2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Women's 200m Breaststroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
USAUnited States | Rebecca Soni | 2:19.59 OR/WR | |
JPNJapan | Satomi Suzuki | 2:20.72 | |
RUSRussia | Yulia Efimova | 2:20.92 | |
| 4 | DENDenmark | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 2:21.65 |
| 5 | CANCanada | Martha McCabe | 2:23.16 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Micah Lawrence | 2:23.27 |
| 7 | RSASouth Africa | Suzaan Van Biljon | 2:23.72 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Sally Foster | 2:26.00 |
| 9 | KORSouth Korea | Back Suyeon | 2:24.67 |
| 10 | SWESweden | Joline Höstman | 2:24.77 |
| 11 | MARMorocco | Sara El Bekri | 2:25.86 |
| 12 | RUSRussia | Anastasia Chaun | 2:26.08 |
| 13 | CHNChina | Ji Liping | 2:27.26 |
| 14 | JPNJapan | Kanako Watanabe | 2:27.32 |
| 15 | AUSAustralia | Tessa Wallace | 2:27.38 |
| 16 | KORSouth Korea | Jeong Darae | 2:28.74 |
| 17 | UKRUkraine | Ganna Dzerkal | 2:27.09 |
| 18 | GBRGreat Britain | Stacey Tadd | 2:27.18 |
| 19 | BELBelgium | Fanny Lecluyse | 2:27.30 |
| 20 | ESPSpain | Marina Garcia | 2:27.57 |
| 21 | CANCanada | Tera Van Beilen | 2:27.70 |
| 22 | ITAItaly | Chiara Boggiatto | 2:27.74 |
| 23 | NORNorway | Sara Nordenstam | 2:27.90 |
| 24 | CHNChina | Sun Ye | 2:27.94 |
| 25 | SRBSerbia Republic | Nadja Higl | 2:28.38 |
| 26 | CZECzechia | Martina Moravcikova | 2:28.54 |
| 27 | JAMJamaica | Alia Atkinson | 2:28.77 |
| 28 | ISLIceland | Hilda Lúthersdóttir | 2:29.60 |
| 29 | HUNHungary | Anna Sztankovics | 2:29.67 |
| 30 | TURTürkiye | Buse Gunaydin | 2:30.64 |
| 31 | TUNTunisia | Sarra Lajnef | 2:31.15 |
| 32 | FINFinland | Jenna Laukkanen | 2:31.23 |
| 33 | SLOSlovenia | Tanja Smid | 2:32.19 |
| 34 | KGZKyrgyzstan | Daria Talanova | 2:38.01 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | JAMJamaica | Alia Atkinson | 2:28.77 |
| 2 | HUNHungary | Anna Sztankovics | 2:29.67 |
| 3 | KGZKyrgyzstan | Daria Talanova | 2:38.01 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Rebecca Soni | 2:21.40 |
| 2 | DENDenmark | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 2:22.69 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Satomi Suzuki | 2:23.22 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Micah Lawrence | 2:24.50 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Anastasia Chaun | 2:25.39 |
| 6 | SWESweden | Joline Höstman | 2:25.44 |
| 7 | CHNChina | Ji Liping | 2:25.76 |
| 7 | KORSouth Korea | Back Suyeon | 2:25.76 |
| 9 | RSASouth Africa | Suzaan Van Biljon | 2:25.94 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Sally Foster | 2:26.04 |
| 11 | MARMorocco | Sara El Bekri | 2:26.05 |
| 12 | JPNJapan | Kanako Watanabe | 2:26.38 |
| 13 | CANCanada | Martha McCabe | 2:26.39 |
| 14 | KORSouth Korea | Jeong Darae | 2:26.83 |
| 14 | RUSRussia | Yulia Efimova | 2:26.83 |
| 16 | AUSAustralia | Tessa Wallace | 2:26.94 |
| 17 | UKRUkraine | Ganna Dzerkal | 2:27.09 |
| 18 | GBRGreat Britain | Stacey Tadd | 2:27.18 |
| 19 | BELBelgium | Fanny Lecluyse | 2:27.30 |
| 20 | ESPSpain | Marina Garcia | 2:27.57 |
| 21 | CANCanada | Tera Van Beilen | 2:27.70 |
| 22 | ITAItaly | Chiara Boggiatto | 2:27.74 |
| 23 | NORNorway | Sara Nordenstam | 2:27.90 |
| 24 | CHNChina | Sun Ye | 2:27.94 |
| 25 | SRBSerbia Republic | Nadja Higl | 2:28.38 |
| 26 | CZECzechia | Martina Moravcikova | 2:28.54 |
| 27 | JAMJamaica | Alia Atkinson | 2:28.77 |
| 28 | ISLIceland | Hilda Lúthersdóttir | 2:29.60 |
| 29 | HUNHungary | Anna Sztankovics | 2:29.67 |
| 30 | TURTürkiye | Buse Gunaydin | 2:30.64 |
| 31 | TUNTunisia | Sarra Lajnef | 2:31.15 |
| 32 | FINFinland | Jenna Laukkanen | 2:31.23 |
| 33 | SLOSlovenia | Tanja Smid | 2:32.19 |
| 34 | KGZKyrgyzstan | Daria Talanova | 2:38.01 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Rebecca Soni | 2:19.59 OR/WR |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Satomi Suzuki | 2:20.72 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Yulia Efimova | 2:20.92 |
| 4 | DENDenmark | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 2:21.65 |
| 5 | CANCanada | Martha McCabe | 2:23.16 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Micah Lawrence | 2:23.27 |
