Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the
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took place on 10–11 August at the
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Summary

Japan's
Rie Kaneto is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. She won the gold medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Career She represented her nation Japan, as a 19-year-old junior, at the 2008 Summer Oly ...
pulled away from a tightly-packed field over a wide margin to become the country's third gold medalist in the event's history, since
Hideko Maehata was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer and the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Olympics. Maehata was born in Hashimoto, Wakayama, as the daughter of a tofu producer and as a child learned to swim in the Kinokawa River. In the fift ...
topped the podium in 1936, and
Kyoko Iwasaki is a Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer from Numazu, Shizuoka. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern ...
in 1992. She swam through the final lap to a decisive gold-medal triumph in 2:20.30, but fell short of her attempt to overhaul a sub-2:20 range at the Games. Russia's
Yuliya Yefimova Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова, also romanized Efimova; born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She is the Russian record holder in the 200 metre individual medley (short course), ...
launched a late charge on the home stretch to get her second silver of the meet in 2:21.97. Meanwhile, China's
Shi Jinglin Shi Jinglin (; born 3 January 1993) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke events. She has produced a tally of five medals, two golds and three bronze, in major international competition, spanning the Olympic Games, ...
rebounded from an out-of-medal feat in the 100 m breaststroke three days earlier to earn the bronze with a 2:22.28, beating Great Britain's Chloe Tutton (2:22.34) by just six hundredths of a second. Australia's
Taylor McKeown Taylor McKeown (born 17 March 1995) is a former Australian competitive swimmer. She won a gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal at the 4 × 100 m medley relay during the 2016 Summer Oly ...
seized a substantial lead through the initial half of the race, but slipped shortly off the podium to fifth in 2:22.43. Tutton's teammate
Molly Renshaw Molly Renshaw (born 6 May 1996) is an English breaststroke swimmer. In 2016, she won the 200 metres breaststroke at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). Career In 2012, she won the national 200 m title, but was not selected for t ...
, who scratched the existing British record earlier in the semifinals, picked up a sixth spot in 2:22.72. Outside the 2:22 club, Canada's
Kierra Smith Kierra Smith (born February 1, 1994) is a Canadian breaststroke swimmer. She won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2015 Pan American Games and a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Career 2016 sea ...
(2:23.19) and Denmark's world-record holder
Rikke Møller Pedersen Rikke Møller Pedersen (born 9 January 1989) is a Danish competitive swimmer specialising in breaststroke and from 2013 to 2021 world record holder in the 200 m breaststroke (2:19.11).
(2:23.74) rounded out the field. Tandem
Molly Hannis Molly Hannis (born March 13, 1992) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. She currently represents the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League. Career College Hannis attended the Un ...
and
Lilly King Lillia Camille King (born February 10, 1997) is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. She currently represents the Cali Condors, a team that is part of the International Swimming League. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won the go ...
, the newly-crowned Olympic champion of the 100 m breaststroke, had put their medal hunt to an end in this event, as neither of them advanced to the final. Other notable swimmers missed the top eight roster, featuring Japan's
Kanako Watanabe is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. She competed in the 2012 London Olympics at the age of 15 for the 200m Women's Breaststroke event. She again competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. Her sw ...
, the 2015 world champion, and Turkey's
Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş or Viktoria Solntseva ( uk, Вікторія Солнцева; born 19 June 1998) is a Ukraine-born Turkish (since 2014) swimmer. She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League. Career ...
, the fastest pre-race seed headed to the Games. The medals for the competition were presented by
Yumilka Ruiz Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces (born 8 May 1978 in Camagüey) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She twice won a gold medal with the national team in 1 ...
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member from Colombia, and the gifts were presented by Kazuo Sano, executive member of the
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.


Competition format

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.


Results


Heats


Semifinals


Semifinal 1


Semifinal 2


Final


References

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