Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Paris La Défense Arena after it was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events
VenueParis La Défense Arena
Dates28 July 2024
(Heats and Semis)
29 July 2024
(Final)
Competitors31 from 27 nations
Winning time1:53.27 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ariarne Titmus  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong
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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 and 29 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events.[1] Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool.

Australia's defending Olympic champion and world record holder Ariarne Titmus and fellow Australian Mollie O'Callaghan were the favourites for the event. Other contenders included Hong Kong's Siobhán Haughey and China's Yang Junxuan. All four progressed through the heats and semifinals to the final.

In the final, Haughey led to the 150 metre mark, but on the final length she was overtaken by Titmus and O'Callaghan. O'Callaghan won with a new Olympic record of 1:53.27, Titmus finished second with 1:53.81 and Haughey finished third with 1:54.55.

Background

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Australia's Ariarne Titmus was the defending Olympic champion in the event, while fellow Australian Mollie O'Callaghan won it at the 2023 World Championships.[2] At the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials, Titmus qualified with a new world record of 1:52.23.[3] In the same race, O'Callaghan finished second with the second fastest qualifying time of 1:52:48, which would also have been a new world record if Titmus hadn't have swum faster.[3][4] Hong Kong's 2024 World Champion Siobhán Haughey had the third fastest qualifying time of 1:53.96, while China's 2022 World Champion Yang Junxuan held the fourth fastest qualifying time of 1:54.37.[5]

SwimSwam predicted Titmus would win and O'Callaghan would take second, while Swimming World predicted it would be the other way around. Both predicted Haughey would take third.[2][6]

Qualification

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Further information: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT).[7] For this event, the OQT was 1:57.26. World Aquatics then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT.[7][4] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 1:57.85 for this event.[7] In total, 16 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, 14 athletes qualified through universality places and one athlete qualified through achieving the OCT.[4]

Top 10 fastest qualification times[4]
Swimmer Country Time Competition
Ariarne Titmus  Australia 01:52:23 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 01:52:48 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong 01:53:96 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Yang Junxuan  China 01:54:37 2024 Chinese Championships
Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 01:55:12 2024 AP Race London International
Claire Weinstein  United States 01:55:26 2023 United States National Championships
Mary-Sophie Harvey  Canada 01:55:44 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials
Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 01:55:45 2024 New Zealand Championships
Li Bingjie  China 01:55:73 2024 Chinese Championships
Erin Gemmell  United States 01:55:97 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Heats

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Four heats (preliminary rounds) took place on 28 July 2024, starting at 12:00.[8][a] The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals.[9] O'Callaghan qualified with the fastest time of 1:55.79, while Titmus, Haughey and Yang also all qualified.[10]

Results[8]
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 3 4 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:55.79 Q
2 4 3 Mary-Sophie Harvey  Canada 1:56.21 Q
3 4 4 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 1:56.23 Q
4 2 3 Li Bingjie  China 1:56.28 Q
5 2 4 Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong 1:56.38 Q
6 2 5 Claire Weinstein  United States 1:56.48 Q
7 3 3 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 1:56.54 Q
8 2 6 Maria Fernanda Costa  Brazil 1:56.65 Q
9 4 5 Yang Junxuan  China 1:56.83 Q
10 3 5 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 1:57.02 Q
11 4 6 Erin Gemmell  United States 1:57.23 Q
12 3 2 Valentine Dumont  Belgium 1:57.50 Q
13 2 2 Lilla Minna Ábrahám  Hungary 1:57.77 Q
14 4 2 Aimee Canny  South Africa 1:57.81 Q
15 3 7 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir  Iceland 1:58.32 Q
16 4 1 Rebecca Diaconescu  Romania 1:59.29 Q
17 4 7 Julia Mrozinski  Germany 1:59.87
18 2 1 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen  Mongolia 1:59.94
19 2 7 Lea Polonsky  Israel 2:00.38
20 3 1 María Yegres  Venezuela 2:00.66
21 4 8 Andrea Becali  Cuba 2:03.38
22 3 8 Julimar Ávila  Honduras 2:04.88
23 1 4 Dhinidhi Desinghu  India 2:06.96
24 2 8 Lojine Abdalla Salah  Egypt 2:07.19
25 1 5 Ariana Southa Dirkzwager  Laos 2:07.22
26 1 3 Jehanara Nabi  Pakistan 2:10.69
27 1 6 Kaltra Meca  Albania 2:12.21
28 1 7 Maha Al-Shehhi  United Arab Emirates 2:17.17
29 1 1 Mashael Meshari A Alayed  Saudi Arabia 2:19.61
30 1 2 Duana Lama  Nepal 2:20.74
3 6 Nikolett Pádár  Hungary DSQ

