Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Final

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

4	Ágnes Kovács	Hungary	2:24.35

6	Kristy Kowal	United States	2:24.56	AM

8	Amanda Beard	United States	2:25.35

4	5	Qi Hui	China	2:25.36

5	3	Olga Bakaldina	Russia	2:25.47

6	2	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	2:25.72

7	1	Masami Tanaka	Japan	2:26.98

8	7	Luo Xuejuan	China	2:27.33

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Kowal took the silver with an American record of 2:24.56.

final_sentence: Kowal took the silver with an American record of 2:24.56.