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Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Camelia Potec Camelia Potec Camelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *... , ROM	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder... , ITA	Solenne Figuès Solenne Figuès Solenne Figuès is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays... , FRA

Heat 1

1. Pilin Tachakittiranan, Thailand
   Thailand
   Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
   
    2:05.29
2. Chin-Kuei Yang, Chinese Taipei
   Chinese Taipei
   Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
   
    2:05.65
3. Yuliya Rissik, Kazakhstan
   Kazakhstan
   Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
   
    2:09.93

Heat 2

1. Jana Myskova, Czech Republic
   Czech Republic
   The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
   
    2:04.62
2. Vesna Stojanovska, Macedonia
   Republic of Macedonia
   Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
   
    2:04.64
3. Louise Jansen, Denmark
   Denmark
   Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
   
    2:06.06
4. Larisa Lăcustă
   Larisa Lacusta
   Larisa Lăcustă is a retired breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Romania, who has competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1996 and 2004. She is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.-References:*...
   
   , Romania
   Romania
   Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
   
    2:06.62
5. Hang Yu Sze, Hong Kong
   Hong Kong
   Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
   
    2:07.55
6. Khadija Ciss, Senegal
   Senegal
   Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
   
    2:09.04

Heat 3

1. Olena Lapunova, Ukraine
   Ukraine
   Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
   
    2:02.71
2. Hanna Miluska, Switzerland
   Switzerland
   Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
   
    2:03.28
3. Florencia Szigeti
   Florencia Szigeti
   Florencia Szigeti is a female freestyle swimmer from Argentina. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics , and won a silver medal in the women's 100 m freestyle event at the 2003 Pan American Games.A 1999 graduate of Colegio Universitario Central Szigetei was a member...
   
   , Argentina
   Argentina
   Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
   
    2:03.29
4. Elina Partõka, Estonia
   Estonia
   Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
   
    2:03.54
5. Alison Fitch
   Alison Fitch
   Alison Rachel Fitch is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
   
   , New Zealand
   New Zealand
   New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
   
    2:03.58
6. Janelle Atkinson
   Janelle Atkinson
   Janelle Anya Monique Atkinson-Wignall is a Jamaican freestyle swimmer who won three silver medals at the 1999 Pan American Games.Atkinson represented Jamaica at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics...
   
   , Jamaica
   Jamaica
   Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
   
    2:04.06
7. Katinka Hosszú
   Katinka Hosszú
   Katinka Hosszú is a female Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.- Swimming career :...
   
   , Hungary
   Hungary
   Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
   
    2:04.22
8. Petra Banović
   Petra Banovic
   Petra Banović is a freestyle and medley swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in Sydney 2000. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2004 as an honor student.-External links:*...
   
   , Croatia
   Croatia
   Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
   
    2:04.24

Heat 4

1. Dana Vollmer
   Dana Vollmer
   Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...
   
   , United States
   United States
   The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
   
    1:59.49 Q
2. Elka Graham
   Elka Graham
   Elka Whalan is a retired Australian swimmer who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200m and 400m freestyle events, also swimming the 800m freestyle...
   
   , Australia
   Australia
   Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
   
    2:00.13 Q
3. Camelia Potec
   Camelia Potec
   Camelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...
   
   , Romania 2:00.50 Q
4. Tomoko Nagai, Japan
   Japan
   Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
   
    2:00.73 Q
5. Martina Moravcová
   Martina Moravcová
   Martina Moravcová is a medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Slovakia. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics...
   
   , Slovakia
   Slovakia
   The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
   
    2:01.00 Q
6. Yang Yu, China
   People's Republic of China
   China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
   
    2:01.33 Q
7. Sara Isakovič
   Sara Isakovic
   Sara Isakovič is a freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. She spent much of her childhood in Dubai. Isakovič was a member of the Žito Gorenjka Radovljica Swimming Club from Radovljica, Slovenia and trained under the supervision of coach Miha Potočnik.Isakovič competed for Slovenia at the 2004 Summer...
   
   , Slovenia
   Slovenia
   Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
   
    2:01.71
8. Hyun-Ju Kim, Korea
   Korea
   Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
   
    2:03.33

Heat 5

1. Paulina Barzycka, Poland
   Poland
   Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
   
    1:59.52 Q
2. Federica Pellegrini
   Federica Pellegrini
   Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...
   
   , Italy
   Italy
   Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
   
    1:59.80 Q
3. Melanie Marshall
   Melanie Marshall
   Melanie Marshall is a former British swimmer.Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, brought up in Wrangle and currently residing in Loughborough with her two dogs, Missy and Jetson, she is 1.7 m , 62 kg...
   
   , Great Britain
   United Kingdom
   The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
   
    2:00.46 Q
4. Alena Popchanka
   Alena Popchanka
   Alena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics...
   
   , Belarus
   Belarus
   Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
   
    2:00.67 Q
5. Pang Jiaying
   Pang Jiaying
   Pang Jiaying is a female Chinese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Pang is one of the best Chinese women in middle and long-distance freestyle swimming....
   
   , China 2:00.80 Q
6. Sara Harstick
   Sara Harstick
   Sara Harstick is a former German freestyle swimmer, who won bronze medals in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics....
   
