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Women's swimming has always been a popular part
of the Olympics. The event has seen great women athletes like Jodie
Henry, Janet Evans, Brooke Bennett, Inge de Bruijn, Natalie
Coughlin, Yana Klochkova, Krisztina Egerszegi, Amanda Beard and
Misty Hyman.
Swimming Records in Olympics - Women
- Heike Friedrich of East Germany holds the record of women's
200 meter freestyle swimming event. In the 1988 Seoul Summer
Games, he made the record timing of 1:57.65 seconds.
- Janet Evans of USA had the timing of 4:03.85 seconds in
women's 400 meter freestyle swimming event. The event was 1988
Seoul Olympics.
- Inge De Bruijn of Netherlands holds the Olympic record in
women's 50 meter freestyle and 100 meter butterfly swimming
events. Her timing was 24.13 seconds and 56.61 seconds in both
the events respectively and the records were made in the 2000
Sydney Olympics.
- Jodie Henry of Australia holds the Olympic record in women's
100 meter freestyle swimming event. In the 2004 Athens Summer
Games, she made the record timing of 53.52 seconds.
- Brooke Bennett of USA holds the Olympic record in women's 800
meter freestyle swimming event. Her timing was 8:19.67 seconds
and the event was the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
- Natalie Coughlin of USA holds the record of women's 100 meter
backstroke swimming event. With a record timing of 59.68
seconds, it was made in the 2004 Athens Summer Games.
- Krisztina Egerszegi of Hungary finished women's 200 meter
backstroke swimming event in record 2:07.06 seconds. The event
was 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.
- Xuejuan Luo of China holds the Olympic record in women's 100
meter breaststroke swimming event. With the timing of 1:06.64
seconds, the record was made in the 2000 Sydney Summer Games.
- Amanda Beard of USA finished the women's 200 meter
breaststroke swimming event with the record timing of 2:23.37
seconds. The event was the 2004 Athens Summer Games.
- Misty Hyman of USA completed the women's 200 meter butterfly
swimming event with the record timing of 2:05.88 seconds. The
achievement was in the 2000 Sydney Summer Games.
- An Australian team comprising Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton,
Petria Thomas and Jodie Henry holds the Olympic record in
women's 4X100 meter freestyle relay swimming event. The record
was made in the 2004 Athens Summer Games with a timing of
3:35.94 seconds.
- An Australian team of Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria
Thomas and Jodie Henry holds the Olympic record in women's 4X
100 meter medley relay swimming event. The record was made in
the 2004 Athens Summer Games with a timing of 3:57.32 seconds.
- A USA team of Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, dana Vollmer and
Kaitlin Sandeno holds the Olympic record in women's 4X200 meter
freestyle relay swimming event. The event was 2004 Athens Summer
Games and the timing was 7:53.42 seconds.
- Yana Klochkova of Ukraine holds the twin records in women's
200 meter and 400 meter individual medley swimming events. Both
the records were made in the 2000 Sydney Summer Games. In the
200 meter individual medley and 400 meter individual medley,
Yana's timing was of 2:10.68 seconds and 4:33.59 seconds
respectively.
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