
4		Byanca Melissa Rodriguez Villanueva	2:26.87
5		Eszter Bekesi	2:26.89
6		Eneli Jefimova	2:27.87
7		Andrea Podmanikova	2:29.56
8		Jinq En Phee	2:32.57

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kaylene Corbett	2:22.48	Q, PR
2		Molly Renshaw	2:22.99	Q
3		Mariia Temnikova	2:23.13	Q
4		Yu Jingyao	2:23.17	Q, PR
5		Fanny Lecluyse	2:23.42	Q
6		Francesca Fangio	2:23.89	Q
7		Abbie Wood	2:24.13	Q
8		Anastasia Gorbenko	2:28.41

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Lilly King	2:22.10	Q
2		Annie Lazor	2:22.76	Q
3		Jessica Vall Montero	2:23.31	Q
4		Kanako Watanabe	2:24.73
5		Marina Garcia Urzainqui	2:26.21
6		Alina Zmushka	2:27.59
7		Julia Sebastian	2:29.55
8		Sydney Pickrem	DNS

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Tatjana Schoenmaker	2:19.16	Q, OR
2		Evgeniia Chikunova	2:22.10	Q
3		Jenna Strauch	2:23.30	Q
4		Sophie Hansson	2:23.82	Q, PR
5		Lisa Mamie	2:23.91	Q
6		Kelsey Lauren Wog	2:24.27	Q
7		Abbey Harkin	2:24.41
8		Martina Carraro	2:26.17

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kaylene Corbett	2:22.08	Q, PR
2		Lilly King	2:22.27	Q
3		Molly Renshaw	2:22.70	Q
4		Sophie Hansson	2:24.28
5		Yu Jingyao	2:24.76
6		Jessica Vall Montero	2:24.87
7		Lisa Mamie	2:25.11
8		Kelsey Lauren Wog	DQ

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Tatjana Schoenmaker	2:19.33	Q
2		Evgeniia Chikunova	2:20.57	Q, PR
3		Annie Lazor	2:21.94	Q
4		Abbie Wood	2:22.35	Q
5		Fanny Lecluyse	2:23.73	Q
6		Jenna Strauch	2:24.25
7		Mariia Temnikova	2:24.69
8		Francesca Fangio	2:27.56

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Tatjana Schoenmaker	2:18.95	WR
2		Lilly King	2:19.92	NR
3		Annie Lazor	2:20.84
4		Evgeniia Chikunova	2:20.88
5		Kaylene Corbett	2:22.06	PR
6		Molly Renshaw	2:22.65
7		Abbie Wood	2:23.72
8		Fanny Lecluyse	2:24.57

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa
	Lilly King	United States
	Annie Lazor	United States
4	Evgeniia Chikunova	ROC
5	Kaylene Corbett	South Africa
6	Molly Renshaw	Great Britain
7	Abbie Wood	Great Britain
8	Fanny Lecluyse	Belgium
9	Jenna Strauch	Australia
10	Sophie Hansson	Sweden
11	Mariia Temnikova	ROC
12	Yu Jingyao	China
13	Jessica Vall Montero	Spain
14	Lisa Mamie	Switzerland
15	Francesca Fangio	Italy
16	Kelsey Lauren Wog	Canada
17	Abbey Harkin	Australia
18	Kanako Watanabe	Japan
19	Kristyna Horska	Czech Republic
20	Mona McSharry	Ireland
21	Martina Carraro	Italy
22	Marina Garcia Urzainqui	Spain
23	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania
24	Byanca Melissa Rodriguez Villanueva	Mexico
25	Eszter Bekesi	Hungary
26	Alina Zmushka	Belarus
27	Eneli Jefimova	Estonia
28	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel
29	Julia Sebastian	Argentina
30	Andrea Podmanikova	Slovakia
31	Jinq En Phee	Malaysia
-	Sydney Pickrem	Canada

2020 Summer Olympic Games
Swimming 2020
← 2016	2024 →
Men
Freestyle	Backstroke
50 m	100 m
100 m	200 m
200 m	Breaststroke
400 m	100 m
800 m	200 m
1500 m
Butterfly	Individual Medley
100 m	200 m
200 m	400 m
Freestyle Relay
4x100 m	4x100 m medley
4x200 m	10 km open water
Women
Freestyle	Backstroke
50 m	100 m
100 m	200 m
200 m	Breaststroke
400 m	100 m
800 m	200 m
1500 m
Butterfly	Individual Medley
100 m	200 m
200 m	400 m
Freestyle Relay
4x100 m	4x100 m medley
4x200 m	10 km open water
Mixed
4x100 m medley