Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date25 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors33 from 28 nations
Winning time2:07.83
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Whitney Hedgepeth  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cathleen Rund  Germany
Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 2:06.62 Athens, Greece 25 August 1991
Olympic record  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 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]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 2:09.18 Q
2 4 3 Whitney Hedgepeth  United States 2:11.63 Q
3 4 6 Anke Scholz  Germany 2:12.73 Q
4 4 4 Miki Nakao  Japan 2:12.92 Q
5 3 5 Nina Zhivanevskaya  Russia 2:13.32 Q
6 3 3 Lorenza Vigarani  Italy 2:13.58 Q
5 5 Cathleen Rund  Germany Q
8 5 2 Anna Simcic  New Zealand 2:13.74 Q
9 3 4 Beth Botsford  United States 2:14.16 q
10 3 2 Hélène Ricardo  France 2:14.18 q
3 7 Lee Chang-ha  South Korea q, NR
12 5 6 Chen Yan  China 2:14.74 q
13 5 3 Mai Nakamura  Japan 2:15.05 q
14 5 1 Joanne Deakins  Great Britain 2:15.12 q
15 4 7 Cătălina Cășaru  Romania 2:15.92 q
16 4 2 Marianne Kriel  South Africa 2:15.99 q
17 4 1 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 2:16.68
18 4 5 Nicole Stevenson  Australia 2:16.71
19 3 1 Izabela Burczyk  Poland 2:16.91 NR
20 2 4 Julie Howard  Canada 2:17.25
21 5 8 Kateřina Pivoňková  Czech Republic 2:18.20
22 4 8 Yseult Gervy  Belgium 2:18.69
23 3 8 Ivette María  Spain 2:18.72
24 5 7 Lydia Lipscombe  New Zealand 2:19.54
25 2 2 Anu Koivisto  Finland 2:19.58 NR
26 2 6 Petra Chaves  Portugal 2:20.49
27 1 5 Maja Grozdanić  FR Yugoslavia 2:20.65
28 3 6 Wu Yanyan  China 2:20.89
29 2 5 Akiko Thomson  Philippines 2:21.36
30 1 4 Praphalsai Minpraphal  Thailand 2:21.82
31 2 3 Aikaterini Klepkou  Greece 2:22.83
32 1 3 Dijana Kvesić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:23.78
33 2 7 Lin Chi-chan  Chinese Taipei 2:24.50

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2 Mai Nakamura  Japan 2:13.40
10 4 Beth Botsford  United States 2:13.48
11 6 Chen Yan  China 2:14.37
12 7 Joanne Deakins  Great Britain 2:14.50
13 5 Lee Chang-ha  South Korea 2:14.55
14 1 Cătãlina Cășaru  Romania 2:15.15
15 3 Hélène Ricardo  France 2:16.29
16 8 Marianne Kriel  South Africa 2:18.41

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 2:07.83
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Whitney Hedgepeth  United States 2:11.98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Cathleen Rund  Germany 2:12.06
4 3 Anke Scholz  Germany 2:12.90
5 6 Miki Nakao  Japan 2:13.57
6 8 Anna Simcic  New Zealand 2:14.04
7 1 Lorenza Vigarani  Italy 2:14.56
8 2 Nina Zhivanevskaya  Russia 2:14.59

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 43. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 43. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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