Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 4 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:12.38 NR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
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 | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The final of the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Cornelia Sirch (GDR) | 2:09.91 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 8 August 1982 |
Olympic record | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 2:11.77 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 27 July 1980 |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 7 | Sandra Dahlmann | West Germany | 2:16.93 | |
10 | 4 | Catherine White | Great Britain | 2:17.63 | |
11 | 6 | Katherine Read | Great Britain | 2:18.33 | |
12 | 2 | Reema Abdo | Canada | 2:18.50 | |
13 | 5 | Yolande van der Straeten | Belgium | 2:18.63 | |
14 | 3 | Naomi Sekido | Japan | 2:18.87 | |
15 | 1 | Sofia Kraft | Sweden | 2:19.37 | |
16 | 8 | Audrey Moore | Australia | 2:21.36 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Jolanda de Rover | Netherlands | 2:12.38 | NR | |
3 | Amy White | United States | 2:13.04 | ||
1 | Anca Pătrășcoiu | Romania | 2:13.29 | ||
4 | 5 | Georgina Parkes | Australia | 2:14.37 | |
5 | 2 | Tori Trees | United States | 2:15.73 | |
6 | 6 | Svenja Schlicht | West Germany | 2:15.93 | |
7 | 7 | Carmen Bunaciu | Romania | 2:16.15 | |
8 | 8 | Carmel Clark | New Zealand | 2:17.89 |
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