By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
- Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024
- Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024
- La Défense Arena — Paris, France
- LCM (50 meters)
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WOMEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINALS
- World Record: 2:01.81 – Liu Zige, CHN (2009)
- World Junior Record: 2:04.06 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2023)
Olympic Record: 2:03.86 – Zhang Yufei, CHN (2021)- 2021 Winning Time: 2:03.86 – Zhang Yufei, CHN
- 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 2:05.65
Podium
- Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 2:03.03 ***NEW OLYMPIC RECORD***
- Regan Smith (USA) – 2:03.84
- Zhang Yufei (CHN) – 2:05.09
- Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS)/Helena Bach (DEN) – 2:07.11
- Alex Shackell (USA) – 2:07.73
- Abbey Connor (AUS) – 2:08.15
- Laura Stephens (GBR) – 2:08.82
Summer McIntosh swam to an Olympic Record in the women’s 200 butterfly, touching in a 2:03.03. That broke the previous Olympic Record of a 2:03.86 that Zhang Yufei of China swam three years ago in Tokyo. She also broke her own Canadian and World Junior Record of a 2:04.06 that she swam to win the 2023 World Championship title.
Split Comparison
| McIntosh | Zhang | Old Canadian/World Junior Record | |
| 50 | 27.38 | 26.92 | 27.73 |
| 100 | 31.59 | 31.37 | 31.24 |
| 150 | 31.73 | 32.74 | 32.5 |
| 200 | 32.33 | 32.83 | 32.59 |
| 2:03.03 | 2:03.86 | 2:04.06 |
McIntosh was faster today on the 2nd 100, and was notably exactly half a second faster than Zhang was in Tokyo.
McIntosh picked up her 2nd Olympic gold this week, becoming the first ever Canadian woman to do so. She already won the 400 IM and won silver in the 400 freestyle. She also is entered in the 200 IM later this week, where she also stands as a medal contender.
All-Time Top Performers Women’s 200 Fly
- Liu Zige (CHN), 2:01.81 (2009)
- Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2:03.03 (2024)
- Jessicah Schipper (AUS), 2:03.41 (2009)
- Regan Smith (USA), 2:03.84 (2024)
- Zhang Yufei (CHN), 2:03.86 (2021)
Read the full story on SwimSwam: Summer McIntosh Sets New Olympic Record With 2:03.03 200 Butterfly, #2 Performer All-Time