Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Na dem hold de women's 200 metre freestyle event for de 2024 Summer Olympics from 28 den 29 July 2024 for de Paris Aquatics Centre."Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Schedule". Paris 2024. Dis go be de fifteenth running of de event since de first insyd 1968. 

 Records 
Prior to dis competition, na de existing world den Olympic records be as follows:
World recordAriarne Titmus (AUS)1:52.23Brisbane, Australia12 June 2024Olympic recordAriarne Titmus (AUS)1:53.50Tokyo, Japan28 July 2021
Na dem establish de record wey dey follow during de competition:
DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord29 JulyFinalMollie O'Callaghan Australia1:53.27OR

 Qualification 
National Olympic Committee (NOC) fi enter maximum of two qualified athletes insyd each individual event, buh only if both of dem attain de Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event fi potentially enter if dem meet de Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), anaa if de total quota of 852 athletes no be targeted. NOCs sanso fi permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under Universality place since dem get no swimmers wey dey attain either of de standard entry times (OQT/OCT)."Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

Dey follow de end of de qualification window, World Aquatics go assess de number of swimmers wey achieve de OQT, de number of relay-only swimmers, den de number of Universality places, before dem invite those plus OCT make dem fulfill de total quota of 852. Additionally, dem go distribute OCT places by event according to de position of de World Aquatics Rankings during de qualifying deadline.

 Time standards 
Dem for obtain de qualifying time standards for de 2023 den 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships den selection trials, den various international meets dem approve by World Aquatics insyd de period between 1 March 2023 den 23 June 2024."Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.

De table wey dey follow dey outline de qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for dis event:
Women's eventsEventOQT*OCT^200 m freestyle1:57.261:57.85
* OQTs dey correspond to de time dem achieve by fourteenth-place swimmer for ein respective preliminary heat of each event for de previous Games.

ª Secof de fourteenth-place swimmer achieve standard slower dan de OQT insyd Tokyo 2020, de OQT dem use for de previous Games go remain constant.

^ Dem dey derive OCTs by adding 0.5% of de OQT standard.

 Competition format 
De competition dey consist of three rounds: heats, semifinals, den final. De swimmers plus de best 16 times insyd de heats advance go de semifinals. De swimmers plus de best 8 times insyd de semifinals advance go de final. Dem dey use swim-offs as necessary make dem break ties for advancement to de next round.

 Schedule 
DateTimeRound28 July 202412:00Heats21:50Semifinals29 July 202421:53Final

 Results 

 Heats 
31 swimmers, wey dey represent 27 nations, enter de event.
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes134Mollie O'CallaghanAustralia1:55.79Q243Mary-Sophie HarveyCanada1:56.21Q344Ariarne TitmusAustralia1:56.23Q423Li BingjieChina1:56.28Q524Siobhán HaugheyHong Kong1:56.38Q625Claire WeinsteinUnited States1:56.48Q733Erika FairweatherNew Zealand1:56.54Q826Maria Fernanda CostaBrazil1:56.65Q945Yang JunxuanChina1:56.83Q1035Barbora SeemanováCzech Republic1:57.02Q1146Erin GemmellUnited States1:57.23Q1232Valentine DumontBelgium1:57.50Q1322Lilla Minna ÁbrahámHungary1:57.77Q1442Aimee CannySouth Africa1:57.81Q1537Snæfríður JórunnardóttirIceland1:58.32Q1641Rebecca DiaconescuRomania1:59.29Q1747Julia MrozinskiGermany1:59.871821Enkhkhuslen BatbayarMongolia1:59.941927Lea PolonskyIsrael2:00.382031María YegresVenezuela2:00.662148Andrea BecaliCuba2:03.382238Julimar ÁvilaHonduras2:04.882314Dhinidhi DesinghuIndia2:06.962428Lojine Abdalla SalahEgypt2:07.192515Ariana Southa DirkzwagerLaos2:07.222613Jehanara NabiPakistan2:10.692716Kaltra MecaAlbania2:12.212817Maha AlshehhiUnited Arab Emirates2:17.172911Mashael Meshari A AlayedSaudi Arabia2:19.613012Duana LamaNepal2:20.7436Nikolett PádárHungaryDSQ
"Women's 200m Freestyle - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024."Women's 200m Freestyle - Heats results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

 Semifinals 
De swimmers plus de best 8 times, regardless of heat, advance go de final.
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes125Ariarne TitmusAustralia1:54.64Q224Mollie O'CallaghanAustralia1:54.70Q313Claire WeinsteinUnited States1:55.24Q423Siobhán HaugheyHong Kong1:55.51Q522Yang JunxuanChina1:55.90Q612Barbora SeemanováCzech Republic1:56.06Q726Erika FairweatherNew Zealand1:56.31Q814Mary-Sophie HarveyCanada1:56.37Q927Erin GemmellUnited States1:56.461015Li BingjieChina1:56.561116Maria Fernanda CostaBrazil1:56.891211Aimee CannySouth Africa1:57.341317Valentine DumontBelgium1:57.501421Lilla Minna ÁbrahámHungary1:57.781528Snæfríður JórunnardóttirIceland1:58.781618Rebecca DiaconescuRomania1:59.58
"Women's 200m Freestyle - Semifinals results" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024."Women's 200m Freestyle - Semifinals results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

 Final 
RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes5Mollie O'CallaghanAustralia1:53.27OR4Ariarne TitmusAustralia1:53.816Siobhán HaugheyHong Kong1:54.5548Mary-Sophie HarveyCanada1:55.2952Yang JunxuanChina1:55.3867Barbora SeemanováCzech Republic1:55.4771Erika FairweatherNew Zealand1:55.5983Claire WeinsteinUnited States1:56.60
"Women's 200m Freestyle - Finals results" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

 References 

Olympic champions insyd women's 200 m freestyle 1968:  Debbie Meyer (USA)
 1972:  Shane Gould (AUS)
 1976:  Kornelia Ender (GDR)
 1980:  Barbara Krause (GDR)
 1984:  Mary Wayte (USA)
 1988:  Heike Friedrich (GDR)
 1992:  Nicole Haislett (USA)
 1996:  Claudia Poll (CRC)
 2000:  Susie O'Neill (AUS)
 2004:  Camelia Potec (ROU)
 2008:  Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
 2012:  Allison Schmitt (USA)
 2016:  Katie Ledecky (USA)
 2020:  Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
 2024:  Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS)
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