Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
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 | ||||||||||||
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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]
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
[3]
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 |
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.
External links
- Official Report
- USA Swimming