Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

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Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 19, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 20, 2004 (final)
Competitors35 from 27 nations
Winning time2:09.19 AF
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Silver medal icon.svg Stanislava Komarova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Reiko Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Antje Buschschulte Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2000
2008  

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20. [1]

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry added gold to her silver and bronze medals by a storming victory in this event, breaking an African record time of 2:09.19. Russia's Stanislava Komarova took home the silver at 2:09.72, while Japan's Reiko Nakamura and Germany's Antje Buschschulte shared their triumph for the bronze medal, in a joint time of 2:09.88. [2] British swimmer and world champion Katy Sexton, on the other hand, finished outside the medals in seventh place, with a time of 2:12.11. Since Zimbabwe made its official debut in 1980, Coventry also became the nation's first athlete in its history to claim an individual Olympic medal. [3]

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Stanislava Komarova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:10.71Q
234 Reiko Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:11.14Q
331 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:12.49Q
454 Margaret Hoelzer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:12.55Q
546 Antje Buschschulte Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:12.96Q
652 Jennifer Fratesi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:13.00Q
753 Louise Ørnstedt Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:13.05Q
835 Katy Sexton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:13.25Q
941 Hannah McLean Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:13.33Q
1045 Aya Terakawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:13.55Q
1132 Melissa Morgan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:14.06Q
1222 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:14.07Q
1356 Nicole Hetzer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:14.42Q
1455 Iryna Amshennikova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:14.49Q
1551 Frances Adcock Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:14.85Q
1648 Sanja Jovanović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:15.01Q
1742 Kristen Caverly Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:15.34
1837 Elizabeth Warden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:15.77
1926 Kateřina Pivoňková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:16.08
2043 Karen Lee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:16.10
2138 Alessia Filippi Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 2:17.29
27 Şadan Derya Erke Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
2357 Anja Čarman Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:17.62
2421 Lin Man-hsu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:17.68
2525 Lee Da-hye Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:17.73
2623 Gisela Morales Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:18.23
2758 Alexandra Putra Flag of France.svg  France 2:19.75
2814 Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:19.83
2928 Chonlathorn Vorathamrong Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:21.11
3024 Eirini Karastergiou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:21.93
3115 Gretchen Gotay Cordero Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:23.39
3213 Saida Iskandarova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:26.17
3333 Zhan Shu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:31.56
36 Chen Xiujun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DSQ
47 Alenka Kejžar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Reiko Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.14Q
25 Margaret Hoelzer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.68Q
32 Aya Terakawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:12.21Q
46 Katy Sexton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:12.62Q
53 Jennifer Fratesi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.64
68 Sanja Jovanović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:13.76
77 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:13.98
81 Iryna Amshennikova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:14.83

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Stanislava Komarova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:09.62Q
25 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:10.04Q, AF
33 Antje Buschschulte Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:10.66Q
46 Louise Ørnstedt Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:11.77Q
52 Hannah McLean Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:12.87
61 Nicole Hetzer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:13.01
77 Melissa Morgan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:13.34
88 Frances Adcock Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:15.69

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:09.19 AF
Silver medal icon.svg4 Stanislava Komarova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:09.72
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Reiko Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.88
6 Antje Buschschulte Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
52 Margaret Hoelzer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.70
67 Louise Ørnstedt Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:11.15
78 Katy Sexton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:12.11
81 Aya Terakawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:12.90

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