Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 25 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:07.83 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 2:06.62 | Athens, Greece | 25 August 1991 | |
Olympic record | 2:07.06 | Barcelona, Spain | 31 July 1992 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 2 | Mai Nakamura | 2:13.40 | ||
10 | 4 | Beth Botsford | 2:13.48 | ||
11 | 6 | Chen Yan | 2:14.37 | ||
12 | 7 | Joanne Deakins | 2:14.50 | ||
13 | 5 | Lee Chang-ha | 2:14.55 | ||
14 | 1 | Cătãlina Cășaru | 2:15.15 | ||
15 | 3 | Hélène Ricardo | 2:16.29 | ||
16 | 8 | Marianne Kriel | 2:18.41 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | 2:07.83 | |||
5 | Whitney Hedgepeth | 2:11.98 | |||
7 | Cathleen Rund | 2:12.06 | |||
4 | 3 | Anke Scholz | 2:12.90 | ||
5 | 6 | Miki Nakao | 2:13.57 | ||
6 | 8 | Anna Simcic | 2:14.04 | ||
7 | 1 | Lorenza Vigarani | 2:14.56 | ||
8 | 2 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | 2:14.59 |
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References
- "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 43. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 43. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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