Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date	15 November 2010
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:05.79 GR
Medalists
gold medal  Jiao Liuyang   File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China silver medal  Natsumi Hoshi   File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan bronze medal  Choi Hye-ra   File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea

Main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre. There were 13 competitors from 9 countries who took part in this event. Two heats were held, the heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the both field qualified for the finals. Jiao Liuyang from China won the gold medal, Natsumi Hoshi from Japan won the silver medal, South Korean swimmer Choi Hye-ra finished with third place.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 15 November 2010	09:57	Heats
	18:57	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Liu Zige (CHN)	2:01.81	Jinan, China	21 October 2009
Asian Record	Liu Zige (CHN)	2:01.81	Jinan, China	21 October 2009
Games Record	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Limin (CHN)	2:06.77	Hiroshima, Japan	8 October 1994

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiao Liuyang (CHN)	2:09.16
2	1	File:Flag of Japan.svg Natsumi Hoshi (JPN)	2:09.94
3	2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jiani (CHN)	2:11.11
4	2	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Choi Hye-ra (KOR)	2:11.40
5	1	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Wan-jung (TPE)	2:13.09
6	1	File:Flag of Japan.svg Yuka Kato (JPN)	2:13.79
7	1	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Park Na-ri (KOR)	2:14.24
8	2	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Patarawadee Kittiya (THA)	2:15.39
9	2	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Erica Totten (PHI)	2:16.54
10	2	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elmira Aigaliyeva (KAZ)	2:17.74
11	2	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Carmen Nam (HKG)	2:18.48
12	1	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jennifer Town (HKG)	2:20.97
13	1	File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Thị Kim Tuyến (VIE)	2:33.61

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiao Liuyang (CHN)	2:05.79	GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of Japan.svg Natsumi Hoshi (JPN)	2:07.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Choi Hye-ra (KOR)	2:08.39
4	File:Flag of Japan.svg Yuka Kato (JPN)	2:09.82
5	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Wan-jung (TPE)	2:11.84
6	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jiani (CHN)	2:11.94
7	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Park Na-ri (KOR)	2:12.42
8	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Patarawadee Kittiya (THA)	2:15.40

References

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links

• Women's 200m Butterfly Heats Official Website
• Women's 200m Butterfly Ev.No.17 Final Official Website