By Stephen J. Thomas
ATHENS, Greece August 17. WORLD record-holder and world champion, 20-year-old Pole Otylia Jedrzejczak, looked very comfortable when she cruised through the heat of her signature event this morning in the only time under 2:10.
Temperatures were cooler than in recent days but swimmers still had to contend with a 14km per hour ‘breeze’ blowing from the north. The rowing events were postponed yesterday and swimmers quickly realized they needed to watch the lane ropes as they navigated the pool.
Next through out of only four heats was Japan's World Championships bronze medalist Yuko Nakanishi (2:10.04) and World Champs silver medalist Eva Risztov from Hungary (2:10.49).
The USA's Kaitlin Sandeno, a dual Olympic medalist thus far and a finalist in Sydney in this event, qualified easily in 2:10.50. Her teammate Dana Kirk had it a little tougher, but came through in 12th place (2:11.96).
World number one Petria Thomas, the two-lap gold medalist, swam a well-paced 2:10.87 with Aussie teammate Felicity Galvez also through in 2:11.17.
Brit Georgina Lee posted a solid time 2:11.17.
These are the swimmers most likely to make it through the semis tonight.
Women 200m Butterfly Heats
Record Splits Name NOC Location Date
WR 2:05.78 28.79 1:00.79 1:33.14 JEDRZEJCZAK Otylia POL Berlin (GER) 04 AUG 2002
OR 2:05.88 28.38 59.91 1:32.44 HYMAN Misty USA Sydney (AUS) 20 SEP 2000
Event No: 17
Rank Heat Lane Name NOC R.T. 50m 100m 150m Time Time
Behind
1 4 4 JEDRZEJCZAK Otylia POL 0.85 29.25 1:02.20
32.95 1:36.03
33.83 2:09.64
33.61
2 4 5 NAKANISHI Yuko JPN 0.81 29.50 1:02.39
32.89 1:36.31
33.92 2:10.04
33.73 0.40
3 2 4 RISZTOV Eva HUN 0.91 29.80 1:02.48
32.68 1:36.37
33.89 2:10.49
34.12 0.85
4 4 3 SANDENO Kaitlin USA 0.79 30.00 1:02.95
32.95 1:36.89
33.94 2:10.50
33.61 0.86
5 3 4 THOMAS Petria AUS 0.76 29.35 1:02.47
33.12 1:36.59
34.12 2:10.87
34.28 1.23
6 2 3 LEE Georgina GBR 0.78 29.44 1:02.30
32.86 1:36.37
34.07 2:10.99
34.62 1.35
7 3 5 GALVEZ Felicity AUS 0.88 29.41 1:02.45
33.04 1:36.51
34.06 2:11.17
34.66 1.53
8 4 2 OSADA Yukiko JPN 0.83 29.92 1:03.18
33.26 1:37.10
33.92 2:11.20
34.10 1.56
9 3 6 SEGAT Francesca ITA 0.85 30.12 1:03.36
33.24 1:37.11
33.75 2:11.40
34.29 1.76
10 4 1 PELAEZ Maria ESP 0.91 30.10 1:03.12
33.02 1:36.84
33.72 2:11.66
34.82 2.02
11 3 1 LI Jie CHN 0.91 30.17 1:03.75
33.58 1:37.65
33.90 2:11.77
34.12 2.13
12 2 5 KIRK Dana USA 0.74 29.93 1:02.92
32.99 1:37.14
34.22 2:11.96
34.82 2.32
13 4 6 JACOBSEN Mette DEN 0.88 29.78 1:02.87
33.09 1:37.32
34.45 2:11.99
34.67 2.35
14 2 6 MEHLHORN Annika GER 0.82 29.46 1:02.52
33.06 1:36.84
34.32 2:12.25
35.41 2.61
15 3 7 MONGEL Aurore FRA 0.82 29.62 1:03.13
33.51 1:37.47
34.34 2:12.26
34.79 2.62
16 3 3 CAVALLINO Paola ITA 0.86 30.39 1:03.90
33.51 1:38.21
34.31 2:12.34
34.13 2.70
17 2 7 BOULSEVICZ Beatrix HUN 0.79 29.85 1:03.28
33.43 1:37.77
34.49 2:12.54
34.77 2.90
18 1 5 BULAKHOVA Maria RUS 0.88 29.21 1:02.67
33.46 1:37.52
34.85 2:12.99
35.47 3.35
19 3 2 VIVES Roser ESP 0.95 30.50 1:04.21
33.71 1:38.48
34.27 2:13.02
34.54 3.38
20 2 8 FELGUEIRAS Raquel POR 0.93 29.68 1:03.24
33.56 1:37.66
34.42 2:13.08
35.42 3.44
21 4 8 BARDACH Georgina ARG 0.88 30.83 1:04.95
34.12 1:39.45
34.50 2:13.68
34.23 4.04
22 4 7 ANGELOPOULOU Vasiliki GRE 0.77 30.28 1:03.88
33.60 1:38.68
34.80 2:13.88
35.20 4.24
23 2 2 ZAHRL Petra AUT 0.83 30.04 1:03.71
33.67 1:38.22
34.51 2:13.92
35.70 4.28
24 2 1 KWON You-Ri KOR 0.91 30.25 1:04.03
33.78 1:38.70
34.67 2:14.30
35.60 4.66
25 1 3 CHENG Wan Jung TPE 0.83 29.92 1:03.65
33.73 1:39.25
35.60 2:16.25
37.00 6.61
26 3 8 STOJANOVSKA Vesna MKD 0.80 30.82 1:05.29
34.47 1:40.33
35.04 2:16.51
36.18 6.87
27 1 2 SAMORODINA Natalya UKR 0.85 30.22 1:04.31
34.09 1:40.37
36.06 2:17.15
36.78 7.51
28 1 4 KLINAR Anja SLO 0.85 30.47 1:04.67
34.20 1:41.07
36.40 2:18.15
37.08 8.51
29 1 6 CHAN Wing Suet HKG 0.84 30.90 1:05.03
34.13 1:41.06
36.03 2:18.45
37.39 8.81
30 1 1 ROFFEY Heather CAY 0.82 31.74 1:06.26
34.52 1:42.35
36.09 2:19.34
36.99 9.70
31 1 7 GONENC Gulsah TUR 0.81 31.26 1:05.84
34.58 1:42.29
36.45 2:20.17
37.88 10.53
32 1 8 BOUVRON Christel SIN 0.92 32.35 1:09.06
36.71 1:47.01
37.95 2:26.21
39.20 16.57