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

With reference to the following table labelled Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke — section "Final", write a short sentence answering the following question: What two athletes closed out the field and what were their times? Provide just your answer in a JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Japan's Masami Tanaka (2:26.98) and Luo Xuejuan (2:27.33) closed out the field.