The women's 200 metre
individual medley 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 in
Athens,
Greece on August 16 and 17.
Ukraine's
Yana Klochkova became the first woman to claim two consecutive Olympic titles in the individual medley, finishing the final race with a time of 2:11.14. American swimmer and three-time Olympian
Amanda Beard took home the silver, in an American record time of 2:11.70, while Zimbabwe's
Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward (born 16 September 1983) is a Zimbabwean swimmer and politician currently serving as the Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe since September 2018. A former Olympic swimmer and wo ...
, on the other hand, broke an African record of 2:12.72 to earn the bronze medal.
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