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Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
VenuePalau Sant Jordi
DateAugust 1, 2013 (heats &
semifinals)
August 2, 2013 (final)
Competitors37 from 31 nations
Winning time2:19.41
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Denmark
bronze medal    United States
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Barcelona Palau San Jordi

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 1–2 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record  Rebecca Soni (USA) 2:19.59 London, Great Britain 2 August 2012 [3][4]
Competition record  Annamay Pierse (CAN) 2:20.12 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009 [5]

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
1 August Semifinal 1 Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:19.11 WR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10:37.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Micah Lawrence  United States 2:21.74 Q
2 4 4 Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:22.20 Q
3 2 4 Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 2:23.13 Q
4 4 5 Rie Kaneto  Japan 2:23.91 Q
5 2 6 Marina García  Spain 2:24.21 Q
6 3 6 Viktoriya Solnceva  Ukraine 2:24.65 Q, NR
7 3 2 Shi Jinglin  China 2:25.73 Q
8 3 5 Martha McCabe  Canada 2:25.91 Q
9 3 7 Jessica Vall  Spain 2:26.62 Q
10 4 3 Breeja Larson  United States 2:26.90 Q
11 3 4 Satomi Suzuki  Japan 2:27.31 Q
12 3 3 Sally Foster  Australia 2:27.41 Q
13 2 7 Back Su-Yeon  South Korea 2:27.47 Q
14 2 3 Yang Ji-Won  South Korea 2:27.78 Q
15 3 8 Jenna Laukkanen  Finland 2:28.04 Q, NR
16 4 7 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir  Iceland 2:28.12 Q
17 4 8 Hannah Miley  Great Britain 2:28.15
18 4 1 Martina Moravčíková  Czech Republic 2:28.35 NR
19 4 6 Joline Hostman  Sweden 2:28.41
20 2 8 Fiona Doyle  Ireland 2:30.49 NR
21 4 2 Tera van Beilen  Canada 2:31.34
22 2 1 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 2:31.49
23 1 5 Siow Yi Ting  Malaysia 2:31.99
24 1 4 Samantha Yeo  Singapore 2:32.55
25 2 9 Esther González  Mexico 2:32.82
26 4 9 Julia Sebastián  Argentina 2:32.88
27 3 9 Alona Ribakova  Latvia 2:33.07
28 1 6 Maria Romanjuk  Estonia 2:33.48 NR
29 2 0 Raminta Dvariškytė  Lithuania 2:33.84
30 2 2 Hanna Dzerkal  Ukraine 2:34.06
31 1 3 Tara-Lynn Nicholas  South Africa 2:34.41
32 4 0 Ioana Alexandra Popa  Romania 2:34.66
33 1 2 Daniela Lindemeier  Namibia 2:37.47 NR
34 1 7 Irene Chrysostomou  Cyprus 2:39.65
35 1 8 Barbara Vali-Skelton  Papua New Guinea 2:47.99
36 1 0 Anum Bandey  Pakistan 2:55.65 NR
3 0 Lisa Zaiser  Austria DSQ
1 1 Ngô Thị Ngọc Quỳnh  Vietnam DNS
3 1 Caroline Ruhnau  Germany DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held at 18:20.[7]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:19.11 Q, WR
2 5 Rie Kaneto  Japan 2:23.28 Q
3 7 Sally Foster  Australia 2:24.14 Q
4 3 Viktoriya Solnceva  Ukraine 2:24.19 Q, NR
5 6 Martha McCabe  Canada 2:24.68 Q
6 2 Breeja Larson  United States 2:26.22
7 1 Yang Ji-Won  South Korea 2:27.67
8 8 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir  Iceland 2:29.30

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 2:19.85 Q, NR
2 3 Marina García  Spain 2:22.88 Q, NR
3 4 Micah Lawrence  United States 2:23.23 Q
4 6 Shi Jinglin  China 2:25.52
5 1 Back Su-Yeon  South Korea 2:25.61
6 7 Satomi Suzuki  Japan 2:25.77
7 2 Jessica Vall  Spain 2:27.00
8 8 Jenna Laukkanen  Finland 2:29.86

Final

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The final was held at 18:55.[8]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 2:19.41 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:20.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Micah Lawrence  United States 2:22.37
4 2 Rie Kaneto  Japan 2:22.96
5 1 Viktoriya Solnceva  Ukraine 2:23.01 NR
6 3 Marina García  Spain 2:23.55
7 7 Sally Foster  Australia 2:24.01
8 8 Martha McCabe  Canada 2:25.21

References

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  1. ^ "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Auerbach, Nicole (2 August 2012). "Rebecca Soni sets world record in winning gold". USA Today. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Rebecca Soni breaks 200 breast world record again, wins gold". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 3 August 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Pierse sets world breaststroke record". CBC Sports. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  6. ^ Heats Results
  7. ^ Semifinal Results
  8. ^ Final Results
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