Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record

August 11	Heat 4	Pang Jiaying	China	1:57.37	OR

August 11	Heat 5	Sara Isakovič	Slovenia	1:55.86	OR

August 11	Heat 6	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1:55.45	WR, OR

August 13	Final	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1:54.82	WR, OR

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Italy's Federica Pellegrini broke a new world record of 1:54.82 and claimed a gold medal in the Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle.

final_sentence: Italy's Federica Pellegrini broke a new world record of 1:54.82 and claimed a gold medal in the Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle.