Choi Hye-ra

[3][4] She also won a silver medal in the same medley distance at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, with a time of 2:14.17.

[6] On the first night of the preliminaries, she challenged five other swimmers in heat two, including Cyprus' Natallia Hadjiloizou (previously competed for Belarus).

[8] In her third and final event, 200 m butterfly, she rounded out a top seeded heat with a last-place finish by nearly a second behind Brazil's Joanna Melo in 2:11.42.

[10][11] In the 200 m individual medley, she finished heat four in sixth place by 0.19 of a second behind Great Britain's Sophie Allen, lowering her Olympic time to 2:14.91.

[12] Unlike her previous Olympics, she registered a tenth-fastest time of 2:08.45 in the 200 m butterfly to secure her spot for the semifinals on the morning's preliminary heats.