Semifinals

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Two semifinals took place on 28 July, starting at 21:50.[11] The swimmers with the best eight times in the semifinals advanced to the final.[9] The US' Claire Weinstein won the first semifinal with the third fastest qualifying time of 1:55.24, while Titmus won the second semifinal with the fastest qualifying time of 1:54.64. O'Callaghan, Haughey, Yang, Barbora Seemanová of the Czech Republic, Erika Fairweather of New Zealand and Canada's Mary-Sophie Harvey also qualified.[12]

Results[11]
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 5 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 1:54.64 Q
2 2 4 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:54.70 Q
3 1 3 Claire Weinstein  United States 1:55.24 Q
4 2 3 Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong 1:55.51 Q
5 2 2 Yang Junxuan  China 1:55.90 Q
6 1 2 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 1:56.06 Q
7 2 6 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 1:56.31 Q
8 1 4 Mary-Sophie Harvey  Canada 1:56.37 Q
9 2 7 Erin Gemmell  United States 1:56.46
10 1 5 Li Bingjie  China 1:56.56
11 1 6 Maria Fernanda Costa  Brazil 1:56.89
12 1 1 Aimee Canny  South Africa 1:57.34
13 1 7 Valentine Dumont  Belgium 1:57.50
14 2 1 Lilla Minna Ábrahám  Hungary 1:57.78
15 2 8 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir  Iceland 1:58.78
16 1 8 Rebecca Diaconescu  Romania 1:59.58

Final

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External videos
video icon Women's 200 metre freestyle final

The final took place at 21:53 on 29 July.[13] Haughey led the race up the 150 metre mark, but on the final length she was overtaken by O'Callaghan and Titmus.[14][15] During the underwater of the final length,[16] O'Callaghan also overtook Titmus to win gold with a new Olympic record of 1:53.27.[17][18] Titmus won silver with 1:53.81 and Haughey won bronze with 1:54.55.[14]

Results[13]
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 1:53.27 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 1:53.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong 1:54.55
4 8 Mary-Sophie Harvey  Canada 1:55.29
5 2 Yang Junxuan  China 1:55.38
6 7 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 1:55.47
7 1 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 1:55.59
8 3 Claire Weinstein  United States 1:56.60
Statistics[15]
Name 50 metre split 100 metre split 150 metre split Time Stroke rate (strokes/min)
Mollie O'Callaghan 00:27.01 00:56.07 01:25.29 1:53.27 41.8
Ariarne Titmus 00:27.00 00:55.88 01:25.17 1:53.81 46.9
Siobhán Haughey 00:26.72 00:55.70 01:24.97 1:54.55 45.4
Mary-Sophie Harvey 00:27.49 00:56.64 01:26.05 1:55.29 44.6
Yang Junxuan 00:26.87 00:56.05 01:25.88 1:55.38 46.0
Barbora Seemanová 00:26.88 00:55.97 01:25.73 1:55.47 43.7
Erika Fairweather 00:27.24 00:56.66 01:26.31 1:55.59 45.2
Claire Weinstein 00:27.42 00:56.74 01:26.45 1:56.60 43.7

Further reading

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  • Hodges, Coleman (19 September 2024). "How Mollie O'Callaghan Transitioned from Sprint Backstroker to 200 Free Olympic Champion". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 20 November 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  • Kaufman, Sophie (29 July 2024). "2024 Paris, Oceania Recap: O'Callaghan Goes From Relay Swimmer to Olympic Champ In 3 Years". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  • Michaels, Jake (29 July 2024). "From watching to winning: O'Callaghan tops Titmus in classic 200m final". ESPN. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

Notes

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  1. ^ All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

References

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  2. ^ a b Kaufman, Sophie (14 July 2024). "2024 Olympic Preview: Titmus and O'Callaghan Set For 200 FR Rematch With Olympic Gold At Stake". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b Penland, Spencer (12 June 2024). "Ariarne Titmus Shatters Women's 200 FR World Record with 1:52.23, MOC Swims 1:52.48". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d Entries list - Swimming, World Aquatics, archived from the original on 12 July 2024, retrieved 18 December 2024
  5. ^ Kaufman, Sophie (14 July 2024). "2024 Olympic Preview: Titmus and O'Callaghan Set For 200 FR Rematch With Olympic Gold At Stake". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  6. ^ Rieder, David (22 July 2024). "Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 3: Summer McIntosh, David Popovici to Claim Gold Medals". Swimming World. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
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  8. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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  12. ^ Rosado, Laura (29 July 2024). "2024 Paris Olympics: Day 2 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
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  14. ^ a b Penland, Spencer (29 July 2024). "2024 Paris Olympics: Day 3 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
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  16. ^ Pender, Kieran (30 July 2024). "Mollie O'Callaghan's Olympic dream is one to share with rival inspiring greatness". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 31 December 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  17. ^ Ransom, Ian (29 July 2024). "Swimming-Australia's O'Callaghan foils clubmate Titmus for 200m freestyle gold". Reuters. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  18. ^ Pelshaw, Anya (29 July 2024). "Mollie O'Callaghan Breaks Olympic Record With 1:53.27 200 Freestyle". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 31 December 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.