200m freestyle is a sport compete with the time it takes to swim the 200m.
Video, Women's 200m freestyle final is the state of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Regulations commentary seen in 5 minutes
The competition area
- 502 m pool swim round trip.
- 1Is performed in eight human race.
Start
- Take the starting blocks at the whistle.
- Gun after the starting signal will be; "(provided by Take Your Marks) Take Your Marks".
- Until the gun had to be stationary from "Take Your Marks", will be disqualified if moved.
Stroke
- There is no provision how to swim.
- To go to somewhere other than their own lane, to touch the rope course, you can walk or kicking the bottom of the pool is not allowed.
- And after the turn after the start, since the 15m from the wall, you must be out on the water surface is part of the body.
Finish
- 200will finish when you touch the wall of the pool swimming in the m.
The road to gold medal
- Proceed through the semi-finals and finals → → qualifying.
- In qualifying, the top 16 will advance to the semifinals name.
- In the semifinals, the name of the top eight will advance to the finals.
World Record / Japanese record
200m free form
| Record | Name | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
World | 1:42"00 | Paul Bideruman ( | 2009/07/28 |
World | 1:52"98 | Federica Pellegrini ( | 2009/07/29 |
| Japan | 1:45"24 | Sho Uchida | 2009/07/28 |
| Japan | 1:57"37 | On 田春佳 | 2011/04/09 |