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

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

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

4	Rebecca Soni	United States	2:20.22	WR

5	Leisel Jones	Australia	2:22.05

6	Sara Nordenstam	Norway	2:23.02	EU

4	3	Mirna Jukić	Austria	2:23.24	NR

5	7	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	2:23.76	NR

6	2	Annamay Pierse	Canada	2:23.77	NR

7	1	Rie Kaneto	Japan	2:25.14

8	8	Megumi Taneda	Japan	2:25.23

Sentence(s)

Austria's Mirna Jukić finished outside the medals in fourth place at 2:23.24, while Russia's Yuliya Yefimova set a national record of 2:23.76 to hold off Canada's Annamay Pierse (2:23.77) for a fifth spot by a hundredth of a second (0.01).

final_sentence: Austria's Mirna Jukić finished outside the medals in fourth place at 2:23.24, while Russia's Yuliya Yefimova set a national record of 2:23.76 to hold off Canada's Annamay Pierse (2:23.77) for a fifth spot by a hundredth of a second (0.01).