   , Germany
   Germany
   Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
   
    2:02.25
7. Natalya Shalagina, Russia
   Russia
   Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
   
    2:02.37
8. Mariana Brochado
   Mariana Brochado
   Mariana Nery Brochado is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 200 m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
   
   , Brazil
   Brazil
   Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
   
    2:02.91

Heat 6

1. Claudia Poll
   Claudia Poll
   Claudia Maria Poll Ahrens is an Olympic gold-medalist and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. To date , she is Costa Rica's only gold-medalist, having won the country first gold Olympic medal at the 1996 Olympics in the 200 meter freestyle. Her sister, Silvia, won Costa Rica's first...
   
   , Costa Rica
   Costa Rica
   Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
   
    1:59.50 Q
2. Solenne Figuès
   Solenne Figuès
   Solenne Figuès is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays...
   
   , France
   France
   The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
   
    1:59.90 Q
3. Josefin Lillhage
   Josefin Lillhage
   Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...
   
   , Sweden
   Sweden
   Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
   
    2:00.04 Q
4. Lindsay Benko
   Lindsay Benko
   Lindsay Mintenko is a freestyle swimmer from the United States, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . There she was a member of the gold medal winning 4×200 m freestyle relay...
   
   , United States 2:00.21 Q
5. Franziska van Almsick
   Franziska van Almsick
   Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
   
   , Germany 2:00.23 Q
6. Brittany Reimer
   Brittany Reimer
   Brittany Reimer is a former Canadian long-distance swimmer. She is a two-time medallist at the World Aquatics Championships and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
   
   , Canada
   Canada
   Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
   
    2:01.39
7. Linda Mackenzie
   Linda Mackenzie
   Linda June Mackenzie OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer. She tends to prefer the longer 200m/400m/800m events and has won the Australian 400m national title five years in a row...
   
   , Australia 2:02.04
8. Zoi Dimoschaki
   Zoi Dimoschaki
   Zoi Dimoschaki is a Greek freestyle swimmer. Dimoschaki administered the Olympic Oath at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics....
   
   , Greece
   Greece
   Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
   
   2:03.38

Heats ranking

1. Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.49 Q
2. Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.50 Q
3. Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.52 Q
4. Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:59.80 Q
5. Solenne Figuès, France 1:59.90 Q
6. Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 2:00.04 Q
7. Elka Graham, Australia 2:00.13 Q
8. Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.21 Q
9. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 2:00.23 Q
10. Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:00.46 Q
11. Camelia Potec, Romania 2:00.50 Q
12. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 2:00.67 Q
13. Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.73 Q
14. Pang Jiaying, China 2:00.80 Q
15. Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 2:01.00 Q
16. Yang Yu, China 2:01.33 Q
17. Brittany Reimer, Canada 2:01.39
18. Sara Isakovič, Slovenia 2:01.71
19. Linda Mackenzie, Australia 2:02.04
20. Sara Harstick, Germany 2:02.25
21. Natalya Shalagina, Russia 2:02.37
22. Olena Lapunova, Ukraine 2:02.71
23. Mariana Brochado, Brazil 2:02.91
24. Hanna Miluska, Switzerland 2:03.28
25. Florencia Szigeti, Argentina 2:03.29
26. Hyun-Ju Kim, Korea 2:03.33
27. Zoi Dimoschaki, Greece 2:03.38
28. Elina Partõka, Estonia 2:03.54
29. Alison Fitch, New Zealand 2:03.58
30. Janelle Atkinson, Jamaica 2:04.06
31. Katinka Hosszu, Hungary 2:04.22
32. Petra Banović, Croatia 2:04.24
33. Jana Myskova, Czech Republic 2:04.62
34. Vesna Stojanovska, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2:04.64
35. Pilin Tachakittiranan, Thailand 2:05.29
36. Chin-Kuei Yang, Chinese Taipei 2:05.65
37. Louise Jansen, Denmark 2:06.06
38. Larisa Lăcustă, Romania 2:06.62
39. Hang Yu Sze, Hong Kong 2:07.55
40. Khadija Ciss, Senegal 2:09.04
41. Yuliya Rissik, Kazakhstan 2:09.93

Semi-final heat 1

1. Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:58.02 Q
2. Pang Jiaying, China 1:58.68 Q
3. Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 1:59.31 Q
4. Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.79
5. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 1:59.87
6. Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.22
7. Yang Yu, China 2:00.52
8. Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:01.06

Semi-final heat 2

1. Solenne Figuès, France 1:58.65 Q
2. Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.04 Q
3. Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.10 Q
4. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 1:59.13 Q
5. Camelia Potec, Romania 1:59.25 Q
6. Elka Graham, Australia 1:59.44
7. Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 1:59.96
8. Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.09

Semifinal ranking

1. Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:58.02 -Q
2. Solenne Figuès, France 1:58.65 -Q
3. Pang Jiaying, China 1:58.68 -Q
4. Dana Vollmer, United States 1:59.04 -Q
5. Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:59.10 -Q
6. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 1:59.13 -Q
7. Camelia Potec, Romania 1:59.25 -Q
8. Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 1:59.31 -Q
9. Elka Graham, Australia 1:59.44
10. Claudia Poll, Costa Rica 1:59.79
11. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 1:59.87
12. Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 1:59.96
13. Tomoko Nagai, Japan 2:00.09
14. Lindsay Benko, United States 2:00.22
15. Yang Yu, China 2:00.52
16. Melanie Marshall, Great Britain 2:01.06

Final

1. Camelia Potec, Romania 1:58.03
2. Federica Pellegrini, Italy 1:58.22
3. Solenne Figuès, France 1:58.45
4. Paulina Barzycka, Poland 1:58.62
5. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 1:58.88
6. Dana Vollmer, United States 1:58.98
7. Pang Jiaying, China 1:59.16
8. Josefin Lillhage, Sweden 1:59.20