Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
25 July 2001 (final)
Competitors33
Winning time2 minutes 24.90 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    China
bronze medal    China
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Records

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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
24 July Semifinal 1 Beatrice Câșlaru   Romania 2:25.00 CR
25 July Final Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 2:24.90 CR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  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

References

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  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.