The women's 200 metre
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
event at the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
was contested at the
Olympic Aquatic Centre of the
Athens Olympic Sports Complex
The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens Spiros Louis ( el, Ολυμπιακό Αθλητικό Κέντρο Αθηνών "Σπύρος Λούης", ''Olympiakó Athlitikó Kéntro Athinón "Spýros Loúis"'') or OACA ()), is a sport facilities c ...
in
Athens
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,
Greece
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on August 17 and 18.
Polish swimmer and world record holder
Otylia Jędrzejczak
Otylia Jędrzejczak (; born 13 December 1983) is a Polish swimmer. She was the Olympic champion from 2004 Athens in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and also swam at the 2000 Summ ...
added gold to her two silver medals by a storming victory in this event, and by becoming the nation's first ever swimming champion, in an outstanding time of 2:06.05.
Three-time Olympian
Petria Thomas of Australia managed to repeat her silver from Atlanta, lowering her time to 2:06.36. Japan's
Yuko Nakanishi
is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.
She attended Osaka Seikei Girls' High School is a girls' senior high school in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka.
Notable alumni
* Yuko Nakanishi
is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.
She attended Osaka Seikei Girls ...
, on the other hand, took home the bronze at 2:08.04.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
References
External links
Official Olympic Report
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2004 in women's swimming
Women's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics