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

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	31 July 2024 (Heats and Semis) 1 August 2004 (Final)
Competitors	19 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:03.03 OR
Medalists
Summer McIntosh  Canada Regan Smith  United States Zhang Yufei  China
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Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 m	men		women
100 m	men		women
200 m	men		women
400 m	men		women
800 m	men		women
1500 m	men		women
Backstroke
100 m	men		women
200 m	men		women
Breaststroke
100 m	men		women
200 m	men		women
Butterfly
100 m	men		women
200 m	men		women
Individual medley
200 m	men		women
400 m	men		women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men		women
4 × 200 m	men		women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	mixed	women
Marathon
10 km	men		women
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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Liu Zige (CHN)	2:01.81	Jinan, China	21 October 2009	[1][2]
Olympic record	Zhang Yufei (CHN)	2:03.86	Tokyo, Japan	29 July 2021

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
1 August	Final	Summer McIntosh	Canada	2:03.03	OR

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).^[3][4]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.^[3]

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.^[5]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Zhang Yufei	China	2:06.55	Q
2	2	4	Regan Smith	United States	2:06.99	Q
3	3	3	Abbey Connor	Australia	2:07.13	Q
4	2	6	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Denmark	2:07.34	Q
5	2	5	Alex Shackell	United States	2:07.49	Q
6	3	4	Summer McIntosh	Canada	2:07.70	Q
7	1	6	Keanna Macinnes	Great Britain	2:08.46	Q
8	1	4	Elizabeth Dekkers	Australia	2:08.97	Q
9	2	3	Airi Mitsui	Japan	2:09.12	Q
10	2	2	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	2:09.28	Q
11	3	6	Chen Luying	China	2:09.31	Q
12	1	5	Lana Pudar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2:09.32	Q
13	3	7	Georgia Damasioti	Greece	2:09.55	Q
14	1	3	Laura Stephens	Great Britain	2:10.46	Q
15	3	2	Hiroko Makino	Japan	2:10.79	Q
16	1	2	Laura Cabanes	Spain	2:10.82	Q
17	2	7	Anja Crevar	Serbia	2:18.46
18	1	7	Alondra Ortiz	Costa Rica	2:18.56
19	3	1	Lia Lima	Angola	2:22.19

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	3	Summer McIntosh	Canada	2:04.87	Q
2	1	4	Regan Smith	United States	2:05.39	Q
3	2	4	Zhang Yufei	China	2:06.09	Q
4	1	6	Elizabeth Dekkers	Australia	2:06.17	Q
5	2	3	Alex Shackell	United States	2:06.46	Q
6	1	5	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Denmark	2:06.65	Q, NR
7	2	5	Abbey Connor	Australia	2:07.10	Q
8	1	1	Laura Stephens	Great Britain	2:07.53	Q
9	2	6	Keanna Macinnes	Great Britain	2:08.04
10	2	7	Chen Luying	China	2:08.07
11	2	2	Airi Mitsui	Japan	2:08.71
12	1	7	Lana Pudar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2:08.74
13	2	8	Hiroko Makino	Japan	2:09.16
14	1	2	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	2:09.23
15	2	1	Georgia Damasioti	Greece	2:10.25
16	1	8	Laura Cabanes	Spain	2:10.60

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Summer McIntosh	Canada	2:03.03	OR, WJ, AM
	5	Regan Smith	United States	2:03.84	NR
	3	Zhang Yufei	China	2:05.09
4	6	Elizabeth Dekkers	Australia	2:07.11
4	7	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Denmark	2:07.11
6	2	Alex Shackell	United States	2:07.73
7	1	Abbey Connor	Australia	2:08.15
8	8	Laura Stephens	Great Britain	2:08.82

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