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

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Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date25 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors33 from 28 nations
Winning time2:07.83
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Whitney Hedgepeth Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Cathleen Rund Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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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 recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Krisztina Egerszegi  (HUN)2:06.62 Athens, Greece 25 August 1991
Olympic recordFlag of Hungary.svg  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]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:09.18Q
243 Whitney Hedgepeth Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.63Q
346 Anke Scholz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:12.73Q
444 Miki Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:12.92Q
535 Nina Zhivanevskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:13.32Q
633 Lorenza Vigarani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:13.58Q
55 Cathleen Rund Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Q
852 Anna Simcic Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:13.74Q
934 Beth Botsford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:14.16q
1032 Hélène Ricardo Flag of France.svg  France 2:14.18q
37 Lee Chang-ha Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea q, NR
1256 Chen Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:14.74q
1353 Mai Nakamura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:15.05q
1451 Joanne Deakins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:15.12q
1547 Cătălina Cășaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:15.92q
1642 Marianne Kriel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:15.99q
1741 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:16.68
1845 Nicole Stevenson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:16.71
1931 Izabela Burczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:16.91 NR
2024 Julie Howard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:17.25
2158 Kateřina Pivoňková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:18.20
2248 Yseult Gervy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:18.69
2338 Ivette María Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:18.72
2457 Lydia Lipscombe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:19.54
2522 Anu Koivisto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:19.58 NR
2626 Petra Chaves Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:20.49
2715 Maja Grozdanić Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 2:20.65
2836 Wu Yanyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:20.89
2925 Akiko Thomson Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 2:21.36
3014 Praphalsai Minpraphal Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:21.82
3123 Aikaterini Klepkou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:22.83
3213 Dijana Kvesić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:23.78
3327 Lin Chi-chan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:24.50

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
92 Mai Nakamura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:13.40
104 Beth Botsford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:13.48
116 Chen Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:14.37
127 Joanne Deakins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:14.50
135 Lee Chang-ha Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 2:14.55
141 Cătãlina Cășaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:15.15
153 Hélène Ricardo Flag of France.svg  France 2:16.29
168 Marianne Kriel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:18.41

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:07.83
Silver medal icon.svg5 Whitney Hedgepeth Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.98
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Cathleen Rund Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:12.06
43 Anke Scholz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:12.90
56 Miki Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:13.57
68 Anna Simcic Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:14.04
71 Lorenza Vigarani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:14.56
82 Nina Zhivanevskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:14.59

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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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