Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The women’s 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 1–2 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London United Kingdom.U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni cleared a 2:20-barrier in a remarkable world record to defend her Olympic title for the first time in the event’s history. Dominating the race from the start she threw down a stunning time of 2:19.59 to open up a full-body length gap over the rest of the field on the final stretch.