| 7 | RSASouth Africa | Suzaan Van Biljon | 2:23.72 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Sally Foster | 2:26.00 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Rebecca Soni | 2:20.00 OR/WR |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Satomi Suzuki | 2:22.40 |
| 3 | RSASouth Africa | Suzaan Van Biljon | 2:23.21 |
| 4 | CANCanada | Martha McCabe | 2:24.09 |
| 5 | MARMorocco | Sara El Bekri | 2:25.86 |
| 6 | RUSRussia | Anastasia Chaun | 2:26.08 |
| 7 | CHNChina | Ji Liping | 2:27.26 |
| 8 | KORSouth Korea | Jeong Darae | 2:28.74 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | DENDenmark | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 2:22.23 |
| 2 | RUSRussia | Yulia Efimova | 2:23.02 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Micah Lawrence | 2:23.39 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Sally Foster | 2:24.46 |
| 5 | KORSouth Korea | Back Suyeon | 2:24.67 |
| 6 | SWESweden | Joline Höstman | 2:24.77 |
| 7 | JPNJapan | Kanako Watanabe | 2:27.32 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Tessa Wallace | 2:27.38 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Rebecca Soni | 2:20.00 OR/WR |
| 2 | DENDenmark | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 2:22.23 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Satomi Suzuki | 2:22.40 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Yulia Efimova | 2:23.02 |
| 5 | RSASouth Africa | Suzaan Van Biljon | 2:23.21 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Micah Lawrence | 2:23.39 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Martha McCabe | 2:24.09 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Sally Foster | 2:24.46 |
| 9 | KORSouth Korea | Back Suyeon | 2:24.67 |
| 10 | SWESweden | Joline Höstman | 2:24.77 |
| 11 | MARMorocco | Sara El Bekri | 2:25.86 |
| 12 | RUSRussia | Anastasia Chaun | 2:26.08 |
| 13 | CHNChina | Ji Liping | 2:27.26 |
| 14 | JPNJapan | Kanako Watanabe | 2:27.32 |
| 15 | AUSAustralia | Tessa Wallace | 2:27.38 |
| 16 | KORSouth Korea | Jeong Darae | 2:28.74 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Canceled |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Rebecca Soni | 2:21.40 |
| 2 | DENDenmark | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 2:22.69 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Micah Lawrence | 2:24.50 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Anastasia Chaun | 2:25.39 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Tessa Wallace | 2:26.94 |
| 6 | BELBelgium | Fanny Lecluyse | 2:27.30 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Marina Garcia | 2:27.57 |
| 8 | ITAItaly | Chiara Boggiatto | 2:27.74 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | SWESweden | Joline Höstman | 2:25.44 |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Kanako Watanabe | 2:26.38 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Martha McCabe | 2:26.39 |
| 4 | KORSouth Korea | Jeong Darae | 2:26.83 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Yulia Efimova | 2:26.83 |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Stacey Tadd | 2:27.18 |
| 7 | CHNChina | Sun Ye | 2:27.94 |
| 8 | SRBSerbia Republic | Nadja Higl | 2:28.38 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | JPNJapan | Satomi Suzuki | 2:23.22 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Ji Liping | 2:25.76 |
| 2 | KORSouth Korea | Back Suyeon | 2:25.76 |
| 4 | RSASouth Africa | Suzaan Van Biljon | 2:25.94 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Sally Foster | 2:26.04 |
| 6 | MARMorocco | Sara El Bekri | 2:26.05 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Tera Van Beilen | 2:27.70 |
| 8 | NORNorway | Sara Nordenstam | 2:27.90 |
| Women's 200m Breaststroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | UKRUkraine | Ganna Dzerkal | 2:27.09 |
| 2 | CZECzechia | Martina Moravcikova | 2:28.54 |
| 3 | ISLIceland | Hilda Lúthersdóttir | 2:29.60 |
| 4 | TURTürkiye | Buse Gunaydin | 2:30.64 |
| 5 | TUNTunisia | Sarra Lajnef | 2:31.15 |
| 6 | FINFinland | Jenna Laukkanen | 2:31.23 |
| 7 | SLOSlovenia | Tanja Smid | 2:32.19 |
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