Rebecca Soni Breaks World Record - 200m Breaststroke | London 2012 Olympics

Rebecca Soni (USA) sets a new world record as she wins the gold medal for the women's 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:19.59 at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Japan's Satomi Suzuki won the silver medal with Russia's Iuliia Efimova winning the bronze.

Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Full Replay from the Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 2 August 2012

Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.

In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.

Women's swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men's and women's programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.

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[azanagee-karim]

me: my time is not THAT far from this
also me: realizes that she's swimming meters
my self confidence:📉

[Jo-hozl]

Breaststroke being my worst stroke of all 4, my coach asked me to watch videos of olympics breastroke so I can look at perfect form and what-not. I'm glad he asked me to do that, coz I'm so fascinated by the raw power the swimmers are able to put onto the water to push themselves forward

[theonlineclanaj]

*who else is just watching their strokes to be better swimmers?*
cause I am Rebecca has such a beautiful breaststroke!

[elisha]

Welp, highschool swim team is... A little slower.

[nyoom]

omg 200m i think i would die choking in the pool

[Ineddiblehulk]

Great swim by Suzuki! Love seeing athletes that just take every opportunity and get the best out of themselves when it really counts. 

[rezmy]

So sad she retired... Would really have loved to see her in Rio to defend the title.

[Forevvahipsta]

Breaststroke is my worse stroke I have respect for all these woman cause it is not easy.

[chesteramkhamavong]

I love watching them because it helps me realize I shouldn't give up now bc I can be like that if I work for it

[FORBAN]

This Rebecca Soni girl has a style that has never been  seen before. .She is amazing ..

[josephinephillips]

I'm a breaststroker and Rebecca Soni is one of my inspirations😊🏊‍♀️ Her technique is amazing😍 I was so happy for her while watching this I actually jumped off of the couch and screamed😂

[thedominashion]

I love how my 50 breaststroke time is like almost a minute. 🤣


It is definitely my worst stroke

[kfk]

A 50 meters lap under 32 seconds? How the heck they do that? It took me 1 minute and 3 seconds.

[IceeMan]

I really like this girl, so kind .... she will be performing at the Olympics in 2016? please reply)

[georgepronto]

Soni was a Killer in the pool... She came out of nowhere and killed Liesel Jones in 2008.... then killed the world record and the 2:20 mark.... When she focused and got her rhythm and tempo going there was no stopping her...A great swimmer and great sportsman... what a credit to the USA and to all of swimming she was...

[itsmeganklinger]

Yay Rebecca Soni! I am so sad that she retired, she's my role model! (\O.O/)

[yijuntey]

10 years later and i still find myself coming back to this race every now and then

[aniv]

I can't wait to see the 2016 olympics

[mohamedbenmehressi]

Tatjana Schoenmaker just breaks this world record in Tokyo 2020.

[connorlittle]

"2:10 won't be broken for a while"