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

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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
← 1998
2003 →

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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ágnes Kovács  Hungary 2:24.90 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Qi Hui  China 2:25.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.