Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle
at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
VenuePalau Sant Jordi
Dates22 July (prelims, semifinals)
23 July (final)
Winning time1 minute 58.32 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Belarus
silver medal    Slovakia
bronze medal    China
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2005 →

The Women's 200m Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 22–23 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] and semifinal[2] heats swam on July 22, while the Final[3] swam on July 23.

Prior to the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:

Results

Final

Place Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 1:58.32
2 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 1:58.44
3 Yang Yu  China 1:58.54
4 Lindsay Benko  USA 1:58.84
5 Solenne Figuès  France 1:59.27
6 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 1:59.28
7 Elka Graham  Australia 1:59.46
8 Rhi Jeffrey  USA 1:59.81

Semifinals

Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 S2 L4 Lindsay Benko  USA 1:59.13 q
2 S1 L5 Elka Graham  Australia 1:59.37 q
3 S1 L3 Solenne Figuès  France 1:59.38 q
4 S2 L6 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 1:59.50 q
5 S1 L4 Yu Yang  China 1:59.51 q
6 S2 L5 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 1:59.62 q
7 S1 L2 Rhi Jeffrey  USA 1:59.76 q
8 S1 L6 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 1:59.79 q
9 S2 L1 Zoi Dimoschaki  Greece 1:59.93
10 S2 L7 Xu Yanwei  China 2:00.32
11 S1 L8 Karen Pickering  Great Britain 2:00.89
12 S2 L3 Melanie Marshall  Great Britain 2:01.05
13 S1 L1 Petra Dallmann  Germany 2:01.20
14 S2 L2 Tomoko Nagai  Japan 2:01.69
15 S1 L7 Mariana Brochado  Brazil 2:01.74
16 S2 L8 Kim Hyun-Joo  South Korea 2:01.88

Preliminaries

Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 H7 L4 Lindsay Benko  United States 1:58.84 q
2 H9 L4 Yang Yu  China 2:00.32 q
3 H8 L6 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 2:00.33 q
4 H8 L5 Elka Graham  Australia 2:00.36 q
5 H7 L3 Melanie Marshall  Great Britain 2:00.41 q
6 H7 L5 Solenne Figuès  France 2:00.46 q
6 H8 L4 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 2:00.46 q
8 H9 L3 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 2:00.55 q
9 H7 L2 Tomoko Nagai  Japan 2:00.62 q
10 H9 L2 Rhi Jeffrey  United States 2:00.72 q
11 H9 L5 Xu Yanwei  China 2:00.82 q
12 H9 L8 Mariana Brochado  Brazil 2:01.17 q
13 H7 L6 Zoi Dimoschaki  Greece 2:01.28 q
13 H9 L6 Petra Dallmann  Germany 2:01.28 q
15 H7 L7 Kim Hyun-Joo  South Korea 2:01.50 q
16 H8 L3 Karen Pickering  Great Britain 2:01.57 q
17 H8 L2 Kirsten Thomson  Australia 2:01.78
18 H6 L6 Helen Norfolk  New Zealand 2:02.21
19 H6 L5 Paulina Barzycka  Poland 2:02.25
20 H6 L1 Elina Partõka  Estonia 2:02.27
21 H8 L1 Monique Ferreira  Brazil 2:02.44
22 H9 L1 Alessa Ries  Germany 2:02.55
23 H8 L7 Julie Hjorth-Hansen  Denmark 2:02.56
24 H8 L8 Hanna Miluska  Switzerland 2:02.65
25 H6 L8 Petra Banović  Croatia 2:02.77
26 H6 L3 Ida Mattsson  Sweden 2:02.91
27 H6 L2 Polina Shornikova  Russia 2:02.92
28 H5 L2 Florencia Szigeti  Argentina 2:03.13
29 H9 L7 Alison Fitch  New Zealand 2:03.17
30 H7 L8 Daria Parshina  Russia 2:03.21
31 H5 L7 Nicole Zahnd  Switzerland 2:03.46
32 H6 L4 Nina Van Koeckhoven  Belgium 2:03.63
33 H5 L1 Anja Čarman  Slovenia 2:04.03
34 H5 L3 Vesna Stojanovska  Macedonia 2:04.09
35 H6 L7 Marianne Limpert  Canada 2:04.14
36 H5 L4 Melissa Corfe  South Africa 2:04.73
37 H5 L8 Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir  Iceland 2:04.90
38 H4 L3 Maria Albert  Estonia 2:05.40
39 H5 L6 Eleni Kosti  Greece 2:06.09
40 H4 L4 Agnese Ozoliņa  Latvia 2:07.13
41 H5 L5 Pilin Tachakittiranan  Thailand 2:07.18
42 H4 L5 Sze Hang Yu  Hong Kong 2:07.86
43 H3 L4 Lauren Roets  South Africa 2:08.99
44 H4 L1 Diana Lopez  Venezuela 2:09.68
45 H4 L2 Golda Marcus  El Salvador 2:10.39
46 H4 L7 Khadija Ciss  Senegal 2:10.66
47 H3 L7 Anna-Liza Mopio  Papua New Guinea 2:11.05
48 H3 L5 Yelena Skalinskaya  Kazakhstan 2:11.38
49 H4 L8 Johana Rodriguez  Costa Rica 2:11.61
50 H3 L3 Carolina Cerqueda  Andorra 2:11.97
51 H4 L6 Andrea de Leon  Uruguay 2:12.54
52 H2 L4 Ambica Iyengar  India 2:13.63
53 H3 L2 Magdalena Sutanto  Indonesia 2:14.35
54 H3 L6 Roberta Callus  Malta 2:14.72
55 H3 L8 Shrone Austin  Seychelles 2:15.47
56 H3 L1 Man Wai Fong  Macau 2:17.48
57 H2 L2 Jakie Wellman  Zambia 2:18.91
58 H2 L5 Roshendra Vrolijk  Aruba 2:20.42
59 H2 L6 Sade Daal  Suriname 2:22.26
60 H2 L7 Eva Donde  Kenya 2:26.69
61 H2 L3 Ghazal El Jobeili  Lebanon 2:31.83
62 H1 L5 Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoarimanana  Madagascar 2:36.40
63 H1 L3 N. Ravojanahary  Madagascar 2:40.12
- - Brittany Reimer  Canada DNS
- - Genevieve Meledje Lasm Quissoh  Ivory Coast DNS

References

  1. ^ Worlds 2003 results: Women's 200m Freestyle - prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-22; retrieved 2013-07-11.
  2. ^ Worlds 2003 results: Women's 200m Freestyle - semis. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-22; retrieved 2013-07-11.
  3. ^ Worlds 2003 results: Women's 200m Freestyle - finals. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-22; retrieved 2013-07-11.