Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2001 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 25 July 2001 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 33 | |||||||||
Winning time | 2 minutes 24.90 seconds | |||||||||
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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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
World record | Qi Hui (CHN) | 2:22.99 | Hangzhou, China | 13 April 2001 |
Championship record | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) | 2:25.45 | Perth, Australia | 15 January 1998 |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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24 July | Semifinal 1 | Beatrice Câșlaru | Romania | 2:25.00 | CR |
25 July | Final | Ágnes Kovács | Hungary | 2:24.90 | CR |
Results
Heats
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kristy Kowal | United States | 2:27.40 | Q |
2 | Mirna Jukić | Austria | 2:28.53 | Q |
3 | Yuko Sakaguchi | Japan | 2:28.85 | Q |
4 | Ágnes Kovács | Hungary | 2:29.04 | Q |
5 | Olga Bakaldina | Russia | 2:29.72 | Q |
6 | Sarah Poewe | South Africa | 2:29.85 | Q |
7 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:30.26 | Q |
8 | Elvira Fischer | Austria | 2:30.31 | Q |
9 | Simone Weiler | Germany | 2:30.35 | Q |
10 | Beatrice Câșlaru | Romania | 2:30.48 | Q |
11 | Christin Petelski | Canada | 2:31.01 | Q |
11 | Qi Hui | China | 2:31.01 | Q |
13 | Luo Xuejuan | China | 2:31.14 | Q |
13 | Jaime King | United Kingdom | 2:31.14 | Q |
15 | Brooke Hanson | Australia | 2:31.25 | Q |
16 | Megan Quann | United States | 2:31.38 | Q |
17 | Junko Isoda | Japan | 2:31.39 | |
18 | İlkay Dikmen | Turkey | 2:33.29 | |
19 | Natalia Hissamutdinova | Estonia | 2:34.66 | |
20 | Ku Hyo-Jin | South Korea | 2:35.12 | |
21 | Rhiannon Leier | Canada | 2:35.18 | |
22 | Anne-Mari Gulbrandsen | Norway | 2:36.23 | |
23 | Yi Ting Siow | Malaysia | 2:38.07 | |
24 | Agata Czaplicki | Switzerland | 2:40.37 | |
25 | Chen Yi-Fan | Chinese Taipei | 2:44.97 | |
26 | Shun Kwan Andrea Chum | Macau | 2:46.38 | |
27 | Anastasiya Korolyova | Uzbekistan | 2:46.62 | |
28 | Beatriz Cordon Towsend | Guatemala | 2:47.50 | |
29 | Rebecca Heng | Singapore | 2:48.20 | |
30 | Katerine Moreno | Bolivia | 2:51.52 | |
31 | Weng Lam Cheong | Macau | 2:51.55 | |
32 | Yang Chin-Kuei | Chinese Taipei | 2:54.61 | |
– | Nicolette Teo | Singapore | DSQ |
Semifinals
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Beatrice Câșlaru | Romania | 2:25.00 | Q, CR |
2 | Ágnes Kovács | Hungary | 2:25.83 | Q |
3 | Luo Xuejuan | China | 2:26.03 | Q |
4 | Kristy Kowal | United States | 2:26.25 | Q |
5 | Olga Bakaldina | Russia | 2:26.63 | Q |
6 | Qi Hui | China | 2:27.24 | Q |
7 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:28.11 | Q |
8 | Mirna Jukić | Austria | 2:28.41 | Q |
9 | Yuko Sakaguchi | Japan | 2:28.50 | |
10 | Elvira Fischer | Austria | 2:28.71 | |
11 | Sarah Poewe | South Africa | 2:28.76 | |
12 | Megan Quann | United States | 2:29.25 | |
13 | Brooke Hanson | Australia | 2:29.40 | |
14 | Simone Weiler | Germany | 2:31.13 | |
15 | Christin Petelski | Canada | 2:31.73 | |
16 | Jaime King | United Kingdom | 2:34.67 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Ágnes Kovács | Hungary | 2:24.90 | CR | |
Qi Hui | China | 2:25.09 | ||
Luo Xuejuan | China | 2:25.29 | ||
4 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:25.46 | |
5 | Kristy Kowal | United States | 2:25.84 | |
6 | Beatrice Câșlaru | Romania | 2:25.92 | |
7 | Olga Bakaldina | Russia | 2:26.83 | |
8 | Mirna Jukić | Austria | 2:27.96 |